You need Java to see this applet.
athletics

NEWS AROUND
CAMPUS

-------------------------------------

Reddies Fall 74-57 at Texas
A&M-Commerce
Dec. 9, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State fell behind
31-9 to start its game on
Tuesday night against Texas
A&M –Commerce in
Commerce, Texas. Despite the
Reddies fighting back into the
game with a 9-2 run to cut the
deficit to seven points early in
the second half, the home
team pulled away late,
defeating HSU 74-57.


-------------------------------------

Lady Reddies Defeat Texas
A&M International 73-69
Dec. 5, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State’s Adriana
Crittle (Houston, Texas) and
Danyelle Harris (Detroit,
Mich.) both made key free
throws down the stretch to ice
the Lady Reddies’ 73-69 win
over Texas A&M
International in Laredo, Texas
Sunday afternoon. Crittle and
Harris were both fouled late in
the contest as TAMU
attempted to get back into the
game with under a minute to
play, but the two
upperclassmen went 4-for-4
from the charity stripe and
gave HSU the win.



-------------------------------------

HENDERSON STATE ADDS
SEVERAL EARLY SIGNEES
by Troy Mitchell
Nov. 24, 2009

Henderson State baseball
coach John Harvey announced
the signing of five players to
the class of 2010 during the
early signing period last week.

Also getting early signees
were Henderson’s men’s
basketball, softball and
volleyball.



-------------------------------------

Ghioca Becomes HSU's First
Ever to Run in NCAA
Championships  
Nov. 21, 2009
By Cody Qualls           

Henderson State sophomore
cross country standout Gabriel
Ghioca (Buzau, Romania)
became the first ever member
of the HSU cross country team
to compete in the NCAA
National Meet on Saturday in
Evansville, Ind.

-------------------------------------

Kuhn, Wright, Law Earn All-
Conference Volleyball
Selections
Nov. 11, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State seniors
Tatiana Kuhn and Bethany
Wright were named to the
2009 Volleyball All-Gulf South
Conference First team on
Wednesday, while junior
Robin Law was a second team
selection.



------------------------------------


-------------------------------------
CONTACT INFORMATION

Coach Coak Matthews - MATTHEC@hsu.edu
Office - 870 230 5206

Asst. Coach Matt Schneider - knewmansvn@yahoo.com
Counter

Redwave and Lady Redwave Qualify Record Number for National Meet!!

The Redwave qualified 8 swimmers and 2 divers and the Lady Redwave qualified 10 swimmers
for the National Meet in Houston, TX March 11-14. This is a record number of qualifiers for
HSU! Another record is the total amount of qualifying standards achieved by the Redwave and
Lady Redwave. The Redwave made 12 "A" cuts and 9 "B" cuts while the Lady Redwave made 12
"A" cuts and 18 "B" cuts!

2009 NCAA Qualifiers:

Grant beahan: A cut: 50, 100, 200 Free 100, 200 Fly 200, 400, 800 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay
Deniz Alkan: A cut: 200 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay B cut: 100, 200 Back 100 Breast 200 IM
Levi Mische: A cut: 100 Fly 400, 800 Free Relay 200 Medley relay B cut: 100, 200 Free
Aras Karakivrak: A cut: 400, 800 Free Relay B cut: 100, 200 Free
Selim Oz: A cut: 200, 400 Free Relay B cut: 50 free
JD Grothe: A cut: 800 Free Relay
Jon Doolittle: A cut: 200 Free Relay
Tony marleneanu: A cut: 200 Medley Relay
Andy McCornack: A cut: 1 meter Diving
Dusty Welch: A cut: 1 Meter Diving

Nicole Horn: A cut: 50, 100, 200 Free 200, 400, 800 Free Relay 400 Medley Relay
Natalie Gallant: A cut: 200 Back 400, 800 Free Relay B cut: 100, 200 Free 100 Back 100 Fly 200,
400 IM
Tara Grieger: A cut: 50 Free 200, 400 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay B cut: 100 Free
Natalie Miller: A cut: 100 Back 200 Free Relay 200, 400 Medley Relay B cut: 50 Free
Brittney Bryant: A cut: 400 Medley relay B cut: 100, 200 Breast
Rebekah Norman: A cut: 800 Free Relay B cut: 100, 200 Breast 1000 Free
Jill Johnson: A cut: 200, 800 Free Relay B cut: 500 Free
Allison Kliewer: A cut: 100 Fly 200, 400 Medley Relay B cut: 200, 400 IM
Amanda Kleiwer: A cut: 400 Free Relay
Catie Morrow: A cut: 200 Medley Relay

Henderson State Falls to Delta State to Open Swim Season
Oct. 11, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State opened its 2009 swim season over the weekend in Cleveland, Miss. against a
very good Delta State University squad. The men’s team lost a close competition by a final
score of 144-136, and the Lady Red Wave fell 156-135.

