CONWAY, Ark. - Hendrix travels to Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) in Southern Athletic Association (SAA) action Saturday. First serve is set for noon CT.

Along with live statistics, the match is televised online via Stretch Internet.

Match 20/Hendrix (10-9, 7-5 SAA) at Birmingham-Southern (14-7, 9-3 SAA)
Saturday, Oct. 23 • 12 p.m. CT
Birmingham, Ala. • Bill Battle Coliseum
TV (Internet): Stretch Internet
Live Stats: Stretch Internet

ABOUT HENDRIX

The Warriors defeated Oglethorpe (Ga.) in three sets by scores of 25-19, 25-20 and 25-21 on Oct. 16 in SAA action inside Grove Gymnasium. The Warriors improved to 20-1 all-time in the series, including 11-1 at home. The Orange and Black concluded their regular-season home schedule 7-3. Loren Payne had seven kills and a .400 hitting percentage for Hendrix. Catalina Williams, Sadie Walker, Grace House, Meghan Fuller-Freeman and Camryn Presley each had six kills. Presley and Sam Friedl came up with 16 and 14 digs, respectively. Claire Smith and Kyler Greenlee pumped in 19 and 12 assists, respectively. Friedl had four of the team's seven service aces. House totaled four of her team's 10 solo blocks. Prior to the match, Walker, Smith and Mallory Carty were honored as part of Senior Day festivities.

The Warriors are currently in fourth place in the league standings.

Hendrix leads the SAA in aces per set (1.91) and ranks second in attacks per set (37.47) and digs per set (17.03). The Warriors are 54th nationally in attacks per set and 87th in digs per set.

Friedl is third in the SAA and 81st nationally in digs per set (4.96). House is fifth in the league and 86th in the country in blocks per set (0.91).

Newberry's 17-member squad is represented by four states - Arkansas (8), Texas (5), Tennessee (3) and California (1).

ABOUT BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN

Centre (Ky.) won at home over the Panthers in five sets by scores of 26-24, 25-21, 20-25, 23-25 and 15-10.

Birmingham-Southern has lost two-straight league matches.

The Panthers are 5-1 at home this season.

LAST MEETING

Then-RV Birmingham-Southern snapped Hendrix's five-match overall win streak following a three-set victory by scores of 25-22, 25-20 and 25-23 inside Grove Gymnasium on Sept. 26, 2021.

Alyssa Coats totaled 15 kills for Birmingham-Southern, while Gigi Fields had 10. Kate Powell came up with 18 digs and Ally Mildenberger 11. Ansleigh Dailey dished out 42 assists.

Walker recorded 10 kills. Friedl registered 14 digs. Smith and Greenlee each dished out 14 assists. House had four block assists and Walker three.

In the first set, the Warriors erased an 8-5 deficit with four-straight points during which House and Walker each had two block assists and Walker also recorded a kill. Consecutive kills by House and Walker gave their team a 20-17 advantage, but the Panthers responded with a 3-0 run, as a Coats kill tied the affair. Birmingham-Southern scored eight of the final 10 points in the game. After a Fuller-Freeman kill tied the game at 22, back-to-back kills by Coats and block assists by Fields and Leah Nielsen ended the set.

Hendrix jumped out to a 3-0 upper hand in the second game, with a Presley service ace sandwiched between two Walker kills. The Panthers rallied to tie the set at four after a combination block by block by Fields and Kennedy Dickens. Five ties followed before the Warriors put together a 4-1 run to lead 16-13 courtesy of consecutive kills by Williams and Presley. A House-Pain combination block preceded a House-Walker block assist, making the score 19-15 in favor of the Orange and Black, but similar to the first game, Birmingham-Southern answered with a 3-0 spurt and 10 of the final 11 points in the set, as Coats scored three of her team's first four points of the stretch on kills.

The Panthers jumped out to a 5-2 upper hand in the third game after a Dickens solo block. Hendrix trailed by four before scoring five of the next seven points, as a Presley kill and service error by Dailey cut Birmingham-Southern's lead to 12-11. The Panthers responded with three-consecutive points before Brittany Newberry's squad countered with another 5-2 run, with a Walker kill bringing her team within one point, 17-16. Hendrix tied the game at 22 with a 3-0 run, culminating in Walker's 10th kill of the day, but a Fields kill on the next point put the defending SAA Tournament champion ahead for good, as Birmingham-Southern tallied three of the final four points.

SERIES NOTES

The Orange and Black are 6-1 in their last seven matches in Bill Battle Coliseum.

SMITH FORD

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