TENNESSEE TECH SWEEPS ASIDE OTAHKIANS IN OVC SOFTBALL

COOKESVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's softball team, which has owned the Ohio Valley Conference in recent years, dropped a doubleheader to OVC foe Tennessee Tech Saturday.

Tennessee Tech (23-13, 2-0) needed nine innings to dispose of the Otahkians (9-14, 3-2) 5-4 in the opener, while the Eagles solved Southeast 5-1 in the nightcap.

Southeast managed 12 hits in the opener, but only three in the second game.

The Lady Indians committed five errors on the day three in the first game, while Tennessee Tech had only one miscue, that coming in the opener.

Two Southeast errors and a wild pitch led to Tech's game-winning run in the ninth.

Jenny Doehring (7-6) suffered the loss in the first game. She threw 8 2/3 innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on nine hits and three walks while striking out six.

In the second game, Southeast tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third inning, but the Eagles scored three in the bottom of the third on Lee Ann Mongar's home run and never looked back.

Mongar had three hits and five RBIs and her home run broke a record for most career home runs (10).

Tech's Lori Bayless (four innings) and Adrienne Fortmann (three) combined for the three-hitter. Fortmann threw three perfect innings.

Kristin King suffered the loss for Southeast. In six innings, she gave up five runs, two earned, on six hits and no walks. She fanned none.

TRACK

Southeast wins duals

Southeast Missouri State's track teams swept Murray State in an outdoor dual track meet Saturday at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.

The Indians had two two-time winners in individual events as they defeated Murray St. 77-59.

Emmanuel Opoku won the 100 (10.93 seconds) and 200-meter (22.08) dashes while Glen Haley won both the 100 high hurdles (14.26) and 400 intermediate hurdles (53.8). Southeast placed first in 12 of the 16 events.

The Otahkians won all but two of the 17 events in winning 104-32. Lyndsey Stevenson won the 100 high hurdles (15.29) and 400 intermediate hurdles (1:04.3); Christy Williams placed first in both the 800 (2:24) and 3,000 (10:55); and Courtney Haman won the high jump (5-4) and javelin (119.25).

Complete results in Scoreboard on Page 4B.

TENNIS

Otahks drop pair of matches

The Southeast Missouri State women's team lost a pair of matches over the weekend, falling 6-1 to Western Kentucky on Friday and 4-1 to UMKC on Saturday.

Mel Thomas, the Otahkians' No. 1 singles player, provided Southeast's lone single win in both matches. She picked up a 7-6, 6-2 win over Western Kentucky's Therese Johnannsen and a 6-4, 6-0 win over UMKC's Erin Rosenberg.

W. Kentucky 6, SEMO 1

Singles

1. Mel Thomas (SE) def. Therese Johnannsen, 7-6, 6-2

2. Liene Rozentale (WK) def. Adrienne Bland 6-0, 6-2

3. Nino Kostava (WK) def. Kathleen Davis 6-1, 6-1

4. Jennifer Grager (WK) def. Jennifer Kirk, 6-3, 6-3

5. Olga Kosaka (WK) def. Jessica Campbell, 7-5, 7-6

Doubles

1. Johannsen/Kostava (WK) def. Thomas/Bland, 8-6

2. Kirk/Davis (SE) def. Rozentale/Granger, 8-4

3. Kosaka/Colson (WK) def. Barry/Ehlke, 8-2.

UMKC 4, Southeast 1

Singles

1. Thomas (SE) def. Erin Rosenberg (UMKC) 6-4, 6-0

2. Yelena Podorozhansky (UMKC) def. Bland 6-3, 6-0

3. Erica El-Annan (UMKC) def. Davis (SE) 6-2, 6-0

4. Emily Danielson (UMKC) def. Campbell (SE) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Rosenberg/Podorozhansky (UMKC) def. Thomas/Bland (SE) 8-5

2. Mangalat/Danielson (UMKC) def. Davis/Kirk (SE) 8-3

3. El-Annan/Shah (UMKC) def. Campbell/Barry (SE) 8-2