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SEMO Gymnastics Senior Night (2/16/24)Southeast Missouri Gymnastics placed second in their final home meet of the season on Friday night.
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COLUMN: Media advice from Cardinal to Redhawks (1/17/24)After spending a year in Cape Girardeau, the one thing that has pleasantly surprised me about this place is how many athletes currently competing at Southeast Missouri State who have aspirations for a career in journalism. Chandler Davis plays on the SEMO women’s basketball team and recently covered the football team as a reporter for the student newspaper, the Southeast Arrow. ...
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SEMO fans, enjoy this moment, because few colleges ever reach this point (6/12/23)There rarely is a shortage of negativity in the daily news cycles, and intercollegiate athletics is never immune to such.
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Redhawk Notes: Liljegren honored for athletic, academic work (11/18/22)Southeast Missouri State junior midfielder Faith Liljegren was recently named to the 2022 Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team. The Collinsville, Illinois native was selected to the 2022 Academic All-District First Team. She currently has a 3.955 GPA at SEMO and is pursuing her Bachelor's in Entrepreneurship and Finance...
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SEMO gymnastics spending summer building for its future (7/24/22)The Southeast Missouri State women’s gymnastics program won’t compete in a meet again until 2023, but that doesn’t mean that these days of summer in 2022 aren’t critical.
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Lawsons talk shop, support each other through good times and bad (7/17/22)Ashley and Dave Lawson haven’t endured many tribulations and trials in either of their coaching careers in recent years.
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SEMO Briefs, April 2: Blomquist shines at Redhawk track invite (4/3/22)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...
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SEMO Briefs, March 23: Redhawk gymnasts off to NCAAs (3/23/22)Jolie Miller and Anna Kaziska will represent the Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics program at the National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships Seattle Regional on March 31 at 3 p.m. at the Alaska Airlines Arena.
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SEMO Briefs, March 19: Rook sets new K record (3/20/22)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.
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Semoball briefs, March 16: Redhawk gymnast honored again (3/16/22)Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Anna Kaziska was awarded the Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week on Wednesday.
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SEMO Briefs: Redhawk guard honored as All-District selection (3/15/22)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.
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SEMO Briefs: Redhawks go yard (and then some) in sweep of Bradley (3/7/22)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...
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Breaking: Lindenwood to join OVC in 2022 (2/23/22)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.
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SEMO Briefs: Redhawk pitchers honored by OVC (2/21/22)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.
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SEMO briefs: Redhawks finish opening tourney with three wins (2/13/22)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...
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SEMO Briefs: Redhawks open softball season with record rout (2/11/22)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.
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SEMO briefs: Cancellations abound for Redhawks (2/4/22)The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis match against North Alabama scheduled for Saturday has been canceled due to inclement weather. The Redhawks and Lions were scheduled to meet Saturday at the McCracken County High School Tennis Indoor Facility in Paducah, Kentucky.
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Kaziska opens 2022 SEMO gymnastics season with a W (1/17/22)The Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics squad opened its 2022 season with a team score of 191.500 on Sunday at Kent State's tri-meet. Anna Kaziska won the balance beam event with a 9.875 in the final routine on beam.
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Column: The time is now for the Redhawks to soar out of the OVC (9/28/21)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.
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Column: Personnel moves coming to Semoball.com (8/30/21)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.
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SEMO wins 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship (4/11/21)A year of hardship and uncertainty finally came to a crescendo on Saturday at the Show Me Center. Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics ended the dramatic day as winners of the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships with a team score of 195.025...
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SEMO wins 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship (4/11/21)Southeast Missouri State wins the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship on Saturday at the Show Me Center.
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Redhawk gymnasts prepped to 'go big or go home' (4/8/21)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics serving as the host for this weekend’s USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships isn’t a culmination point for Redhawk coach Ashley Lawson, rather, it is just another step in the program’s “trajectory upward.”
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SEMO gymnast to compete on BIG stage (4/2/21)Southeast Missouri State gymnast Anna Kaziska will add a chapter to an already special 2021 season today.
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Redhawks Gymnastics Settle for Third at MIC Championships Friday at Illinois State (3/20/21)Redhawks Settle for Third at MIC Championships Friday The Southeast Missouri women’s gymnastics finished with a total team-score of 194.825 that placed them third at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships Friday at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University...
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SEMO Women's Gymnastics vs. Illinois State and Centenary (2/27/21)Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics registered a season-best 195.050 to capture first at its tri meet with Midwest Independent Conference opponents Illinois State and Centenary on Friday at the Show Me Center.
