Conway, Ark. - Rhodes College volleyball split their final two close matches Sunday to wrap up the Hendrix Invitational. The Lynx are now 7-5 on the year. 

Texas Lutheran
The Lynx got the upper hand of a close first set (25-23) before TLU took the second set by two points (29-27) to even the score. Rhodes held an 8-4 advantage until five straight points gave TLU the lead. The teams were tied 19-19 when three unanswered Lynx points forced a TLU timeout. The timeout iced the Lynx behind the service line and sparked a five-point run for the Bulldogs at match-point. A Lynx timeout proved fruitfull when Kelsey Glasper went for the kill. An Annie Burke service ace tied the game 24-24. The teams would tied three more times until TLU earned the second set victory on a kill and Lynx attack error. 

In the third set, tied 10-10, five straight points for TLU broke open the game until the Lynx pulled within two. TLU managed to close out the set on a 3-1 run (25-21). In the fourth set with Rhodes ahead 10-9, TLU went on a 10-1 run, ultimately taking the 25-16 fourth set victory. 

The Lynx hit .289 in the first set. Freshman Kathryn Chambers led Rhodes with a career-high 13 kills while fellow freshman Annie Entz recorded 11 kills. Libero Marissa Hall tallied 17 digs with Glasper adding 12 digs. 

Huntingdon
This time the Lynx came out victorious after Huntingdon opened the match with a 30-28 win. The Lynx rebounded for a 25-15 victory after opening the second set on seven straight points. Huntingdon went up 2-1 after the third set. In the fourth set, the two teams were tied 16-16 when the Hawks scored three in a row to take the lead. The game was then tied at the 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 points before seniors Heather Antrim and Emily Korba put down the final two kills for a Lynx 26-24 win. In the deciding frame, Rhodes and Huntingdon were tied 9-9 before two Hawk points gave them the advantage. The Lynx answered with two kills from Chambers, two Hawk attack errors, a Chambers/Antrim block and finally a kill from Antrim to end the game (15-11). 

Glasper totaled the game-high 17 kills and added 16 digs for a double-double. Hall led the defense with 19 digs and Chambers once again hit double digits on the offensive side of the ball with 11 kills. Gabrielle White was effective for the Lynx, missing just one of her seven attack attempts for a .857 hitting percentage. On the defensive side of the net, Antrim recorded four block assists and the lone solo block against the Hawks. 

At the end of the weekend, Marissa Hall was named to the All-Tournament team.

Rhodes is back at home this weekend for their first home conference matches. The Lynx host Centre on Saturday at 11 a.m. followed by Sewanee on Sunday at noon.