Southeast Missouri (23-15, 16-7 OVC) at Tennessee State (21-20, 11-12 OVC)

Series Information
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, May 3-4, 2025
Schedule: Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m. (DH); Sunday, May 4, 1 p.m., CT
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Facility: Tiger Field
Series Record: SEMO leads, 70-12
Last Meeting: SEMO 9, TSU 2 | 5/9/24 | Peoria, Ill.
Last Meeting in Nashville: SEMO 9, TSU 2 | 3/18/23

Southeast Missouri Redhawks
Head Coach: Mark Redburn
Record at SEMO: 289-226, 156-88 OVC
Overall Record: 503-475

Tennessee State Tigers
Head Coach: Genee McRath
Record at TSU: 84-110-1, 44-55 OVC
Overall Record: 84-110-1

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Regular-Season Finale
•    Southeast Missouri heads to Tennessee State for its final games of the regular-season this weekend. SEMO and TSU will play a 2 p.m. doubleheader Saturday followed by a 1 p.m., CT single game Sunday.
•    Live stats for all three games of the series will be available online at TSUTigers.com.
•    SEMO goes for its fifth-straight series win.
•    The Redhawks have not lost a road series this season.

Series Notes
•    Southeast Missouri is 70-12 in its all-time series against Tennessee State.
•    SEMO is 19-2 in its last 21 meetings with the Tigers.
•    The Redhawks hold a 25-6 record against TSU in Nashville.
•    SEMO has never lost a series to TSU under Head Coach Mark Redburn. Redburn is 19-2 all-time against the Tigers.
•    The Redhawks eliminated TSU from last year's Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

OVC Series Wins
•    Southeast Missouri posted series wins in six of its eight Ohio Valley Conference weekends.
•    SEMO swept Western Illinois (Mar. 14-15) on the road and Morehead State (Apr. 12-13) at home.
•    The Redhawks also took two of three at home vs. UT Martin (Mar. 8-9) and Southern Indiana (Apr. 26-27), at Lindenwood (Apr. 6-7) and at Tennessee Tech (Apr. 18-19) for their other series wins this year.
•    In all, SEMO has 53 series wins and 41 series sweeps against OVC foes with Mark Redburn as its head coach.

Redburn Celebrates Milestone Wins
•    Mark Redburn recently celebrated two milestones in his head coaching career.
•    Redburn earned his 150th career Ohio Valley Conference win when Southeast Missouri beat Morehead State, 11-7, on Apr. 12.
•    Six days later, Redburn picked up his 500th career victory as a head coach when the Redhawks defeated Tennessee Tech, 6-3, on Apr. 18.
•    Overall, Redburn is 503-475 in 21 years as a head coach between stops at St. Charles Community College, Jefferson College, Evansville and Southeast Missouri.
•    In OVC games, Redburn is 156-88 all-time.

Winkler on 10-Game Hitting Streak
•    Right fielder Madison Winkler carries a 10-game hitting streak into the final week of the regular-season.
•    Winkler's current hitting streak is third-longest on the team in 2025.
•    She is hitting .429, with nine runs scored, three doubles, seven RBI and six stolen bases during her active hitting streak.

April is Over
•    The Redhawks went 9-3 with four series wins in April.
•    As a team, Southeast Missouri had 27 extra base hits, including 16 doubles, three triples and eight home runs in April contests.
•    Pitching wise, SEMO allowed just 2.7 runs per game for the month.
•    Brooklyn Saysoff hit .469 with nine runs scored, 15 hits, six doubles, three home runs and 16 RBI in April alone.

Eight-Straight Winning Seasons
•    The Redhawks put together a winning season in eight-straight years.
•    Southeast Missouri posted 30 or more victories in four of those campaigns (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). 
•    The Redhawks went 29-14 overall in 2023, 28-26 in 2024 and are currently 25-13 in 2025.
•    SEMO's 2020 season was shortened to 17 games (12-5) due to a global COVID-19 pandemic.

OVC Tournament Positioning
•    Southeast Missouri has clinched a spot in this year's eight-team Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
•    SEMO (16-7) is presently third in the standings behind Eastern Illinois (18-5) and SIU Edwardsville (17-6). The Redhawks travel to Tennessee State for their final conference games this weekend.
•    The Redhawks are two games behind OVC leader EIU and one game out of second place behind SIUE.
•    This year marks SEMO's 23rd OVC Tournament berth all-time and eighth under Head Coach Mark Redburn.
•    The Redhawks also make their seventh OVC Tournament appearance in a row.

16 OVC Wins
•    With its series win over Southern Indiana (Apr. 26-27), Southeast Missouri improved to 16-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play.
•    SEMO won 16 or more OVC games for the sixth-straight season.
•    The Redhawks were 19-8 in 2024, 20-2 in 2023, 16-10 in 2022, 23-6 in 2021 and 17-5 in 2019 prior to this year.
•    Since 2018, SEMO has gone 126-45 against OVC foes.

OVC Success
•    Since 2019, Southeast Missouri has won three Ohio Valley Conference championships, two OVC Tournament titles and made the NCAA Tournament twice.
•    SEMO finished among the top two teams in the OVC during four of the last five years.
•    The Redhawks won the OVC regular-season title in 2019, 2021 and 2023 (all odd years) during that span.
•    The reigning OVC Tournament Champion Redhawks will vye for their eighth OVC Tournament crown in 2025.
•    Mark Redburn is 156-88 all-time in OVC games. Redburn's 156 conference wins are the most among the league's 10 active head coaches.
•    The 2025 season marks SEMO's eighth-straight with a winning OVC record.

Over 20 Wins
•    With its doubleheader sweep of Tennessee Tech (Apr. 18), Southeast Missouri went over 20 wins this season.
•    SEMO is now 23-15 overall and 16-7 in the Ohio Valley Conference. 
•    The Redhawks rank third among OVC teams in both overall and conference victories.

Dennis Approaching 150 Career Hits
•    Sydney Dennis is three hits away from reaching 150 in her career.
•    Dennis ranks third in the Ohio Valley Conference with 57 hits through 38 games this season.
•    She leads the team with 18 multiple-hit games, including eight with three hits.
•    The 57 hits are Dennis' most in a season during her career.

View from the Top
•    Sydney Dennis leads the Ohio Valley Conference with a .435 batting average.
•    Dennis is one of four players in the league hitting over .400 this season. Eastern Illinois' Kendall Grover (.410), SIU Edwardsville's Kaylynn Salyars (.404) and Western Illinois' Payton Brown (.404) are the others.
•    She leads Southeast Missouri in batting average, hits (57), triples (3), runs scored (33), on-base percentage (.469) and total bases (75) through 38 games.
•    Dennis struck out only five times in 131 at-bats this year.
•    She ranks 33rd in the nation and second in the OVC among hitters toughest to strike out this season.

Complete Game Kell
•    Delaney Kell threw her team-high fifth complete games of the season when she beat Southern Indiana (Apr. 26).
•    Kell is 8-3 in 17 appearances and nine starts.
•    She leads the Redhawks in wins, shutouts (2), saves (1) and innings pitched (66.1).
•    Kell has thrown 11 complete games in her career.

About Tennessee State
•    Tennessee State enters the weekend at sixth in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
•    TSU leads the OVC with 11 triples this season.
•    Freshman Onnika Spencer tops TSU with a .355 batting average and ranks tied for eighth among league leaders in that category.
•    TSU hitters have struck out a total of 205 times this season, third-most in the OVC.