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Redhawk gymnast honored by MIC (2/25/21)Southeast Missouri State gymnast Anna Kaziska was awarded Midwest Independent Conference Performance of the Week on Wednesday.
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SEMO fundraiser fueling success today and beyond (4/27/20)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.
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SEMO gymnastics coach rebuilds 'broken' program - in time (4/7/20)For those fans of Southeast Missouri State men’s basketball that feel new coach Brad Korn has his work cut out for him, they should imagine what it was like for Redhawks gymnastics coach Ashley Lawson, who was hired to rebuild the program at her alma mater just weeks before the start of the 2018-19 school year.
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Kaziska and Lawson garner gymnastics awards (3/20/20)Southeast Missouri State’s gymnastics program was recognized Friday following a strong, yet shortened season.
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Games over: SEMO spring sports put on hold, perhaps for good (3/12/20)The only thing spreading more rapidly than the COVID-19 public health threat Thursday was the sporting events and leagues that were ceasing operations for the time being.
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Redhawk gymnasts continue to roll in latest win (3/2/20)The Southeast Missouri State women's gymnastics team totaled a 194.175 to capture its fifth straight competition Sunday at Centenary.
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Gymnast and coach Ashley Lawson a new inductee in Southeast's HOF (2/7/20)Ashley Godwin Lawson is in her second year as head coach of Redhawks gymnastics, but she is now in the Southeast Hall of Fame for her stellar performance as an undergraduate. Lawson, 37, was inducted Friday and holds the school record in four of the sport’s five individual events: bars (9.925), beam (9.975), floor (10.000) and all around (39.550) – achieved during her 2001-2004 tenure at Southeast...
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SEMO Roundup: Redhawk gymnasts recognized for strong start (1/17/20)A pair of Southeast Missouri State gymnasts were recently recognized for their strong start to the 2020 season.
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SEMO gymnasts notch memorable victory (1/14/20)Dahlia Solorzano Caruso registered three career bests in leading Redhawks gymnasts to a 191.225-190.825 victory over Alaska Anchorage at the Alaska Airlines Center.
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SEMO Roundup: Redhawk gymnasts fare well in Last Frontier (1/13/20)The Southeast Missouri State women’s gymnastics team finished with a strong second-place showing at the Alaska Anchorage Tri-Meet held at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. The Redhawks overall score was 189.500 and they were led by Anna Kaziska, who took individual firsts in three events. She led the field in vault with a score of 9.675; in beam by matching her best-ever score of 9.875, and her total of 38.950 captured the title in all-around...
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Depth, newcomers lifting SEMO gymnasts in fast start (1/11/20)Coming off of a winless 2019 season the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team had nowhere to go but up entering 2020.
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Southeast gymnasts open new year, season on strong note (1/5/20)The Southeast Missouri State women’s gymnastics squad opened the 2020 season by building on its high-mark of 2019 Saturday at the built on its high-mark in a tri-meet with No. 27-ranked Illinois at No. 16-ranked Missouri in Columbia.
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Summer school was definitely in session for SEMO athletes (8/15/19)Summers are supposed to be centered on beaches, baseball, and barbecue, but certainly NOT biology. However, when you are a student-athlete at Southeast Missouri State, summer may mean several things, but classwork IS a part of it.
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Southeast Missouri State freshman Kaziska ties for ninth in floor at NCAA Regional (4/6/19)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics freshman gymnast Anna Kaziska earned a 9.825 score in the floor exercise Friday in the NCAA Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Regional, tied for the ninth-best score. Kaziska earned a score of 9.8s from two judges, a 9.85 and a 9.9...
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Anna Kaziska continues stellar freshman season by representing Southeast Missouri State gymnastics in NCAA Regional (4/5/19)Three days after Anna Kaziska performed her final routine at the conference championships, she walked into the locker room unsure of her fate. The Southeast Missouri State freshman wasn't a lock to be selected for the women's gymnastics NCAA regionals. ...
