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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri (7-11) softball swept Indiana State (9-12) Wednesday, winning game one in walk-off fashion, 5-4, and taking the nightcap, 9-4.
"It was ecellent to see the bats come alive today as we out-hit Indiana State with 25 total hits," said head coach Lana Richmond. "Taylor Cowan had another strong performance and Lauren Reinagel came in relief to close out 4.1 innings of game two. Positive wins going into conference play this weekend."
Southeast Missouri 5, Indiana State 4
Southeast Missouri walked-off in game one after Indiana State tied the game in the top of the seventh inning.
The Redhawks crossed home early in the first inning. Cowan plated Simone Patterson on an RBI single to center field. Alexis Anderson added to the early lead with a bases-loaded single up the middle to extend the Redhawk lead, 2-0.
The Sycamores touched home in the fourth when Megan Stone shot a 2-RBI double to left to tie the game at two runs apiece.
Southeast was quick to get those runs back in their half of the fourth on another Cowan RBI single to bring Kaitlin Zink home. An error on the same play allowed Cowan to advance to second and Chelsea Smith to score and take a 4-2 lead on the Sycamores.
Indiana State narrowed Southeast's lead in the fifth with an RBI single off the bat of Alexa Cavin, 4-3 Redhawks.
The Syamores were able to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning, piecing together an RBI single from Shelby Wilson.
Southeast found themselves with runners on second and third and two out with C. Smith at the plate. C. Smith threaded a single through the left side to bring Xia Wilson home and win the game, 5-4.
The Redhawks out-hit Indiana State in game one, 12-9. C. Smith and Wilson each recored three hits in the contest while Cowan and Anderson each had two.
Cavin and Wilson each had two hits for Indiana State in the game.
Cowan (4-6) pitched her eighth complete game of the season Wednesday going 7.0 innings in the circle giving up four runs on nine hits. Cowan struck a season-high six batters while only walking one.
Stephanie Fougerousse (4-5) suffered the loss Wednesday afternoon going 5.2 innings for the Sycamores. Fougerousse struck out six Redhawk batters and walked two.
Southeast Missouri 9, Indiana State 4
Big innings allowed Southeast to soar past the Sycamores in game two, 9-4.
Indiana State jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first and added to it in the top of the third with two runs to go up 3-0 on Southeast.
S. Patterson put Southeast back in the game on one swing with a monster shot over the right field wall with two runners on to tie the game at three runs each. Southeast was not done with the inning as they tacked on another run when Lindsey Patterson crossed the plate with a Cowan double, taking the lead 4-3.
Southeast added a single run in the fourth and fifth innings to extend their lead to 6-3. C. Smith added her second RBI of the day in the fourth with a single to right center. Wilson added a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly to plate Renee Terry.
Paige Schreiner added a run for the Sycamores in the sixth to narrow Southeast's lead two runs.
Southeast pulled away in their half of the sixth with two RBI doubles in a row off the bat of L. Patterson and Cowan followed by an RBI single from Savannah Carpenter to extend the lead to 9-4 over Indiana State.
Southeast sat the Sycamores down in order in the top of the seventh to secure the doubleheader sweep.
C. Smith finished the day 5-for-7 with two doubles, and two RBI. Cowan went 4-for-7 with two doubles and four RBI. The Redhawks combined for seven doubles and 13 RBI in the doubleheader sweep and out-hit Indiana State 25-16.
Lauren Reinagel (1-0) recorded her first career win in a Redhawk uniform in game two going 4.1 innings in relief. Reinagel struck out two batters and walked none in the contest.
Halle Humphrey (1-4) suffered the loss through 3.0 innings of work.
Southeast Missouri opens Ohio Valley Conference play this weekend with a doubleheader against West Division foe Murray State at 1 p.m.
