Redhawks Journey to Oklahoma for Closing Games Earlier than OVC Play

Oklahoma State/Tulsa Invitational

Tournament Information

Dates: Friday-Sunday, February 27-March 1, 2026

Tournament Hosts: Oklahoma State & Tulsa

Participating Teams: #9 Nebraska (11-4); #21 Oklahoma State (11-4); South Dakota State (12-4); Southeast Missouri (3-10); Tulsa (5-9)

Location: Stillwater & Tulsa, Okla.

Facilities: Cowgirl Stadium (750); Collins Family Softball Complex (1,000)

Series Records: vs. Oklahoma State (0-2); vs. South Dakota State (2-2); vs. Tulsa (0-1)

Schedule

Friday, February 27 – at #21 Oklahoma State (DH), 3 p.m., CT | Live Stats Game 1 | Watch Game 1 | Live Stats Game 2 | Watch Game 2

Saturday, February 28 – vs. South Dakota State, 11 a.m., CT (Tulsa, Okla.) | Live Stats

Saturday, February 28 – at Tulsa, 4 p.m., CT | Live Stats

Saturday, March 1 – at Tulsa, 1 p.m., CT | Live Stats

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Tournament Central

Game Notes: Southeast Missouri

Media Guide: Southeast Missouri

Redhawks Head to Oklahoma 

•    Southeast Missouri travels to Oklahoma for 5 video games this weekend.

•    SEMO will go to #21 Oklahoma State for a doubleheader on Friday at 3 p.m., CT.

•    The Redhawks will then face South Dakota State and Tulsa Saturday earlier than taking part in another sport towards Tulsa Sunday. Those three video games shall be performed in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

•    The Oklahoma/Tulsa Invitational marks SEMO’s fourth and closing weekend of event play.

Series Records

•    Southeast Missouri is 0-2 vs. Oklahoma State, 2-2 vs. South Dakota State and 0-1 vs. Tulsa in its program historical past.

•    SEMO faces Oklahoma State for the primary time in 45 years. The groups final performed a doubleheader through the 1981 season with the Cowgirls successful by scores of 11-1 and 4-2.

•    The Redhawks final squared off towards South Dakota State in 2024. SEMO and SDSU performed twice on the Woo Pig Classic with the Jackrabbits successful, 9-0 and 9-1.

•    SEMO’s solely matchup with Tulsa got here on the Rock Chalk Challenge in Lawrence, Kansas on Mar. 17, 2017 (L, 0-6).

Tournament Play

•    As has been the case in years previous, Southeast Missouri is spending its first a number of weeks of the season outdoors of Cape Girardeau.

•    SEMO is taking part in its first 18 video games throughout 4 totally different tournaments in 4 totally different states.

•    The Redhawks opened the season on the Southern Mississippi Black & Gold Challenge (Feb. 6-8) and competed on the East Texas A&M Lion Invitational (Feb. 12-14) Arkansas Razorback Invitational (Feb. 20-21) to date.

•    After this weekend, SEMO open Ohio Valley Conference play with a three-game dwelling collection vs. Western Illinois (Mar. 7-8).

Getting on Base

•    Madison Winkler has reached base in 20-straight video games relationship again to May 4, 2025.

•    Winkler bought on base with successful in 11 of her first 13 begins this season.

•    She reached on a stroll in her different two begins.

•    Winkler ranks seventeenth within the Ohio Valley Conference with a .444 on-base share.

Top of the Lineup

•    Madison Winkler and Kamden Hutton are hitting .390 and .343 on the high of Southeast Missouri’s lineup, respectively.

•    Winkler (16) and Hutton (12) have mixed for over 40 % of SEMO’s hits this season.

•    The tandem additionally mixed for eight runs and 10 RBI by way of 13 video games this yr.

Winkler Goes Yard

•    Madison Winkler hit her first profession dwelling run on a solo shot to proper middle on the time giving Southeast Missouri a 1-0 lead within the backside of the primary inning towards Northwestern (Feb. 21).

