Missouri Southern State University Athletics

Kiki Pickens went 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA over her two starts for Missouri Southern over its MIAA road weekend. Pickens registered a pair of complete games, throwing 14.0 innings with 12 strikeouts. She limited opposing batters to a .064 batting average. Against Missouri Western, Pickens allowed just one earned run on one hit with five strikeouts as she went the distance in the victory. She followed that up, with another complete game against Northwest Missouri, allowing zero earned runs on two hits with seven strikeouts. With the pair of wins, Pickens improved to 14-2 in 2026.