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In what was a milestone day for a pair of Redhawks, the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team went on the road Sunday and pulled out a 1-1 draw with Eastern Kentucky after two periods of extra time in Richmond, Kentucky. Sophomore forward Katie Lever scored her first career goal in the 15th minute to help Southeast (4-5-2 overall, 1-1-2 Ohio Valley Conference) to its second straight tie...

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- The Southeast Missouri State football team managed to claw its way back into contention Saturday despite a putrid first-half performance from its offense. But all hope seemed to wither away in a flash. Facing a three-point deficit in the final seconds, the Redhawks were well within field-goal range with the ball spotted at Eastern Illinois' 16-yard line. ...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball ended an eight-match losing streak with a three-set win over visiting Jacksonville State on Saturday at Houck Field House. It was SEMO's first Ohio Valley Conference win of the season. Southeast won 25-14, 25-22, 25-20 to extend its home winning streak to five...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Kerryon Johnson rushed for a career-high five touchdowns and No. 15 Auburn ended its recent offensive struggles in a 51-14 victory over Missouri on Saturday night. Johnson, who had missed the previous two games with a hamstring injury, finished with 48 yards rushing on 18 carries and fell one short of Carnell Williams' school record of six rushing touchdowns in a game...

The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team got a 90th-minute strike from Lauren Kaempfe and walked away from its first Ohio Valley Conference road game with a 1-1 draw with Morehead State. Kaempfe's header in the final minute of regulation came off a Jasmine Hilliard corner kick and forced overtime...

The chance for redemption begins now for the Southeast Missouri State football team. Coming off back-to-back losses that were exacerbated by their own doing, the Redhawks will begin the Ohio Valley Conference portion of their schedule at 6 p.m. Saturday when they travel to face Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Illinois...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Many former Missouri football players took to social media as a brutal 35-3 home loss to Purdue unfolded last Saturday. Denver Broncos defensive end Shane Ray posted a Kanye West meme to voice his displeasure. Minnesota Vikings linebacker Kentrell Brothers tweeted how "this is wild." Seattle Seahawks center Justin Britt just shook his head...

Observing from afar, it was impossible not to feel at least a hiccup of joy. Everyone enjoys seeing the downtrodden get a little taste of something better, right? And for the past several years, Austin Peay football has been as downtrodden as they come...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team began Ohio Valley Conference play Tuesday, dropping its eighth straight match. UT Martin lost the opening set but won the next three to claim a 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-20) victory over the Redhawks in Martin, Tennessee...

For a second straight game, the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team couldn't find a goal through 90 minutes. But this time it cost them a result. UT Martin got a late game winner and dropped the Redhawks, 1-0, on the road Sunday in Martin, Tennessee...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team battled for five sets against a tournament host but was unable to end a lengthy losing streak Saturday. SEMO fell 25-27, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 13-15 to Chicago State at Jacoby D. Dickens Center in its final game at the Chicago State Invitational. It was also Southeast's final non-conference game...

For two minutes it seemed like everything was going the way of the Southeast Missouri State football team. But as they say, waste not want not. After Southern Illinois fumbled the ball away on the first snap from scrimmage at Houck Field on Saturday evening, it then committed a pair of penalties, setting up Southeast deep in Saluki territory with a chance to immediately leave an imprint on the game. ...

The Southeast Missouri State football team had all but sealed its own fate when halftime came around in Saturday's home opener at Houck Field. The Redhawks' offense was slow out of the gate -- no thanks to a bevy of penalties -- and Southern Illinois quarterback Sam Straub threw three first-half touchdowns to lead the Salukis to a 35-17 victory over Southeast in the 85th all-time meeting between the regional rivals...

A few moments earlier, Southeast Missouri State senior goalkeeper Kindra Lierz had saved her team's skin, tipping a ball over the crossbar to keep Ohio Valley Conference opening opponent Tennessee Tech off the board late in the first half. Now, though, Lierz was on the ground, writhing in agony. Which left redshirt freshman Maddie Gleeson thinking only one thing...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Purdue quarterback David Blough started his first game of the season Saturday against Missouri. He played like he never wants to give up the role. Blough led the Boilermakers to touchdowns on their first three drives in a 35-3 victory...

