ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – After being down 2-1, Henderson State battles back, winning two straight sets to take down cross-street rivals Ouachita Baptist 3-2 to complete the season sweep on Senior Night. The Reddies' victory sees them improve to 19-9 overall and 10-5 in conference play, which locks up the 4th seed at the GAC Tournament. 
 
In her final home match, Violeta Mendoza Quintana paced the side with her 11^th double-double of the year, recording 21 kills on a .302 attack average and 20 digs. Mia Sanchez, Jagoda Szybinska and Christiane Uzoh also saw double-figure kills with 11, 10 and 10, respectively. Providing support to the HSU attack, Madison Hatt recorded 32 assists and ten digs for a double-double, while Nathalie Van had 30 assists.  
 
Brae Denton and Larkin Luke stuffed the OUA attack at the net, each recording six blocks, while Luke also had 13 kills on a blistering .600 attack average. Trinity Sharp saw a team-high 25 digs and provided four assists and a service ace.
 
SET ONE
Ouachita Baptist led 6-3 through the early exchanges, but once the Reddies found their footing, it was all HSU, as they outscored OUA 8-1 to take the lead 11-7. Henderson State kept on the front foot, growing its advantage to 16-8 after a kill by Mendoza Quintana and a block by Uzoh.
 
Another kill by Uzoh and Denton gave the Reddies their largest edge of the set, 19-10, and stayed ahead after another kill by Luke extended the advantage to 22-15. Ouachita Baptist cut the lead to three on a 4-0 run, but Uzoh closed the door on a late rally with a kill to win the first set 25-21.
 
SET TWO
Henderson State found itself in a hole to start the second frame as Ouachita Baptist flew ahead to an 8-1 lead before extending it to 15-4, forcing HSU to use its first timeout. Out of the break, two blocks by the Reddies and a pair of OUA attack errors cut the Tigers edge down to 16-8.
 
HSU continued to slowly chip away at Ouachita Baptist's lead through a service ace by Kaylon Partain and two blocks by Denton before a 6-1 run saw the Reddies get within two, 23-21. Kills by Hatt and Carson Edwards brought HSU within a point of OUA, but the Tigers found the final point of the set to win 25-23.
 
SET THREE
Once again, Henderson State began the third set trailing Ouachita Baptist 6-3. Back-to-back kills by Mendoza Quintana tied the set at 7-7 before the two sides traded the next seven points, with HSU ahead 12-11. The Tigers regained the lead on a 4-0 run, but the Reddies responded with a 3-0 stretch to tie the frame 17-17. HSU and OUA trade rallies before Ouachita Baptist found a breakthrough on a 2-0 run to take the lead 21-19. The Tigers would hold onto a two to three-point margin for the remainder of the set, winning 25-22.

SET FOUR
After a slow start in the previous two frames, it was the Reddies' turn to lead early, as they jumped out to a 10-3 lead after three kills by Sanchez and another two from Uzoh and Mendoza Quintana. HSU stretched its advantage on an 8-0 run to 18-4, capped off by back-to-back blocks by Luke. The Reddies remained in control as they took a 13-point lead through kills by Mendoza Quintana and Sanchez, 23-10, and Luke would finish off the set with a kill to win 25-14 and tie the set 2-2, heading into the final stanza.
 
SET FIVE
With the momentum on their side and the home crowd behind them, the Redides were quickly ahead 7-3 after Menodza Quintana opened the frame with back-to-back service aces. The Tigers settled in after the flurry of attacks, closing the gap to 8-6. However, HSU picked up the pace again with a 5-0 run capped off by a service ace by Hatt to lead 14-7. Uzoh and Denton stuffed out the final attack of the set, combining for the team's 13th block as Henderson State won 15-9.
 
Henderson State (19-9, 10-5) concludes the regular season on the road in Magnolia, Ark., with a clash with Southern Arkansas on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m.