College Sports

Dan Holst represents the Southeast Missouri State baseball team as the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The senior outfielder led the Redhawks over the weekend to a sweep of visiting Eastern Kentucky, hitting .429 with nine RBIs during the three-game series. He had two hits and two runs scored in each game...

Southeast Missouri State student-athletes combined to post a 3.20 grade point average for the 2016-17 academic year. The women's tennis team led the way with a 3.79 cumulative GPA, while women's cross country and women's soccer were close behind with a 3.75 and a 3.70 GPA, respectively...

In the final home game of their college careers, the seniors led the way as Southeast Missouri State baseball ended the regular season with a sweep. Saturday, five senior starters combined for 10 hits as the Redhawks cruised to a 16-3 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Senior Day at Capaha Field...

With a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament already clinched, Southeast Missouri State's baseball team defeated Eastern Kentucky 8-4 on Friday to clinch the final regular-season series of the year. Senior starting pitcher Clay Chandler returned to his early-season form, allowing just two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in his final start at Capaha Field to earn the win...

Southeast Missouri State softball freshman Rachel Anderson earned second-team All-Mideast Region honors, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced Thursday. In all, 667 players from 175 programs garnered NFCA Division I All-Region recognition. Anderson, like all other honorees, is now in the running for the 2017 NFCA Division I All-American teams...

After returning home from a seven-game road trip, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team showed Thursday that it's ready for the postseason. Dan Holst and Tristen Gagan combined for three home runs and 11 RBIs, as the Redhawks combined for 15 hits in a 14-6 win over Eastern Kentucky in the opener of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Capaha Field...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team was unable to respond after Belmont scored two runs to go ahead in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Bruins clinched the Ohio Valley Conference series with an 11-10 victory on Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee...

A late-game, four-run rally fell by the way side for Southeast Missouri State baseball, as it dropped a 6-5 contest in 12 innings to Belmont on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redhawks rally began in the top of the eighth inning, with Brian Lees singling before Tristen Gagan hit a two-run home run over the right-field wall to cut the deficit to 5-3...

The Southeast Missouri State men's track and field team claimed its second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championship on Saturday at Choccolocco Park. SEMO totaled 182 points, 44 more than second-place Belmont (138 points). Eastern Illinois was third with 136...

Hitting the road for the final time in the regular season, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team edged Belmont 4-1 on Friday night in Nashville, Tennessee. The Redhawks (25-22 overall, 13-12 Ohio Valley Conference) got mult-hit games from Josh Haggerty and Brian Lees and a strong pitching performance from Justin Murphy to get past the Bruins (34-35, 15-13)...

Southeast Missouri State track and field thrower Logan Blomquist was named Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Male Freshman of the Year, the league announced Thursday. Blomquist began the outdoor season with top-10 finishes in three separate events at the Jaguar Opener, including a first-place toss in shot put. He posted 18 more top-10 finishes throughout the year...

The Southeast Missouri State women's track and field team is in first place following the opening day of the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, as Sydney O'Brien took first for the Redhawks in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 37 minutes, 24.44 seconds on Thursday in Oxford, Alabama...

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball program is doing its best to move past a disappointing 2015-16 campaign, one that left its most lasting mark on Wednesday when the NCAA announced that Southeast is one of 17 Division I programs across the country ineligible for postseason play in 2017-18 as a result of low Academic Progress Rate scores over a four-year period...

Southeast Missouri State softball's Rachel Anderson and Mykaela Arellanes each earned Ohio Valley Conference honors at Tuesday's banquet. Anderson was named OVC Freshman of the Year and earned first-team and all-newcomer honors, while the sophomore Arellanes was named to the all-newcomer team...

A couple of months ago, Southeast Missouri State women's basketball assistant coach James Arnold got a phone call from his realtor -- a family was moving to Cape Girardeau and was interested in purchasing his house. Except his house wasn't for sale...

