Best on the Bayou Tournament

Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 28-March 2, 2025
Location: Monroe, La.
Facility: ULM Softball Complex
Series Records: 3-7 vs. Memphis; 4-7 vs. UL Monroe; First meeting vs. Tarleton State

Schedule
Friday, February 28 - vs. Memphis (9-6), 1:30 p.m., CT  | Live Stats
Friday, February 28 - at UL Monroe (8-7), 6:30 p.m., CT | Live Stats
Saturday, March 1 - vs. Tarleton State (11-5), 12:30 p.m., CT | Live Stats
Saturday, March 1 - at UL Monroe (8-7), 5:30 p.m., CT | Live Stats
Sunday, March 2 - vs. Tarleton State (11-5), 11:30 a.m., CT | Live Stats

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Redhawks Conclude Tournament Action 
•    Southeast Missouri (4-4) wraps up tournament play at the Best on the Bayou Tournament in Monroe, Louisiana this weekend.
•    SEMO will face Memphis (1:30 p.m.) and tournament host UL Monroe (6:30 p.m.) Friday; Tarleton State (12:30 p.m.) and UL Monroe (5:30 p.m.) Saturday; and Tarleton State (11:30 a.m.) Sunday.
•    The Redhawks play in their third tournament of the season following trips to the Troy University Cardinal Clash (Feb. 13-15) and Chattanooga Frost Classic (Feb. 21-23).
•    This weekend's tournament will be SEMO's final tune-up before Ohio Valley Conference play begins on Mar. 8-9.

Best on the Bayou Field
•    Southeast Missouri (4-4), Memphis (9-6), Tarleton State (11-5) and UL Monroe (8-7) comprise this weekend's Best on the Bayou Tournament field.
•    The three teams SEMO will face are a combined 28-18 so far this season. Tarleton State currently has the best record of the four teams headed to the event with an 11-5 mark.

Series Notes
•    The Redhawks are 3-7 vs. Memphis and 4-7 vs. UL Monroe all-time in its softball history.
•    This year marks the first time Southeast Missouri faces Tarleton State.
•    Mark Redburn will face both UL Monroe and Tarleton State for the first time as head coach. Redburn is 1-0 against Memphis during his career.

Tournament Play
•    Southeast Missouri is 4-4 in tournament play this season after going 2-2 at both the Troy University Cardinal Clash (Feb. 13-15) and Chattanooga Frost Classic (Feb. 22-23).
•    SEMO enters this weekend's Best on the Bayou Tournament after winning four of its last six contests.
•    The Redhawks beat IU Indy, 11-5, and  Missouri Valley Conference member Indiana State, 3-2, for their last two victories on Feb. 22.

Nice Start for Gerwitz
•    Center fielder Tatum Gerwitz is hitting a team-high .440 through her first eight starts this season.
•    Gerwitz hit safely in seven-straight games to start the 2025 campaign and finished with multiple hits four times.
•    She is also a perfect 5-of-5 in stolen bases.
•    Gerwitz ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference in batting average.

Kell Records First Win of 2025
•    Delaney Kell earned her first win of the 2025 season against IU Indy (Feb. 22).
•    Kell threw three relief innings allowing two runs on two hits. She also struck out one.
•    She became the fourth different SEMO pitcher to get a win early this season.
•    It was the 17th win of Kell's career.

One-Run Games
•    Each of Southeast Missouri's last three games were decided by one run.
•    SEMO won its first one-run game of the season when it edged Indiana State, 3-2, on Feb. 22.

Off and Running
•    Southeast Missouri is 14-of-16 in stolen bases this season.
•    Tatum Gerwitz (5-of-5), Madison Winkler (5-of-5) and Brooklyn Saysoff (2-of-2) combined for 12 of those stolen bases.
•    SEMO ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference in that category thus far.

Melton's Senior Year Off to a Good Start
•    Senior Sydney Melton is hitting .348 through her first eight games.
•    Melton ranks third on the team in batting average as one of four starters hitting .333 or better.
•    She leads the Redhawks with six doubles and is tied for first on the team with six runs scored.

Double-Digit Hits
•    Southeast Missouri pounded out a season-high 15 hits vs. Alabama State (Feb. 14) and IU Indy (Feb. 22).
•    In its win over IU Indy, five Redhawks finished with multiple hits. 
•    Brooklyn Saysoff and Tori Bradley paved the way with three hits apiece, while Madison Winkler, Sydney Melton and Brittany Affolter followed close behind with two each.
•    SEMO also scored double figures in runs during those games with a season-best 14 vs. Alabama State and 11 vs. IU Indy.