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Emma Henderson 5-9
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Emma Henderson
4
#2 SIUE SIUE 30-21
5
Winner #1 Eastern Illinois EIU 33-19
#2 SIUE SIUE
30-21
4
Final
5
#1 Eastern Illinois EIU
33-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
#2 SIUE SIUE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 2
#1 Eastern Illinois EIU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 2

W: McKENZIE, Karlie (10-3) L: Villa, Kiana (6-1)

3
#3 Southeast Mo. SEMO 27-19
6
Winner #2 SIUE SIUE 31-21
#3 Southeast Mo. SEMO
27-19
3
Final
6
#2 SIUE SIUE
31-21
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
#3 Southeast Mo. SEMO 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2
#2 SIUE SIUE 1 0 2 2 1 0 X 6 7 1

W: Anderson, McKayla (7-8) L: STINSON (5-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Eric Hess, SIUE Athletic Communications

Softball Cougars Advance to OVC Championship Round

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE softball advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference Championships title game Friday night by bouncing Southeast Missouri from the tournament.

SIUE dropped its first game of the day 5-4 in 10 innings against Eastern Illinois and rebounded for a 6-3 victory over Southeast Missouri in an elimination game.

The Cougars, 31-21, now must face No. 1 seed Eastern Illinois, 33-19, in a rematch. In the double-elimination tournament, SIUE will need two wins Saturday over Eastern Illinois for the OVC title. Game one of the finals is scheduled for 11 a.m. Game two, if necessary, follows game one.

McKayla Anderson went the distance against Southeast Missouri to earn her seventh victory of the season.

Emma Henderson blasted her 13th home run of the season in the game, breaking the SIUE single-season record for homers during the Division I era. Her home run tied the game in the third inning. Lauryn Yslava would later steal home in the inning to put the Cougars ahead for good.

SIUE's offense against SEMO featured seven hits, including an RBI triple by Danielle Shuey in the fourth, and an RBI double by Kaylin Fahy in the fifth.

The Cougars were forced into the consolation bracket after dropping the winner's bracket contest against Eastern Illinois. The Panthers outlasted the Cougars 5-4 in 10 innings. It was SIUE's third game this season that went 10 innings or longer.

Morgan Hance's ground ball scored Karson Davey in the bottom of the 10th to give the Panthers the extra-inning victory.

Avery Arwood went nine innings for the Cougars and did not figure in the decision. Kiana Villa took over in the 10th inning and suffered the loss.

SIUE took a 2-0 lead in the game on a sacrifice fly by Emma Henderson and an RBI double by Lauryn Yslava. After EIU countered with a two-run homer in the fourth, there was no more scoring until the ninth.

Raegan Duncan provided an RBI double in the ninth that put the Cougars up 3-2. Kaylynn Salyars then reached on an infield single that drove home Duncan.

With a 4-2 lead, the Panthers matched it with two runs in the ninth only to add the game winner in the 10th.

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