Box Score

OXFORD, Ala. – The Eastern Kentucky University softball team lost to No. 1 seed Southeast Missouri State University on day two of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.
 
EKU (32-19) lost 6-0 to the Redhawks.
 
With rain in the area, Eastern returns to the field tomorrow when the Colonels take on No. 6 seed Belmont University at 10 a.m. in the elimination bracket.  
 
Eastern could never get anything going and only managed four hits in the loss to SEMO.  
 
Southeast Missouri (42-15) scored four runs in the bottom of the first on the way to scoring in each of the first three innings and never looking back.
 
After a leadoff walk, Rachel Anderson, the OVC Player of the Year, brought home the first run with a single up the middle to give the Redhawks a 1-0 lead. SEMO scored three more runs in the first inning to take a 4-0 lead.
 
Southeast Missouri pushed one across in the second and third to round out the scoring.
 
Murphy McRoberts threw five and two-third innings in relief, striking out two and allowing two runs.
 
Erica Bowers went 2-for-2 on the game with two singles and a walk. Hannah Clark and Zoe Mihalicz each picked up a hit of their own.