Southeast Softball

The SEMO softball team’s season ended on Saturday in a 4-1 loss to the Villanova Wildcats in an elimination game in the NCAA Regional in Fayetteville, AR. The seven-time Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Champion Redhawks made the NCAA Regional for the third time...

For the first time since 2019, the SEMO softball team is the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament champions after beating Eastern Illinois 4-2 on Saturday at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, IL. The Redhawks were the #2 seed in the OVC Tournament and defeated #3 Tennessee State and #1 Eastern Illinois twice on their way to SEMO’s seventh OVC Title. ...

Explosive offense and lights-out pitching led the SEMO Redhawks to a three-game sweep of Western Illinois this weekend at the Southeast Softball Complex. In game one, the Redhawks defeated the Leathernecks 6-0 behind a complete game shutout from Paytience Holman...

SEMO softball’s senior infielder Abigail Rickermann currently leads the Redhawks from the plate with a .379 batting average through April 21. Rickermann has totaled 33 hits to go with seven RBIs while drawing nine walks and is a perfect 8-8 on base stealing attempts...

SEMO softball’s fifth-year senior pitcher Paytience Holman currently leads the Redhawks with a 2.96 ERA as of April 5. Holman has seen plenty of success during her time in Cape Girardeau including the 2021 and 2023 Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championships...

After a brutal start to Ohio Valley Conference play and a dismal record to begin the season, it felt like just about everybody had written off SEMO softball at Missouri on Wednesday. Everybody, except for Paytience Holman. The senior pitcher threw a scoreless seven innings in Columbia, Missouri, to ensure Southeast (13-20, 7-5 OVC) knocked off the No. 11 Missouri Tigers (29-8, 4-5 SEC) in a thrilling 1-0 victory on the road...

Following a successful weekend at home last weekend against Tennessee State, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks hit the road to do battle with the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. Ultimately, it was the Screaming Eagles taking the three-game set after the two clubs split the doubleheader on Friday...

Entering Sunday, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks had split the first two games of the series against the Tennessee State Tigers. The Redhawks claimed the series win by way of a 4-3 win over Tennessee State on Sunday. “After yesterday we talked about bouncing back today,” Redhawks coach Mark Redburn said. “We came out today and put some runs up early.”...

The SEMO softball team split a doubleheader with Bradley University on Tuesday at the Southeast Softball Complex. The Redhawks won the first game by a score of 6-2 and lost the second 5-1. Sydney Dennis led the Redhawks in the first game going 2-3 with what proved to be the winning RBI double to left field. In game two, Brooklyn Saysoff brought in the lone run for SEMO on an RBI single to left center...

The SEMO softball went 1-2 over the weekend in the first Ohio Valley Conference series of the season with Eastern Illinois. The Redhawks split a doubleheader with the Panthers on Saturday, losing 7-4 in a 12-inning marathon of a game and winning 9-4 in the following game. On Sunday, SEMO dropped a defensive battle 2-1...

The old saying, don’t judge a book by its cover is entirely true when looking at Southeast Missouri State’s start to the 2024 softball season. While the Redhawks have started 4-14, they have faced teams like Ohio State, Maryland, Syracuse, Auburn and Arkansas...

Just a week removed from the start of the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season, Southeast Missouri State softball got some big preseason love earlier this week. The Redhawks were selected via a poll of Ohio Valley Conference officials to finish as the top team in the conference’s regular season for the fourth time in five years...

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. ...

Jackson native among 2023 SEMO Hall of Fame class Southeast Missouri State announced its 2023 Hall of Fame Class on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Among the six-member class is Jackson native Blake Smith, who currently runs the Cape Girardeau based athletic training center, Prep Athletics...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to camp and fish with an “elite tent camper,” who also serves as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State (Tom Matukewicz)?