Hilltoppers Head to Lexington to Take on Wildcats

BOWLING GREEN Ky. -- WKU Softball travels east to Lexington, KY to take on the Wildcats for the third time this season.

GAME INFO
Friday, April 11

vs. Kentucky (5 p.m. CT) Live Stats | SEC Network+

SERIES INFO

Kentucky
- Tuesday's game will be the third time this season that the Hilltoppers take on the Wildcats. Kentucky came to Bowling Green to play in the Hilltopper Spring Fling.
- WKU dropped both games to Kentucky, and Kentucky leads the all-time series 9-19.
- When playing at John Cropp Stadium, the Hilltoppers are 4-9.
- The last win against the Wildcats was on March 24, 2021, when WKU took the midweek matchup, 2-1 in nine innings.

ABOUT THE TOPS

The Tops are currently sitting eighth in the Conference USA standings with a 7-10 conference record.
Offensively, WKU is sitting seventh in the conference in batting average (.273) and is tied for four in ERA (3.47).
Freshman outfielder Kennedy Stinson earned CUSA Freshman of the Week honors for the first time this season. She posted a .700 (7-for-10) batting average with two home runs—including a two-run shot—and three total RBI. She collected a total of 14 total bases and posted a 1.400 slugging percentage over the three days.
Kennedy Stinson is also working with a three-game hitting streak.
Macy Gregor hit her first home run as a Hilltopper on Sunday.
Maci Masters is currently ranked 26th in CUSA for batting average (.325), she currently leads the team in RBI (38) and hits (37). Masters also has 12 home runs on the season, five short of the all-time single-season record.
In the CUSA rankings, Masters is tied for fourth in home runs (12), fourth in RBI (34), fifth in slugging percentage (.702), and fifth in OPS (1.149).
Maci Masters leads the Hilltoppers in multi-hit games with 11, her most recent multi-hit game coming on Game One against MTSU on April 11 with two hits.
With her two RBI on Saturday, Maci Masters took the multi-RBI crown as Saturday's game against MTSU was her 11th game of the season with at least two RBI.
Randi Drinnon continues to hold the lead in CUSA in sacrifice bunts with eight.
In the bullpen, for pitchers with at least ten appearances, Maddy Wood leads with a 3.35 ERA.
Rylan Smith leads CUSA in batters struck out looking with 37 and is fifth in the conference in opposing batting average (.225).
Rylan Smith is currently fifth in CUSA in strikeouts with 98. Her first ten strikeouts of the weekend were all the sophomore needed to cross the 200-career strikeout threshold.
Against MTSU, Smith also posted a meager .083 opposing batting average. In her 11.1 innings of work, she posted a 1.85 ERA which was her lowest of any appearance so far. Smith finished the weekend with 18 total strikeouts and only three hits.
Smith leads the bullpen in strikeouts with 90, while Wood and Houge have 34. Smith is also hunting for 200 career strike outs; currently at 187.

ABOUT THE WILDCATS

The Wildcats are currently 26-17 overall and 6-9 in the SEC, ranked 12th.
Their most recent SEC Matchup was against Auburn, surrendering the series to the Tigers, 2-1.
The Wildcats are outscoring their opponents 236-162. They are also 116th nationally in batting average with a .290.
Kentucky is led offensively by Peyton Plotts with a .364 batting average. Against the Hilltoppers, Plotts was 4-for-9 with four total RBI. Across the two games, Plotts hit for the cycle.
Plotts also has the most home runs out of any Wildcat with 12 on the season.
Allie Blum leads both the SEC and Kentucky in sacrifice bunts with nine.
In the circle, the Wildcats are led by Sarah Haendiges with a 2.14 ERA in 26 total appearances. She's posted three total saves and thrown 72.0 innings.
Haendiges also leads in strikeouts with 79, Carson Fall is next on the list with 44 in 52.2 innings pitched.

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Players Mentioned

Randi Drinnon

Macy Gregor

Maci Masters

Rylan Smith

Kennedy Stinson

Maddy Wood