Southeast softball team goes 1-3 in tournament

The Southeast Missouri State softball team wrapped up the round-robin Evansville tournament Sunday by splitting two games.

Southeast went 1-3 in the two-day event and is 5-11 on the season.

The Redhawks started Sunday's action by beating Bowling Green 4-1, then lost to host Evansville 9-2. Southeast also faced those two squads Saturday, falling to Bowling Green 4-1 and Evansville 8-0.

Southeast got off to a fast start Sunday against Bowling Green as freshman Savannah Carpenter belted her first collegiate home run -- a three-run, first-inning shot.

Carpenter, who entered the day as Southeast's top hitter among regulars with a .300 average, went 3 for 3 to lead the Redhawks' eight-hit attack.

Senior Taylor Cowan pitched her seventh complete game of the season and second of the tournament.

Cowan, who entered the day with a sparkling 1.96 ERA, allowed five hits, struck out two and walked one. She also drove in Southeast's other run with a single.

Cowan came back to start Sunday's finale against Evansville but took the loss to fall to 3-6. She allowed six hits and six runs -- three earned -- in three innings.

The Redhawks were outhit 9-5 and committed five errors.

Senior Simone Patterson hit the first home run of her two-year Southeast career, a solo shot in the third inning that tied the contest 2-2. Evansville went ahead for good with three runs in its half of the third.

Southeast is back in action Wednesday, hosting Indiana State for a 2 p.m. doubleheader. The Redhawks begin Ohio Valley Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at Murray State.