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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Friday, January 10, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

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WKU SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES 2020 SLATE

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With a productive fall campaign in the books, WKU Softball head coach Amy Tudor and her staff have announced the upcoming 2020 spring slate. The combination of nine new faces and 11 returners will take the field 51 times throughout the regular season while looking to secure one of eight spots in Conference USA’s Tournament – hosted in Bowling Green from May 6-9.

“We are excited to announce our 2020 schedule and look forward to competing against quality competition both in and out of conference,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “We hope to see our fans at as many games as possible.”

The Red and White will take on four squads that appeared in the NCAA Tournament a year ago (Lipscomb, Chattanooga, Kentucky and Louisiana Tech) and will host 27 contests at the WKU Softball Complex this spring. In total, the Tops will cross paths with 27 different teams during the regular season.

The 51-game regular-season slate will kick off with a trip south to Troy, Ala., for the Trojan Classic. Play will begin Friday, Feb. 7, against Lipscomb followed a tilt with College of Charleston. On the second day, WKU will face off with North Florida and Troy before closing weekend play with another meeting with UNF.

Opponent Date Time Conference Lipscomb Friday, Feb. 7 10 a.m. CT Atlantic Sun College of Charleston Friday, Feb. 7 12:30 p.m. CT Colonial North Florida Saturday, Feb. 8 9 a.m. CT Atlantic Sun Troy Saturday, Feb. 8 2 p.m. CT Sun Belt North Florida Sunday, Feb. 9 10 a.m. CT Atlantic Sun

The second weekend of the 2020 slate features a trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., where WKU will open weekend action with Friday tilts against Ohio and Chattanooga. Day two from the Chatt Challenge features matchups with Tennessee Tech and Lipscomb for the Tops before closing play against Bowling Green on Sunday.

Opponent Date Time Conference Ohio Friday, Feb. 14 10 a.m. CT Mid-American Chattanooga Friday, Feb. 14 3 p.m. CT SoCon Tennessee Tech Saturday, Feb. 15 10 a.m. CT Ohio Valley Lipscomb Saturday, Feb. 15 12:30 p.m. CT Atlantic Sun Bowling Green Sunday, Feb. 16 9 a.m. CT Mid-American

For the third weekend of the campaign, Tudor and company will stay home and host their first of two tournaments for the 2020 season as Green Bay, Indiana State and Ball State come to town. The Hilltopper Classic will mark the first five of 14-straight home games for the Red and White.

Opponent Date Time Conference Green Bay Friday, Feb. 21 3 p.m. CT Horizon Indiana State Friday, Feb. 21 5:30 p.m. CT Missouri Valley Ball State Saturday, Feb. 22 12:30 p.m. CT Mid-American TBD (1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3) Saturday, Feb. 22 3/5:30 p.m. CT TBD (Cons./Champ.) Sunday, Feb. 23 11 a.m./1:30 p.m. CT

Remaining home for the second of three-straight weekends, the Tops will welcome IUPUI, Illinois State and Austin Peay to The Hill for the Hilltopper Spring Fling.

Opponent Date Time Conference IUPUI Friday, Feb. 28 3 p.m. CT Horizon Illinois State Friday, Feb. 28 5:30 p.m. CT Missouri Valley Austin Peay Saturday, Feb. 29 12:30 p.m. CT Ohio Valley TBD (1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3) Saturday, Feb. 29 3/5:30 p.m. CT TBD (Cons./Champ.) Sunday, March 1 11 a.m./1:30 p.m. CT

Of the 15 different teams the Hilltoppers will face before reaching their first Conference USA opponent in 2020, WKU will face squads from eight different conferences.

Already a month into the season, WKU will host its first of five midweek tilts as Belmont comes to town. Two days later, Middle Tennessee will make the trip up to open league play.

New for the 2020 season, all Conference USA series will switch to a three-day series with one game scheduled each day. For WKU’s four home series, first pitches are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Fridays, 2 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. on Sundays.

Remaining Non-Conference Games Opponent (Conference) Date Time (CT) Location Belmont (Ohio Valley) Wednesday, March 4 6 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. UT Arlington (Sun Belt) Tuesday, March 10 6 p.m. Arlington, Texas Tennessee Tech (Ohio Valley) Tuesday, March 18 6 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Kentucky (SEC) Wednesday, March 25 6 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun) Wednesday, April 1 6 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley) Wednesday, April 8 6 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Evansville (Missouri Valley) Tuesday, April 28 6 p.m. Evansville, Ind.

WKU's remaining conference slate includes trips to North Texas, Florida Atlantic, UTSA and Charlotte while the Hilltoppers will also host Marshall, FIU and Louisiana Tech on the year.

