November 7, 2018 marks 100 days until Opening Day for the 100th Season of WKU Hilltopper Baseball, and over the next 100 days, WKU Athletics will treat fans to unique moments and interesting history from Hilltopper Baseball, all leading up to First Pitch at Nick Denes Field on February 15, 2019.
| DAY 100 (November 7) |
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| The inaugural WKU Baseball club in 1910 was under the direction of head coach M.A. Leiper. The Hilltoppers went 2-1 on the season, including a 6-0 victory against Eastern Kentucky on May 2 in WKU's first athletic event on record. Played at Odgen Park in Bowling Green, not only was it the first game in program history, it was also a no-hitter win over the Colonels. |
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| DAY 99 (November 8) |
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| Kaleb Duckworth was the Opening Day hero on Feb. 17, 2017, hitting a walk-off, two-run homerun with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give WKU a 6-5 victory over Valparaiso. It was the Hilltoppers' first walk-off homerun since April 23, 2013, when Trevor Lowe ended an 18-inning contest vs. Kentucky at Bowling Green Ballpark with a solo blast and a final score of 3-2. |
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| DAY 98 (November 9) |
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| Infielder Andy McDonald played on The Hill from 1991-92. His 21-game hit streak in 1992 is tied for the fifth-longest in WKU history and his 22 doubles that season is tied for sixth-most. He earned Second Team All-Sun Belt honors in 1991 and then made the First Team in 1992. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago White Sox and played 41 games in minor league ball that year. |
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| DAY 97 (November 10) |
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| The Hilltopper bench erupts during a game in what is believed to be the 1973 season. Pitcher Marty Matusiak (sunglasses) along with Parrent twins, Rick and Rob, and catcher Bill Embry (light hair) celebrate a good play by their teammate. As a senior in 1974, Matusiak led WKU with seven wins in 15 appearances (nine starts) and 69 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched. |
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| DAY 96 (November 11) |
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| The 1913 WKU Baseball club went 14-2 under the direction of coaches M.A. Leiper and Roy Manchester, including a perfect 10-0 home record and a 4-0 mark against Middle Tennessee. The Hilltoppers outscored their opponents by a combined 121-to-38 total, only allowing four runs over their first six games of the season, en route to a Kentucky State Championship. |
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| DAY 95 (November 12) |
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| Joel Murrie was the Hilltoppers' skipper for 26 years, compiling a 815-656-4 overall record. During his tenure, WKU won three Ohio Valley titles, two Sun Belt titles and a SBC Tournament championship in 2004. His 800th career win came on March 18, 2005 vs. Akron and he retired following that season with a program-record 815 victories under his belt. On March 8, 2015, his No. 36 became the second number to be retired in program history. |
| DAY 94 (November 13) |
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| In the heat of the moment, pitcher Evan Teague has to be restrained by catcher Matt Rice during the Hilltoppers' 2009 NCAA Regional run in Oxford, Miss. Teague pitched in two games that week, both wins over Missouri. He went 2.2 hitless innings in a 11-5 victory on May 29, then earned the save in a four-inning outing on May 31 in an 11-6 victory over the Tigers. Teague led WKU with a 3.32 ERA and 35 appearances that season. |
| DAY 93 (November 14) |
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| The son of the legendary WKU Football head coach, catcher Jimmy Feix was a three-year letterwinner for the Hilltoppers on the diamond from 1973-75. After graduating from WKU with a dual degree in Biology and Chemistry in the spring of 1976, Feix went on to earn a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Kentucky. He has been on the faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin since 1986. |
| DAY 92 (November 15) |
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| Mike Roy, Mike Clem and Rob Tomberlin (L-R) were known as "Murderers Row" during the 1985 season. The trio of Hilltoppers combined for 73 of WKU's Sun Belt-record 114 homeruns, leading the team to a 43-20 overall record and a SBC West Championship. With 21 by Roy, 25 by Clem and a program-record 27 by Tomberlin, it was only the second time in college baseball history that three different players hit 20-plus dingers in a season. |
| DAY 91 (November 16) |
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| The 1928 WKU Baseball club went 15-1 under the direction of coach E.A. Diddle to claim the Kentucky State Championship or the second time in program history. Although legendary pitcher Jim Weaver went pro the year before, these Hilltoppers were able to set a school record with 15 wins that would stand for another 41 years. After a loss in the fourth game of the year, WKU rattled off 12 straight victories to cap the campaign. |
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