Southeast Womens Tennis

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team this week added three international players to its roster ahead of the 2018-19 year, as Roman Tarajova, Teona Velkoska and Manuela Fernanda Barriga Otalora entered the fold. Tarajova is from Dolny Kubin, Slovakia, where she competed in the International Tennis Federation Women's Circuit in April and February. Her background heavily leans toward singles competition and has experience on both clay and hard surfaces...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

A pair of Southeast Missouri State tennis players were honored Thursday night at the 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Championship Banquet, as the sophomore duo of Oleksandra Doroshenko and Kseniya Zonova grabbed All-OVC recognition. Doroshenko was named to the league's first team while Zonova landed on the second team...

A local face is joining the Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team, coach Mary Beth Gunn announced Tuesday. Notre Dame Regional High School student, and Cape Girardeau native, Grace Powderly will play for SEMO next season as a freshman. Powederly, a three-time Semoball Awards girls tennis finalist, advanced to the Class 1 singles state tournament as a junior and senior. ...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team ended the regular season with a convincing conference victory over winless SIU Edwardsville on Saturday. SEMO cruised to a 6-1 win over the Cougars at the Edwardsville YMCA in Edwardsville, Illinois. The Redhawks end the regular season with a 5-13 record and 2-7 in the Ohio Valley Conference...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team continued its stellar play in the Ohio Valley Conference with a doubleheader sweep of conference foe Murray State on Sunday. SEMO (22-13 overall, 6-2 OVC) won 8-7 and 11-8 in Murray, Kentucky. In Game 1, the Redhawks were down 7-6 entering the seventh inning but scored two runs in the final frame to secure the comeback victory...

For a second straight match, the Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team captured three singles victories but fell in the team competition, 4-3, at UT Martin on Wednesday. Southeast (4-11 overall, 1-5 Ohio Valley Conference) got individual wins from Oleksandra Doroshenko, Kseniya Zonova and Anais Emelie...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team took home a trio of singles victories, but ultimately fell to Ohio Valley Conference foe Murray State, 4-3, Saturday at McCracken County High School in Paducah, Kentucky. Oleksandra Doroshenko, Kseniya Zonova and Kelly Sicha each picked up singles wins for SEMO (4-10 overall, 1-4 OVC)...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team won the doubles point but ultimately lost to visiting Austin Peay 4-3 on Friday at the Redhawks Tennis Complex. SEMO fell to 4-9 overall and 1-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The match started well with Southeast claiming the doubles point for the first time since January 27. The Redhawks' No. 1 doubles team, Kseniya Zonova and Oleksandra Doroshenko, improved to 3-0 in 2018 with a 7-5 win...

Former Cape Girardeau Central standout Chris Martin took home a first-place finish to lead Southeast Missouri State track and field as it competed at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi. Martin took the stop spot in the men’s triple jump, posting a mark of 51 feet, 4 1/4 inches in the final round of the event, setting a new season best. That distance currently sits third in the regional rankings...

Southeast Missouri State women's tennis sophomore Oleksandra Doroshenko was named adidas Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Co-Female Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Doroshenko went 4-0 this past week, winning both her singles and doubles matches against Western Illinois and Eastern Kentucky. She now has a four-match winning streak in singles play and is currently competing for the Redhawks in the No. 1 spot...

A short-handed Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team wrapped up its non-conference slate by dropping a 4-3 road clash with Western Illinois on Tuesday in St. Louis, Missouri. Southeast (3-6) had only five players compete, but found a way to win four matches -- three singles and one doubles...

Southeast Missouri State women's tennis' home opener against Maryville on Monday was canceled due to impending inclement weather. SEMO was set to face Maryville at 2 p.m. in its first home match. The contest will not be rescheduled. The Redhawks face Western Illinois at 12:30 p.m. today in St. Louis before its home and Ohio Valley Conference opener against Eastern Kentucky at 11 a.m. Sunday...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team closed out its trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a pair of one-run victories on the final day of the Chattanooga Frost Classic. Southeast (7-4) scraped by Western Michigan 9-8 before edging Western Illinois 2-1...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team picked up its first dual meet win over Saint Louis in more than 17 years, beating the Billikens 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon in O'Fallon, Illinois. SEMO lost the doubles point, but won four of the six singles matches to claim the narrow victory...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team couldn't muster any offense and fell 1-0 to Drake on Sunday on the final day of the Northern Iowa Dome Classic in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Kailee Smith produced the decisive hit, a two-out RBI double in the fourth inning. Kelsey Wright got the rally started with a two-out single. Smith was the next batter and produced that two-bagger as Wright scored from first...

Southeast Missouri State’s Kseniya Zonova was named Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Female Athlete of the Week on Wednesday. The sophomore from Kharkiv, Ukraine, posted a 3-0 record over the weekend with wins against Bradley and Northern Illinois at the Clubs at River City in Peoria, Illinois...