Southern Illinois starters:

25/c/Potter,Sydne; 20/lf/Blomenkamp,M; 2/dp/Williams,Emi; 28/1b/Grann,Sage; 3/rf/Coburn,Mikae; 24/2b/Lee,Erin; 4/ss/Knutson,Aman; 18/3b/Wilkerson,Ha; 1/cf/Pursley,Char; 17/p/Gipson,Emma;

Mercer starters:

2/c/Olivia Lenze; 15/1b/Grace Jones; 24/ss/Avery Barton; 4/3b/Jessie Taylo; 30/2b/Rachel Sysum; 17/cf/Daniella Mon; 3/dp/Megan Loughr; 5/lf/Isabel Ferna; 21/rf/Meredith Way; 7/p/Madison Star;

1st Inning

Top of 1st - SIU batting

Potter,Sydne walked (3-1 BKBBB).

Blomenkamp,M walked (3-2 FBBKFBB); Potter,Sydne advanced to second.

Williams,Emi grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-2 SKBFF); Blomenkamp,M out on the play; Potter,Sydne advanced to third.

Grann,Sage grounded out to p (1-1 BK).

Bottom of 1st - MERCER batting

Olivia Lenze flied out to cf (0-0).

Grace Jones doubled to center field (0-1 K).

Avery Barton homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-2 FKBFB); Grace Jones scored.

Jessie Taylo flied out to cf (0-1 F).

Rachel Sysum grounded out to ss.

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	0	0	0	1
MERCER	2	2	0	0

2nd Inning

Top of 2nd - SIU batting

Coburn,Mikae grounded out to 2b (1-2 KBF).

Lee,Erin walked (3-0 BBBB).

Knutson,Aman singled to third base (0-0); Lee,Erin advanced to second.

Wilkerson,Ha flied out to rf (0-0); Lee,Erin advanced to third.

Knutson,Aman stole second; Lee,Erin stole home.

Pursley,Char doubled to left field (2-2 KBKB); Knutson,Aman advanced to third.

Potter,Sydne popped up to ss (2-2 BKFB).

Bottom of 2nd - MERCER batting

Daniella Mon singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (1-2 KBK).

Megan Loughr popped up to c (1-2 KSB).

Isabel Ferna grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-1 KB); Daniella Mon advanced to third.

Meredith Way singled, out at second cf to ss, RBI (2-2 BKSBFF); Daniella Mon scored, unearned.

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	1	2	0	2
MERCER	1	2	1	0

3rd Inning

Top of 3rd - SIU batting

Blomenkamp,M grounded out to 2b (3-2 FBKBB).

Williams,Emi grounded out to 3b (1-0 B).

Grann,Sage walked (3-1 BFBBB).

Coburn,Mikae singled through the left side (0-0); Grann,Sage advanced to second.

Lee,Erin flied out to lf (1-2 KBK).

Bottom of 3rd - MERCER batting

Delgado,Emil to p for Gipson,Emma.

Olivia Lenze popped up to ss (0-0).

Grace Jones walked (3-1 KBBBB).

Avery Barton struck out looking (1-2 BKFFK).

Jessie Taylo lined out to rf.

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	0	1	0	2
MERCER	0	0	0	1

4th Inning

Top of 4th - SIU batting

Knutson,Aman singled, bunt (1-1 BK).

Wilkerson,Ha hit by pitch (3-2 FBBFBF); Knutson,Aman advanced to second.

Pursley,Char singled to shortstop (2-2 FKBB); Wilkerson,Ha advanced to second; Knutson,Aman advanced to third.

Potter,Sydne struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKS).

Blomenkamp,M singled to right field, RBI; Pursley,Char advanced to second; Wilkerson,Ha advanced to third; Knutson,Aman scored.

Williams,Emi fouled out to 1b (3-2 KFBBBF).

Grann,Sage reached on an error by lf, advanced to second on the error; Blomenkamp,M scored on the error, unearned; Pursley,Char scored on the error, unearned; Wilkerson,Ha scored on the error, unearned.

Coburn,Mikae popped up to p (2-1 FBB).

Bottom of 4th - MERCER batting

Kurtz,Hayden to dp for Williams,Emi.

Rachel Sysum struck out swinging (3-2 BSFFBBS).

Daniella Mon tripled down the rf line, out at third rf to 2b to 3b (1-0 B).

Megan Loughr grounded out to 2b (1-0 B).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	4	3	1	1
MERCER	0	1	0	0

5th Inning

Top of 5th - SIU batting

Lee,Erin popped up to ss (1-0 B).

Knutson,Aman walked (3-1 BBFBB).

