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Henderson State University - Monday, November 9, 2015 - Volume 109, Issue 11

SPLASHIN’ WITH PASSION Phoebe Campbell shares her story P.6

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THE ORACLE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF – Moe Skinner FACULTY ADVISER – Mike Taylor COPY EDITOR – Madison MacNew

BATTLE OF THE RAVINE 7 It’s finally time again - Reddies will take on the Tigers this Saturday

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NEWS EDITOR – Carmin Wills SPORTS EDITOR – Madison MacNew FEATURES EDITOR – Rickey Miller VIEWS EDITOR – Dax Guilliams PHOTO EDITOR – Joshua Bradley PAGE DESIGNER – Melanie Cole AD DESIGNER – Chris Sharp GRAPHIC DESIGNER – Jordan Jones ONLINE EDITOR – Ashley Smith BUSINESS MANAGER – Coley Henson DISTRIBUTION MANAGER – Rylie Prescott

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IRON WOMAN Penny Whelchel pushes it to the max

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COVER Phoebe Campbell stands by her second home.

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FOOTBALL PROFILE Houston Ray awarded GAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the third time

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WINNING IN MORE THAN ONE WAY Student athletes over all GPA on the rise STORY BY JAE-KUR LOCKHART Ever wonder what the student-athletes are doing when they are not winning games and setting records?

They are hitting the books and producing GPAs that are higher than ever before for athletes.

Like all colleges that have a NCAA Division II team, there are a few requirements and guidelines.

The primary requirement in relation to this report is GPA. The NCAA requires that all student athletes have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.

It is not an easy task to manage business both on and off the field, but the athletes here at Henderson make it work.

“We have an overall GPA of 2.85 for over 300 student-athletes,” Shawn Jones, athletic director, said. “More than 50 [percent] of our student-athletes achieve GPA honors of 3.0-4.0 – a considerable improvement from the 2.73 GPA when I first arrived.”

A few of the students are exemplifying interest in both sports and beyond the standard of undergraduate degrees.

“We currently have five student-athletes that have completed their undergraduate degrees and are completing the remainder of their athletic eligibility while pursuing a Master’s Degree,” Jones said.

But what classes are these student-athletes taking? Are they sliding under the radar as far as classes go? “[That is not the case], NCAA Division II requires that students earn satisfactory progress toward their declared degree,” Jones said. “Student-athletes may only take classes that are degree applicable requirements for their majors.”

The NCAA requires their players to have a 2.0 GPA or higher, so does Henderson when it comes to some of their scholarships. In this case, their athletic scholarships.

“I’m here on scholarship for football and the requirements ask that I keep at least a 2.0, attend all my classes, as well as practices and be very punctual,” Anthony Price, freshman sports management major, said.

Now that you know the athletes are keeping up their grades, how do their coaches know how they are doing in class? Are there any resources for the student-athletes on campus?

“NCAA Division II requires that each student-athlete’s academic status is reviewed each semester to ensure satisfactory progress,” Jones said. “To assist with this requirement HSU has implemented mandatory registration for student-athletes; academic and grade checks are conducted four times throughout fall and spring terms to determine any students that may have any academic troubles.”

Student-athletes participate in tutoring, and supplemental instruction programming that’s offered to the entire general study body. Each head coach also implements a study hall program to assist with increased academic performance.

“My coach is pretty strict when it comes to grades,” Price said. “He expects nothing but the best from us so he has no problem keeping tabs on us to ensure that we are doing our best.”

As it stands, athletes have to do a bit more than just do good work in class – they have to perform well outside of class as well.

“You cannot live our vision and purpose without being a dedicated student first and foremost,” Jones said. “Each of our athletic programs is heavily involved in community services projects locally in Arkadelphia, as well as surrounding cities and at the Great American Conference.

One might even ask what is there for athletes to gain if they keep good grades and capture decent moral standards. Do they get any recognition?

“Per NCAA DII rules we are not allowed to provide our student-athletes with extra benefits.

As incentives our student-athletes are acknowledged and recognized annually for achieving great academic success in our annual assembly,” Jones said.

“Our academic success report is also reported annually to the NCAA and to our Henderson supporters, faculty and staff in general terms.

