Southeast Missouri (12-21) at Saint Louis (16-20)

Game Information
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Time: 5 p.m., CT
Location: St. Louis, Mo.
Facility: Billiken Sports Center (500)
Series Record: SEMO leads, 76-28
Last Meeting: SEMO 7, SLU 4 | 2/19/23 | St. Louis, Mo.

Head Coaches
Southeast Missouri: Mark Redburn (519-500 overall; 305-251 at SEMO; 165-96 OVC)
Saint Louis: Christy Connoyer (403-392 overall; 403-392 at SLU)

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Redhawks Face Saint Louis Wednesday
•    Southeast Missouri (12-21) heads to Saint Louis (16-20) for a midweek matchup Wednesday. First pitch is set for 5 p.m., CT at the Billiken Sports Center.
•    SEMO initially had a home-and-home set of midweek contests scheduled this 2026 season.
•    The first meeting between the teams on Mar. 11 in Cape Girardeau was canceled due to inclement weather.

Series Notes
•    Wednesday marks the 105th game between Southeast Missouri and Saint Louis on the softball diamond.
•    SEMO holds a 76-28 lead in the all-time series that began in 1981.
•    The Redhawks won each of the last eight meetings between the teams.
•    SEMO is 30-15 all-time against the Billikens in St. Louis.    

Redburn vs. Saint Louis
•    Mark Redburn has coached against Saint Louis a total of 20 times in his career.
•    Redburn is 11-9 in those games.
•    He has led Southeast Missouri to eight-straight wins over the Billikens since the 2018 season.

Six of Seven
•    Southeast Missouri has heated up to win six of its last seven contests.
•    SEMO had a season-long six-game winning streak recently end in its series finale at SIU Edwardsville (4-0) on Apr. 4.
•    The Redhawks won game three of their series at Southern Indiana (Mar. 22), swept their home series vs. Tennessee State (Mar. 28-29) and claimed a series win at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3-4) during that stretch.

Midweek Games
•    Wednesday marks Southeast Missouri's fifth midweek game of the season.
•    SEMO is 2-2 in such contests with a doubleheader sweep of Western Illinois (Mar. 9) and two losses in a doubleheader at #12 Mississippi State (Mar. 10).
•    The Redhawks play on a Wednesday for the first time in 2026 this week.

OVC Update
•    With its series win at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3-4), Southeast Missouri moved to fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.
•    SEMO entered the Easter weekend at sixth in the OVC before passing both SIUE and Southern Indiana for the fourth-place spot.
•    Eastern Illinois (13-1), UT Martin (10-4) and Tennessee Tech (10-5) are ahead of the Redhawks.
•    SEMO hosts OVC leader EIU in a three-game series this weekend (Apr. 11-12).

Affolter on a Roll
•     Left fielder Brittany Affolter is on a six-game hitting streak heading into Wednesday's game at Saint Louis.
•    Affolter hit .421 (8-for-19) with 11 runs scored, three doubles, a triple, one home run, four RBI. four walks and three stolen bases in that span.
•    Most recently, she hit .400 in Southeast Missouri's series win at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3-4). 
•    Affolter hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning after SIUE pulled within a run during game two of the Redhawks doubleheader sweep on Apr. 3.
•    It was just her second career home run and first since Apr. 13, 2025 (vs. Morehead State).

Getting on Base
•     Kamden Hutton reached base in nine of her 12 plate appearances over three starts at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3-4). 
•    Hutton got on base in seven of her first eight trips to the plate.
•    For the series, she had four hits, scored five runs and walked five times.
•    Hutton leads the team with a .436 on-base percentage this year.

Shore Notches Series-High in Hits
•     Aubrie Shore collected a series-high six hits at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3-4).
•    Shore hit .545 (6-for-11) with a run scored and three RBI in the series.
•    She had three hits in each of the first two games against the Cougars and posted multiple-hits in three of her last four starts.
•    Shore is tied for first on the team with eight multi-hit games this year.
•    She increased her batting average by 41 points from .258 to .299 in her last three games alone.

Van Haren Wins Again
•    Willow Van Haren picked up her second win in a row when she pitched a complete six-inning game with four strikeouts and just one run on two hits allowed at SIU Edwardsville (Apr. 3).
•    Van Haren retired the first eight hitters she faced and threw 1-2-3 innings in the first, second and fourth.
•    She threw her fourth complete game of the season and became the third Southeast Missouri pitcher to get three wins in 2026.

Redhawks Lead OVC in Fielding Percentage
•    Southeast Missouri leads the Ohio Valley Conference with a .968 fielding percentage.
•    SEMO committed a league low 28 errors through 33 games.
•    The Redhawks went without an error in 15 games this season and did not have an error in each of their last five contests.

Starting Streak
•     Addy Martinie has started 40-consecutive games dating back to the 2025 season.
•    Martinie is the only player who started every game this year.
•    She made 28 of her starts at shortstop.

Shore Now Seventh in Career RBI
•     Aubrie Shore is now seventh among Southeast Missouri's all-time career leaders in RBI.
•    Shore has 111 RBI and is tied with Kim Palmer (1996-98) for that spot.
•    She ranks third on the team with 11 RBI through 29 starts this season.

Van Haren Clears 100 Career Strikeouts
•     Willow Van Haren became the second Southeast Missouri pitcher to go over 100 career strikeouts in 2026.
•    Van Haren officially got her 100th strikeout against SIU Edwardsville when she fanned Kaylin Fahy in the bottom of the fifth inning on Apr. 4.
•    She currently has 102 strikeouts in 130 innings through 53 appearances and 21 starts as a Redhawk.
•    Van Haren tied a career-high seven strikeouts when she beat Tennessee State on Mar. 29.

About Saint Louis
•    Saint Louis is currently fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference behind Loyola-Chicago, Saint Joseph's and Dayton.
•    SLU recently had a three-game series against Fordham shortened to a doubleheader due to weather on Apr. 3.
•    The Billikens split the twin bill with a 4-1 win in game two.
•    Abby Ulsas is SLU's top hitter with a .330 batting average. Ulsas tops the Billikens in runs (24), hits (37), doubles (10) and triples (3), as well.
•    Pitcher Isabel Royal leads the team in wins (6), appearances (21), starts (13) and strikeouts (48).