NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Katie Dreiling went 6-for-7 with two home runs, a double and three RBI, and Rachel Rook pitched a two-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts to lead Southeast Missouri (9-10, 7-1) to a 8-2, 6-0 doubleheader sweep of Belmont (6-11, 2-6) Saturday.
 
Dreiling had three hits in game one before going a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run in each of her first two at-bats in the nightcap. The home runs were the first of Dreiling's career as a Redhawk.
 
Rook carved up Belmont limiting the Bruins to a mere .087 batting average (2-for-23) in the nightcap. Her 13 strikeouts marked a season-high as she struck out 10 or more in a game for the fourth time in her career.
 
Dreiling and Alyson Tucker each had three hits, and Karsyn Davis added a pair of doubles and a career-high four RBI to lead SEMO to its game one victory.
 
The Redhawks outhit BU, 11-4, and registered double-digit hits for the fourth time this season.
 
Tied, 1-1, after two innings, SEMO scored three runs in the top of the third and tacked on four more in the seventh to blow by the Bruins.
 
Jillian Anderson started off the third with a double down the left field line. Rachel Anderson's sacrifice bunt moved Anderson to third, who scored the go-ahead run on a bunt single by Kaylee Anderson. Davis later ripped a two-out double to left field scoring both Katie Dreiling and K. Anderson to put the Redhawks ahead, 4-1.
 
After BU scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, Dreiling began the seventh with a one-out double to left center. With the bases loaded and one out, Davis belted her second double of the game, this time scoring pinch-runner Kelby Robinson and pinch-hitter Kimmy Wallen. Abigail Rickermann then touched home on a wild pitch and Austine Pauley followed with a RBI-single to left widening SEMO's lead to 8-2.
 
Four Redhawks, including Dreiling, Tucker, Davis and Pauley finished with multiple hits. Dreiling went 3-for-4 with a run scored and a double, Davis went 2-for-4, Tucker was 3-for-4 and Pauley finished at 2-for-4 with a run and one RBI. 
 
SEMO's five doubles marked a season-high in game one.
 
Paytience Holman (2-5) picked up the win allowing just two hits and one run in 4.2 innings. Holman also struck out three.
 
Marisa Davis claimed her second save of the season after recording three strikeouts and giving up two hits and one run in 2.1 innings.

With Rook tearing apart the Bruins lineup with her masterful work inside the circle, SEMO gave here and early lead when Dreiling began the second inning with a solo home run.
 
Two innings later, Kynzie Wrigley doubled down the left field line and scored on an ensuing single by J. Anderson. Dreiling later launched her second home run of the game over the right center wall with two outs giving the Redhawks a 4-0 cushion.
 
SEMO scored once more in the fourth and fifth innings to complete its third shutout of the year.
 
Rook improved to 6-5 this season. The complete game was the 10th of her career and the shutout marked the seventh with her in a Redhawk uniform.
 
The Redhawks outhit the Bruins, 21-6, in the doubleheader.
 
SEMO is on a six-game winning streak in Ohio Valley Conference play. The Redhawks 7-1 start against league foes is their best under Head Coach Mark Redburn. 
 
The Redhawks, who have clinched series wins against each of their first three OVC opponents, face Belmont one more time Sunday at 1 p.m., CT.