Our student-athletes also may achieve academic recognition from the Great American Conference Office as well as the NCAA.” In closing, Jones had this statement to make: “Our athletic department has a vision and expectation for high academic achievement for all of our student-athletes.

We still have work to do to reach our ultimate goal of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 each semester for our 350 student-athletes. We’ve made great progress in the last 22 months, but there is always room for personal and departmental improvement.”

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COME TO STUDY OR RELAX New Commuter Lounge Available STORY BY WENDY HARRIS

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The Garrison Center has reopened the commuter lounge. The lounge is located on the second floor across the hall from the banquet room.

The lounge will be open from 8 a.m. to 11p.m. for students who commute to Henderson.

Students put in long days on campus and classes don’t always run back to back for every student. But when you commute and you have a two or three-hour break between classes, a place to de-stress can make a positive difference in your day.

“The coffee pot is still being discussed as we have Starbucks in the building and we want to make sure there are no issues,” Ernie Higgs, director of Garrison Center, said.

The lounge is an alternative to sitting in your car waiting for your next class to begin. It’s a place where one could study or simply close their eyes if needed.

“Currently 21-percent of Henderson students are considered non-traditional,” Brenda Hagerich, assistant director of Student Support Services, said. “This percentage should continue to grow as college enrollment of older students is growing nationwide at a high rate.”

Commuting students will be able to gather or just relax between classes.

“I have two, two-hour breaks on the four days I commute to college,” said Mary Cox, junior, elementary education major, said. “I live on granola bars and nuts because I can’t afford Chick-fil-A or Starbucks. If I need to concentrate, I sit in my car.”

School ID cards are not required to gain entry to the lounge. The doors are unlocked in the morning and locked at 11 p.m.

“I can’t go to a dorm and slide my school ID to enter unless I am assigned to that dorm,” Kaitlyn Saunders, freshman pre-vet, said. “I want to feel safe in the lounge day or night.”

The lounge has several sitting areas, plus tables and ottomans to kick your feet up. The room is equipped with a refrigerator, microwave oven and bulletin board. Also, there is a charging station for students if needed.

“Commuters need to have a place to relax and heat a meal on the days we are on campus,” Barb Henderson, senior, general studies major, said.

“Many of the students that live on campus can go home and cook their lunch or take a nap, or do whatever they want. Commuters have to stay on campus sometimes all day, and we need to know that we have a safe and secure place just for us on campus to go.”

As of now, the lounge is open to all on campus.

“There are no plans to add swipe card access to this room. That is a huge purchase that would require someone other than the Garrison Center to purchase,” Higgs said. “Plus who would be responsible for maintaining who has access and who doesn’t?”

The Student Support Services office is working with two of their non-traditional students who have volunteered to help maintain cleanli-

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Professor travels to N.C. to compete in triathalon STORY BY JAMES JACKSON Bumping into people on the beach, you are one of thousands of people running into the water to begin the swim. Then you start to swim and look up and realize that you have 2.4 miles of swimming left. Could you do it? Or would you fold under the tiring pressure?

Penny Whelchel, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences and director of dietetics specialization, was one of the brave souls who ran the Beach2Battleship Iron Man distance triathlon.

Whelchel, who is self-coached, used her background in dietetics to optimize her performance. She is a Henderson graduate and a former Reddie cross-country runner. As a member of the Reddie hall of honor, Whelchel still holds the schools cross country record.

“Using my background I know exactly what type of nutrients I need to get myself prepared for the race,” Whelchel said. “I don’t fall for the gimmicks of supplements.”

The race started on the beach and ended near the U.S.S. North Carolina battleship. Whelchel won her age division, which was 30-35. She also finished as the seventh overall female out of 142 female finishers.

The race consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike run, and 26.2-mile run. She finished all of this in 10 hours, 45 minutes.

“One of the hardest parts is not getting mentally overwhelmed with what’s ahead of you,” Whelchel said.

Self-motivated Whelchel loves to challenge herself with big tasks and working as hard as she can. Whether it’s mentally focusing on her event and all of its details or physically getting ready.

“This gives me a sense of purpose in life and keeps me focused.” Whelchel said.

