FRIDAY'S SCORES
Southeast Missouri 7, @Tennessee State 2
UT Martin 9, @Belmont 3
UT Martin 8, @Belmont 3 (6)
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 7, TENNESSEE STATE 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Freshman India Davis went 4-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI to lead Southeast Missouri (7-18, 3-7) to a 7-2 victory over Tennessee State (9-22, 2-9) Friday afternoon.
With the win, the Redhawks snapped a five-game losing streak in Ohio Valley Conference play.
TSU led, 1-0, after two innings before Southeast tied the game when Davis scored an undearned run on a throwing error in the top of the third.
Davis came up in the fourth and extended the Redhawks lead to 3-1 on a one-out two-RBI single.
The Tigers managed to pull to within a run in the bottom of the fifth, but Southeast answered with two runs in each of the sixth and seventh innings to nail down the win.
Taylor McDannold singled home both runs in the sixth, while Shelby Eccles and Kayla Fortner had run-scoring hits in the seventh. Fortner hit a solo home run over the left field wall and Eccles knocked in Wernig on a single up the middle.
Madeline Krumrey (5-6) pitched her fourth complete game in as many starts en route to earning her third conference win of the season. Krumrey gave up two runs on eight hits, struck out five and walked two in seven innings.
Amber Galyon (2-9) suffered the loss. Galyon allowed 12 hits and seven runs. She struck out five and walked three, as well.
Offensively, Southeast registered 12 hits. It was the eighth time this year, where the Redhawks had double-digit hits.
Davis and Clair Wernig (3-for-3) paved the way with a combined seven hits. McDannold, Fortner, Lindsey Patterson, Savannah Carpenter and Eccles added one each. Fortner's home run marked her team-high 10th this year, and as a result, she moved into a tie for sixth among Southeast's single-season leaders. Fortner shares that spot with Haylee Krack (2014) and Michelle Summers (2005).
The Redhawks led game two, 6-1, with one out in the top of the second inning when the game was called due to inclement weather.
Southeast will return to action for a doubleheader at Belmont Saturday.
UT MARTIN 9, BELMONT 3; UT MARTIN 8, BELMONT 3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Belmont softball dropped a pair of games to UT Martin (18-16, 6-5 OVC) Friday afternoon at Rose Park. The Skyhawks took the first game, 9-3, and recorded the sweep on the day with an 8-3 shortened game victory over the Bruins in the nightcap of the twin bill.
GAME 1: UT Martin 9, Belmont 3
It only took a pair of swings for UT Martin to jump out to a 5-0 advantage over the Bruins in the first game of the doubleheader as UTM's Lauren Smith hit a two-RBI double to left center field in the first inning and followed that with a three-run homer in the top half of the third.
Belmont's bats came alive in the home half of the third as an RBI single from Jessica Wilson (Alvin, Tex.) drove in Kayla Wells (Bonney Lake, Wash.) and then senior Kat Hollingsworth (Carrollton, Tex.) proceeded to drive in Wilson off a double to left center field. Chelsey Deloney (Gardendale, Ala.) made it a trifecta for the Bruins as the catcher drove in Hollingsworth but was called out at second base trying to stretch the hit into a double.
Overall, the Bruins plated three runs off four hits as Belmont cut into the Skyhawks' advantage, 5-3.
UTM added a run to its total in the top of the sixth and used a big seventh inning to put the contest out of reach for the Bruins as the Skyhawks tallied three runs off three hits and went on for the 9-3 victory.
Belmont outhit the visitors from Martin, Tennessee, 9-8, on the contest.
Wilson led the way with a perfect 3-for-3 performance at the plate while five other Bruins registered a hit.
BU's Carolyn Snodgress (Torrance, Calif.) was credited with the loss as the junior pitched 5.1 innings and allowed six earned runs on four hits. The right-hander also dealt six strikeouts on the outing.
GAME 2: UT Martin 8, Belmont 3 (6 inn.)
UT Martin once again dented the scoreboard first in the second game of the day's doubleheader as the Skyhawks recorded a run in the top of the first inning.
The Bruins quickly responded, however, as BU used RBI singles from Kat Hollingsworth and Amy Zeronian (Pasadena, Calif.) in the home half of the first as the Bruins plated three runs off five hits in order to push ahead, 3-1, and take their first lead of the day.
UT Martin responded as the Skyhawks scored seven runs over the next three innings before rain and lightning rolled into Rose Park and shortened the contest as UTM went on for the 8-3 victory in six innings.
Three different Bruins led Belmont with a pair of hits as Kirbie Ferrell (Pasadena, Tex.), Hollingsworth and Jordan Daly (Alvin, Tex.) all finished 2-for-3 at the plate.
Hollingsworth recorded two doubles on the day as the veteran outfielder moved into the top five of BU's record books in career doubles as the senior now stands all alone with 38 for her career.