NASHVILLE – Southeast Missouri (11-8, 4-1) split a doubleheader with Tennessee State (13-12-1, 4-1) Saturday at Tiger Field. SEMO dropped the first game, 3-0, but rallied to win the nightcap, 9-2.
 
SEMO scored twice in the first, once in the second and another two times in the third to get a 5-0 lead during the nightcap.
 
Kat Sackett and Kynzie Wrigley each hit a RBI-double to get the Redhawks a 2-0 lead.
 
The Redhawks, after scoring once in the second, put up two more runs in the third when Sydney Melton tripled and Brittany Affolter scored. Melton later touched home on a wild pitch.
 
Aubrie Shore's three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning completed the win.
 
Sydney Dennis, Wrigley, Shore, Alyson Tucker and Kimmy Fleming all head two hits each.
 
For the day, SEMO had 14 hits.
 
In game one, Caitlyn Manus pitched a complete game shutout in a 3-0 victory.
 
Manus, struck out one, walked three and allowed four hits in seven innings during her shutout win.
 
TSU took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and added one more run in the third to complete its victory.
 
Peyton Fointno reached on an error and went to second on a wild pitch. Nahtali Simpson tripled to right center and Fointno scored. Ryla Traylor's sacrifice fly scored Simpson to give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead.­
 
Fointno delivered a run-scoring single to push TSU's lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the third.
 
SEMO had its best chance when it had the bases loaded in the top of the fifth inning, but Manus got out of the jam,
 
Manus (10-8) picked up her 10th win of the season.
 
Paytience Holman (1-5) took the loss. Holman gave up three runs on four hits and struck out one in three innings.
 
SEMO had just four hits. Wrigley led the way going 2-for-2 with a walk.
 
SEMO and TSU finish off their series at 1 p.m., CT Sunday.