CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Freshman Rachel Anderson hit a three-run walk-off home run off the scoreboard in right field to send Southeast Missouri (18-24, 3-11) to a doubleheader split with Morehead State (25-17, 5-9) Saturday. The Redhawks dropped game one, 6-2, before rallying to win the nightcap, 6-5.
 
SEMO and MSU got a late start due to inclement weather and Anderson's curtain call capped an excellent finish.
 
Anderson was 1-for-5 at the plate before launching her team-high fifth home run to right field. Brooke Rheinecker reached on an error and Mykaela Arellanes singled. After Rheinecker stole third, the Redhawks had two runners in scoring position before Anderson belted her game-winner. It was SEMO's first walk-off home run this season.
 
Allison Rager led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to left field. Then, after a fielder's choice and three singles, Kylie Holton stepped in and hit a grand slam to grab the Eagles a 5-0 advantage.
 
SEMO put together a rally of its own during its at-bat in the fourth inning. After Arellanes drew a leadoff walk and went to second on a wild pitch, Ashley Ellis delivered a one-out single through the left side. Parker Bandy followed with a double to score both Arellanes and pinch-runner Nicole Deering. Bandy later came around to score when Addison Barnouski hit into a fielder's choice, dicing MSU's lead to 5-3.
 
Rager (5-4), who pitched out of a jam in the sixth inning, gave up the decisive home run to Anderson. She struck out one, gave up two hits and allowed three runs in two-thirds of an inning out of the bullpen.
 
Mackenzie Hoelting (2-5) tossed 3.2 scoreless innings en route to picking up her second win of the season. Hoelting relieved starter Haley Thogmartin in the fourth inning.
 
Seven different Redhawks had a hit in the nightcap.
 
Ellis hit a two-run home run to left field for SEMO's only runs in game one.
 
The Redhawks trailed, 6-0, when Ellis hit her third home run of the season immediately after Madison Harris walked to start the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
SEMO had runners on base in six innings, but came up empty in five of those frames. The Redhawks stranded nine baserunners and had one thrown out at the plate for the game.
 
MSU used a four-run third inning to key its victory. With the bases full of Eagles, Karly Thompson hit a 3-RBI double to center and MSU tacked on another run to push its lead to 5-0.
 
Kayla McGuffey's sacrifice fly plated the Eagles final run in the top of the sixth.
 
SEMO's first two runners reached base in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Chelsea McManaway recorded three-straight outs after that to get her 14^th win of the season.
 
McManaway (14-6) had 12 strikeouts and allowed two runs on nine hits in her complete game victory.
 
Madeline Krumrey (10-8) took the loss, giving up five runs on four hits. Krumrey also struck out three and walked three in 2.2 innings. Alexis Estes struck out three and allowed a run in the final 4.1 innings.
 
SEMO outhit MSU, 9-7, with Rheinecker and Arellanes getting two hits each.
 
The Redhawks return to action when they host Eastern Kentucky in a Noon, CT, doubleheader Sunday.