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Southeast Missouri State freshman gymnast Kaziska headed to NCAA Regionals (3/26/19)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team will once again have a representative at the NCAA Regionals. Anna Kaziska, the Midwest Independent Conference Newcomer of the Year, will compete on the floor in the Baton Rouge regional at 2 p.m. April 5 in Baton Rogue, Louisiana...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics drop dual on the road to Illinois State (1/26/19)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team remained winless on the season, falling by nearly 10 points in a dual meet against Illinois State on Friday in Normal, Illinois. The Redbirds defeated Southeast 194.175-184.425. The best finish for Southeast (0-6) in any of the four events was second place, turned in by Gabrielle Adams in the vault (9.700) and Anna Kaziska in the beam (9.800)...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast Missouri State women's basketball falls to Southern Illinois (11/14/18)Southeast Missourian A fast start wasn't enough to propel the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to its first win of the season Wednesday. SEMO scored 15 of the game's first 18 points, but struggled to score for the rest of the contest and fell 60-40 to rival Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Illinois...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics releases 2019 schedule (10/2/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team will host four home meets this season, according to the schedule released Tuesday. SEMO's 2019 campaign begins with a Jan. 4 quad meet against SEC program Alabama, Northern Illinois and Temple in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A week later, SEMO faces Big Ten 10 program Iowa...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Redhawks to be streamed on ESPN+, add trophy to regional football rivalry with Southern Illinois (8/28/18)Southeast Missouri State athletics fans will soon be able to find streaming broadcasts of Redhawks games on a new platform, as the university and Ohio Valley Conference announced Monday a media rights agreement that will see ESPN+ feature a minimum of 600 OVC events during the 2018-19 school year...
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Former Southeast Missouri State standout Ashley Lawson to lead gymnastics program (8/17/18)After nearly a year of transition, Southeast Missouri State officially has a gymnastics head coach. The university announced Friday morning it has hired Ashley Lawson, a former Southeast gymnast and assistant coach at Lindenwood. Lawson still holds SEMO's individual records on the all-around, uneven bars, floor exercise and balance beam, all listed under Godwin, her maiden name. ...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics seniors Brawner, Jones named first-team All-Americans (4/16/18)Southeast Missouri State senior gymnasts Alexis Brawner and McKinzie Jones finished in the top six in individual event finals and earned first-team USA Gymnastics All-American honors Sunday. Brawner tied for sixth in the vault while Jones tied for third on the beam at the USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Redhawks gymnastics senior Alex Brawner finishes 30th at NCAA Regional (4/8/18)Southeast Missouri State senior gymnast Alexis Brawner finished 30th out of 42 competitors in the floor exercise Saturday at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Brawner's 9.750 mark in the event matched her best Regional performance in her third appearance at that level of the postseason...
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Alexis Brawner readying to represent Southeast Missouri State gymnastics one last time at an NCAA Regional (3/30/18)Before the season began, Alexis Brawner knew she wouldn't be returning to the NCAA Regionals as an all-around competitor. The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics senior had to medically retire from the beam, and that meant she would be competing in three events, not four, in her final collegiate campaign. ...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics senior Alexis Brawner earns NCAA Regional berth (3/26/18)Alexis Brawner is headed back to an NCAA Regional. The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics senior was announced Monday as an individual event specialist qualifier set to compete at the Tuscaloosa Regional hosted by the University of Alabama at 4 p.m. Saturday...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics finishes fourth at conference championships (3/23/18)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics compiled a season-high team score en route to finishing fourth at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships on Friday in St. Charles, Missouri. Host Lindenwood won the meet with a 195.225 score. Texas Woman's finished second and University of Chicago was third. SEMO finished with a score of 193.875...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics posts season-high vault score in tri-meet loss (3/16/18)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics posted a season-high vault score of 48.475 but finished last in the State of Missouri Meet on Friday in the regular season finale. Host Missouri won the meet with a score of 196.800 while Southeast had a 192.500 score. Lindenwood was second with 195.200...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics celebrates senior night with win over Centenary (3/10/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team closed out its home schedule in style, celebrating its seniors and then defeating visiting Centenary 191.950-189.125 on Friday night. Senior Alexis Brawner claimed three of the individual events, topping the field in the vault (9.775), bars (9.875) and floor (9.900)...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Redhawks softball caps Frost Classic with pair of wins (2/26/18)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...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast Missouri State women's tennis claims first win vs. Saint Louis in more than 17 years (2/22/18)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...
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Adams, Brawner grab event titles but Southeast Missouri State gymnastics falls at home to Illinois-Chicago (2/19/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team grabbed event titles thanks to Gabrielle Adams and Alexis Brawner, but dropped the team competition as it fell to Illinois-Chicago 193.625-191.325 on Sunday afternoon at Houck Field House. The event was the team's annual Pink Up Meet...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics comes up just short against highly-ranked Western Michigan (2/3/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team dropped a 192.425-191.650 decision to No. 33 Western Michigan on Friday night at Houck Field House. The Redhawks' posted a season-high score on the bars -- 48.375 -- but couldn't overcome the Broncos. Alexis Brawner, coming off honors as Midwest Independent Conference Gymnast of the Week, won both the vault (9.775) and floor (9.900) titles. Her floor score matched the best mark of her career...
