Southeast Softball

The Southeast Missouri State softball program only graduates two seniors off its 2022 roster, which nearly advanced to the championship game of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament recently. However, those two seniors (pitcher Rachel Rook and outfielder Kaylee Anderson) are two of the top players to ever compete in the red-and-black.

The immediate picture for the Southeast Missouri State was not to the liking of Redhawk followers, as No. 4-seed SEMO fell 3-2 to No. 2-seed Belmont in the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala. However, any rational fan can zoom out and see the big picture for the program is nothing but bright, and the final inning of that loss exhibited that.

If Southeast Missouri State is going to win the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament, it is following the most arduous path possible to that desired destination.

Southeast Missouri State softball coach Mark Redburn would have been hard-pressed to have asked for a better start to the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament on Wednesday at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala.

When Southeast Missouri State softball takes the field on Wednesday at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala. To open the 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, it will do so as a running, hitting, and fielding contradiction. The No. 4-seed Redhawks (27-22) will take on the winner of No. 5-seed Austin Peay (30-22) and No. 8-seed SIU Edwardsville (18-33), who will play at 12:30 p.m., and the Redhawks will do so having put together yet another strong season, despite being one of the youngest, if not THE youngest, squad in the field.

Southeast Missouri State stayed in the thick of the Ohio Valley Conference softball race with a sweep of UT Martin on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. The Redhawks (24-19, 13-7) battled to win a pair of one-run games in a 4-3, 5-4 over the Governors (27-16, 12-7).

There is a heavy weight carried on your shoulders when your last name is Brune and you compete athletically at Southeast Missouri State.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball squad are now two games out of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings after dropping two of three games over the weekend at Tennessee Tech. On Saturday, Redhawk junior Andrew Keck went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, one run scored and two RBI, but SEMO (24-10, 8-4 OVC) fell 7-4...

Southeast Missouri State senior Logan Blomquist won the hammer, shot put, and discus over the weekend at the Lake Stride Joey Haines Invitational in Cape Girardeau. He took first in the hammer throw for the fourth-straight outdoor meet Friday with a Joey Haines Invitational meet record and Abe Stuber Track & Field Complex record mark of 231 feet, 9 inches...

Andrew Keck went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Ben Palmer homered and added three RBI to lead Southeast Missouri State (17-5, 3-0) to a 5-2 Ohio Valley Conference baseball win over SIU Edwardsville (10-11, 0-3) Sunday at Capaha Field.

Southeast Missouri State senior pitcher Rachel Rook broke the Redhawks' all-time career strikeout record when she struck out 13 and allowed just two hits to lead Southeast Missouri State to a 9-1 victory over Tennessee State Saturday in the Ohio Valley Conference softball opener for both teams.

Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Anna Kaziska was awarded the Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week on Wednesday.

Southeast Missouri State junior guard Eric Reed Jr. was recently named as a Second Team selection for District 18 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Reed, Jr. was a First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection this season after leading SEMO in scoring (16.1 ppg), free throw percentage (101-of-124, .815), and 3-point field goals made (71) while dishing out 52 assists and collecting 30 steals.

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team unloaded eight home runs in an 11-8, 12-5, doubleheader sweep of Bradley (3-6) Saturday at Capaha Field. The Redhawks (9-1) slugged three homers in game one and a season-high five in the second contest to blow by the Braves...

Life happens fast in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics, and no one is learning that more so than the fans of Southeast Missouri State athletics.

Southeast Missouri State sophomore pitcher opened his 2022 season on a positive note, as he was named on Monday as the first Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week award winner.

Southeast Missouri State pitcher Rachel Rook tossed a one-hitter and matched a career-high 15 strikeouts to lead the Redhawks to a 5-2 win over Nicholls State on Sunday at the Lion Classic at Southeastern Louisiana. The Redhawks (3-2) closed the season-opening tournament with three wins in five outings...

Southeast Missouri State fifth-year senior pitcher Rachel Rook struck out 12 hitters in a complete game, one-hit shutout, as the Redhawks smoked Alabama A&M 13-0 in its 2022 softball season opener in the Lion Classic at Southeastern Louisiana on Friday.

Notre Dame junior Hailey Burnett recently made a verbal commitment to play softball at Southeast Missouri State following her senior year in 2023. Burnett, who has already put up strong numbers in her freshman and sophomore seasons, still has her senior season in the fall to improve on aspects of her game that aren't where she wants them to be...

There is never a shortage of people to be impressed with – on or off of the athletic fields – at Southeast Missouri State.

As it turns out, about a lot of things in life, your parents were correct when they advised us all as youth that we are known by the company that we keep. That is applicable in social circles, education, business, and politics. And it is true in intercollegiate athletics, as well.

There are few businesses anywhere in the world that haven’t had to think differently over the past couple of years in this ever-changing environment that we are all immersed in, more than likely, forever. And Semoball.com is not immune to that. The website devoted to providing sports fans thorough coverage of sports throughout Southeast Missouri is still going to make that its mission on a daily basis, however, the internal pieces are going to be doing some shifting moving forward.