Game 1 Final Statistics | Game 2 Final Statistics

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Kayla Fortner tied the school's all-time single-season home run record and Riley Hayes hit a three-run homer as Southeast Missouri (12-23) split a doubleheader with Saint Louis (29-16) Wednesday at the Southeast Softball Complex. The Redhawks lost game one, 6-3, before rallying to win the nightcap, 5-4.
 
Fortner's solo home run in the third inning of game one marked her team-high 14^th of the season. She now stands tied with Michelle Summers (2007) at the top of Southeast's all-time single-season home run list.
 
Meanwhile, Hayes' home run ignited the Redhawks come-from-behind victory in the nightcap.
 
Saint Louis 6, Southeast Missouri 3
 
Saint Louis pounded out 13 hits and had three home runs in its 6-3 game one victory.
 
SLU had five players with multiple-hits, led by Macie Wheeler who went 3-for-4. Alex Nickel, Elizabeth Everingham, Allie Macfarlane and Alyssa Tarquinio followed with two.
 
Southeast pulled ahead, 2-1, in the bottom of the first when Savannah Carpenter knocked in Lindsey Patterson and Alexis Anderson on a two-out single through the left side.
 
SLU answered with two runs of its own to regain a 3-2 edge in the top of the second. Tarquinio led things off with a solo home run to left and Nickel stole home with two outs.
 
Both teams then traded home runs in the third inning, with Everingham clearing the left field wall for the Billikens and Fortner belting her homer to right center for the Redhawks.
 
SLU added another run to its lead when it stole home for the second time with two outs. Josie Knesel scored on the play, pushing the Billikens lead to 5-3 in the top of the fourth.
 
Nickel widened SLU's lead to 6-3 with a leadoff home run to left center in the top of the sixth inning. Nickel's long ball broke the Billikens team single-season home run record. SLU has 48 homers through 45 games this year.
 
Southeast brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the sixth, but came up empty. The Redhawks then went down in order during their last at-bat in the seventh.
 
Brianna Lore (15-9) picked up the win for SLU. Lore went the distance, allowing three runs on eight hits. She also struck out six and walked one.
 
Keaira Schilling (3-9) took the loss. Schilling scattered 11 hits and gave up six runs in five innings. She struck out two and walked one, as well. Aubrey Denno, who pitched for the first time since Mar. 31, tossed the final two innings.
 
Each of the first six players in the Redhawks lineup had a hit. Carpenter finished at 2-for-3, while Anderson, Fortner, Patterson, Darby Pruett and Taylor McDannold chipped in one apiece.
 
Southeast Missouri 5, Saint Louis 4
 
Riley Hayes' three-run home run sparked Southeast's 5-4 comeback win in game two.
 
The Redhawks were no-hit through 3.2 innings before Hayes hit her first home run of the season over the wall in right center. Fortner and Pruett scored on the play to cut SLU's lead to 4-3.
 
Southeast added two more runs to take its first lead of the game in the bottom of the fifth when Jamie Woodworth drew a one-out bases loaded walk and McDannold scored the go-ahead run on a single by Pruett.
 
Freshman Madeline Krumrey relieved Denno in the sixth and tossed two scoreless innings to nail down her first career save. Krumrey retired the side in both the sixth and seventh innings, recording two strikeouts along the way.
 
Denno (1-5) was credited with her first win of the season. Denno gave up eight hits and four runs, while striking out two in five innings.
 
Laney Kneib (6-1) suffered her first loss. Kneib scattered three hits and allowed two runs in two relief innings.
 
SLU outhit Southeast, 8-4, with Lore and Knesel each going 2-for-3.
 
Anderson, McDannold, Pruett and Hayes had one hit apiece for the Redhawks.
 
Southeast will travel to Tennessee State for a 6:30 p.m., CT, matchup Thursday. The Redhawks and Tigers will resume their game that was suspended due to weather back on Apr. 3. That contest will continue with Southeast leading, 6-1, with runners on first and second and one out in the top of the second inning.