Ohio Valley Conference

MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team swept a doubleheader with Southern Indiana Friday afternoon at Bettye Giles Field in Martin on Senior Day. The Skyhawks won game one with a walk-off RBI single from Kennedy Brown, 4-3, and got a shutout from Payton Harris in game two for the 1-0 victory.

The win in game one means the Skyhawks are locked into the two-seed in next week's Ohio Valley Conference Championship in Peoria, Illinois. UT Martin can finish no lower than second place but can still claim at least a share of the regular-season title depending on the outcome of the Eastern Illinois-Tennessee State series. Friday's victories also gave the Skyhawks 20 wins in league play for the first time since 2012.

In the second inning of game two, Kennedy Brown put the Skyhawks on the board when she stole home, followed by an RBI groundout from Jordyn Hustey that scored Carly Ward to make it 2-0. In the fourth, the Screaming Eagles cut the deficit in half on an RBI double for Jordyn Mackey that scored Kate Satkoski from second.

UT Martin tacked on an insurance run in the fifth with a single from Kyrsten Brown that pushed Karena Recrosio across the plate. With two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the seventh, Satkoski tied the game with a single, but the inning ended abruptly when a Screaming Eagle overran second base and was tagged out.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Skyhawks loaded up the bases on a single from Karena Recrosio, a walk by Kyla Harley and a single from Kyrsten Brown. Immediately after her sister's single, Kennedy Brown came up with a single of her own to score Recrosio and give UT Martin the walk-off win.

Both Karena Recrosio and Kyrsten Brown went 3-for-4 in the game to lead the Skyhawks, while Kenndy Brown finished the contest at 2-for-4. Payton Harris got the win for UT Martin in the game, recording the final two outs for her team. Ashtyn Green started the game and gave up one run on five hits with a strikeout over 3.2 innings, while Natalie Kreuziger went 2.2 innings and allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts.

Game two was scoreless for the first five and a half innings until UT Martin finally broke the stalemate in the bottom of the sixth. Ava Scott got on base with one out with a double and was then scored two batters later with an infield single from Kyla Harley to make it 1-0.

In the bottom of the seventh, Payton Harris retired the side in order, including recording her sixth strikeout of the game to seal the shutout win for the Skyhawks. Harris pitched all seven innings for UT Martin in the circle and allowed no runs on just two hits, with her six strikeouts in the game, being a career high. In addition to Scott's single, Harley and Kyrsten Brown also recorded hits in the game.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 9, TENNESSEE TECH 2
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1, TENNESSEE TECH 0  (9)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri (19-28, 15-10) pushed its winning streak to five games with a 9-2, 1-0, doubleheader sweep of Tennessee Tech (16-32, 11-15) Friday at the Southeast Softball Complex.
 
SEMO used a five-run second inning to cruise by TTU in game one.
 
Tied, 2-2, Gracie Luna started off the bottom of the second with an infield single and Addy Martinie followed with a base hit to left. Sydney Miles advanced the runners on a sacrifice bunt. Luna later scored on a wild pitch and Kamden Hutton knocked in Martinie on a single to right.
 
With two outs, Aubrie Shore stepped in and smacked a three-run home run over the left field wall to extend SEMO's lead to 7-2.
 
The Redhawks added one more in fourth inning and another in the fifth to finish off the Golden Eagles.
 
Maddie Carney (6-12) went the distance allowing only two runs on four hits in seven innings. Carney struck out one, walked three and threw 99 pitches. It was her fifth complete game of the season.
 
The Redhawks registered 13 hits. Luna went 3-for-3 with a double. Hutton finished at 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, and Madison Winkler went 2-for-3 with three runs scored.
 
Raigan Brannon and Martinie contributed two hits each.
 
Addison Abell (3-5) took the loss for TTU. Abell was roughed up for seven runs on seven hits in just 1.2 innings.
 
Elliott Stinson and Emily York tangled in a nice pitcher's duel during game two.
 
In game two, Lily Delmain singled and pinch-runner Mary Tutwiler scored the game-winning run on an error in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Redhawks a one-run victory.
 
Tutwiler was on second base and advanced to third when Delmain singled. TTU's left fielder bobbled the ball and Tutwiler was able to score on the mishap.
 
Elliott Stinson no-hit the Golden Eagles for 5.2 innings before Alina Schlageter singled up the middle for the first of only two hits for TTU.
 
Willow Van Haren (5-7) combined with Stinson on the shutout pitching 2.1 scorless innings with three strikeouts.
Van Haren entered the game after Stinson worked 6.2 shutout innings with just two hits allowed and eight strikeouts. For Stinson, the eight strikeouts marked a career-high.
 
