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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Henderson State will look to keep the momentum going when they host Texas Woman's for the first time at Dee White Field on Tuesday. Opening pitch for the doubleheader against the Pioneers is set for 3 p.m.
REDDIES REPORT
HSU (3-5) picked up its first series win of the season against Delta State over the weekend. Weather played a factor in the tie, as the second game of Saturday's doubleheader was called early in the fifth due to rain and the third contest would be canceled. HSU rolled past the Lady Statesmen in the opening game 8-0 in six innings and went on to take the second contest 5-3.
Brooke Johnson highlighted the first win with a dominant performance in the circle. The Rockwall, Texas native allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven of the 17 batters faced. In two starts in the circle this season, Johnson leads the team with a 0.82 ERA, having given up just five hits and striking out 11 batters. In the second game,
Presley Applegate grabbed the first save of the season for the Reddies after coming in for relief in the fifth inning and recording three outs.
At the plate,
Miyah Jackson batted in four runs over the weekend on a 2-for-5 hitting, with each hit leaving the ballpark. The junior notched a solo home run in the first contest before recording a three-run blast in the second game. Jackson paces the team with three doubles, three home runs and eight runs batted in. Freshman
Lily Warren had a big day at the plate in game one, going 3-of-4 with an RBI and scored run. Warren leads HSU with nine hits on a team-high .474 batting average and has eight stolen bases.
The Reddies will look to avenge last season's loss to Texas Woman's, who got the better of HSU in a doubleheader 1-0 and 4-0. Henderson and TWU have only faced each other three times, heading into Tuesday's games, and the Pioneers have won all three meetings. This will be the first time HSU and TWU will face each other at Dee White Field.
SCOUTING TEXAS WOMAN'S
Texas Woman's got its season going with the 2024 DII First Pitch Invitational in Conroe, Texas, where they would go 1-4. TWU opened the tournament with a 9-0 win against Colorado Mesa but would drop its next four games. Three of the Pioneers' four losses were decided by two runs or less, while Arkansas Tech got the better of TWU 10-2.
TWU's Alyssa LeBlanc started two of the five games in the circle at the DII First Pitch Invitational, pitching 12.1 innings and two complete games. LeBlanc picked up a win against Colorado Mesa, giving up zero hits and runs and recording 11 strikeouts. The senior utility player also notched two hits against CMU, including a home run. Batters are hitting .217 against LeBlanc, who has 15 strikeouts and a 2.21 ERA.
The Pioneers are batting .254 as a team through five games and are led by senior shortstop Makana Morton. Morton is hitting .308 with four hits and tallied a multi-hit game against Pittsburg State with a double and scored run. Elizabeth Smith is TWU's only other player batting .300 after recording a hit in three of her four appearances for the weekend.
