MONTICELLO, Ark. – Henderson State ends the season on a two-match win streak after defeating the University of Arkansas Monticello 3-0. Head coach Phil McDaniel has now reached 100 wins in his six seasons with the Reddies.
 
HSU put up a dominant defensive performance against UAM, holding them to a -.079 attack average on 126 total attacks. Kaitlyn Sykes had a season-high nine total blocks, the most on the team, and was one shy of tying her career record. Along with Sykes, Christiane Uzoh had five total blocks to help contribute to the team's 16.
 
Rounding out the Reddies' defense Brae Denton and Lexi Turner both had two blocks. Dani Dagley's streak of 20 or more digs ended as the libero was three shy with 17 digs while recording two service aces. Henderson State finished the match with seven aces in the match.

Uzoh led the attack with seven kills, while Larkin Luke and Aleah Stogner finished with four and three kills, respectively. Luke would have the final kill of the match, which would complete a late comeback in the third set.
 
SET ONE
The Reddies started fast, taking a 3-1 lead, before they doubled their score, going up 6-3. The Blossoms would commit 15 errors that led to HSU points. Back-to-back errors by Arkansas-Monticello would end the set, giving the Reddies a 25-17 win.
 
SET TWO
The Blossoms took a 3-1 lead to open the set, but a five-point run by the Reddies, which featured four attack errors by UAM, would give Henderson the lead, 6-3. Arkansas-Monticello responded, outscoring HSU 6-1 to regain the lead.
 
 A slim margin separated the two sides, but a kill and service ace from Denton would help give the Reddies some breathing room, up 17-13. Henderson kept on the front foot and continued to attack UAM, outscoring the Blossoms 6-2 to close out the set, 25-21.
 
SET THREE
This set would be the closet set of the match. There would be five lead changes and eight instances where the two sides were tied. Arkansas-Monticello got off to a quick start, taking an 8-4 lead. Expanding on its lead, UAM went up 12-7, but a five-point run by Henderson tied the set at 12-12.
 
 A flurry of attack would put the Blossoms up 21-16 after outscoring the Reddies 8-2. Henderson matched UAM's 8-2 run to come from behind and win the set 25-23. HSU would finish with an attack average of .219 while holding Arkansas-Monticello to a .025 attack percentage.