Harding (18-24, 12-14 GAC) at Ouachita Baptist (10-28, 6-21 GAC)
When: Sunday and Monday
Location: Arkadelphia, Ark.
Time: 4 p.m. DH; 1 p.m. DH
Coaches:
Harding – Phil Berry (50-50, 2nd season)
Ouachita Baptist – Mike McGhee (252-312, 11th season)
Live Stats – Available on a link at HardingSports.com

HARDING

- Harding will play its final regular season Great American Conference series Sunday and Monday when it travels to Arkadelphia, Arkansas to take on Ouachita Baptist. The series was scheduled to be played Friday and Saturday but due to weather forecast the series was moved. Sunday's doubleheader will start at 4 p.m., and Monday's doubleheader will start at 1 p.m.

- The Lady Bisons head into the series with an 18-24 overall record and a 12-14 GAC record. Harding currently sits in sixth place in the GAC standings. The top eight teams in the standings will advance to the GAC Tournament held April 30 – May 2nd in Bentonville, Arkansas.

- Harding holds a 6-6 record on the road this season. The Lady Bisons have won their last four road games when they swept Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford, Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago. Brookelynn Moon leads Harding hitting .455. In 33 at bats she has 15 hits, six doubles, eight runs scored and eight RBIs. Amanda Berdon leads the Lady Bisons in home runs with two and RBIs with 11.

- Harding was supposed to host Williams Baptist on Monday and travel to Christian Brothers on Tuesday but both doubleheaders were rained out. The Lady Bisons last played last Friday and Saturday when they hosted Henderson State. The Reddies won 5-3, 5-4 (14 innings), 5-2 and 7-1.

- The Lady Bisons are led by Kimmy Hendricks who is hitting .377.  Fellow sophomore Mackenzie Jones is right behind her, hitting .366.

- Senior pitcher Amber Rollins leads Harding's pitching staff with a 2.64 ERA which is third in the GAC. She has made 21 starts, thrown 16 complete games and has one shutout. She ranks fourth in the GAC in strikeouts with 104.

- Harding ranks eighth in the GAC with a .305 team batting average. The Lady Bisons have recorded 354 hits this season ranking them fourth in the GAC. Harding also ranks fifth in the GAC with a .395 on base percentage. The Lady Bisons lead the GAC in doubles with 66.

- Harding's pitching staff ranks third in the GAC with a 3.65 ERA. The Lady Bisons have only given up 22 home runs which is the fewest in the GAC.

- In GAC games this season, the Lady Bisons are led by Kimmy Hendricks who is hitting .351. She leads Harding in hits with 26 and is tied with Carolyn Clayton for the most home runs with four. Hendricks has driven in 15 runs and has 23 runs scored.

- Hendricks ranks fourth in the GAC in on base percentage (.507) and is tied for first in the GAC in runs scored. She has reached base in the last 19 games which ties Carolyn Clayton for the longest streak at Harding. Clayton reached base in 19 straight games last season.

- The Lady Bisons lead the GAC in drawn walks with 160. Hendricks ranks second in the GAC with 31 walks, Clayton ranks third with 25 and Marley Edwards is tied for seventh with 19. Harding's walks is the sixth most in NCAA Division II. West Texas A&M leads Division II with 234 walks.

- Harding set a new school record earlier this season in stolen bases. The Lady Bisons have stolen 88 bases to lead the GAC and rank 10th in NCAA Division II. Courtney Derrick has stolen 24-of-25 bases and Hendricks has stolen 22-of-23 bases. Derrick leads the GAC and Hendricks ranks tied for third. Moon also ranks tied for eighth with 12.

- Mackenzie Jones leads the Lady Bisons with 13 multiple hit games. Eleven times this season she has recorded two hit games and two times she had three hits. Jones also leads in multiple RBI games with eight.

- Harding has scored 234 runs (5.6 runs per game) this season which is 45 more than its opponent.

- When Harding leads after fourth inning they are 18-4 record and are 10-1 when they lead after six.

OUACHITA BAPTIST

- Ouachita Baptist heads into the series with a 10-28 overall record and a 6-21 GAC record. The Tigers have lost their last nine games and have lost 12 of their last 13 games. Their only win came at home against Southern Nazarene when they defeated the Crimson Storm 10-2.

- Ouachita Baptist is 7-9 at home this season. Along with the Southern Nazarene win, the Tigers defeated Henderson State once 5-4 and defeated Southwestern Oklahoma two times 12-4 and 3-2.

- Ouachita Baptist heads into the series with a .266 team batting average. The Tigers rank tied for third in triples with seven.

- Ouachita Baptist is led by Sarah Johnson who ranks 11th in the GAC with a .393 batting average. She leads the team in hits (46), doubles (14) and RBIs (27).

- Ouachita Baptist has a 5.16 team ERA. Delaney Bedunah leads the Tigers with a 4.44 ERA. She holds a 5-5 record in 19 appearances. She has thrown four complete games and has 11 strikeouts.

SERIES

- Harding leads the series 3-1.

- In Searcy last season, the Lady Bisons dropped the first game 1-0 but won the final three games 6-1, 6-5 and 9-1.

- In the four games against Ouachita Baptist, Kinsey Beck led Harding with a .471 batting average. She had eight hits, four doubles and four RBIs.

- Danielle Hubbard led Harding in the circle with a 0.78 ERA and a 2-0 record. In two appearances, she gave up eight hits and two runs.