DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern finished out the Southeastern Regional; Invitational with a split on Sunday, downing Emporia State 12-5 before falling in the finale 4-3 against Pitt State at the Durant Multi-Sport Complex.
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The split moves the Savage Storm to 4-2 after the opening weekend of competition.
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In the day's opener,
Kennedy Salyers,
Destiny Riddle andf
Mykaela Wallace each posted three hits, while
Jordyn James and
Keeshia Thompson connected on two apiece.
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James would finish the contest with five RBI, while
Conner Harmon drove in three, with
Symphoni Shomo and Riddle each adding one.
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Emily Cudd collected her third win of the season after allowing five unearned runs on eight hits with a pair of strikeouts.
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Salyers and Riddle each scored on an error in the first inning to mount a 2-0 lead, which quickly expanded on an RBI single by Riddle and a three-run homer by James in the second to open up a 6-0 advantage.
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ESU would pick up a run in the third and four more in the fourth to close it to 6-5, but James would get the Storm offense moving again with a two-run single in the fourth.
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That was followed a batter later by a three-run Harmon homer to go up 11-5 after four.
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Shomo would double home Thompson in the sixth to make the 12-5 final score.
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Shomo and Wallace each posted a pair of hits in the finale, with Shomo, Salyers and
Brittany Chatellier each driving in a run.
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Hunter Offill got the start and suffered the loss after going one-third of an inning and allowing four runs, three earned, on three hits.
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Ashley Moore would toss the next 6.1 innings of scoreless ball, scattering three hits and striking out two. Cudd would record the final out, facing just one batter.
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The Gorillas posted four runs in the top of the first and had SE playing catch up for the game as a Chatellier double would cut into the deficit in the second by scoring Wallace.
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A Shomo RBI single and a Salyers RBI double in the fourth would close it to a 4-3 game, but that was where the rally would end.
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