Skyhawks Take SIUE Series With Game Three Win Sunday

Sunday, March 29

Martin, Tenn.

12 p.m.

UT Martin

21-15, 9-3

SIUE

14-20, 7-5

SIUE

UT Martin

Skyhawks Take SIUE Series With Game Three Win Sunday

3/29/2026 3:05:00 PM | Softball

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MARTIN, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin softball team used home runs from Avary Makarewicz and Jordyn Hustey to top SIUE, 6-4, at Bettye Giles Field in Martin Sunday to give the Skyhawks the series win over the Cougars.

Makarewicz put the Skyhawks on the board in the first when she belted her eighth home run of the year to clear the bases and give her team a 3-0 lead. However, in the third, SIUE took a one-run lead on back-to-back plays with a two-RBI double from Regan Duncan and a two-run home run from Ashley Duran.

In the fifth, Jordyn Hustey tied the game with a leadoff home run, her fourth of the season. With two outs, Kyla Harley and Carly Ward hit back-to-back singles and then advanced to second and third, respectively, on a wild pitch.

In the next at-bat, Karena Recrosio snuck one through the left side to score Harley and give UT Martin the lead. The Cougars then walked Makarewicz and Kennedy Brown in back-to-back at-bats to score Ward to extend the lead to 6-4.

The Cougars had runners at first and second with two outs when Payton Harris entered the game and recorded the final out of the inning to get the Skyhawks out of the jam. In the seventh, Harris retired the Cougars to seal the win for UT Martin and earn her first save of the season.

Harley finished the game at a perfect 3-for-3 with a triple, a run and a walk to lead the Skyhawks in the game, while Hustey ended her day at 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and a run. Natalie Kreuziger got the win for UT Martin to improve to 5-4 on the year, after allowing no runs on four hits with no walks.

Next weekend, the second-place Skyhawks travel to league-leaders Eastern Illinois, who are currently undefeated in OVC play, for a crucial three-game series. The two teams will play a doubleheader Friday and a single-game Saturday with both days set to begin at 1 p.m.