She does most of her hard training during the summer when she has a lot more free time. When school is in session she cuts back on her training.

“My training consists of a lot of late night and early mornings,” Whelchel said.

She spends about an average of 1520 hours week training for her races and events.

Her mainline of support consist of her mom and fiancé. She also thanks John Miller for helping with her physical care.

“He helps me with my bumps and bruises,” Whelchel said.

Of the three events she likes the run the most. It is more focused and free than the other events. It is also more interaction with the competition. She feels that the bike is the hardest part of the physical race because of the length.

It is the longest of all of the events.

“You have to embrace it,” Whelchel said. “I have really learned to enjoy biking as much as I have running because it takes work off of my legs.”

She had advice for anyone one who wants to try marathons and Iron Man like events. She advised you start with things like a 5K or 10K and then a half marathon and eventually a full marathon.

“You don’t want to be so miserable you will never want to do it again,” Whelchel said.

Whelchel never runs the same race twice and doesn’t plan on doing so. She plans on running one Iron Man race every two years and marathons as often as she can.

Her next event is going to be the Mississippi River Bridge Marathon in February and she is continuing her training to get better.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY PENNY WHELCHEL IRON WOMAN — Welchel completes the 26.2-mile run of the race in Wilmington, N.C.

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SATISFACTION — Setting a great example in and out of the pool

Lady Redwave swimmer embodies success as student-athlete STORY AND PHOTO BY DYLAN MCNIEL Most people enjoy a nice dip in the pool on a hot summer’s day, but to Phoebe Campbell, senior general studies major, it is so much more. Campbell is currently captain of the women’s Redwave swim team.

It all started for her when she was very young. She would often join her grandma while she taught a water aerobics class at a local YMCA in Augusta, Maine, where she grew up. When her grandma wasn’t teaching the class, she taught her and her siblings how to do certain strokes.

Campbell says her grandma was a huge influence in her passion for swimming.

She said her grandma was ready and willing to train her as soon as she was old enough to get in the pool.

“My grandma was the one who first got me into swimming,” Campbell said. “She taught me to swim before I had even turned two and I fell in love with the water.”

She competed in her first competition when she was only 10 years old at a YMCA in Augusta.

“I’ve been in the water since I was born but I didn’t start competing until I was 10,” Campbell said. “I’ve swam every season since then.”

In high school Campbell continued to swim and even received various awards and broke several records before she graduated. She was captain of her team and awarded the coaches award. She broke records in 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter relays,

200-meter freestyle relay and 400-meter freestyle relay.

October 9 was the first meet of the season. Campbell said that she thinks this is going to be a great season with a lot of great talent. A recent win against long-time rival OBU has Campbell and her team fired up for the rest of the season.

“It was very satisfying,” Campbell said. “It was harder this season, so we had to put our best effort forward, and everyone did their part.”

Campbell’s prediction for the rest of their season is that it will go really well with all the hard training the team has been doing.

Coach Coak Matthews, head men and women’s swim coach said that Campbell has been a tremendous asset to both the team and overall program.

“She has grown and matured over the years into a wonderful leader and captain,” Matthews said. “Phoebe is an excellent student-athlete and even more importantly a fine and upstanding young lady of great integrity, character and class.”

This past semester Campbell received the George and Beverly Baker Leadership Award Scholarship.

She is currently majoring in general studies. After she graduates she plans on sticking around Arkadelphia and getting her masters in sports management. Campbell plans to be an aquatics director or a swim coach in the future.

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Oustanding player on and off the field STORY BY KATIE SMITH

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When Houston Ray describes how he got to Henderson, he says, “there’s a bit of a love story thrown in.” He decided to try to come to Arkansas to play college football, so he could be closer to his girlfriend. His high school friend and Reddie wide receiver Joseph Snapp was able to help him accomplish just that.

Ray played high school football in Van Buren, Ark. until his senior year. He began playing when he moved there from Owensboro, Ky. But when he first told his dad, Alan, he wanted to play, he was not interested in letting him participate.

“My dad told me I couldn’t play football,” Ray said. “Well, he went on a business trip, and I decided ‘you know what, I’m going to try out for the football team.’”

