WKU Earns Third Series Sweep Over Sam Houston

Friday, April 3

Bowling Green, Ky.

5 p.m. CT

Western Kentucky University

27-8, 11-4

Sam Houston

24-18, 9-6

Sam Houston

WKU

Photo by: Liam Downie/WKU Athletics

4/3/2026 10:05:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- WKU Softball earned its third conference series sweep on Friday with a 7-4 win over Sam Houston.

Both Lauren Satterly and Morgan Sharpe went 2-for-3 at the plate as Satterly hit her first home run as a Hilltopper (27-8 overall, 11-4 CUSA). In the circle, Erica Houge and Rylan Smith combined for seven Bearkat (24-18 overall, 9-6 CUSA) strikeouts in seven innings of work.

WKU 7, SHSU 4
HOW IT HAPPENED

Kendle White started the game in dramatic fashion with a leadoff home run to quickly put WKU up 1-0 over SHSU.

The Hilltoppers added to their lead in the home half of the second after an error by the Bearkats shortstop allowed Sharpe to score from second.

Houge, who earned her 17th start Friday night, sat the Bearkats down in order in the top of the first and second innings and only gave up a single in the third.

Up 2-0 going into the fourth, SHSU hit a solo home run to cut WKU's lead in half.

Satterly answered right back in the bottom half of the frame with her first collegiate home run to put the Hilltoppers back up by two, 3-1.

The Bearkats picked up another run in the top of the fifth with an RBI single.

Sam Houston grabbed the lead in the top of the sixth with a two-run shot to center field to push the score to 4-3.

The opponent's lead did not last long, however, as Sharpe roped an RBI double to left center to even the score, 4-4.

Two batters later, Kennedy Stinson picked up a two-RBI double to left center to score both Sharpe and Macy Gregor who pinch ran for Annie White.

With WKU's lead expanded to 6-4, Kendle White added one more run for the Hilltoppers with an RBI single down the left field line.

Despite loading the bases, SHSU was unable to score and the Hilltoppers earned the series sweep.

QUOTABLE
"It was a great weekend for us and shoutout to the crowd for showing up," said WKU Softball head coach, Amy Tudor. "It's always a great day to have Good Friday. Shoutout to our team, it's a good home win. I thought a lot of different people stepped up today. Day three is always hard because our pitchers have already been seen by them but I thought our pitchers did a good job."

NOTABLES

WKU continues to be successful at home, improving to 19-1 at the WKU Softball Complex. The Hilltoppers also improve to 8-2 all time against the Bearkats.
The Hilltoppers led for 15 of the 19 innings across the three-game series against SHSU.
Rylan Smith earned her eighth win of the season, and Erica Houge earned her second save.
The Hilltoppers hit a total of seven home runs over the series and are five away from setting the team's single season program record for home runs.
Kennedy Stinson and Kendle White led in RBI with two each, while White, Lauren Satterly, and Morgan Sharpe collected two hits each.
The Hilltoppers are now tied for second in the conference with Liberty.