ALVA, Okla. – Henderson State baseball split its first road conference doubleheader of the season, falling in the first game against Northwestern Oklahoma State, 4-3, before evening up the series in the latter game, 6-2.
 
Two weeks after setting the all-time hits record at HSU, Greyson Stevens is now on the verge of another record. After hitting two home runs on the day, Stevens is now tied for the most homers in program history with 27. Henderson's all-time hits leader finished the twinbill going 4-of-7 at the plate with four RBIs.
 
Andrew Howard picked up his third win on the mound in the second game of the doubleheader, going a complete five innings while recording six strikeouts and only allowing four hits and one run.
 
Henderson St. (9-4, 4-1) will return to Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium for the rubber match with the Rangers tomorrow at 11 a.m.   
 
GAME 1: Northwestern Oklahoma St. 4, Henderson State 3
Stevens got the scoring started in the second at-bat of the game. After Luke Farrar opened things with a lead-off walk, Stevens sent his 26th career home run and first of the season over the wall for the 2-0 lead. Northwestern then responded with a run in the bottom of the first before a Louis Holt single scored Colton Patterson in the second.
 
Starting pitcher Ryan Galvan maintained HSU's 3-1 lead until the fourth inning, as the Reddie offense failed to get a hit over the next three innings before a Ranger sacrifice fly brought the score to within one, 3-2. Just two more hits the rest of the game for Henderson opened the door for NWOSU.
 
Holding a 3-2 lead in the final half-inning, a walk gave way to an RBI-single that tied the score at 3-3. Two errors from the Reddie defense then allowed NWOSU to score the game-winning run with two outs against them, 4-3.    
 
GAME 2: Henderson State 6, Northwestern Oklahoma St. 2
Once again, Stevens got the scoring underway, except this time, it came in the third inning. The Pottsville, Arkansas native's second two-run home run of the day gave HSU the 2-0 lead. This time, pitcher Howard held the Rangers scoreless while Henderson added another two runs in the top of the fourth.
 
Jacob Carroll's first home run of the season extended the visitor's lead to 4-0 in the fourth frame before NWOSU scored its first run of game number two, 4-1. Two more runs in the fifth gave HSU its game-total six runs.
 
The Reddie pitching held Northwestern to just one more run the rest of the way before Trevor Davis came to the mound in the final inning, allowing just one hit before HSU split the day's doubleheader, 6-2.