He made the team, and his dad agreed to let him remain on it so long as he just kicked. Alan Ray said Houston’s coaches really wanted him to be a free safety, and they said it was a shame the fastest kid on the team was the kicker. But he wasn’t interested in risking his son’s safety to let him play another position.

Houston’s junior year, he began dating Kaylee Clark, whom he met through mutual friends. But in 2012, his dad’s job took their family back to Owensboro.

Alan recalls right after they moved back, Houston was in his homeroom class filling out a form. He didn’t realize he was voting for homecoming queen and king until he saw his name on the ballot.

He stood up and told everyone in the class not to vote for him. But they did anyway, and he was the homecoming king after just roughly 6 weeks back at his old school.

Clark said when she and Houston both left Van Buren [she to Russellville for college], they weren’t really sure what to expect. But they thought they would just see what happened. She said she kept herself busy with her new college life, and they had many Skype dates in between the holidays when they got to see each other.

They were able to stay together. And when Ray began to look for colleges, a few Arkansas universities were on the list.

So when Coach Jimi Easterling asked Joseph Snapp, also from Van Buren, if he knew of any good players, he suggested Ray. Snapp got in touch with Ray and asked for his highlight reel.

“And then the next thing you know, he got an offer,” Snapp said.

The following spring, Ray came to Henderson.

“It was an answered prayer,” Clark said.

“He sacrificed a lot to be away from his family and closer to me. I’ll forever be grateful for that. I go to Arkansas Tech, but I’m a Reddie football fan.”

Houston Ray continues to thrive at Henderson. Last week, he won the GAC Special Teams Player of the Week for the second consecutive week and the third time this season. He holds the school and conference record for points by a kicker.

On the year, Ray is 15-18 on field goals, with a long of 44 yards, and 33-35 on PATs. But Houston is more than just a great football player. Alan says he is so proud of the way his son conducts himself.

Sometimes, sitting up in the stands, “I get emotional,” he said, “[I] tear up when I start thinking about how good of a person he is all the way around. He’s a good man who’s going to do a lot of good for a lot of people.”

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COMIC CALL

Former DC President speaks to students about Dr. Fate STORY BY DOMINICK CELLA

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“I wanted something that could connect with younger readers and didn’t look like the rest of DC Comics,” Paul Levitz, former DC Comics president, said. “It’s a very difficult time to be in your twenties, there are more economic pressures and mature social relationships to deal with.”

Levitz mentioned this stand-out and all too well-known fact when describing how he got his ideas for his new comic Dr. Fate. Dr. Fate is a about a first generation Egyptian medical school student.

“Who has a tougher life than a 20 year-old med student?” Levitz asked.

There are clear links between the Egyptian-American, Dr. Fate, and Levitz himself. Both are first generation Americans with mixed religious backgrounds.

Dr. Fate, who had a Muslim father and Catholic mother, was raised Muslim.

Similarly Levitz’s kids were raised Catholic by Levitz, who is Jewish, and his wife, who is Catholic.

During the time Levitz worked as president of DC Comics, there was much diversity introduced into the world of comics.

“It was common to assume when writing your comics ‘don’t rock the boat’,” Levitz said. “There have been more women in the last five to seven years, a wonderful outpouring of women who want to write comics.”

This was also due to their location in New York City prior to moving to Los Angeles.

“New York has a much higher acceptance of different lifestyles,” Levitz said.

“LA is very dominated by television and movies.”

If you’re into the comic book scene you may know that DC Comics moved their headquarters from New York City to Los Angeles. This was more of a cost and efficiency deal.

“There are two ways to run an RnD company, the think tank on the hill or next door to the factory,” Levitz said. “It just makes more sense to run the think tank right next to the factory.”

This also cuts down on travel costs of flying cross country to meet with executives. The mindset of staffers for DC is very unique when compared to other professions.

“Most of the employees felt they weren’t working for Time Warner or DC, they felt like they were working for Superman and Batman,” Levitz said.

Some say the best way to learn how to do something is through a reverse-engineering process, to take it apart and put it back together. Levitz agrees with this concept completely.

“I’m a huge believer in deconstruction as a learning tool,” Levitz said. Taking apart old story lines to determine how to create new works grants a more informed perspective.”