Wilkerson,Ha out at first 2b to ss to 1b (2-2 FBKB); Knutson,Aman advanced to second on an error by 2b.

Pursley,Char lined out to cf (1-0 B).

Bottom of 5th - MERCER batting

Isabel Ferna grounded out to 3b.

Meredith Way struck out swinging (0-2 KFS).

Olivia Lenze struck out swinging (0-2 SSS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	0	0	1	1
MERCER	0	0	0	0

6th Inning

Top of 6th - SIU batting

Potter,Sydne flied out to lf (1-0 B).

Blomenkamp,M singled to pitcher (1-0 B).

Kurtz,Hayden singled to pitcher (1-1 KB); Blomenkamp,M advanced to second.

Pritchett,Br pinch ran for Kurtz,Hayden.

Grann,Sage hit by pitch (0-0); Pritchett,Br advanced to second; Blomenkamp,M advanced to third.

Coburn,Mikae singled through the right side, 2 RBI; Grann,Sage advanced to second; Pritchett,Br scored; Blomenkamp,M scored.

Katheryn Rea to p for Madison Star.

Lee,Erin walked (3-2 KBKBBFB); Coburn,Mikae advanced to second; Grann,Sage advanced to third.

Knutson,Aman fouled out to lf.

Wilkerson,Ha walked, RBI (3-2 KBBSBFFB); Lee,Erin advanced to second; Coburn,Mikae advanced to third; Grann,Sage scored.

Pursley,Char flied out to lf (0-2 KSF).

Bottom of 6th - MERCER batting

Grace Jones flied out to cf (0-0).

Avery Barton flied out to cf.

Jessie Taylo struck out swinging (3-2 BBKSBFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	3	3	0	3
MERCER	0	0	0	0

7th Inning

Top of 7th - SIU batting

Potter,Sydne fouled out to 3b (3-0 BBB).

Blomenkamp,M grounded out to 2b (0-2 KF).

Pritchett,Br to dp.

Pritchett,Br grounded out to 2b (2-1 BBF).

Bottom of 7th - MERCER batting

Cate Raines pinch hit for Rachel Sysum.

Cate Raines struck out swinging (0-2 KSFS).

Daniella Mon struck out looking (3-2 BBBKSK).

Megan Loughr struck out looking (3-2 BBBKFK).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
SIU	0	0	0	0
MERCER	0	0	0	0

Southern Illinois starters:

25/c/Potter,Sydne; 20/lf/Blomenkamp,M; 2/dp/Williams,Emi; 28/1b/Grann,Sage; 3/rf/Coburn,Mikae; 24/2b/Lee,Erin; 4/ss/Knutson,Aman; 18/3b/Wilkerson,Ha; 1/cf/Pursley,Char; 17/p/Gipson,Emma;

Mercer starters:

2/c/Olivia Lenze; 15/1b/Grace Jones; 24/ss/Avery Barton; 4/3b/Jessie Taylo; 30/2b/Rachel Sysum; 17/cf/Daniella Mon; 3/dp/Megan Loughr; 5/lf/Isabel Ferna; 21/rf/Meredith Way; 7/p/Madison Star;

Bottom of 1st - MERCER batting

Olivia Lenze flied out to cf (0-0).

Grace Jones doubled to center field (0-1 K).

Avery Barton homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-2 FKBFB); Grace Jones scored.

Jessie Taylo flied out to cf (0-1 F).

Rachel Sysum grounded out to ss.

2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

Top of 2nd - SIU batting

Coburn,Mikae grounded out to 2b (1-2 KBF).

Lee,Erin walked (3-0 BBBB).

Knutson,Aman singled to third base (0-0); Lee,Erin advanced to second.

Wilkerson,Ha flied out to rf (0-0); Lee,Erin advanced to third.

Knutson,Aman stole second; Lee,Erin stole home.

Pursley,Char doubled to left field (2-2 KBKB); Knutson,Aman advanced to third.

Potter,Sydne popped up to ss (2-2 BKFB).

1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

Bottom of 2nd - MERCER batting

Daniella Mon singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (1-2 KBK).

Megan Loughr popped up to c (1-2 KSB).

Isabel Ferna grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-1 KB); Daniella Mon advanced to third.

Meredith Way singled, out at second cf to ss, RBI (2-2 BKSBFF); Daniella Mon scored, unearned.

1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.

Top of 4th - SIU batting

Knutson,Aman singled, bunt (1-1 BK).

Wilkerson,Ha hit by pitch (3-2 FBBFBF); Knutson,Aman advanced to second.

Pursley,Char singled to shortstop (2-2 FKBB); Wilkerson,Ha advanced to second; Knutson,Aman advanced to third.