•    Winkler grew to become the fifth Redhawk to homer this yr.

This Weekend’s Opponents

•    #21 Oklahoma State was picked second behind nationwide runner-up Texas Tech within the 2026 Big 12 Softball Preseason Poll. 

•    OSU is 11-4 general and carries a five-game successful streak into its doubleheader with Southeast Missouri. 

•    Friday’s video games would be the Cowgirls’ first at dwelling this season.

•    Infielder Rosie Davis and pitcher Ruby Meylan earned Preseason All-Big 12 honors for OSU.

•    Davis ranks second on the crew with a .366 batting common behind Claire Timm (.485).

•    Preslee Downing (3-0, 1.26 ERA) and Meylan (4-3) accounted for seven of the Cowgirls’ 11 wins within the circle this yr. Meylan leads OSU with 46 strikeouts in 44.2 innings and has thrown three full video games, as effectively.

•    South Dakota State, chosen third on this yr’s Summit League Preseason Poll, is off to a 12-4 begin.

•    Amanda Vacanti (.485) and Emma Vike (.403) are each hitting over .400 and have mixed for 11 dwelling runs and 34 RBI to date.

•    Eight totally different gamers have pitched for SDSU this season. Mandi Mangulis leads the employees with a 4-1 report, 3.09 ERA, two saves and 28 strikeouts in 10 appearances and 5 begins.

•    Tulsa (5-9) is the second crew from the American Conference that SEMO performs in 2026.

•    The Hurricane are led by Faith Russell and Maci Cole, hitting .364 and .333, respectively.

•    Maura Moore (3-3) tops Tulsa with 45 strikeouts, greater than her crew’s different 4 gamers who’ve pitched this season mixed (24).

300 Wins in Sight

•    Mark Redburn is 4 wins away from reaching 300 as Southeast Missouri’s head coach.

•    Redburn took over the helm in 2015 and has a report of 296-240 throughout his SEMO tenure.

•    Combined, Redburn has 386 victories between his NCAA Division I teaching stops at SEMO (296) and Evansville (90).

History vs. Ranked Teams

•    #21 Oklahoma State is the second ranked crew Southeast Missouri faces this season.

•    SEMO is 0-2 towards such groups this yr with two losses at #7 Arkansas (Feb. 21, Feb. 22).

•    The Redhawks have two wins over ranked opponents of their NCAA Division I period and each have been towards SEC groups and belong to Mark Redburn.

•    SEMO took down then-#11 Missouri in Columbia, 1-0, on Apr. 3, 2024 and then-#12 Arkansas, 6-1, on the Razorback Invitational on Feb. 22, 2019.

•    The Redhawks are 2-27 all-time towards ranked groups since their program turned NCAA Division I in 1992.

•    #11 Missouri was the final ranked opponent SEMO upended (Apr. 3, 2025). Missouri was stands as the very best ranked opponent the Redhawks beat in program historical past.

Against the Big 12

•    Southeast Missouri has confronted 4 groups out of the Big 12 Conference in its softball historical past.

•    SEMO is 6-13 all-time towards Big 12 foes with a 3-5 report vs. Iowa State, 2-5 mark vs. Kansas, 0-2 report vs. Oklahoma State and 1-1 report vs. Texas Tech.

•    Iowa State was the final Big 12 college the Redhawks performed on Apr. 18, 2023 in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones beat SEMO in a doubleheader that yr.

When Hutton Calls, You Listen

•    Infielder Kamden Hutton, who transferred to Southeast Missouri from Vernon College, is off to a robust begin this 2026 season.

•    Hutton has been within the beginning lineup 12-straight video games and hit safely in 10 of these contests.

•    She is presently second on the crew in batting common (.343), runs (4) and hits (12).

Winkler Leads the Way

•    Madison Winkler is Southeast Missouri’s high hitter 13 video games into the 2026 season.

•    Winkler is hitting .390 with 4 runs scored, a triple, dwelling run, 4 RBI and 4 walks. She has began each sport in middle area.