This process has come to be known as the Levitz paradigm. A method by which he recreated much of the DC universe. If you would like to learn more about comic legends like Paul Levitz, be sure to ask your advisor about the Nonfiction Comics class this spring semester. The class intends to bring in many big name auteurs to answer questions and present to the class.

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It’s Legal. It’s Safe. It’s Anonymous.

Safe Haven is a law designed to protect babies.

What is Safe Haven? In Arkansas, the Safe Haven law allows a parent to give up a newborn anonymously. The purpose of Safe Haven is to prevent babies from being hurt or killed by unsafe abandonment. Unsafely abandoning a baby puts the newborn in extreme danger that can result in the baby’s death. It also is illegal, with severe consequences.

There is an option. Don’t abandon your baby.

1-888-510-BABY 2 2 2 9 w w w. a r k a n s a s s a f e h a v e n . o r g www.HumanServices.Arkansas.gov | Division of Children and Family Services

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THE DEVIL THAT IS ONLINE OPINION BY DAX GUILLIAMS — PARODY IMAGE BY JORDAN JONES BASED ON AN IMAGE © While it may be convenient to many, my personal experiences with taking online classes have been both good and bad.

I’ve always dreaded anytime I had to take an online class because it just doesn’t feel right to me. And, sadly, some classes can only be taken online and I wish that was not the case.

One of the main reasons I prefer a classroom environment is that online classes are so boring. Granted, many traditional classes are pretty uneventful on a regular basis, but there’s almost nothing exciting about a class when it’s over the Internet.

I like going to class and I’m not just saying that because I know my professors read this paper. It’s more exciting to me to be able to see my professors and be surrounded by the others students instead of them just being another set of words on my laptop.

Plus, I like my major, so being in the classes feels nice. I like getting involved in my projects, I liked being in the TV studio and I liked sitting in the radio booth judging everyone else’s taste in music as I did my DJ hours.

You just can’t get that kind of unprofessional fun while taking an online class, although I still judge other people’s music when I do.

And it’s not because Henderson has bad teachers who don’t know how to do classes online. They take what little they have to work with and make it better than the last college I was at.

ANGEL isn’t the problem either, despite still being signed up for classes I dropped over a year ago. It just happens to be another name in an unfortunate program because Blackboard isn’t good either and I can’t imagine there’s a program out there that could make it enjoyable.

Now, I won’t name any names, but certain classes in my major can only be

taken online and it pains me to take them because of how I feel about them.

The subjects themselves are just fine, but it’s the fact that they’re online that makes it so bad. Except Earth Science.

Even back when I was a studying geology at another university, I couldn’t stand taking the basic course for the major online.

As much of a nerd as I am, you’d think that I would enjoy something that lets me stay at home on the Internet, but I just think online classes are so bad when compared to the traditional classroom style.

But that is just how I personally see online classes in relation to me taking them. I understand their benefits and I’m glad they exist for people that want or need them.

They are good for people who work full-time or have something that otherwise takes up a large portion of their time.

That and I know firsthand how bad it is commuting to school from a long distance. If you think studying geology was bad, try driving several miles to do it only to switch to studying mass media.

Overall, I am fine with online classes, but just as long as I don’t have to take them. The big problem I see with online classes is when certain courses are only available that way.

But as I write this, I think about universities that are only online and it makes me think about how they fit in to the education process.

My opinion on them is the same as how I view online classes, I’m fine with it but only when I don’t have to get involved with it.

And with how lazy I am, I need to be pushed to getting into involved with my classes. I can’t imagine how little work I would get done if every class I had was online.

I would never log on and if I did, I would leave the website the moment

I got bored and would proceed to do something unproductive which is most of what I do.

Not that I did that in the past or anything. Like I stated earlier, I’m not just saying this because certain professors are reading this.

And I can’t imagine what others must feel when they have majors that have mostly online classes. Sometimes I wonder what happened to students I haven’t seen in a long time and I’m starting to think online classes drove them insane.

Another reason I list for liking Henderson so much is that out of all the previous colleges I’ve studied at, this place has the better mandatory online classes.

And that’s with using ANGEL, which a lot of people, including many at Hen-

derson, think is inferior to other programs used for classes.

