ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS - Northwestern Oklahoma State traveled on the road Friday for a matchup against Henderson State in Arkadelphia. The Reddies came out fast taking the first set before closing out a match win over the Rangers 3-0. 

The loss drops the Rangers to 7-10 on the season with a 3-3 conference mark while Henderson State improves to 13-6 overall and 5-2 in conference. 
 

SET ONE: 

Henderson State jumped on the board first following a kill by Mendoza of Henderson State followed by a service ace from Mendoza taking a 2-0 lead. Mariela Jimenez helped the Rangers on the board first with a kill assisted by Cameron Lobb as the Rangers then trailed 2-1. Henderson State went for four straight points following the Rangers to take a 6-1 lead. Jimenez had a solo block to cut the deficit to 6-2 but Henderson State answered again. The Reddies kept their lead at five before the Rangers climbed back to 13-10. The home team answered back though following three straight blocks by Henderson State opening a 19-12 lead and forcing the Rangers into their first timeout. Henderson State traded points first out of the timeout before closing out the set win 25-15 and taking a 1-0 match lead over the Rangers. 
 

SET TWO: 

The Reddies continued to build momentum off the first set as three straight kills and an attack error by the Rangers put Henderson State up 4-0 early after two kills from Brae Denton. After a service error put the Rangers on the board in the set Ivanny Blackwood had two straight kills followed by a Ece Ozdemir kill which tied the set at 4-4. After the Rangers trailed 6-5 Mariela Jimenez started the run for the Rangers tying the set at 6-6 followed by a Macy Shreffler kill and a block by Jimenez and Shreffler giving Northwestern the first lead of the set at 8-6. Mia Sanchez killed the Ranger run, starting one for the Reddies as they stormed back to tie the set before taking a 12-9 lead forcing Northwestern into a timeout. Out of the break the Rangers went for three straight points started by a kill from Shreffler as the Rangers were tied at 12-12. The two teams traded points as the game continued to stay tied going to 16-16. Henderson State got the next three points taking a 20-17 lead over the Rangers from Christiane Uzoh. Henderson State took a 24-20 lead before the Rangers battled back. A kill by Macy Shreffler started a quick 3-0 run to cut the deficit to 24-23. Henderson State closed out the win at 25-23 over the Rangers for a 2-0 match lead. 
 

SET THREE:
 

Northwestern shifted the momentum to start the third set as a service ace by Cameron Lobb started the set before a block by Blackwood and Carmae Jones and another service ace by Lobb had the Rangers with a 4-0 lead. Henderson State ended the run at four though on a kill by Quintanna. Northwestern held the lead keeping it at 9-4 following a kill by Ece Ozdemir. Henderson State cut the deficit to three at 10-7 before continuing a run to 10-9. The set then was locked at 11-11. The Reddies took their first lead of the set at 12-11 following a block by Brae Denton. The Reddies continued to strike, taking a 17-15 lead. The Reddies lead grew to 20-16 before closing out the set and match victory at 25-17 following a Ranger error. 
 

Northwestern will close out the road trip against Ouachita Baptist on Saturday afternoon with the match set to begin at 2:00 PM.