CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri has 56 games scheduled, including 15 at the Southeast Softball Complex this upcoming 2022 season.
SEMO will play its first 26 contests outside of Cape Girardeau with trips to six different tournaments and a midweek visit to Southeastern Conference member Ole Miss (Mar. 2).
The Redhawks will participate in the Southeastern Lousiana (Feb. 11-13), Western Kentucky (Feb. 18-19), Arkansas (Feb. 25-27), Lipscomb (Mar. 4-6), Kansas (Mar. 11-13) and Kansas City (Mar. 15) tournaments.
SEMO also has five teams which made the NCAA Tournament a year ago on its 2022 slate. Those opponents are Western Kentucky (Feb. 19), Arkansas (Feb. 25, Feb. 26), Ole Miss (Mar. 2), Wichita State (Mar. 11) and Southern Illinois (Mar. 23, Mar. 30).
The Redhawks will play a 28-game OVC schedule which opens with a three-game home series vs. Tennessee State (Mar. 19-20). Morehead State (Apr. 2-3), Eastern Illinois (Apr. 9-10), UT Martin (DH, Apr. 7) and Belmont (May 7-8) also come to Cape Girardeau this season.
The road portion of SEMO's league schedule consists of trips to Tennessee Tech (Mar. 26-27), UT Martin (DH, Apr. 6), Austin Peay (Apr. 15-16), Murray State (Apr. 23-24) and SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 30-May1).
Postseason play will begin with the OVC Tournament, May 11-14, in Oxford, Alabama. This year marks the sixth where the tournament will be held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford.
SEMO opens its season at the Southeastern Louisiana Tournament Feb. 11-13.