Emily York (8-14) took the loss. York gave up one run on seven hits, struck out four and walked two in 8.2 innings. She threw 121 pitches.

LINDENWOOD 4, MOREHEAD STATE 1
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Lindenwood Softball team (26-22, 15-10 OVC) defeated Morehead State in game one of their series on Friday with a 4-1 win behind Tori Hatton and Jolie McMinn's two RBI in the first and fifth innings to lead the Lions to their 26th win of the season and 15th win in the Ohio Valley Conference. 

After Morehead State grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Lindenwood immeditaely responded in the bottom of the first and scored two runs behind an RBI double from Hatton and a McMinn RBI single to right field that brought in Hatton to give LU a 2-1 lead after one inning of play. Ava Risum shut down the MSU offense for the rest of the game allowing just four hits over the last six innings and struck out three batters while throwing her first career complete game and collecting her second win of the 2026 campaign.

The Lions added some insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth when Madisen Noll led off the inning with a walk and came around to score on Hatton's second RBI of the game with a groundout to shortstop, and McMinn had her second RBI the following at bat to put Lindenwood up 4-1 behind a sacrifice fly to centerfield that brought home Anna Sanders, who followed Noll's walk with a single to left field. 

Sanders and McMinn both had two hits in the game one victory over the Eagles, and the Lions finished the contest with six hits as Hatton and Kylee Crowder each recorded a hit to lead LU offensively. Game two was delayed in the top of the second inning due to a bee swarm.

SIUE 12, WESTERN ILLINOIS 0  (5)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE softball rallied for seven runs in the first inning, added five runs in the third and overpowered Western Illinois 12-0 in five innings Friday at Cougar Field.

The Cougars evened their season record to 26-26 and 17-8 in the Ohio Valley Conference. Western Illinois dropped to 13-30 overall and 8-17 in the OVC. The two teams play games two and three in the series Saturday. The first pitch is at noon.

Avery Arwood threw four innings for the victory, her 11th of the season. McKayla Anderson completed the SIUE shutout with a scoreless fifth inning.

After Arwood retired the first three Western Illinois batters in the top of the first inning, SIUE's bats erupted for eight hits in the bottom half of the inning. SIUE sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning and pushed starter Libby Spaulding, now 8-13, out of the game in the opening frame.

Five different Cougars recorded RBIs in the first inning. Ashley Duran was first with a two-run double that scored Juztyne Torres and Raegan Duncan. Abby Harvell drove home Duran after a Gretchen Trello single. Betsy Woodward singled home Trello. Jesslyn Stairs pulled the ball through the right side and two more runs scored. Torres, who was batting a second time in the inning, drove home a run on an infield out.

The SIUE offense left little doubt with another rally in the bottom of the thrid. This time, Torres started the scoring as she drew a fourth straight walk from Western Illinois pitching for an RBI. Duncan then cleared the bases with a three-RBI double. Harvell added a double to the left-field fence that scored Duncan.

SIUE outhit Western Illinois 12-3.

EASTERN ILLINOIS 9, TENNESSEE STATE 4
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Senior Lexie Griffin homer twice and Eastern Illinois clinched at least a share of its third straight Ohio Valley Conference Softball Championship on Friday night with a 9-4 win over Tennessee State at Williams Field.
 
The Panthers improved to 31-20 overall, 21-3 in the OVC.  EIU needs one win in its doubleheader on Saturday with TSU to clinch the outright title.  TSU fell to 2-36 overall, 2-23 in the OVC.
 
TSU jumped out on top in the first inning with the first two runners reaching via walk and a base hit by Alexis Woods.  Hailey Hunt drove in both Lady Tigers runs with a single up the middle as she drove in all four TSU runs in the game.
 
EIU responded in its half of the first tying the game on a two-run home run by Sophia Olman.  Griffin followed a couple of batters later with a two-run homer, her first long ball of the day.   Chloe Wamboldt drove in the final run of the first with an RBI single to center.
 
The Panthers extended the lead to 9-2 in the fifth inning with Griffin delivering her second two-run home run of the game.  Wamboldt followed a couple of batters later with a two-run double as she was 3-for-4 with three RBI.
 
Griffin was the only other Panther with multiple hits going 2-for-4 with the four RBI.
 
Hunt drove in the final two TSU runs in the sixth as she was 2-for-4.  Woods had three hits while Dani James and Mariyah Brown both had two.  
 
Rylan Gick improved to 12-4 in the circle with the win for EIU.  Chelsei Ervin took the loss for TSU falling to 0-5.