MONROE, La. – Delaney Kell threw a complete game one-hit shutout and Tatum Gerwitz and Sydney Dennis each had three hits to lead Southeast Missouri (5-4) to a dominating 8-0 win over Memphis (9-9) Friday. 
 
SEMO earned its first shutout of the season in run-rule fashion during its first game of the Best on the Bayou Tournament.
 
Offensively, the Redhawks had 12 hits with five coming from the first three hitters in their lineup.
 
SEMO took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning when Gerwitz reached on a leadoff single and later scored on a base hit by Brooklyn Saysoff. 
 
Gracie Luna flied out to left field and Madison Winkler crossed home plate. Sydney Melton's RBI groundout allowed Saysoff to score giving the Redhawks a 3-0 lead. 
 
The Redhawks added four more runs in the fourth.
 
Gerwitz scored Brittany Affolter on a single up the middle. The next two SEMO runs scored with the help of errors before Melton knocked in Saysoff on a two-out single to right pushing SEMO's margin to 7-0. The Redhawks had five hits in the fourth inning alone.
 
SEMO ended things in the bottom of the fifth, where Dennis reached on a leadoff single and Gerwitz walked to give the Redhawks runners at first and second with no outs.
 
Dennis and Gerwitz both moved into scoring position with a double steal. Luna then delivered a walk-off two-out RBI-single to polish off the victory.
 
Kell (2-1) allowed her only hit on a double in the top of the second inning. She retired 12 of the next 14 hitters she faced after that. Kell recorded four groundball outs and 11 fly ball outs in the first shutout of her career.
 
Lyrical Bennett (1-1) suffered the loss. Bennett was roughed up for 10 hits and seven runs in 3.2 innings.
 
Gerwitz posted the fifth multi-hit game in nine starts this season. She went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, a walk, one RBI and one stolen base.
 
Dennis, too, finished at 3-for-3 with two runs scored. She added two stolen bases, as well.
 
Six other Redhawk starters followed with a hit.