BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- WKU Softball continues their Conference USA slate with three games against LA Tech beginning on Friday.
SERIES INFOÂ
Friday, March 28
- vs. LA Tech (6 p.m. CT) Live Stats | Tickets
- Trading Card Giveaway: Kaytlan Kemp
- Food Truck Friday
- Parking will be available in PS3
- vs. LA Tech (2 p.m. CT) Live Stats | Tickets
- Trading Card Giveaway: Maci Masters
- Parking will be available in PS3
- vs. LA Tech (1 p.m. CT) Live Stats | TicketsÂ
- Trading Card Giveaway: Charlotte Herron
- Alumni Night & Throwback Game
- Parking will be available in PS3
Please do not park in Creason lot, please only park in PS3.
SERIES INFO VS LA TECH
- The Hilltoppers will meet LA Tech for the 22nd time in program history. WKU trails the all-time series, 9-12.Â
- WKU won the previous meeting in the 2024 Conference USA Tournament, 10-6.
- The Tops are 2-1 on home turf against LA Tech in this series' history.
ABOUT THE TOPSÂ
- The Hilltoppers are currently 15-14 and 2-6 in conference play with wins over UTEP and Sam Houston.Â
- Hilltopper Softball outscores all opponents on the season 136-124.
- Rylan Smith recorded four strikeouts in her complete game performance against Louisville Tuesday night.
- Maci Masters leads the teams in home runs with a total of eight moonshots on the year. Masters ranks top 10 in the conference in slugging percentage (.675), OPS (1.117), RBI (25), home runs (8), and walks (17).
- Morgan Sharpe leads the team with 30 hits so far this season. Sharpe has contributed 15 runs to the team total this season. She's also posting a team-high .316 batting average.
- Matching Sharpe, Kendle White also is sitting at a .316 batting average. As a tandem, Sharpe and White combine for 8 stolen bases this season.
- Rylan Smith is leading CUSA in batters struck out looking (24) and ranks sixth in total strikeouts (61). Smith has struck out 61 batters on the season allowing a team low .259 batting average against her.
- Junior right-hander Maddy Wood has been a spark plug for the Hilltoppers with a 4-2 record and a 3.40 ERA.Â
ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
- LA Tech currently has an overall record of 20-11 and 7-2 in CUSA. Knotted at second place in the conference, the Bulldogs have won series over MTSU and UTEP.Â
- The Bulldogs currently have two ranked wins over #4 Oklahoma State on February 7 and #17 Auburn on February 21.
- LA Tech is coming off its ninth consecutive win after sweeping its second straight Conference USA series this past weekend.Â
- The Bulldogs defeated Northwestern State in their most recent outing, 3-0. Freshman Laney Johnson tossed a complete-game in the Bulldogs' win over NSU.
- Offensively,The Bulldogs have three players who have tallied 30+ hits in Elena Heng (40), Claire Raley (35), and Nicole Hammoude (35). The Bulldogs also have 23 home runs this season with three batters with five or more home runs.
- Hammoude leads the team with a .422 batting average, while she is tied for the lead in RBI (26) with Raley.Â
- Raley leads the team with 30 runs scored, while Heng has scored 29 runs.
- Junior pitcher Allie Floyd leads CUSA in strikeouts (118), wins (15), and innings pitched (114.0).Â
