Southeast Softball

Twenty-six Southeast Missouri State student-athletes were recognized Wednesday as the Ohio Valley Conference announced its Academic Medal of Honor winners for the 2016-17 academic year. Awarded to student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in each sport, all 221 OVC student-athletes honored carried a perfect 4.0 GPA...

Southeast Missouri State softball will host youth camps July 17-19 at the Southeast Softball Complex. The camps run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day and are open to girls ages 7-13. Kids can attend all three one-day camps or just one. It's $50 per day to attend or $120 to go all three days...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Southeast Missouri State softball split a home doubleheader against Eastern Kentucky on Sunday. The Redhawks won Game 1, 2-1, but fell 2-0 in Game 2. In the first game, Southeast starter Madeline Krumrey pitched a complete game. After allowing one run in the first inning, she responded with six scoreless innings. She improved to 11-8 as she threw her eighth complete game, a team high...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball announced a new signing Friday, with Mark Laros set to join the program. Laros, a 6-foot-10 center, is a native of Hengelo, Netherlands, and is coming off two seasons at Mineral Area College. He is the seventh MAC player to sign with a Division I school this year...

In the midst of an impressive first season, Southeast Missouri State center fielder Rachel Anderson was announced Thursday as one of 25 finalists for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. Anderson's .418 batting average is the best among freshmen in the Ohio Valley Conference. ...

Southeast Missouri State softball dropped a road doubleheader to Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, on Tuesday. The Redhawks fell 14-3 and 9-1 in two shortened games. SEMO (17-23) started strong in Game 1 with two runs in the first inning. But the Tigers (26-18) responded with 10 straight runs. They scored two in the bottom of the first and two more in the third. Then, they erupted for six in the fourth as they took advantage of two errors to score five unearned runs...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team dropped an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader to SIU Edwardsville on Friday, falling 4-0 and 5-4 in Edwardsville, Illinois. SEMO fell to 17-21 overall and 2-10 in conference play with the loss. It has been swept in an OVC doubleheader five times this season...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team was swept by Murray State in an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader Sunday at the Southeast Softball Complex. The Redhawks pounded out 13 hits but dropped an 11-6 decision in Game 1 before MSU cruised to a 6-1 win in Game 2...

The final season of college softball for Southeast Missouri State's Mackenzie Hoelting has been challenging. Hoelting underwent elbow surgery in the fall, which left her status up in the air as she entered the year. But Redhawks coach Mark Redburn understands what makes Hoelting such a special player...

Southeast Missouri State softball was swept in its home opener doubleheader Saturday. Eastern Illinois' Jessica Wireman picked up both wins and had nine strikeouts on the day as SEMO fell to 0-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference. EIU (19-5, 5-1 OVC) won Game 1 7-5 and Game 2 4-1...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team picked up its second straight Ohio Valley Conference win on Sunday, defeating Belmont 4-3 in Cape Girardeau. Southeast (10-4, 2-1 OVC) claimed the top two positions in doubles play to open the match. SEMO's Isabella Krupa and Oleksandra Doroshenko defeated Kendall Warren and Lindsey Whitehead, 6-2, at the top of the lineup before Kseniya Zonova and Anais Emelie earned a 6-1 win for the Redhawks against Laura Kent and Laura Van Eeckhoudt. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team opened up Ohio Valley Conference play Saturday with a pair of losses, as it was swept on the road at Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles (9-17 overall, 2-0 OVC) won both games by a score of 3-2, making it four straight contests the Redhawks (15-12, 0-2) have lost by one run...

On the eve of the start of Ohio Valley Conference play, everything that will determine the success of the Southeast Missouri State softball team's 2017 campaign is still ahead. But the foundation laid so far is a positive one. The most wins the Redhawks have posted in any season since 2013 is 19; they went 16-33 a year ago...

Southeast Missouri State softball again coughed up a late lead as Kansas hit a walk-off home run Sunday in a 6-5 loss. It was SEMO's third straight defeat. In all three of those games, the Redhawks (15-10) have given up lead in the final two innings...

Southeast Missouri State gymnastics ended the season Saturday with a fifth-place finish at the six-team Midwest Independent Conference championship. The Redhawks scored a 192.500. SEMO's Alexis Brawner won the all-around title, equaling her career-high score with a 39.225. Brawner also was named first-team all-conference on the vault and bars and earned second-team all-conference on the beam...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team never saw its offense come around on Wednesday, falling to Kennesaw State 4-3 at Bailey Park in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Redhawks (14-6) managed just three hits, a season low, in the game. Southeast took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning when shortstop Sarah Messex knocked a three-run home run to right field, but Kennesaw State (20-5) answered right back and SEMO picked up just one more hit the rest of the way...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team pushed its winning streak to three games with a 6-1 road victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Freshman Rachel Anderson continued to impress with her bat, as she finished a double shy of the cycle, while pitcher Madeline Krumrey threw a complete game to lead the Redhawks (14-5) past the Yellowjackets (8-16) at Mewborn Field...

