Game 1 Final Statistics | Game 2 Final Statistics

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Kayla Fortner went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and two walks as Southeast Missouri (4-9, 1-1) split a doubleheader with UT Martin (10-10, 1-1) Tuesday at the Southeast Softball Complex.
 
Fortner fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle to lead Southeast to a 9-6 victory in game one. UTM then battled back to win the nightcap, 6-3, in eight innings.
 
Southeast Missouri 9, UT Martin 6
 
Southeast registered 14 hits, including seven that went for extra bases in its game one victory.
 
Trailing, 2-0, after two-and-a-half innings, the Redhawks took their first lead of the game when Alexis Anderson and Fortner each homered in the bottom of the third. Anderson delivered her first homer of the season deep over the left field wall and Fortner added a two-run bomb to right center for her team-high seventh round-tripper of the year.
 
Two innings later, UTM regained a one-run edge on consecutive groundballs after the Skyhawks had runners at second and third with no outs.
 
The Redhawks, however, answered with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Fortner hit a leadoff double to center and quickly went to third on an ensuing single by Savannah Carpenter. Indiana Davis pinch ran for Carpenter and stole second before Chelsea Smith doubled to right field, scoring both Fortner and Davis. A Taylor McDannold triple followed and Smith touched home to give Southeast a 6-4 advantage.
 
UTM loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth and managed to bring the game to a 6-6 deadlock after Savannah Dodson scored on a walk and Alicia Hansen scored on a fielder's choice. Freshman reliever Madeline Krumrey then recorded the final two outs to get Southeast out of the jam.
 
Southeast countered with three runs of its own in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Darby Pruett and Anderson both reached on infield singles and Lindsey Patterson walked to load the bases. Fortner followed with a sacrifice fly and Pruett scored. Carpenter hit into a fielder's choice to push across another run before Patterson came home when Carpenter was thrown out at second attempting to steal.
 
Krumrey struck out Kenzie Tate and got Lauren Smith to line out to second base before Southeast's defense committed a pair of two-out errors. Kayla Blanco, who represented the tying run at the plate, flied out to right as the Redhawks won their OVC opener for the fourth time in five seasons.
 
Fortner went 3-for-3 with a home run, double, single, two runs scored and three RBI.
 
Anderson also contributed three hits, finishing at 3-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI.
 
Southeast's seven extra-base hits matched a season-high in game one.
 
Krumrey improved her record to 2-2 after striking out two and walking none in two scoreless no-hit innings.
 
Casey Vincent (1-3) suffered the loss, allowing two hits and three runs in two innings. Vincent struck out two and walked two, as well.
 
UT Martin 6, Southeast Missouri 3 (8 innings)
 
UT Martin scored three runs in the top of the eighth to pull off a 6-3 extra-inning win in game two.
 
Savannah Dodson ignited a one-out rally with a single up the middle and scored the go-ahead run when Gonzales doubled off the wall in left. Samantha McClure scored on a groundout and Alicia Hansen added an RBI-single during the game's decisive inning.
 
Krumrey sat down the first eight hitters she faced before McClure reached on a two-out double out of the nine-hole to gave UTM its first baserunner in the third. McClure scored on an ensuing triple by Gonzales to put the Skyhawks ahead, 1-0.
 
Like Krumrey, Elizabeth Weigand also started strong inside the circle, retiring seven hitters in a row before Leah Duffe hit a one-out double in the bottom of the third. Claire Wernig extended the inning when she was hit by a pitch with two away and Fortner followed with a two-RBI double to give Southeast a 2-1 cushion.
 
UTM tied the game when Renate Meckl walked and came around to score with the help of an error and single by Blanco in the fourth.
 
Tate then came up with two outs in the fifth and ripped a solo home run to left field, putting the Skyhawks ahead, 3-2.
 
Southeast was down to its last out when Duffe drove in pinch-runner Shelby Eccles on a bloop single to center, sending the game to extra innings.
 
Keaira Schilling (2-5) scattered six hits and allowed three runs in 3.1 innings of relief.
 
Meanwhile, Weigand (5-4) went the distance giving up five hits and three runs in eight innings. She also walked five and struck out two.
 
UTM outhit Southeast, 11-5.
 
Duffe went 2-for-2 with a double, run scored and RBI to lead the Redhawks.
 
Southeast returns to action Wednesday when it hosts Indiana State in a doubleheader at 2 p.m., CT.