LAWRENCE, Kan. - Madison Sykes hit a three-run walk-off home run to send Kansas (17-11) to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Southeast Missouri (15-10) Sunday at the Rock Chalk Challenge.

Kansas trailed, 5-3, entering the bottom of the seventh inning when Harli Ridling singled down the left field line and Taylor Dodson reached on an infield single. Sykes then stepped in and smacked her game-winning home run over the center field wall to end the contest.

Sunday marked the third-straight game where SEMO let a lead slip away in the final two innings.

The Redhawks took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning thanks to back-to-back RBI-doubles from Sarah Messex and Mykaela Arellanes.

SEMO extended its lead to 4-0 after Claire Wernig and Claudia Gallo delivered run-scoring singles with one out.

Madison Harris belted a solo home run, the first of her career, to push the Redhawks lead to 5-3 in the top of the seventh.

Sophia Templin (1-0) secured her first win of the season in relief. Templin gave up one run on two hits and struck out one in 2.2 innings.

Alexis Estes (5-2) took the loss. Estes scattered four hits and gave up three runs in two-thirds of an inning. Estes faced five hitters.

Sykes went 2-for-4 with a run scored and three RBIs on the decisive home run. Ridling, Jessie Roane and Lily Behrmann also had two hits each.

Messex, Parker Bandy and Harris all had two hits and scored for the Redhawks, who were outhit, 13-9.

SEMO left eight runners on base for the day.

The Redhawks open Ohio Valley Conference play with doubleheaders at Tennessee Tech (Mar. 25) and preseason-favorite Jacksonville State (Mar. 26).