Ohio Valley Conference

MARTIN, Tenn. -  The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team won both games of Sunday's Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader at Bettye Giles Field by shutting out Morehead State twice, 5-0 in game one and 7-0 in game two.

In game one, the Skyhawks wasted little time scoring, as Kyla Harley hit an infield single in the bottom of the first that scored Karena Recrosio, who led off the inning with a walk. Later in the inning, Harley and Dylan Scott completed a double steal that allowed Scott to score and Harley to go to second, only to score on the play after a Morehead State error.

Avary Makarewicz capped the scoring at 5-0 in the fifth inning with her league-leading ninth home run of the season, which also scored Karena Recrosio, who reached on an error.

Ashtyn Green threw a complete game in which she allowed no runs on just five hits and tied her career-high in strikeouts with seven. Green is now 9-4 on the year with three solo shutouts and one combined shutout.

Ava Scott led UT Martin offensively in the game by going 2-for-3, while Kennedy Brown had a hit, a run and a game-high two stolen bases.

In game two,after three scoreless innings, the Skyhawks finally got on the board in game two in the fourth inning on an RBI single from Carly Ward and a two-RBI single from Kyrsten Brown. Makarewicz pushed the score to 4-0 in the fifth on an RBI single of her own. In the sixth, Kyrsten Brown drove in another run on a single and was later scored by Dylan Scott on a sacrifice bunt. Kennedy Brown also had an RBI single in the inning, to score Teagan Hayes and make it 7-0.

Natalie Kreuziger struck out a career-high 11 batters in game two, while allowing no runs on five hits for her own complete game shutout. The win moved Kreuziger to 6-4 on the year and was her first solo shutout of the season.

Kyrsten Brown, Harley, Makarewicz and Ward all had two hits in the game, with Kyrsten Brown leading the way with three RBIs. Ava Scott and Harley each had a double in game two, while Ward led the team in stolen bases with two.

EASTERN ILLINOIS 7, TENNESSEE TECH 6
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Alisha Frederick delivered a bases loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand Eastern Illinois a 7-6 walk-off win over Tennessee Tech and a weekend series sweep of the Golden Eagles at Williams Field.
 
Trailing 6-3 heading into the top of the seventh inning Tennessee Tech was able to tie the game on a 3-run homer by Ella Bishop for her first home run of the season.  The home run came with two outs after Sofia Carroll led off the inning with a single to right and Abbee Kleinfelter drew a two-out walk to bring Bishop to the plate.
 
In the bottom of the inning Peyton Dwigans singled down the left field line to open the inning with pinch runner Emily Konkel then inserted at first base.  Chloe Wamboldt beat out an infield hit and Lizzie Stiverson loaded the bases with a hit-by-pitch.  Frederick lifted a 3-1 pitch to left center allowing Konkel to tag and score the winning run.
 
The Panthers jumped out to a 5-0 lead with five runs in the bottom of third.  Mo Hance laced a two-run single down the left field line while Viola Smith had a two-run double to the left center gap for the big hits in the inning.
 
Tennessee Tech chipped away at the lead in the fifth stringing together four straight two out hits with RBI base hits by Jailynn Paderez, Ashley Capelouto and Klinefelter.  
 
EIU tacked on what proved to be a big insurance run in the bottom of the fifth as Dwigans came home on a wild pitch for the Panthers sixth run of the game.  Offensively EIU was held to seven hits in the game with Wamboldt the only Panther with multiple hits going 2-for-3.
 
Karlie McKenzie (7-8) picked up the win in relief, her second win of the weekend as EIU improved to 26-20 overall, 17-3 in the OVC.
 

WESTERN ILLINOIS 14, TENNESSEE STATE 11
WESTERN ILLINOIS 4, TENNESSEE STATE 2
NASHVILLE - Recap coming soon.

LINDENWOOD 6, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 3
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Lindenwood Softball team (23-20, 12-9 OVC) swept their third OVC series out of their last four with a 6-3 win in the series finale at SEMO on Sunday afternoon. The bench, along with Kylee Crowder and Teryn Brown, delivered clutch hits over the final two innings of the game to lead the Lions to their 11th win over their last 13 games. 