The Red Wave performance was highlighted by the swimming of two freshman, Zach Interrante
and Nick James.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY
MEET RESULTS


Grey team defeats red in annual intrasquad meet
OCT. 2, 2009

The Grey team defeated the Red team with a combined score of 159-136.

On the men's side, the Grey team's Nick James, Taylor Kneisley, Zach Interrante, and Aras
Karakivrak started the meet with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay at 1.36:94. In a close
second, the Red team's Jair Boerenveen, Val Ladrat, Grant Beahan, and selim Oz turned in a time
of 1.39:59. The men's Grey team went on to win 80-67.

On the Women's side, the Grey Team's Chelsea Leary, Catie Morrow, Hannah Weise, and Nicole
Horn started the meet with a victory in the 200 Medley Relay at 1.52:01. In a close second, the
Red Team's Natalie Gallant, Rebekah Norman, Allison Kliewer, and Tara Grieger finished at
1.53:34. The women's Grey Team went on to win 79-69.

Meet Results
Photo by P. Shepard

HSU Swim Teams Sweep Ouachita Baptist
Oct. 24, 2009
By Cody Qualls

After the Red Wave and Lady Red Wave suffered close losses to begin the season at Delta
State two weeks ago, Henderson State regained its form and swept Ouachita Baptist on Friday
in Arkadelphia, Ark.

The women’s squad won in a route, 149-87, while the men’s competition came down to the last
race in the meet, the 400 freestyle relay, which the Red Wave team of Grant Beahan, Zach
Interrante, Levi Mishe and Nick James won in 3:06.49, giving there team the 11 points for
winning the event and a 121-116 victory in the overall competition.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY
MEET RESULTS
Swim Team Sweeps Hendrix Relays, Win 21 of 26 Events
Nov. 2, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State was clearly the class of the 47th Hendrix Relays event over the weekend in
Conway, Ark. The Lady Red Wave won on the women’s side, earning 466 points, 80 points ahead
of its closest competitor, Centenary. The men’s team totaled 460 points, 78 points ahead of
Centenary.

HSU won the men’s side of the event competing against eight other schools, while the Lady Red
Wave defeated nine other teams.

The Lady Red Wave won 11-of-13 events on the day. Jennifer Rodriguez, a freshman from Katy,
Texas, gave the women’s squad the momentum early on with wins in both 1 meter and 3 meter
diving.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY
MEET RESULTS

Red Wave Earns Top Combined Score at UALR Christmas Invitational
Dec. 7, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State earned the top combined score at the Arkansas-Little Rock Christmas
Invitational swim meet over the weekend, defeating teams from Ouachita Baptist, Hendrix
College and UALR.

The Lady Red Wave earned a convincing win against the other three schools, earning 958
points in the competition. Ouachita Baptist finished second with 677 points, 281 points behind
Henderson State. The men’s team finished second behind OBU.

Henderson State head coach Coak Matthews was pleased with his teams performance. "We
had a fantastic meet and I am extremely proud of all the swimmers and divers," Matthews said.
"The kids did a super job and showed tremendous concentration and heart throughout the
entire meet."

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY

FRIDAY RESULTS / SATURDAY RESULTS

Lady Red Wave Wins HSU Invitational, Men Second
Nov. 15, 2009
By Cody Qualls

Henderson State won the women’s portion of the HSU Invitational swimming meet over the
weekend, scoring 373 points, ahead of second place finisher Ouachita Baptist who scored 326.
The men’s squad finished second behind OBU in a close competition 365-344, but still defeated
three other schools.

The Lady Red Wave kicked off its event by winning the 200 free relay event, as the foursome of
Tara Grieger, Audra Elrod, Amanda Kliewer and Nicole Horn won the event in 1:38.51.

Kliewer, Elrod and Horn won the 400 freestyle relay with Nikki Colton. Colton also won
three consolation events individually.

Rebekah Norman won the 200 breaststroke (2:31.15), while Horn took 100 freestyle honors.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE STORY

MEET RESULTS