Southeast Softball

The Southeast Missouri State softball team concluded its jam packed home stand by sweeping the Senior Day doubleheader against Eastern Illinois, 11-3 in five innings and 8-5 in Game 2. It capped a stretch of eight home games in eight days for the Redhawks (35-12, 12-4 Ohio Valley Conference), who went 5-3 in that run and are now tied with Eastern Kentucky for second in the conference. Southeast coach Mark Redburn was glad to send the seniors out on a good note...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team picked up a 4-3 win over in-state foe Saint Louis on Wednesday at the Southeast Softball Complex as the Redhawks tied their win total from last season. Haley Thogmartin got the save as Southeast (33-12) held off a late SLU rally...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team suffered its fifth loss in the last six games as Arkansas State swept the season series with an 8-4 victory Tuesday in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Southeast (16-21) scored first, scratching a run across in the second thanks to a Hunter Southerland double, a Danny Wright single and a Andrew Keck RBI ground out...

Southeast Missouri State wrapped up the first of two vital series this weekend by splitting an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader with Austin Peay on Friday at the Southeast Missouri State Softball Complex. The Redhawks dropped the opener 5-2, suffering their first home loss of the season and breaking an eight-game home winning streak that stretched back to last season, but then recovered with a resounding 9-0 win in the nightcap...

For Southeast Missouri State softball, this season has been years in the making. It started in 2015 with coach Mark Redburn's hiring and continued a year later when he brought in his first recruiting class. To get to this point, the Redhawks had to take their lumps, enduring losing seasons. Now, they are reaping the rewards and stockpiling wins. After posting a winning record last spring, the program's first since 2011, Southeast came out of the games clicking on all cylinders this season...

Southeast Missouri State softball continued its dominance by shutting out Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee-Martin 1-0 and 6-0 in a doubleheader Wednesday in Martin, Tennessee. In the first game, Ashley Ellis singled in the first inning to score Mykaela Arellanes for the game-clinching run. Haley Thogmartin recorded her 13th win of the season, pitching a complete-game shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out three...

Southeast Missouri State softball hits the road today for an important Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against UT Martin in Martin, Tennessee. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the games were pushed back due to impending inclement weather. The Redhawks are in a two-way tie for third place with Austin Peay with a 6-2 conference record, trailing only Jacksonville State and Murray State. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team continued its strong start to Ohio Valley Conference play with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Eastern Kentucky on Monday afternoon at the Southeast Softball Complex. Southeast improved to 27-8 overall and 5-1 in the OVC with 4-1 and 9-7 victories over the Colonels. It was the Redhawks' first games in over a week and came against a team that entered Monday tied for second in the conference...

Southeast Missouri State The Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader between Southeast Missouri State softball and Morehead State scheduled for Friday was cancelled due to weather. A makeup date has not been set. Rain was in the forecast and the initial start of 1 p.m. ...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team is riding high on a 10-game winning streak and got some more good news Monday when Rachel Anderson was announced as the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week. It's the first time in nearly a year a Redhawk earned that honor, and it's the second of Anderson's career...

After 24 games on the road, Southeast Missouri State softball fans got exactly what they have waited for all season. The Redhawks treated them to a home run, a school record and an all-around defensive performance as they defeated Missouri State 5-2 in their home opener in front of a near-capacity crowd at Southeast Softball Complex on Thursday...

Already 24 games into the season, the Southeast Missouri State softball team finally will be playing at home for the first time when it takes on Missouri State at 4 p.m. today at Southeast Softball Complex. Southeast coach Mark Redburn's team has experienced a heavy dose of travel to start the year, logging nearly 4,000 miles...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team picked up a pair of wins Friday in the Jayhawk Classic in Lawrence, Kansas. Ashley Ellis belted two home runs in an 8-2 win over the University of Missouri-Kansas City, before Rachel Rook blanked host Kansas in the second game, a 2-0 victory for the Redhawks...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball picked up its second sweep of the season, winning both games of a doubleheader comfortably against Purdue-Fort Wayne on Saturday. Due to incoming inclement weather, Sunday's series finale was moved up to Saturday...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team plated 19 runs in winning two games Friday in the Adam Brown Memorial Shamrock Classic hosted by the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas. Southeast defeated the University of Louisiana-Monroe 8-0 in six innings, before beating host UCA 11-7...

Southeast Missouri State baseball bounced back from its first loss of the season with an emphatic 14-2 win over visiting Western Illinois on Saturday at Capaha Field. A day after stranding 11 base runners in a 9-2 loss, Southeast (5-1) notched 14 hits and took advantage of five walks and five hit batters to score 14 runs or more for the first time since April 10, 2018...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team saw its perfect start to the season come to an end Friday, falling 9-2 to Western Illinois at Capaha Field. The Redhawks never led as the Leathernecks, who entered winless, scored two runs in the third to take the lead for good and steadily built on that lead as the game progressed...

The Southeast Missouri State softball mustered four hits and fell in its opening game at the Razorbacks Invitational. Tournament host Arkansas, ranked 12th in the nation, broke a tie game open with five runs in the fourth and went on to win 7-1 on Thursday in Fayetteville, Arkansas...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team opened its season Saturday, but still has yet to complete a game. The Redhawks' opener was originally scheduled for Friday, but inclement weather pushed the game back a day. Then, the Redhawks, along with other athletic teams at the university and the Western Michigan team it faced, had to spend Saturday morning and early afternoon clearing snow from Capaha Field...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team bounced back from an opening loss and earned a split in the first day of the Louisiana Tech Invitational on Friday. The Redhawks fell to Wichita State 8-0 in the opening game before earning a 10-2 win over Abilene Christian to improve to 5-2...

It's not quite a win, but the Southeast Missouri State women's soccer team snapped a three-game losing streak Thursday. The Redhawks battled Eastern Kentucky to a 1-1 tie in Ohio Valley Conference action at Houck Field. With the draw, SEMO improved to 2-7-1 overall, 0-3-1 in the OVC...

A quartet of representatives from the Southeast Missouri State track and field team have qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships preliminary competition. Marc Maton, Stephen Zagurski, Jonno Engelking and Richard Vinson will travel to the West Preliminary, to be held at California State University in Sacramento, California, on May 24-26...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team's offensive malaise continued Thursday, resulting in a season-ending defeat. The fourth-seeded Redhawks mustered just one run in a 4-1 defeat to No. 8 Morehead State at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama, and were eliminated from the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team just couldn't find the finishing touch. The Redhawks took a 4-0 lead in the first inning but couldn't hold on, and a hopeful seventh inning quickly came apart and left No. 4 Southeast on the wrong side of a 5-4 result, dropping its Ohio Valley Conference Tournament opening game to fifth-seeded SIU Edwardsville on Wednesday afternoon at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama...

As Mark Redburn has gone about building the Southeast Missouri State softball program during the last few years, part of the process has been raising the talent level through recruiting. Along the way, he's picked up some pieces who know a thing or two about winning...

For the better part of the last decade, Southeast Missouri State softball has often received as much attention for legal drama off the field as its mediocrity on it. But things are changing. Sunday was a celebration of what the Redhawks have done on the field this season, using Senior Day to honor those who have fully experienced the ups and downs and are reaping the rewards...