After three scoreless frames from Freshman starter Ava Risum, the Lindenwood offense drew first blood thanks to Kylee Crowder's second home run of the series in the top of the fourth to put the Lions in front by a score of 1-0 behind a solo home run to left field. The Redhawks immediately responded in the home half of the fourth by putting up three runs behind a two-run home run from SEMO's Raigan Brannon to put them in front 3-1 after four innings of play. 

In the top of the fifth, Teryn Brown drew a one-out walk and advanced to second base after Anna Sanders singled through the right side to put runners on first and second, but the offense for the Lions couldn't capitalize on the scoring chance as the score remained 3-1 in favor of SEMO. Samantha Roulanaitis recorded a one-two-three inning in the bottom of the fifth to keep the deficit at two, and Lindenwood evened the score at three in the top of the sixth by plating two runs behind back-to-back RBI singles to centerfield. The bench delivered for the Lions in the sixth as Danielle Franz pinch hit for Sadie Sexauer and drew a two out walk to put runners on first and second after Crowder drew a one-out walk earlier in the inning. Madison Adams then pinch hit for Dallis Darnell and delivered her first hit of the 2026 season with an RBI single to centerfield that brought home Crowder to make it a 3-2 game. Brown then followed the Adams single with an RBI single of her own to even the score at three, and Roulanaitis would limit the Redhawks offense in the bottom of the sixth by getting back-to-back groundouts after allowing a one-out walk to keep the game knotted at three with one inning to play. 

In the seventh, Madisen Noll led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Tori Hatton and a groundout to first base from Jolie McMinn. With two outs and a runner on third, Crowder drove in her second run of the game and her sixth RBI of the series with a full-count RBI single to left field to give Lindenwood a 4-3 lead. The Lions would not be done there as Karter Skillman iced the game the next at-bat with a two run home run to centerfield to add some insurance runs to out Lindenwood up 6-3 with three outs to go. Roulanaitis put the game away in the bottom of the seventh to secure the sweep of the Redhawks for the first time in the Division I Era and extended the Lions winning streak to four games. The Sophomore pitcher from Smithton, Ill pitched the final four innings of the contest and didn't allow a single hit while striking out three to earn her fifth win of the 2026 season. 

SIUE 3, SOUTHERN INDIANA 2
SIUE 7, SOUTHERN INDIANA 1
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE softball has now won five straight games after a doubleheader sweep Southern Indiana Sunday at Cougar Field.

The Cougars ran their overall record to 22-24 and OVC record to 13-8 with a 3-2 win in the opener and a 7-1 victory in the nightcap. Southern Indiana dropped to 13-25 overall and 10-11 in the OVC.

Heading into the last two OVC three-game series against Lindenwood and Southern Indiana with identical conference records, the Cougars excelled in winning five of their last six OVC contests.

In game one, Southern Indiana opened the scoring in the first inning on an Alyssa Mumaw RBI single.

The Cougars countered with two runs in the bottom of the first on RBI singles by Abby Harvell and Betsy Woodward.

Mumaw would tie the game in the fifth on a sacrifice fly.

In the bottom of the fifth, Juztyne Torres led off with a single to left. Torres would then score from first on a gapping blast to right center by Raegan Duncan.

Kiana Villa earned the win in relief and is now 5-1. Villa threw the final three innings and needed just 28 pitches.

In the nightcap, SIUE's offense collected 10 hits, including three by Duncan.

SIUE kicked into gear in the third inning with a four-run inning. Ashley Duran, Gretchen Trello and Harvell all recorded RBI hits.

Duncan's hit in the fourth put the Cougars up 4-1. Kaylin Fahy scored on the play as did Torres as she plated on a overthrow from the outfield.

Torres added more run in the sixth, a solo home run to left field.

Avery Arwood earned her third win of the week and second of the weekend, a five-inning performance. Haley Strain and McKayla Anderson each threw a scoreless inning for SIUE.