Potter,Sydne struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKS).

Blomenkamp,M singled to right field, RBI; Pursley,Char advanced to second; Wilkerson,Ha advanced to third; Knutson,Aman scored.

Williams,Emi fouled out to 1b (3-2 KFBBBF).

Coburn,Mikae popped up to p (2-1 FBB).

4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.

Top of 6th - SIU batting

Potter,Sydne flied out to lf (1-0 B).

Blomenkamp,M singled to pitcher (1-0 B).

Kurtz,Hayden singled to pitcher (1-1 KB); Blomenkamp,M advanced to second.

Pritchett,Br pinch ran for Kurtz,Hayden.

Grann,Sage hit by pitch (0-0); Pritchett,Br advanced to second; Blomenkamp,M advanced to third.

Coburn,Mikae singled through the right side, 2 RBI; Grann,Sage advanced to second; Pritchett,Br scored; Blomenkamp,M scored.

Katheryn Rea to p for Madison Star.

Lee,Erin walked (3-2 KBKBBFB); Coburn,Mikae advanced to second; Grann,Sage advanced to third.

Knutson,Aman fouled out to lf.

Wilkerson,Ha walked, RBI (3-2 KBBSBFFB); Lee,Erin advanced to second; Coburn,Mikae advanced to third; Grann,Sage scored.

Pursley,Char flied out to lf (0-2 KSF).

3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.

Southern Illinois at Mercer
2/20/2026 at Mary Bowers Field (Birmingham, Ala.)

Score by Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E	LOB
Southern Illinois	0	1	0	4	0	3	0		8	9	1	10
Mercer	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	2	1

Southern Illinois Scorecard

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#25 Potter,Sydne	c	BB	* P6		* K		* F7	* FF5	4	0	0	0
2	#20 Blomenkamp,M	lf	* BB DP		* G4	1B 9 1RBI		1B 1	* G4	4	2	2	1
3	#19 Pritchett,Br #2 Williams,Emi #14 Kurtz,Hayden	dp	* DP6-4-3		* G5	* FF3		1B 1	* G4	1 3 1	1 0 0	0 0 1	0 0 0
4	#28 Grann,Sage	1b	* G1		BB	* E7		HBP		2	1	0	0
5	#3 Coburn,Mikae	rf		* G4	1B LS	* P1		1B RS 2RBI		4	0	2	2
6	#24 Lee,Erin	2b		BB SBH	* F7		* P6	BB		2	1	0	0
7	#4 Knutson,Aman	ss		1B 5 SB2		1B	BB E	* FF7		3	1	2	0
8	#18 Wilkerson,Ha	3b		* F9		HBP	* E4-6-3	BB 1RBI		2	1	0	1
9	#1 Pursley,Char	cf		2B 7		1B 6	* L8	* F7		4	1	2	0
Totals										30	8	9	4
Runs			0	1	0	4	0	3	0				8
Hits			0	2	1	3	0	3	0				9
Errors			0	0	0	1	1	0	0				2
LOB			1	2	2	1	1	3	0				10

SIU	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
17 Gipson,Emma	2.0	4	3	2	0	0	9	8	29	22
9 Delgado,Emil (W)	5.0	1	0	0	1	8	16	15	52	33
Totals	7.0	5	3	2	1	8	25	23	81	55

GO-FO: Gipson 2-3; Delgado 2-4.

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#2 Olivia Lenzen	c	* F8		* P6		* K			3	0	0	0
2	#15 Grace Jones	1b	2B 8		BB			* F8		2	1	1	0
3	#24 Avery Barton	ss	HR 8 2RBI		* KL			* F8		3	1	1	2
4	#4 Jessie Taylor	3b	* F8		* L9			* K		3	0	0	0
5	#8 Cate Raines #30 Rachel Sysum	ph	* G6			* K			* K	1 2	0 0	0 0	0 0
6	#17 Daniella Monaco	cf		1B 6		3B 4-5			* KL	3	1	2	0
7	#3 Megan Loughren	dp		* P2		* G4			* KL	3	0	0	0
8	#5 Isabel Fernandez	lf		* G1 SH			* G5			1	0	0	0
9	#21 Meredith Wayland	rf		1B 6 1RBI			* K			2	0	1	1
Totals										23	3	5	3
Runs			2	1	0	0	0	0	0				3
Hits			2	2	0	1	0	0	0				5
Errors			0	1	0	0	0	0	0				1
LOB			0	0	1	0	0	0	0				1

MERCER	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
7 Madison Star (L)	5.1	9	8	5	5	1	32	25	112	58
10 Katheryn Rea	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	7	5	30	17
Totals	7.0	9	8	5	7	1	39	30	142	75