Southeast Womens Tennis

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team earned recognition Monday for its academic work, as it was honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Redhawks were among the teams named ITA 2017 All-Academic Teams, with six players receiving nods as ITA Scholar-Athletes...

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...

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...

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 senior Mila Majtan won her match on Senior Day, but SEMO women's tennis fell 6-1 to undefeated SIU-Edwardsville on Saturday. Majtan, playing in the No. 5 spot in singles, was the sole victor in the regular-season finale. The Cougars won the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship on Friday, and SIUE (19-0 overall, 9-0 OVC) started strong against the Redhawks (13-7, 5-4). The Cougars won the first two doubles matches to earn the double point...

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 women's tennis team secured a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament with a 6-1 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday at the Redhawks Tennis Complex. The Redhawks, who improved to 13-5 overall and 5-2 in the OVC, will compete in the conference tournament for the first time since 2007. They finished no higher than eighth in the OVC in the previous nine seasons...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision against UT Martin in Ohio Valley Conference action Tuesday in Cape Girardeau. Southeast (10-3, 6-0 OVC) was swept in doubles play to get things started. Isabella Krupa and Oleksandra Doroshenko battled at the top of the lineup but fell, 6-4, before Mila Majtan and Ana Canahuate-Torres lost, 6-1, at the No. 3 position. SEMO's Kseniya Zonova and Anais Emelie trailed 5-2 but didn't finish their match...

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 football team completed its second week of spring practice with an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday at the Rosengarten Athletic Complex. "We played hard today and I thought we did some good things," Southeast coach Tom Matukewicz said in a news release. "We have changed the tempo of our practices and are going a lot harder toward the end. I feel good about our roster and where we are two weeks into this spring. We are getting better every day."...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team continued its winning ways with a third straight victory, as it took down Lipscomb 4-1 on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. SEMO (8-3) won twice in doubles play, with Isabella Krupa and Oleksandra Doroshenko taking their match 6-3 and the pair of Mila Majtan and Ana Canahuate-Torres winning by default, with Lipscomb (3-10) unable to field three doubles teams...

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...

Southeast Missouri State junior Sydney O'Brien set an indoor school record in the women's 5000 meters with a time of 17:05.21 on the first day of competition Friday at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Charleston, Illinois...

Southeast Missouri State's Oleksandra Doroshenko earned honors as the Ohio Valley Conference Female Tennis Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. The freshman Doroshenko was a perfect 2-0 in both singles and doubles play last weekend, winning singles matches in straight sets over Missouri State's Anelisse Torrico and Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Taylor Shaw. Doroshenko paired with Isabella Krupa for a pair of doubles victories, including a 6-0 win over UAPB...

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...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team was picked to finish eighth in this year's preseason poll, as freshman Oleksandra Doroshenko was named to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team, the league announced Monday. UT Martin (78 points) was chosen as the preseason favorite, finishing six points ahead of SIU-Edwardsville (72) in second place and 18 points ahead of Eastern Kentucky (60) in third...

Sophomore distance runner Kaitlyn Shea set the pace for Southeast Missouri State track and field during the two-day Indiana Relays on Friday and Saturday in Bloomington, Ind., as she claimed two person records and a pair of top-two finishes. On Friday, Shea PRed the 3000-meter run, claiming first with a time of 9:53.58...

The Southeast Missouri men's and women's track and field teams will travel to the Indiana Relays today and Saturday at the Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana. The meet begins tonight at 5 p.m. with the heptathlon's 60-meter dash. Saturday's action re-starts at 9:20 a.m...

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...

The Southeast Missouri State women's cross country team made program history Friday, competing in the NCAA Midwest Regional and posting the top two 6K times in SEMO history. Megan Parks ran a 21:14.4 to Pace the Redhawks and finish 45th, 54 spots higher than a year ago. It is the second-highest finish ever for a Southeast runner at a Regional...