MOUNT BERRY, Ga. - Hendrix's season came to a close Saturday in the championship round of the Berry (Ga.) Pod in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament. After ousting No. 5 seed Rhodes (Tenn.), 8-1, in an elimination game, the fourth-seed Warriors lost to the top seed and 13th-ranked Vikings, 12-0 in five innings. Both games took place at Kay Williams Field.

In game one, Hendrix (20-18) erased a one-run deficit with a Grace Bryant (4) three-run blast to left off Madison Keller in the top of the fourth inning. The Warriors put up a five-spot in the fifth, which included a two-run double by Aubrey Lee, RBI doubles by Bryant and Kendyl Patton and a RBI single from Kinsey Bryant.

G. Bryant, Lee and Peyton Nance each had two hits. G. Bryant drove in four, while Lee plated two. G. Bryant, Lee and Avery Colclaser each scored twice.

Skyler Teague (9-2), the last winner of the SAA Pitcher of the Week award this year, went the distance in the circle against the Lynx for the second time in as many days. She allowed one earned run on 10 hits with a strikeout.

The Orange and Black earned their 12th win outside Warrior Softball Field, the most for the program since totaling 13 in 2016.

Cam Ferguson batted 3-for-4 with a run scored for Rhodes (13-21).

Keller (4-6) was tagged with the loss after pitching 4.1 innings, giving up five earned runs on as many hits with four strikeouts.

Against Berry (27-11), Shelby Daniel plated the first run in the top of the second inning on a RBI ground out. Hendrix trailed 4-0 before the Vikings scored eight in the fifth to win the pod and advance to the SAA Tournament championship series against the winner of the Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) pod.

Five different Vikings had two hits. Katie White drove in four. Four Berry players each scored twice.

Emily Whitehead (5-3) pitched three innings for the Vikings, giving up three hits to go along with two strikeouts and a walk.

Lee, Nance and Betty Wolfe each had a hit. Colclaser drew a walk.

Makayla Ragland (1-3) pitched 2.1 innings for the Warriors, allowing two earned runs on one hit.