COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Southeast Missouri (21-23, 15-9) ended the nation's longest winning streak when it upended #20 Tennessee Tech (37-6, 19-2), 10-6, Sunday.
SEMO snapped TTU's streak of 28 wins which began on Mar. 13 when the Golden Eagles swept West Virginia in a doubleheader.
Trevor Ezell went 4-for-5 with four singles and ended the three-game series with 10 hits.
The Redhawks erupted for five runs in the second inning and never looked back.
Alex Canty ignited the surge with a solo home run.
Chase Urhahn also delivered a two-RBI single before a RBI-hit by Ezell and an error plated the other two runs.
Justin Dirden ripped a double to push across two more runs for SEMO in the top of the fourth inning.
The Redhawks then scored twice more in the eighth and once in the ninth.
Ezell had another run-scoring single and
Tristen Gagan doubled home a run in the eighth, while
Connor Basler touched home on a wild pitch in the ninth.
Six different Redhawks finished the series finale with multiple hits. Ezell paved the way with four hits and
Danny Wright went 3-for-5 with three runs. Urhahn, Dirden, Canty and Basler followed with two hits each.
Cody Creed (1-2) picked up his first career win. Creed worked 1.2 innings and allowed a hit out of the bullpen. He relieved starter Daniel Bergtholdt who struck out two and gave up four runs on six hits in 3.2 innings.
Alex Hursey (6-3) suffered the loss. Hursey scattered seven hits and allowed five runs.
SEMO tallied 17 hits, its most in an Ohio Valley Conference game this season.
The Redhawks head to Saint Louis for a midweek matchup on May 1.