While taking classes over the Internet might be preferable to others, I just don’t enjoy it at all. The only time I have is when professors sometimes put certain things on ANGEL to go along with what we’ve been studying in the classroom.

I just wish that some classes weren’t only online and students could pick whatever works for them, but I know that can’t happen.

But even with all of my complaining and all of my criticisms, I can still see the appeal of taking a course on a computer instead of inside a classroom. And in another life, I may have had to take my classes online, but for this life, I’m thankful that I don’t have to.

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HOT SPRINGS HAPPENINGS HANDMADE HOLIDAY SHOP 726 Central Avenue October through December 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday noon to 4 p.m. Sunday Shop local for your holiday gifts at this pop-up boutique. Browse handmade items like: art, jewelry, pottery, handmade soaps and other one-of-a-kind gifts at the shop.

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VETERAN’S DAY PARADE Downtown Hot Springs Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m. free There will be a Veteran’s Day Parade commencing on Veteran’s Day. The parade route will go from Whittington Avenue, proceeding down Central Avenue, ending at the Transportation Plaza. Participation in the Parade is free. For more information about participating, contact Bill Sexton, chairman of parade committee, at thesextons@prodigy.net.

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VOLLEYBALL CLINIC Bank of the Ozarks Arena, 134 Convention Blvd.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 free Participants will rotate between four college volleyball teams during the clinic.

Come meet some of the GAC volleyball players that will be competing in Hot Springs for the GAC Women’s Volleyball Championship from November 19-21 at Bank of the Ozarks Arena. For more information, follow the Bank of the Ozarks Facebook page.

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TIC-TAC-TOE Grab a friend and play. If you don’t have any friends, try your mom.

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Lady Reddies lose three sets in Battle of the Ravine volleyball STORY BY MARIAH DELAVEGA It was the last Battle of the Ravine game for the seniors last Tuesday night on Nov. 3. The Reddie fans made sure to be there to support the Lady Reddies play the Lady Tigers.

The Lady Reddies went to four sets but fell short to OBU Tigers at the Duke Wells Center.

In the first set HSU was down by three points. OBU kept the lead on the Lady Reddies through the first set of the game.

HSU got their first point of the set with a kill by Gabby Ginapp 1-3. The Lady Tigers got the ball back with a kill by Caitlin Cantrell.

Violet Williams scored a point for the Lady Reddies 2-4. Brea May with a service error got the ball back for the Lady Tigers 2-5.

The Lady Reddies had trouble catching up to OBU in the first set of the game. The OBU tigers had a six point lead in the middle of the game in the first set 9-15.

HSU scored three points in a row, but it still wasn’t enough to beat the Lady Tigers in the first set. HSU lost the first set 18-25.

In the second set the ball would go back and forth. Both teams were tied 3-3.

OBU got the ball back. Jayme Shell went up to serve and scored a six point lead for the Lady Tigers 3-9.

OBU had another big lead by seven points which made the score 10-20.

The Lady Reddies lost the second set 15-25.

In the third set the game was tied throughout the whole set of the first game 9-9.

The ball kept going back and forth between both teams.

HSU had a four point lead on the Lady Tigers 14-10. The Lady Reddies kept scoring points and were only five points away from winning 20-15.

The Lady Tigers came back by scoring three points 20-18.

HSU had game point 24-21, but the Lady Tigers scored three points, and tied the game 24-24.

A kill by Jessie Jacoby got her team a point but then OBU tied the score 25-25.

Jacoby got another point for her team but OBU got the ball back again 26-26.

Jacoby scored two more points for her team and won the game for the Lady Reddies 28-26.

In the fourth set of the game the Lady Reddies were down 1-5. OBU had a four point lead throughout most of the game.

The Lady Reddies lost the fourth set of the game 16-25.

Jacoby led her team with 23 kills.

“I thought we fought hard to come back and win the third set after losing two players to injuries in the first couple of sets,” Jacoby said.

UP IN THE AIR — Jessie Jacoby, junior, returns a shot Henderson State will return to action for their last home game of the season on from below the net.

Tuesday Nov. 10 against Monticello University at 6 p.m. at the Duke Wells Center.

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