It was the kind of game that too often got away from the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team a year ago, when it went winless in five overtime conference games, ultimately finishing outside the postseason picture by the slimmest of margins...

It's a big weekend for Southeast Missouri State sports, with the football team playing its home opener Saturday after the women's soccer team begins conference play at Houck Field on Friday. Ahead of all that, we recorded Episode 19. In the first segment (), host and sports editor Josh Mlot (@semoballJosh) sits down with Southeast Missourian SEMO beat writer Trent Singer (@semoballTrent) to talk about what we've learned about Redhawks football through two weeks of the season, and what's ahead, including the weekend's home opener against regional rival Southern Illinois.. ...

Cornerback Mike Ford can still remember how the Southeast Missouri State football team defeated Southern Illinois on Sept. 12, 2015. Just a sophomore at the time, Ford had a pair of interceptions, including a 21-yard pick-six, as the Redhawks forced seven turnovers and used a last-second field goal to defeat the Salukis 27-24 at Houck Field...

It took every ounce of five sets to determine a winner, but the Southeast Missouri State volleyball team suffered its fourth straight defeat, falling to regional rival Southern Illinois on Tuesday in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis (1-7) took the victory by scores of 20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17 and 15-13 to grab their first win of the season...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- DeMontie Cross was fired as Missouri's defensive coordinator after a year and two games in the position. The school announced the move Sunday, a day after the Tigers (1-1) lost 31-13 to South Carolina and a week after they gave up 43 points to Football Championship Subdivision opponent Missouri State...

In a game that wasn't even on the schedule when the week began, the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team traveled to Mississippi State on Friday and fell to the undefeated Bulldogs 3-1. Without a game scheduled until the conference opener on Sept. 15, the Redhawks (3-4) picked up the extra game just 48 hours before kickoff...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball capped off the Drake Invitational with its third loss of the tournament Saturday, falling in four sets to Omaha (25-23, 28-30, 14-25, 23-25). The Redhawks went 0-3 in the two-day event, losing to Montana in five sets and Drake in three sets on Friday...

DAYTON, Ohio -- The Southeast Missouri State football team spent four quarters Saturday creating its misfortune and, in the end, couldn't overcome that. Searching for their first win of the season, the Redhawks failed to convert a two-point opportunity to punctuate a last-minute touchdown and fell to Dayton 25-23 at Welcome Stadium...

DAYTON, Ohio -- Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz believes that successfully stopping the run starts with having the mentality to do so. On Saturday, the Redhawks were stretched thin against a Dayton rushing attack that imposed its will, producing 192 yards on the ground, 121 of which came in the second half alone...

Although Ohio Valley Conference play is still two weeks away, the Southeast Missouri State football team understands the importance of its non-conference slate. The Redhawks continue that season-opening stretch of games when they travel to face the Dayton Flyers at noon Saturday at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio...

The Southeast Missouri State football team announced Tuesday that its annual Pink Up Auction is open for bidding. The Redhawks again partner with Saint Francis Healthcare System to raise awareness for breast cancer. Fans can bid in the online Pink Up Auction to support the fight against cancer throughout the Southeast Missouri region. Bids can be placed online at pinkupcape.com...

With her team locked in a 13-13 deadlock with Western Illinois in the decisive fifth set of Monday's match, Southeast Missouri State volleyball coach Julie Yankus was curious to see how her younger players were going to react. Yankus called a timeout and turned to one of those players, designing a play that got the ball to sophomore outside hitter Mikayla Kuhlmann...

For 84 minutes, the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team had done what it set out to do -- go toe-to-toe with an Atlantic Coast Conference team. But in a matter of seconds, that all fell by the wayside, as Louisville finally broke through in the 84th minute to slip past Southeast 1-0 on Monday at Houck Field in SEMO's final tune-up before conference play begins...