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Southeast Missouri State's Alexis Brawner named MIC Gymnast of the Week (1/31/18)Southeast Missouri State's Alexis Brawner was named Midwest Independent Conference Gymnast of the Week on Wednesday. A native of Chesterfield, Michigan, Brawner claimed individual titles in five of the six events she competed in over the weekend in Philadelphia. She began the weekend with three first-place finishes in a win over Penn on Friday, matching her career-high of 9.900 on floor and tying her season-high on vault with a score of 9.825. She also scored a 9.800 on bars...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics comes in third at quad meet (1/29/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team finished third in a quad meet Sunday in Philadelphia. Southeast (3-6, 1-1 Midwest Independent Conference) finished with a score of with a score of 189.325, ahead of Ithaca, but behind second-place Cornell and first-place Temple. The host Owls led the way with a team score of 193.175...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics grabs win over Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (1/27/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team claimed a 192.700-192.200 win over Pennsylvania on Friday at Rockwell Gymnasium in Philadelphia. Alexis Brawner led the way, claiming individual titles on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise. She tied with Penn's Kyra Levi on uneven bars...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics shows promise in loss to tough Lindenwood squad (1/15/18)The early part of the season was bound to be a growing process for a youthful Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team that has a lot to learn. But Monday provided many glimpses of good things on the horizon. The Redhawks dropped a 194.650-191.900 decision against three-time defending Midwest Independent Conference champion Lindenwood but had three gymnasts claim individual titles at Houck Field House...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics tops Illinois State in home opener (1/12/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team edged Illinois State 193.300-191.175 to win its home opener Friday night at Houck Field House. Lindsey Bates claimed the all-around title with a score of 38.950, defeating ISU's Gabrielle Cooke (38.400) in second. SEMO's McKenna Stanley took third with a 36.900...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics take fourth at season-opening meet (1/5/18)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team opened its season with a last-place finish in a quad meet Friday. Southeast came in fourth with a score of 189.675, behind George Washington, Ball State and host Kentucky, in front of 10,006 fans at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky claimed first place with a score of 196.075...
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Southeast Missouri State places gymnastics coach Ewasko on administrative leave (12/14/17)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics coach Kristi Ewasko has been placed on paid administrative leave and her contract will be not renewed, Southeast athletic director Brady Barke announced Wednesday, weeks before the season begins. Brittney Emmons was named the interim head coach. ...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics add two signees for 2019 campaign (11/14/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team announced the signings of Anna Kaziska and Emma LaPinta for the 2019 season. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Kaziska trains at Champions Gymnastics and is coached by Jason Button, Ricia Story and Kareem Atroush. She was named the Gymnast of the Year in 2016-17, placing second on the floor at the Junior Olympics, and was also a state and regional champion on both the beam and all-around (Level 10)...
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Spots remain open for Southeast Missouri State gymnastics summer camps (7/5/17)Spots remain open for the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics kids camp on July 14, while there is limited availability for the Redhawks' High Performance camp on July 27. The kids camp, which is for children ages 6-12, costs $60 per camper and will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Campers will have an opportunity to learn all four Olympic events from a well-trained staff in a safe environment. A snack and a gift, provided by the coaches, will also be available to each camper...
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Southeast Missouri State student-athletes combine for 3.20 GPA (5/22/17)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...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast Missouri State softball drops doubleheader to Eastern Illinois (4/1/17)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...
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Southeast Missouri State's Alexis Brawner set for NCAA Regional on Saturday (3/30/17)Southeast Missouri State's Alexis Brawner will compete in the all-around competition Saturday at an NCAA Regional on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Brawner finished the season second in the Midwest Independent Conference in the all-around with a regional qualifying score of 39.120. She finished fifth on vault (9.810), second on bars (9.805), 15th on beam (9.710) and fourth on floor (9.840)...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnast Alexis Brawner headed to NCAA Regionals again (3/20/17)Southeast Missouri State gymnast Alexis Brawner is headed back to the NCAA tournament. The junior was selected to compete in the Fayetteville Regional hosted by the University of Arkansas, the NCAA announced Monday. "We are heading back to Arkansas, an arena we have competed in before," coach Kristi Ewasko said in an news release. "We're looking forward to Alexis really capitalizing on all of her success so far this season and fighting for a chance to make the NCAA Nationals."...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast's Brawner wins all-around title at gymnastics conference meet (3/19/17)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics ended the season Saturday with a fifth-place finish at the six-team Midwest Independent Conference championship. The Redhawks scored a 192.500. SEMO's Alexis Brawner won the all-around title, equaling her career-high score with a 39.225. Brawner also was named first-team all-conference on the vault and bars and earned second-team all-conference on the beam...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast women's tennis grabs third win in a row (3/16/17)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...
