EIU ends Southeast women's OVC reign

~ The Redhawks' streak of seven straight conference track titles was snapped Saturday.

Southeast Missouri State's reign over women's track and field in the Ohio Valley Conference came to an end Saturday as the Redhawks placed third at the OVC indoor track and field championships in Charleston, Ill.

The Redhawks women had won seven straight conference titles -- four outdoors and three indoors. Eastern Illinois, the host, swept the meet. The Panthers scored 132 points on the women's side, followed by Tennessee State with 117 and Southeast with 100.

Eastern Illinois dominated the men's side with 207 points, followed by Southeast (135) and Tennessee State (95).

Southeast freshman Ashley Brewer led the Redhawks with their lone title on the women's side. Brewer won the shot put with a throw of 42 feet, 9 3/4 inches.

Funtasia Clark (high jump), Orie Ibe (60 hurdles), Audrey Harwood (pole vault) and Natasha Fortenberry (400) all took second, as did the 1,600 relay team of Stymill Conley, Brenda Whitworth, Whitney Thomas and Fortenberry.

Brittni Peck (5,000 meters), Whitworth (800) and Juli Koenegstein (1 mile) finished third.

Without all-American Miles Smith -- out with a hamstring injury -- Southeast's men turned to sophomore Chris Williams. Williams won the 200 in 22.01 seconds and finished second in the 400, Smith's main events. The Redhawks also won the 1,600 relay with Williams, David Reid, Chris Poindexter and Myron Pettigrew.

Reid (200), Brandon Colbert (weight throw) and Brandon Karcher (3,000 meter run) all finished second. Karcher (5,000 meter run), John Berry (long jump), Bilal Hameed (triple jump), Lance Altenthal (pole vault) and Bill Nekula (shot put) finished third.

Team standingS

Women -- 1. Eastern Illinois 132, 2. Tennessee State 117, 3. Southeast 100, 4. Eastern Kentucky 64, 5. Samford 63, 6. Jacksonville State 62, 7. Murray State 40.5, 8. Austin Peay 30.5, 9. Morehead State 9, 10. Tennessee Tech 5

Men -- 1. Eastern Illinois 207, 2. Southeast 135, 3. Tennessee State 95, 4. Eastern Kentucky 90, 5. Samford 44, 6. Morehead State 38

Southeast top 10 finishers

Women

5,000 meter run -- 3. Brittni Peck 18:06.58

High jump -- 2. Funtasia Clark 5-4 1/4

Weight throw -- 3. Ashley Brewer 53-7

60 hurdles -- 2. Orie Ibe 8.95, 4. Whitney Thomas 9.01

60 dash -- 7. Precious Elliott 7.89

200 -- 6. Thomas 26.11, 7. Natasha Fortenberry 26.16

400 -- 2. Fortenberry 58.26

800 -- 3. Brenda Whitworth 2:18.83

1 mile run -- 3. Juli Koenegstein 5:05.90, 10. Esther Mathias 5:23.40

3,000 meter run -- 6. Koenegstein 10:27.33

1,600 relay -- 2. Southeast (Stymill Conley, Whitworth, Thomas, Fortenberry) 3:55.52

Distance medley -- 5. Southest (Mathias, Juanita Coleman, Taryn Phillips, Linnea Woldtvedt) 12:42.35

Triple jump -- 4. Heather West 38-7 1/2

Pole vault -- 2. Audrey Harwood 11-11 3/4

Shot put -- 1. Ashley Brewer 42-9 3/4, 8. Rebecca Martin 37-3 3/4

Men

5,000 meters -- 3. Brandon Karcher 15:22.46

Long jump -- 3. John Berry 24-9 1/4, 5. Anthony Harris 22-8 1/2, 9. Brandon Simpson 21-2 3/4, 10. Antoine Smith 21-2

High jump -- 7. Ryan Doty 6-1 1/2, 8. Jon Henfling 6-1 1/2, 10. Berry 5-11 1/2

Weight throw -- 2. Brandon Colbert 55-7 1/2, 4. Andy Croxford 53-9 3/4, 6. Bill Nekula 48-9, 7. Andy Glass 48-4 1/2