Southeast Missouri State volleyball claimed the Redhawks Invitational Tournament title Saturday with a win over previously unbeaten Evansville at the Show Me Center. SEMO went 3-0 in the tournament, which was capped by its five-set victory over the Aces. For the first time since the 2013 Maroon Classic at Mississippi State, the Redhawks have won a non-conference tournament...

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- It only took one big play for the Southeast Missouri State football team to receive its first gut check of the season. On a broken play in the Redhawks' secondary, Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender connected with wide receiver Steven Sims Jr. on a 77-yard TD just 2 minutes, 19 seconds into Saturday night's season opener at Memorial Stadium, and the Jayhawks rode off to a 38-16 victory...

The Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team was unable to overcome in-state rival Missouri State on the road Friday evening, falling by a 2-0 score in Springfield, Missouri. After a scoreless first half, the host Bears (2-3) broke the deadlock with a 49th-minute strike from Kayleigh Putnam for her first goal of the season...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball has suffered a major blow, announcing Friday that redshirt-junior guard Carrie Shephard will miss the entire 2017-18 season following a knee injury suffered last week. Shephard tore the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral/medial meniscus in her left knee during a scrimmage on Aug. 25 and underwent successful surgery Thursday...

Heading into his fourth season opener as coach, Tom Matukewicz sees a lot of what he's been trying to instill in the football program at Southeast Missouri State. Now he's hoping his team can reap the benefits. The Redhawks will get the 2017 campaign officially underway at 6 p.m. Saturday when they travel to face Football Bowl Subdivision opponent Kansas at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas...

Jesse Hosket has always possessed the physical tools that are necessary to succeed at the Division I level. At 6-foot-3, 223 pounds, Hosket's size fits the prototype of the quarterback position, and there isn't a throw on the football field he can't make...

The Southeast Missouri State football team returns just four starters on offense in 2017, but trending upward is the only option for a scoring offense that ranked at the bottom in the Ohio Valley Conference last season, averaging 20.8 points per game...

Years in the making, senior outside linebackers Chad Meredith and Kendall Donnerson have been building toward this moment. The two players have been battled-tested during their respective playing careers with the Southeast Missouri State football team, riding a steady wave of progress that's led them to their final saga...

Only four defensive starters return for the Southeast Missouri State football team in 2017, but all four were key contributors on a scoring defense that ranked third in the Ohio Valley Conference, allowing just 24.4 points per game. The Redhawks yielded an average of 390.2 total yards per game, which ranked fourth in the league. They gave up 138.5 rushing yards per game (third in the OVC) but were gouged through the air, allowing 251.7 yards per game (seventh in the OVC)...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season, director of athletics Brady Barke announced Tuesday. In Ray's first season at the helm (2015-16), the Redhawks finished last in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 5-24 record, but they achieved a 10-win increase the following year, finishing as the 23rd most improved team in Division I basketball. ...

Head coach: John Grass, 4th year Last season: 10-2, 7-0 OVC Starters returning: 12 All you need to know is that defensive lineman Darius Jackson will be an NFL draft pick in the spring. The 6-foot-3, 237-pound senior is a STATS Preseason First Team All-American and the reigning OVC Defensive Player of the Year; he earned the same nod in this season's preseason coaches' poll. ...

Southeast Missouri State women's soccer player Maddi Karstens has been honored as the adidas Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. The junior center back played every minute of the Redhawks' two games, allowing just one goal and helping SEMO to a shutout...

Ryan Napoli joined the Southeast Missouri State football program to help build a winning culture. He came from a perennial Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse, North Dakota State. During his six years with the Bison, the football team won five national championships...

On Friday, the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team came out on the wrong end of a tough, emotional game with Milwaukee that's become a bit of a Midwest rivalry. Two days later, the Redhawks looked like a team ready to leave that in the past...