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SOUTHEAST ROUNDUP: Softball splits 2 games (3/11/17)The Southeast Missouri State softball team split a pair of games in the Leon Smith Classic on Friday and Saturday in Oxford, Alabama. The Redhawks dropped an 8-6 decision against Valparaiso on Friday before knocking off Alabama A&M 7-2 on Saturday. On Friday, Southeast (11-5) erased a six-run deficit, but the Crusaders scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the victory...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics' Alexis Brawner named MIC Gymnast of the Week (3/9/17)Alexis Brawner capped off a stellar weekend with some recognition from the Midwest Independent Conference. Brawner, a junior on the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team, was named the MIC Gymnast of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. She was instrumental in two meet victories for the Redhawks, collecting scores of 9.700 or better in all but one event. Brawner claimed four event titles and posted two all-around scores above 39.000, including a career-high score of 39.225...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Redhawks softball extends winning streak to seven games (3/5/17)The Southeast Missouri State softball team extend its winning streak to seven games with two wins Saturday at the We Back Pat tournament. The Redhawks defeated Missouri State 2-1 in Game 1 and University of Missouri-Kansas City 4-2 in Game 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. They are the fifth Ohio Valley Conference school to reach 10 wins this season...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Softball sweeps Alcorn State in doubleheader (2/25/17)Southeast Missouri State softball swept Alcorn State in a doubleheader Saturday. SEMO beat the Braves 8-0 in Game 1 and 7-5 in Game 2. In the first contest, Southeast (8-2) had 12 hits as the top three hitters -- Brooke Rheinecker, Mykaela Arellanes and Addison Barnouski -- went a combined 7-for-9 with five runs and five RBIs in the blowout. ...
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Brawner posts career high and all-around depth leads Southeast Missouri State gymnastics past Centenary (2/17/17)Junior Alexis Brawner tied her career-high all-around score of 39.125 to lead Southeast Missouri State’s gymnastics’ team (4-8) to a 190.750-187.950 victory over Centenary on Friday night in Cape Girardeau. Brawner clinched the victory for the Redhawks with a 9.900 on the floor exercise, the first time she had ever scored 9.900 in any event...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast softball begins season with two victories (2/12/17)The Southeast Missouri State softball team got off to a good start Saturday, winning its first two games of the season at the Jackson State Tournament. In shortened, five-inning affairs due to the lopsided scoreline, the Redhawks (2-0) defeated Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee State 9-1 and cruised past Jarvis Christian College 17-2...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast gymnastics opens weekend in Milwaukee (2/10/17)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics begins a slate of two meets in three days tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Harley Davidson Meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the Wisconsin Center, SEMO will face a trio of teams in Wisconsin-Whitewater, Winona State and Wisconsin-Eau Claire that it has a 29-2 dual record against...
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Olympic gold medalist Johnson helps inspire young hopefuls at Southeast Missouri State gymnastics clinic (2/6/17)Far from the bright lights of the Olympic gymnastics arena -- or even the Dancing with the Stars stage -- where she made her name, 2008 Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson pulled on a Southeast Missouri State gymnastics T-shirt Monday afternoon and got to work doing something that might be just as important -- influencing the next generation of gymnasts...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics takes second at three-team meet in Iowa (2/4/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team took second at a three-team meet Friday in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State finished with a 195.775 to claim first place, followed by the Redhawks with a 189.475 in second and Centenary College (183.300) in third. Ashley Thomas (38.775) finished third in the all-around to lead Southeast, while teammate Alexis Brawner (38.525) was close behind in fourth...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team places second in meet (2/4/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team took second at a three-team meet Friday in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State finished with a 195.775 to claim first place, followed by the Redhawks with a 189.475 in second and Centenary College (183.300) in third. Ashley Thomas (38.775) finished third in the all-around to lead Southeast, while teammate Alexis Brawner (38.525) was close behind in fourth...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics takes third place at three-team meet (1/29/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team finished third in a three-team meet on Sunday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The Redhawks finished with a team score of 190.500, while Northern Illinois took first with 194.425 points. Kent State finished in a close second with 194.375 points...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Redhawks track and field teams bring home a pair of wins, multiple PRs from Indiana relays (1/29/17)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...