60 dash -- 7. TJ Walls 7.05

200 -- 1. Chris Williams 22.01, 2. David Reid 22.22, 6. Chris Poindexter 22.74

400 -- 2. Williams 48.93, 5. Poindexter 50.11

1 mile run -- 5. Jamie Lee 4:20.95, 6. Danny Stults 4:21.08, 7. Paul Stemmerman 4:21.98

3,000 meter run -- 2. Karcher 8:42.71, 9. Brad Demattei 8:54.57

1,600 relay -- 1. Southeast (Reid, Poindexter, Myron Pettigrew, Williams) 3:20.98

Distance medley relay -- 5. Southeast (Mark McNamara, Pettigrew, Tom Kinder, Demattei) 10:43.98

Triple jump -- 3. Bilal Hameed 48-2 1/2, 7. Berry 44-7 1/2, 10. Henfling 40-9 3/4

Pole vault -- 3. Lance Altenthal 14-6

Shot put -- 3. Nekula 52-3 3/4, 4. Colbert 51-9 1/4, 5. Glass 49-7, 10. Croxford 41-11 1/4

Tennis gains road split

The Redhawks tennis team moved to 2-3 with a 5-2 win over Central Arkansas and a 6-1 loss to Lipscomb in Paducah, Ky.

In its win, Southeast got singles victories from Bryce Kristal, Drew Kristal, Julia Masotti and Kimmy Anderson. The doubles teams of Kristal-Kristal, Masotti-Elise Nattier and Luz Garcia-Anderson all won.

Southeast 5, Central Arkansas 2

Singles -- 1. Bryce Kristal (S) def. Rebecca Miller 6-4, 6-2; 2. Drew Kristal (S) def. Charissa Colclough 6-2, 6-3; 3. Julia Masotti (S) def. Heidi Miller 6-3, 7-5; 4. Jenny Paine (C) def. Luz Garcia 3-6, 6-3, 10-4; 5. Rebecca McCullough (C) def. Elise Nattier 6-0, 6-2; 6. Kimmy Anderson (S) def. Jordan Short 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles -- 1. Kristal-Kristal (S) defr. Miller-Paine 8-5; 2. Masotti-Nattier (S) def. McCullough-Short 8-4; 3. Garcia-Anderson (S) def. Colcough-Colleen Lucas 8-4.

Lipscomb 6, Southeast 1

Singles -- 1. B. Kristal (S) def. Raphaela Jann 7-6, 6-1; 2. Erin Moakler (L) def. D. Kristal 3-6, 6-4, 7-6; 3. Emily Ellis (L) def. Masotti 6-4, 6-1; 4. Olivia Ellis (L) def. Garcia 6-2, 6-4; 5. Casey Hall (L) def. Nattier 2-6, 6-3, 12-10; 6. Caitlin Khouri (L) def. Anderson 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles -- 1. Kristal-Kristal (S) def. Jann-Moakler 8-6; 2. Ellis-Ellis (L) def. Masotti-Nattier 8-6; 3. Hall-Khouri (L) def. Garcia-Anderson 8-4.

Rain postpones games

Southeast Missouri State's baseball and softball teams were unable to take the field Saturday due to rain.

The baseball team, which dropped its home opener Friday, will face South Dakota State at noon today in a doubleheader. Southeast is 2-2 after Friday's 5-2 loss.

The Redhawks (1-1) softball team will play Evansville at 11 a.m. today and Central Arkansas at 3 p.m. at the Memphis Tournament in Southaven, Miss.

Southeast split a pair of games at the tournament on Friday, falling to host Memphis 2-1 in nine innings before rebounding for a 8-0 win over Alabama A&M.

Megan McDonald had three RBIs and Lauren Bradley had two RBIs as eight different Southeast players collected a hit in the win. McDonald and Amber Peterson had home runs, and Bradley picked up the win with four shutout innings.

-- From staff reports