As a senior preparing for graduation and life after college,  softball player Alyssa Heren has a lot on her plate. Heren has continued to work hard and make her last season as a Cougar one to remember. 

Softball put up a fight in its second game against first-in-conference Southeast Missouri State University to win 4-3 after dropping the first game of the series 14-1.  

With SIUE approaching the middle of the spring semester, some spring sports are just starting and some are nearing an end. Here’s where each sport stands. 

Softball will be heading to Hawaii for two tournaments over spring break.

The Cougars began their fall season at home with a 4-0 win against Wabash Valley and a 5-0 loss to Saint Louis University. 

The Cougars continued to improve their conference record this weekend with wins over Jacksonville State University and Tennessee Tech University.

SIUE softball finished off their sweep against Eastern Illinois University with two late 5-4 wins Tuesday night at Cougar Field.

The softball team’s first conference double-header ended on a high note with freshman pitcher Corrina Rivas throwing the seventh perfect game in SIUE softball history.

Karlie Maine, a 6-year-old girl, has earned her spot on the SIUE softball team through the help of Team IMPACT. Karlie was welcomed to the team Thursday night when she officially signed a contract for the next two years.

SIUE softball pitching standout Haley Chambers-Book was drafted 14th overall by the Texas Charge of the National Pro Fastpitch League.

SIUE softball has continued its successful season, posting a 35-10 regular season and sitting one game back from second place in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 10-4 record.

The Cougars kept their momentum going as they traveled to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Salukis for a 4-0 win, and then came back to Cougar Field for a doubleheader versus the University of Tennessee Martin Skyhawks.

Freshman utility player Alyssa Heren hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the sixth inning of the second game in a three-game series with a doubleheader against the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks Saturday, April 2 and a single game Sunday, April 3 at Cougar fields. 

During the past week, the SIUE athletics department announced six people — five athletes and one coach — it would be welcoming to the program as new Cougars.

A day after the softball team had a thrilling comeback against Morehead State University, it could not find that magic against Tennessee Technological University, losing 4-1 in the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament.

With the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, the softball team should be the favorite to win the OVC crown. On Wednesday, May 6, the Cougars saw that becoming champions for the second consecutive year would not be so easy. Giving up an earl…

It sounds cliché to say a certain game or series in a team’s season is its turning point, but if there ever was such a thing for the softball team, its three-game sweep this past weekend was just that.

Due to rain and an unexpected loss, the softball team had a long weekend at home, but came out on top, going 2-1 and maintaining its first place spot in the Ohio Valley Conference.

With a three-game sweep of Austin Peay State University during the weekend, the softball team reached the 30-win mark for the 20th time in Head Coach Sandy Montgomery’s career.

Despite going 2-2 during a four-game home stand, the softball team improved 11-3 in conference play, giving it sole possession of first place in the Ohio Valley Conference.

With two early errors in the first inning and smart at-bats, the women’s softball team defeated in-state foe, Bradley University, 6-5 on Tuesday, March 17.

Facing Gardner-Webb University and Big Ten powerhouse, the University of Indiana on Sunday, Feb. 15, the wrestling team went 0-2.

The defending Ohio Valley Conference champion SIUE softball team began its 2015 campaign with a 4-1 weekend at the Lady Techster Invitational, a record good enough for the tournament crown.

Despite falling short, the women’s softball team made history this season by becoming the first athletics team in SIUE’s history to not only become Ohio Valley Conference champions, but also advance to the NCAA Division I tournament.

The softball team pushed its conference winning streak to seven games by winning both of its two-game series against Tennessee State and Belmont during the weekend.

It took a while, but the SIUE softball team secured a three-game sweep over Southeast Missouri by winning Sunday’s game 3-0.