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Southeast recognizes 220 student-athletes at banquet (1/26/17)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...
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Southeast gymnastics suffers narrow defeat (1/21/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team was handed a narrow defeat against Midwest Independence Conference rival Lindenwood on Friday evening at Houck Field House. The Redhawks were outscored 191.025-190.625. Alexis Brawner led the way for the Redhawks, taking first place in the vault (9.825), bars (9.825) and all-around (38.475)...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics places third at season-opening meet (1/16/17)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team opened the 2017 season with a third-place finish at the State of Missouri Meet on Sunday in St. Charles, Missouri. The Redhawks racked up 190.650 points behind Missouri (196.225) in first place and Midwest Independent Conference foe Lindenwood (193.400) in second...
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Southeast Missouri State adds gymnast to roster ahead of season (12/20/16)Southeast Missouri State gymnastics added a new recruit ahead of the upcoming season. Mackenzie Slee signed with SEMO, the university announced Monday. The New Zealand native will enroll at Southeast for the second semester and thus be eligible to compete when Southeast's season begins on January 15, 2017. She graduated from Christchurch Girls High School earlier this month...
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Change in ADs, baseball team's run highlight Southeast Missouri State's top stories of the year (6/23/16)Southeast Missouri State athletics recently wrapped up another year of competition. Like many other years, it ended with a Redhawks track & field athlete competing at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships, but this year Southeast's baseball team was also still competing in June in an NCAA Regional...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnast Taylor Penzien named finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year (6/23/16)Southeast Missouri State gymnast Taylor Penzien has been named as one of the 517 student-athletes who will be considered for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year award. The award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and set themselves apart by excelling in academics, athletics, service and leadership during the duration of their college careers...
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Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team adds all-arounder Miller to recruiting class (4/15/16)SOUTHEAST GYMNASTICS The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team completed its 2017 recruiting class with the signing of Charlee Miller on Thursday. Miller attended Zephyrhills High School in Florida and competed for the Tampa Bay Turners Gymnastics...
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SOUTHEAST ROUNDUP: Three SEMO programs garner academic honors (4/14/16)Three Southeast Missouri State athletic teams were among 1,000 in Division I athletics to receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards for scoring in the top 10 percent of their sport. The Southeast gymnastics, volleyball and women's cross country teams each earned the awards, which are based on the Academic Progress Rate, an "annual scorecard of academic achievement calculated for all Division I sports teams nationally," according to a press release...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE ROUNDUP: Three Redhawk gymnasts fare well at NCAA Regionals (4/2/16)Three Southeast Missouri State gymnasts competed at the NCAA Regional on Saturday hosted by Alabama at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Sophomore Alexis Brawner posted a score of 38.925 in the all-around competition, which was good for seventh place out of 13...
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Three Southeast Missouri State gymnasts exceeding expectations heading into NCAA Regionals (4/1/16)The expectations that Southeast Missouri State gymnastics coach Kristi Ewasko had for Alexis Brawner, Lauren Israel and McKinzie Jones before their season started in January varied. Brawner had been recruited for her overall skills and was expected to be a strong all-around competitor, but Ewasko and her staff were uncertain if her sophomore year would be the year she'd put it all together...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE ROUNDUP: Pair of baseball players earn weekly OVC honors (3/22/16)The Southeast Missouri State baseball team had a pair of players snag Ohio Valley Conference weekly honors. Senior Hunter Leeper was named OVC Co-Player of the Week while senior Jacob Lawrence was tabbed the OVC's Pitcher of the Week on Monday. Leeper batted .400 with eight RBIs as the Redhawks went 4-1 last week. He had three hits and three RBIs in Southeast's 7-2 victory over Missouri on Tuesday and hit a double and scored twice in the Redhawks' Game 2 loss to the Tigers on Wednesday...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE ROUNDUP: Redhawks gymnastics team places second at MIC Championships (3/19/16)The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team came up short in its quest for the Midwest Independent Conference Championship. The Redhawks posted a season-best 194.375, but Lindenwood topped them with a 194.925 to win its second consecutive title at the six-team event at Houck Field House on Saturday night...