Southeast Softball

There is no hotter softball team in the Ohio Valley Conference than Southeast Missouri State and it showed why in a resounding 7-0 beat-down of Eastern Illinois in Cape Girardeau on Friday. The Redhawks (16-10, 12-1) got offensive power from senior Ashley Ellis, as she pounded out a pair of home runs, while also riding the dominant right arm of junior pitcher Rachel Rook in the win.

Junior pitcher Rachel Rook threw a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts Wednesday to lead Southeast Missouri State to a 5-0 victory over Southern Illinois. Rook, like so many times previously in 2021, dominated in the circle, throwing a no-hitter through the first four innings, until Saluki Elizabeth Warwick led off the fifth inning with a single to end the no-hit bid...

Two Southeast Missouri softball players earned honors Monday as senior infielder Ashley Ellis and junior pitcher Rachel Rook won Player of the week and Pitcher of the week, as OVC official announced Monday. A native of Arnold, Missouri, Ellis hit.625 with four runs scored, four home runs, and 10 RBIs to lead SEMO to four wins last week. ...

Southeast Missouri State center fielder Rachel Anderson had one of those games a player only dreams of on Friday, going 4 for 4, scoring three runs, hitting a triple and a home run, leading her Redhawks past Morehead State at home, 8-0. Anderson was not only outstanding at the plate but made a highlight-reel type, diving catch to rob a Morehead State hitter of extra bases...

Southeast Missouri State scored five runs in the fifth inning Wednesday to claim victory over Saint Louis University, 6-1. Freshman Kynzie Wrigley captured the lead for the Redhawks in the third inning by smacking her first career home run of her career, helping SEMO take a 1-0 lead into the later innings...

Southeast Missouri State softball pitcher Rachel Rook was voted the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week unanimously on Monday, as she struck out a total of 24 batters in two starts, throwing 13 scoreless innings to lead the Redhawks to a second straight series sweep...

Southeast Missouri State center fielder Rachel Anderson led the hitting parade Sunday, going 3 for 4, driving in three runs, to lead the Redhawks past Belmont, 8-4. Anderson walked in her first at-bat in the first inning, then singled on a bunt in the top half of the third inning...

Southeast Missouri State outhit Southern Illinois on Tuesday, but dropped a 6-2 softball game at Charlotte West Stadium in Carbondale.

Southeast Missouri State sophomore infielder Alyson Tucker hit her first home run of the season Friday, as the Redhawks defeated Austin Peay 6-5 in Cape Girardeau.

Earlier this week, Ohio Valley Commissioner Beth DeBauche wasn’t ready to make any significant adjustments as it related to the 2020 football season. However, she did state that the OVC Board of Presidents would be meeting on July 22 and 29 and may be doing just that.

ORAN, Mo. — Becoming successful in athletics takes hard work and dedication, along with time and commitment. For multiple sports, it takes even more. Oran senior and three-sport athlete Kaylee Payne showed what all four characteristics lead to after a successful athletic year with the Lady Eagles, earning her the 2020 Standard-Democrat Girls Athlete of the Year...

Calling Dr. Jerry Westbrook an original may be an understatement on a par with saying Cape Girardeau gets a bit warm in the summer. Westbrook, on the Southeast Missouri State faculty since 1995, is a fervent supporter of SEMO softball specifically and of women’s athletics in general...

When Southeast Missouri State athletic director Brady Barke was asked last month what it took to build a successful sport at his institution, he was very specific about the core of what was needed.