Southeast Missouri State accomplished a first Saturday, winning back-to-back road games for the first time all season. That put the Redhawks in position for a series sweep. But SEMO couldn't capitalize on that opportunity as Western Michigan avoided the sweep Sunday with an 8-6 comeback victory in Kalamazoo, Michigan...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team split a road doubleheader at UT Martin on Saturday, winning the opener 7-0 and dropping the nightcap 8-2. The pair of games wraps up the season for the Redhawks, who did not qualify for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball traveled northward for a pair of games at Western Michigan on Saturday and captured a doubleheader sweep, 12-6 and 8-5, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The result marked the first time all season that Southeast has won back-to-back road games...

Jasmin Hilliard grew up in the United States. As a soccer player, she is a product of northeast Ohio, a place one might describe as the anti-Caribbean. But two weeks ago Hilliard pulled on a uniform for the Puerto Rican women's national team, taking the first step in a journey that could see her become the first ever Southeast Missouri State soccer player to represent any country's national team...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team couldn't hang onto a one-run lead in the ninth inning Tuesday, as Trent Leimkuehler hit a two-run, walk-off double to give Saint Louis a 6-5 win in St. Louis. SEMO led 5-4 entering the final frame but Leimkuehler's clutch hit sealed SEMO's defeat...

Former Southeast Missouri State punter Alex Knight will take part in a tryiout at rookie minicamp with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Knight, a left-footed punter, was a first team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a senior in 2016, leading the league and ranking sixth in the nation with 43.8 yards per punt...

Despite holding a lead three different times, the Southeast Missouri State softball team dropped a 6-5 decision against Belmont in Ohio Valley Conference action Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. The game was originally scheduled as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, but inclement weather forced the Redhawks to stay an extra day in Nashville to complete the two-game set...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team picked up right where it left off following a suspension of play in its Ohio Valley Conference series finale against Tennessee Tech, defeating the Golden Eagles 11-9 when action resumed Sunday afternoon at Capaha Field...

Two Southeast Missouri State football players received some exciting news on Sunday, as inside linebacker Rider Garrett and defensive tackle Ryan Ochoa were awarded scholarships. Formerly walk-ons, Garrett and Ochoa were caught off guard during a team dinner at Houck Field House...

Darby Pruett hit a two-run home run to lead the Southeast Missouri State softball team to its third straight Ohio Valley Conference win, a 5-1 victory over Belmont on Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee. The game was the first of a doubleheader and was shortened to six innings because of rain and lightning. Game 2 was postponed until 4 p.m. today...

A thunderstorm rolled into the area on Saturday evening and interrupted the second game in a doubleheader between the Southeast Missouri State baseball team and Tennessee Tech at Capaha Field. The Redhawks held a 5-4 lead when Game 2 was suspended in the bottom of the fifth inning. The two teams will try to resume the game today, but an official contest has been recorded, which means Southeast will get the victory if the two teams are unable to complete the contest...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team left 26 runners on base in an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against Tennessee State but were able to pull off a sweep on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. After stranding 12 baserunners, Southeast (21-25, 6-12 OVC) broke through for two runs in the top of the ninth inning to secure a come-from-behind win in the opener, 5-3. The Redhawks defeated the Tigers in a 4-1 decision in Game 2...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team got its first look at the top team in the Ohio Valley Conference on Friday, and Tennessee Tech showed its merit. The Golden Eagles finished with 17 hits, including seven in a row during a five-run sixth inning, as TTU held the Redhawks scoreless for six straight innings en route to an 8-4 win in the first of a three-game series at Capaha Field...

It was an inning that began so innocently. Without its star closer, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team was already in a bind as it clung to a three-run lead heading into the final frame of Tuesday's game against Southern Illinois. The bullpen that was available at the Redhawks' disposal simply struggled to record the final two outs...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team announced Wednesday that it has completed its 2017-18 signing class with the addition of Losmie Lutaya, a 6-foot-2 forward. Lutaya comes to Cape Girardea from Pensacola (Fla.) State College. She is originally from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Ledarrius Brewer signed with Southeast Missouri State basketball on Tuesday, the school announced. Brewer is from Meridian, Mississippi, and the final member of a class that will join SEMO next season. The 6-foot-5 guard was Meridian High School's top scorer this past season as he averaged 15 points and seven rebounds per game. He earned all-state honors as he led Meridian to a 6A state title and a 30-2 record...