Rock Chalk Challenge

Dates: Friday-Sunday, March 17-19, 2017
Site: Lawrence, Kan.
Facility: Arrocha Ballpark (1,100)

Schedule

Friday, Mar. 17
Southeast Missouri (14-6) vs. Tulsa (15-10), 11:30 a.m., CT
Southeast Missouri (14-6) vs. UMKC (6-16), 7 p.m., CT

Saturday, Mar. 18
Southeast Missouri (14-6) vs. #12 LSU (19-6), 11:30 a.m., CT | Cox Sports TV
Southeast Missouri (14-6) vs. Nebraska-Omaha (8-14), 4:30 p.m., CT

Sunday, Mar. 19
Southeast Missouri (14-6) at Kansas (15-9), 11:30 a.m., CT

Live Stats at KUAthletics.com

Southeast Missouri Notes

Redhawks Head to Rock Chalk Challenge
Southeast Missouri (14-6) is one of six teams competing in the Rock Chalk Challenge hosted by the University of Kansas from Mar. 17-19. The Redhawks will play five games in three days as part of the event.

Follow the Redhawks
Live stats for Southeast's games at the Rock Chalk Challenge can be accessed online at KUAthletics.com. The Redhawks game against #12 LSU (Mar. 18) will be televised live on Cox Sports Television. Twitter updates provided @SEMOsoftball.

Ranked Teams
Southeastern Conference power #12 LSU is the first ranked opponent Southeast faces this season. The Redhawks are 0-4 against ranked teams under head coach Mark Redburn.

Tournament Play
The Rock Chalk Challenge marks the fifth and final tournament Southeast plays in before Ohio Valley Conference play begins on Mar. 25. The Redhawks are currently 11-5 in tournament action, winning the Jackson State Tournament (3-0), going 3-2 at the Lion Classic II in Hammond, Louisiana, going 2-2 at the We Back Pat Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri and fashioning a 3-1 record at the Leon Smith Classic in Oxford, Alabama.

Spring Break
The Redhawks close out a lengthy road trip at this weekend's Rock Chalk Challenge. Southeast departed Cape Girardeau on Mar. 8 for the Leon Smith Classic in Oxford, Alabama. The Redhawks served as the host of the 11-team event which included 25 games over a four-day span. After that, Southeast headed to Georgia to face Georgia Tech (Mar. 14) and Kennesaw State (Mar. 15) in midweek action. The Redhawks then travelled to Lawrence for their five matchups in the Rock Chalk Challenge. Southeast is currently 4-2 during the long road stretch.

Fourteen Wins
Southeast picked up its 14th win of the season when it beat ACC member Georgia Tech, 6-1, on Mar. 14. The Redhawks are just two victories away from reaching their entire win total from last season (16-33). Southeast didn't get its 14th win until Apr. 29 a year ago.

50 in Sight
Mark Redburn is just one win away from reaching 50 in his career as Southeast's head coach. Redburn is off to his best start at the helm. He holds a 49-66 record as the Redhawks skipper. Redburn has been part of three other milestone wins during his time at Southeast. He led the Redhawks to their 1,000th victory in program history on Mar. 26, 2016 (9-0, vs. Tennessee State), picked up his 100th career NCAA Division I win with a 4-3 victory over Southern Illinois on Apr. 8, 2015, and won the 200th game of his head coaching career when the Redhawks beat Austin Peay, 7-4, on Apr. 30, 2016.

Arellanes Breaks Single-Game Record
Newcomer Mykaela Arellanes broke a Southeast single-game school record with four stolen bases in the Redhawks win over Alabama A&M (Mar. 11). The Redhawks finished with a season-high seven stolen bases in that game. Arellanes is one of three players in the Ohio Valley Conference with four stolen bases in a game this year. The others are Eastern Illinois' Kayla Bear (vs. Fort Wayne) and UT Martin's Lauren Myers (vs. Farleigh Dickinson). Southeast is tied for fourth in the league with 34 stolen bases in 2017. Arellanes leads the team with nine stolen bases in 10 attempts.

Rookie Sensation
Freshman center fielder Rachel Anderson is off to an outstanding start in her Southeast debut.  Anderson enters the weekend second in the Ohio Valley Conference in batting average with a .483 clip. She leads the league in slugging percentage (.883) and triples (6), and ranks second in on-base percentage (.551). Anderson leads the Redhawks with 10 mulitiple-hit games and five multi-RBI contests this year. She leads the nation in triples, ranks 11th in batting average, is 14th in slugging percentage and rates 19th in on-base percentage.

Triple Time
Southeast is first in the Ohio Valley Conference and leads the nation with 11 triples this season. The Redhawks had just seven triples in 49 games last season.  

Nice Work
Freshman Rachel Anderson leads the nation and is first in the Ohio Valley Conference with six triples through 20 games. Anderson's six triples are the most in a season since Kelsey White had seven in 55 games during the 2000 campaign.

Start Me Up
Sophomore shortstop Sarah Messex started every game of her Southeast career to date. Messex enters the weekend with a streak of 69 consecutive starts. She has the longest games started streak of any Redhawk and is one of four players on this year's team to start every contest. Rachel Anderson, Ashley Ellis and Mykaela Arellanes are the others.  

Krumrey Reaches 200
Junior Madeline Krumrey recorded the 200th strikeout of her career when Southeast beat Missouri State and UMKC at the We Back Pat Tournament on Mar. 4. Krumrey leads the Redhawks with 37 strikeouts in 56 innings through 11 appearances and 10 starts this year.

More on Krumrey
Madeline Krumrey is having a strong season inside the circle thus far. After finishing the 2016 campaign at 6-14 with a 3.64 ERA, Krumrey stands at 8-2 with a 1.50 earned run average. She leads the Redhawks with five complete games and has tossed two shutouts. The most wins Krumrey had in a season was 13 during her freshman year in 2015. She ranks ninth in the Ohio Valley Conference in ERA and tied for third in wins.
 
One-Run Games
Southeast was on the short end of 13 one-run losses in 2016. So far, the Redhawks have been winning those contests. Southeast won its first three one-run games this year before recently dropping a 4-3 decision at Kennesaw State (Mar. 15).

Scoring Early
Southeast is outscoring opponents, 20-5, in the first inning this season. The Redhawks are 8-2 in games where they score in the first inning and 12-3 in games where they score first this year.

Strong Pitching
The Redhawks rank fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 2.77 ERA this season. Madeline Krumrey (8-2) and Alexis Estes (5-0) are a combined 13-2 inside the circle. The two have accounted four six complete games, two shutouts and two saves, as well. Southeast was eighth in the OVC with a 4.22 ERA a year ago.

2017 Redhawks
Southeast's 2017 roster consists of 23 players with three seniors, five juniors, six sophomores and nine freshmen. The Redhawks have a total of 11 newcomers on this year's squad. Six of those newcomers (Rachel Anderson, Brooke Rheinecker, Addison Barnouski, Parker Bandy, Ashley Ellis, Mykaela Arellanes) are hitting .300 or better.

Double-Digit Hits
The Redhawks registered 10 or more hits a total of seven times this season and are 7-0 in those contests. Southeast pounded out a season-high 18 hits vs. Jarvis Christian College on Feb. 11. As a team, the Redhawks are fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference hitting .309.

Road Warriors
Southeast plays its first 29 games outside of Cape Girardeau. The Redhawks have just 13 home games this season, all in April. Southeast hosts Eastern Illinois in its home-opener on Apr. 1.