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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Baseball defeated UNC Asheville 12-0 for its second-consecutive run-rule win on Friday evening at Nick Denes Field.
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The win moves the Hilltoppers to 12-1, marking just the second time in program history WKU has won 12 of its first 13 games – 1928 and 2025. The 1928 Hilltopper Baseball team finished the season with a 15-1 record.
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Joe Siervo hit his first home run of the season – a three-run blast over the left field wall – and collected four RBI while Treyson Peters pitched 5.2 shutout innings on his way to his first winning-decision as a Hilltopper.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
• WKU put up six runs in the first inning that started with an RBI walk from Camden Ross before Thomas Marsala singled to score two more. In the next at-bat, Joe Siervo blasted his first home run of the season over the left field wall to give WKU a 6-0 lead.
• Ross added his second RBI of the day with a sacrifice fly in the second inning to extend the Hilltopper advantage to 7-0.
• Five more came across for the Tops in the sixth. Carlos Vasquez and Ethan Lizama plated runs in back-to-back at-bats before Marsala and Siervo had back-to-back walks with the bases loaded. Ross later scored on a wild pitch to put the final tally at 12-0.
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NOTABLES
• WKU moves to 12-1 through the first 13 games of the season – the team's best start since 1928.
• WKU improves to 4-2 all-time and 4-0 at home against UNC Asheville with the win.Â
• Treyson Peters made his fourth start of the season on the mound for the Hilltoppers. The right-hander picked up his first win of the season after tossing 5.2 shutout innings with five strikeouts while only allowing two hits in his longest outing thus far.
• Cole Heath and Hunter Small made appearances out of the bullpen for WKU. Neither allowed a hit in 1.1 frames with Small recording one strikeout. Â
• The WKU offense scored 12 runs on six hits and 12 free passes with 11 RBI.
• Siervo led the way with four RBI, a home run and a run scored while Marsala tallied three RBI and a run scored.
• Ross also had a multi-RBI performance with two runs scored.
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QUOTABLE
"We only had six hits. They gave us 11 walks. It was hard for us to get some things going. I didn't think we did a lot ourselves. I thought we needed to be a bit more offensive, but yet, it was kind of hard to. We were patient enough to take the 11 walks, but I know we're going to have to be better tomorrow that's for sure." – Head Coach Marc Rardin, on the series-opening win.
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UP NEXT
• WKU and UNC Asheville continue the four-game series tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader. First pitch of game one at Nick Denes Field is schedule for seven innings at 1 p.m. CT. Game two will start approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of game one.
How to follow WKU Baseball: For complete information on WKU Hilltopper Baseball, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @WKU_Baseball on X and @WKUBaseball on Instagram.
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