CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Paige Halliwill went 2-for-3 with three runs, a home run, three RBI and made a highlight-reel catch in center field to lead Southeast Missouri (18-13, 7-3) to a dominating 13-1 win over Eastern Illinois (21-18, 6-6) Saturday.
 
SEMO posted its third-straight five-inning win after scoring multiple times in every inning.
 
The Redhawks struck quickly with three runs in the bottom of the first inning and put up five more in the second. 
 
Abigail Rickermann reached on a leadoff double that didn't leave the infield after shortstop Megan Burton lost the ball in the sun. Halliwill got on by way of a two-base error and Rickermann scored the game's first run. Halliwill touched home on a sacrifice fly by Kat Sackett and Kaylee Anderson scored on a two-out double by Aubrie Shore.
 
With a runner on in the home half of the second, Halliwill belted her sixth home run, a two-run shot to center. Anderson followed with a double and scored with the help of an error. Chelsy Pena then drove in Sackett and Shore on a two-out double to widen SEMO's lead to 8-1.
 
More production from the top of SEMO's lineup came in the third when leadoff hitter Rickermann singled, stole second and quickly scored on a base hit by Halliwill. Halliwill, who advanced to second on the throw, crossed home plate on an ensuing triple by Anderson to make it a 10-1 ballgame.
 
Still not finished, the Redhawks buried EIU for good with a pair of home runs in the bottom of the fourth. Shore clubbed her fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot, over the left field wall. Two hitters later, nine-hole hitter Kynzie Wrigley slammed a solo home run to right.
 
In addition to what she did at the plate, Halliwill played excellent defense particularly in the top of the fourth when she crashed into the fence and made an outstanding catch to rob Kendall Fields of an extra base hit.
 
Rachel Rook (11-6) picked up the win in the circle. Rook tossed a one-hitter with two strikeouts in five innings.
 
Alexa Rehmeier (10-5) took the loss for EIU. Rehmeier was roughed up for six runs on four hits and walked three in just 1.1 innings.
 
SEMO outhit the Panthers, 13-1.
 
Rickermann, Halliwill and Anderson did the most damage out of the top three spots in the Redhawks lineup. The trio combined for six hits, eight runs and four RBI. Shore and Pena also contributed two hits each.
SEMO, which has won four in a row, wraps up its series against EIU with a 12 p.m., CT doubleheader Sunday.