SUNDAY'S SCORES
Southeast Missouri 10, @Tennessee Tech 0
Eastern Illinois 5, @Tennessee State 4
Lindenwood 4, @Morehead State 3
@Morehead State 8, Lindenwood 0
UT Martin 5, @Southern Indiana 0
@Southern Indiana 8, UT Martin 2
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 10, TENNESSEE TECH 0
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -Southeast Missouri (17-9, 10-1) completed a three-game sweep of Tennessee Tech (3-30, 0-9) with its third-straight run rule victory Sunday. The Redhawks blew out the Golden Eagles, 10-0, in five innings.
SEMO dominated TTU over the weekend, outscoring the Golden Eagles, 30-1. The Redhawks became the first team in the Ohio Valley Conference to reach 10 league victories this season.
Once again, the Redhawks picked apart the Golden Eagles from start to finish.
SEMO scored the first run of the game when Aubrie Shore drew a bases loaded walk to score Jillian Anderson in the top of the first inning.
The Redhawks followed that up with two more runs in the second and another two in the third.
Kat Sackett delivered a two-RBI single in the second, while Zoe Schulte knocked in two runs in the third to extend SEMO's lead to 5-0.
A five-run fifth inning polished off SEMO's third OVC series sweep.
With two outs, Brittany Affolter scored on an obstruction. Sydney Dennis followed with a single and Schulte scored. The Redhawks then had runners at first and second following Anderson's base hit to short when Paige Halliwill homered to left center. Halliwill's second home run of the season capped the victory.
Delaney Kell (8-3) went the distance allowing just three hits in five shutout innings. Kell struck out five and walked one, as well. She faced 19 hitters and retired eight of those on fly balls.
SEMO outhit TTU, 11-3.
Schulte paved the way going 3-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI. Dennis followed with two hits and two runs scored, while six other Redhawks got a hit.
EASTERN ILLINOIS 5, TENNESSSEE STATE 4
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -Recap coming soon.
LINDENWOOD 4, MOREHEAD STATE 3; MOREHEAD STATE 8, LINDENWOOD 0
MOREHEAD, Ky. -Junior Lennon Spicer was dealing on Sunday, hurling a shutout to lead the Morehead State Softball Eagles past the Lindenwood Lions, 8-0, in six innings in game two of a doubleheader after the Lions took game one, 4-3.
Spicer (2-3) went the distance for Morehead State (10-13, 5-4 OVC), giving up seven hits, walking none and striking out seven. Lindenwood won the series, moving to 13-18 and 5-6 in the OVC.
Freshman Emily Williams led the way offensively for the Eagles, going 2-for-3 in the ballgame with two doubles, a walk and three RBI, including a walk-off two-run double to end the game early in the seventh. Junior Kaytlyn Cripps furnished a standout performance at the plate as well, going 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and an RBI. Senior Kirya Kingery also contributed, going 4-for-4 for Morehead State in game two.
Trailing 4-0, the Eagles first put runs on the board in the sixth inning. Morehead State plated two runs when Williams left the yard with senior Madeline Gailor aboard.
The Eagles kept the deficit at 4-2 before closing the gap further in the seventh. Morehead State scored once on a run-scoring single off the bat of junior Erin Boyle, which tightened the Lions lead to 4-3. The Eagles were unable to get any closer, as neither team scored again in the ballgame.
The Eagles took the lead for good in the first, scoring for the first time in the inning. Morehead State got on the board thanks to Williams' RBI double with two outs.
The Eagles then tacked on runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings, with their biggest output coming in the fifth when they scored three times. One of those three runs scored on Cripps' RBI double.
UT MARTIN 5, SOUTHERN INDIANA 0; SOUTHERN INDIANA 8, UT MARTIN 2
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Recap coming soon.