Southeast Missouri State softball ended the Leon Smith Classic on a positive note with an 8-1 win over Alabama State on Sunday in Oxford, Alabama. SEMO (13-5) went 3-1 at the tournament, which it hosted at Choccolocco Park, and won its final two games...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team split a pair of games in the Leon Smith Classic on Friday and Saturday in Oxford, Alabama. The Redhawks dropped an 8-6 decision against Valparaiso on Friday before knocking off Alabama A&M 7-2 on Saturday. On Friday, Southeast (11-5) erased a six-run deficit, but the Crusaders scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the victory...

Southeast Missouri State men's basketball standout Antonius Cleveland advanced to the finals of the Dark Horse Dunker competition on Thursday, placing him one round away from booking the last spot in the Slam Dunk Championship. Cleveland edged out his semifinal matchup against St. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team extend its winning streak to seven games with two wins Saturday at the We Back Pat tournament. The Redhawks defeated Missouri State 2-1 in Game 1 and University of Missouri-Kansas City 4-2 in Game 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. They are the fifth Ohio Valley Conference school to reach 10 wins this season...

Southeast Missouri State softball swept Alcorn State in a doubleheader Saturday. SEMO beat the Braves 8-0 in Game 1 and 7-5 in Game 2. In the first contest, Southeast (8-2) had 12 hits as the top three hitters -- Brooke Rheinecker, Mykaela Arellanes and Addison Barnouski -- went a combined 7-for-9 with five runs and five RBIs in the blowout. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team ended the Lion Classic II tournament on a high note, winning both its games Sunday in Hammond, Louisiana. The Redhawks defeated Buffalo in extra innings 7-6 and also edged Alcorn State 3-2. With those two wins, SEMO improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the tournament...

The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up the indoor regular season at the Redhawks Invitational on Friday night at the Southeast Student Rec Center. Andre Bluiett led the men's team with a first-place finish in the 55-meter dash, finishing with a time of 6.58 seconds...

After a fast start to the season a week ago, the Southeast Missouri State softball team did not fare as well Friday, dropping a pair of games to open the Lions Classic II tournament in Hammond, Louisiana. The Redhawks (3-2) fell to Middle Tennessee 8-4 and UT Arlington 5-1...

When the Southeast Missouri State softball team swept through a trio of games last weekend to open the season, it hit a couple of positive marks -- the first time the Redhawks began the season with a victory in four years and the first time in nine years that they started a campaign 3-0...

Southeast Missouri State softball claimed the Jackson State Tournament title with a 13-2 victory over the host Sunday, completing a 3-0 opening weekend. It's SEMO's first 3-0 start since 2008. The Redhawks outscored their opponents 39-5 this weekend and won all three games in mercy rule-shortened, five-inning affairs...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team got off to a good start Saturday, winning its first two games of the season at the Jackson State Tournament. In shortened, five-inning affairs due to the lopsided scoreline, the Redhawks (2-0) defeated Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee State 9-1 and cruised past Jarvis Christian College 17-2...

The Southeast Missouri State athletics department recognized 220 student-athletes who achieved a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher during a banquet Wednesday night at the Show Me Center. For the second year in a row, more than 60 percent of the school's student athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher...

Southeast Missouri State announced its 2016 Hall of Fame class on Monday, featuring Lea Nenninger (nee Beckemeyer), Dr. John and Judy Holcomb, Heather Jenkins, Jim Klocke, Eddie Moss and Ron Shumate. The group will be inducted in the school's Hall of Fame ceremony on Feb. 3, 2017 at the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team released its 2017 schedule on Thursday, with 52 total games on tap including 13 at home. A 22-game Ohio Valley Conference slate goes into effect this season, with all of the 11 league matchups coming in doubleheaders...

The Southeast Missouri State softball program announced an addition to its coaching staff on Tuesday, as Aubrie Carmack joins the team as an assistant. Carmack will coach first base and the Redhawks' outfielders. She joins Southeast after spending one season at Bucknell University. Prior to that, Carmack was an assistant at Covenant College, a Division III program...

In a small room on the first floor of the Show Me Center, Southeast Missouri sports royalty gathered at rectangular tables situated around a podium. The players and coaches were in town Thursday for a press conference announcing the area's 2016 inductees into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame...