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Box Score 2 MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With just one weekend left on the 2019 regular season, Hendrix encountered on its shortest road trip of the season for one final doubleheader in Memphis, Tenn. Saturday. First up, Hendrix battled Rhodes in final Southern Athletic Association game of the year. Hendrix and Rhodes went back and forth through the first four sets before the Warriors came-from-behind and took the final set, 15-9, for the regular season sweep against the Lynx. The Warriors battled Belhaven soon after the first match of the day in the final game of the 2019 regular season. Hendrix took the first two sets, again, before dropping the third, 32-30, but Hendrix bounced back in the fourth set to defeat the Blazers in four sets to finish the regular season with an 18-6 mark overall including an 11-3 mark in the SAA.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final:Â Hendrix 3, Rhodes 2Â Â |Â Â Hendrix x, Howard Payne x
Records:Â Warriors 17-6 (11-3 SAA), Lynx 9-15 (2-12 SAA)Â Â |Â Â Warriors 16-6, Blazers x-x
Location:Â Memphis, Tenn.
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Game 1 vs Rhodes
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Warriors hit .450 as a team while limiting Rhodes to .000 as the Warriors took the first set, 25-16.
- Rhodes recorded a pair of 3-0 runs, a 4-0 run and a 5-0 run to take the second set, 25-14; tying the match up at one-set apiece.
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Sadie Walker recorded two kills in Hendrix's quick 3-0 run to start the third set as both teams were tied at four.
- Four consecutive attack errors by Rhodes gave Hendrix the 9-5 advantage before the Warriors ultimately scored the final two points of the set to take it, 25-22, despite Rhodes recording a late 5-0 run.
- After the Lynx took the fourth set, 25-23, a kill from
Mallory Carty and a service ace from
Molly Kingston tied the fifth set up at five.
- Trailing 6-4 in the final set,
Allison Long recorded a powerful kill before
Meghan Fuller-Freeman recorded one on the next point.
Lauren Dwyer recorded a service ace as Hendrix took the 7-6 advantage.
- Tied at nine, Hendrix scored the final six points of the match to take the fifth and final set, 15-9.Â
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Claire Smith and
Sesalie Satterwhite combined for 45 of Hendrix's 50 team assists while
Jeanette McGrath and Dwyer combined for 40 digs.
- Dwyer recorded yet another double-double as she tallied 13 kills as did Walker.
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Meghan Fuller-Freeman recorded a career-high 10 kills and recording an attacking percentage of .333 while accounting for 11 points.
- Carty finished with a game-high six blocks while Dwyer and
Kiersten Huitt each accounted for four blocks Saturday in Memphis, Tenn.
- With the win, Hendrix will serve as the no. 3-seed in next week's 2019 SAA Championships in Birmingham, Ala.
Game 2 vs Belhaven
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Warriors recorded a game-high 18 kills in each of the two first sets as Hendrix quickly controlled the game.
- In the third set, Hendrix led by one before a 5-0 run allowed for the Warriors to lead, 17-11, midway through the third set.
- After avoid six set points, Belhaven took the third set, 32-30.
- Midway through the fourth frame, the Blazers held the 16-12 lead but a quick 6-0 run, capped off by a kill from Huitt, allowed Hendrix to grab the 18-16 lead.
- Hendrix scored the final four points of the match as the Warriors took the set, 25-20, and recorded the four-set win.
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Maddie Tovar tallied a game-high 17 kills with 16 digs; her first double-double of the year.
- Smith registered a season-high 34 assists against the Blazers Saturday.
- McGrath exploded for a game-high 33 digs while
MaKenzie Presley accounted for 22 more.
UP NEXT
Now that the 2019 regular season is complete, the Warriors will gear up for the SAA Championships. Hendrix will serve as the no. 3 seed and will take on Centre Friday at 2 p.m. from Birmingham, Ala.
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