ARKADELPHIA – There is no need to wait until November for the Battle of the Ravine.

Tuesday night, September 14, Ouachita hosts Henderson State for the first Great American Conference volleyball match of the season. First serve is at 6 p.m. at the Sturgis Physical Education Center. Links to live stats and live video can be found at OBUtigers.com.

Ouachita enters the contest with a 3-5 overall record, all three of those wins coming this past weekend at the Denton Volleyfest, hosted by Texas Woman's University. The Tigers won three of four matches with its only loss coming a in five sets.

The Reddies are also coming off a three-win weekend after taking a long trip to Owensburg, Kentucky for the Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational. Overall, the Reddies are 7-2 coming into Tuesday's match.

The Reddies hold the all-time series advantage 32-22, but the Tigers won the most recently with a 13-7 record against HSU in the past decade.