Conference USA Series Opponent Date Time (CT) Location Middle Tennessee Fri. - Sun., March 6-8 6 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. North Texas Fri. - Sun., March 13-15 6 p.m./2 p.m./Noon Denton, Texas Marshall Fri. - Sun., March 20-22 6 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. FIU Fri. - Sun., March 27-29 6 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Florida Atlantic Fri. - Sun., April 3-5 5 p.m./4 p.m./11 a.m. Boca Raton, Fla. UTSA Fri. - Sun., April 17-19 6 p.m./1 p.m./1 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Louisiana Tech Fri. - Sun., April 24-26 6 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m. Bowling Green, Ky. Charlotte Fri. - Sun., May 1-3 4 p.m./Noon/10 a.m. Charlotte, N.C.

For the first time since joining Conference USA, WKU will host the league’s tournament as the Hilltoppers will have their sights set on making their fourth-straight trip to the postseason event and fifth in the last six seasons. If the Tops make the eight-team postseason event, they will be the first host in six seasons to qualify for the event. The last team to compete in the event on its home field was Florida Atlantic in 2014.

In total, WKU will face squads from 10 different conferences in 2020. WKU has faced at least one team out of the SEC every season since the program's inception in 2000.

Eleven squads on the Hilltoppers' 2020 slate won 30-plus games last year with three more posting 40- win campaigns. WKU will face 15 teams that posted winning records a year ago.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Thursday, January 23, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

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TOPS TABBED SECOND IN PRESEASON C-USA POLL; AIKEY, SMITH NAMED PRESEASON ALL- CONFERENCE

DALLAS – WKU Softball has been predicted to finish second in the Conference USA Preseason Coach Poll, the league office released Thursday. The Red and White received a pair of first-place votes while earning their highest preseason ranking in their time in the league. Additionally, Kelsey Aikey and Kendall Smith were selected to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team.

North Texas was predicted to win the league, collecting nine of the possible 12 first-place votes. WKU came in second while Louisiana Tech and Marshall tied for third. The Lady Techsters pulled in the final top vote. UAB, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss and Florida Atlantic were picked to round out the postseason tournament field, respectively. Closing out the rankings were FIU, UTSA, UTEP and Charlotte in slots nine through 12.

Aikey and Smith are the first Hilltoppers to earn Preseason All-Conference USA honors since Miranda Kramer and Dani Pugh did so prior to the 2015 campaign. Smith was a First Team All-Conference selection last May while Aikey was voted to the league’s Second Team.

Behind the plate, Smith was honored as a First-Team All-Conference USA selection in 2019 and has followed it up with an NFCA All-Region selection in her sophomore season on The Hill. Smith slashed .321/.423/.650 across the campaign with a scorching 1.073 OPS (on-base plus slugging percent). The Bowling Green, Ky., native tallied seven two-hit games and three three-hit outings in addition to nine two-RBI, three three-RBI and two four-RBI showings. She finished the season with eight doubles, a triple and 12 home runs to go along with a .991 fielding percentage and eight runners thrown out stealing. With two outs on her, Smith delivered 19 RBI and a .362 batting average.

Last year, Aikey became the first Hilltopper pitcher to collect any sort of All-Conference honors since the 2015 campaign. The Cedar Falls, Iowa native led Conference USA in opposing batting average (.185), hits allowed per seven innings (4.67), strikeouts per seven innings (9.7) – which was eighth in the nation - and saves (6). Aikey was one of just four pitchers across the NCAA – and only in the league - with at least 14 wins and six saves. Her 2.15 overall ERA ranked second across all C-USA pitchers with 100+ innings thrown and third overall while she racked up 184 strikeouts.

The duo helped WKU Softball to one of the best seasons in program history a year ago. In 2019, the Hilltoppers posted a 37-13 record for the best winning percentage in the program's 20th season. Throughout the campaign, the Red and White posted a double-digit win streak on two separate occasions and would close the regular season with an 18-6 record in league play.

Tudor and company are set to open the 2020 season on Friday, Feb. 7, from Troy, Ala., as the Tops face Lipscomb for the first of three meetings on the year. WKU’s home opener is set for Feb. 21.

2020 C-USA Preseason Poll (first-place votes) 1. North Texas (9) 2. WKU (2) T3. Louisiana Tech (1) T3. Marshall 5. UAB 6. Middle Tennessee 7. Southern Miss 8. Florida Atlantic 9. FIU 10. UTSA 11. UTEP 12. Charlotte

2020 Preseason Player of the Year Lindsey Edwards, Louisiana Tech

2020 Preseason Pitcher of the Year Hope Trautwein, North Texas

2020 Preseason All-Conference Team Pitcher: Kailee Williamson, Marshall Pitcher: Hope Trautwein, North Texas Pitcher: Kelsey Aikey, WKU Catcher: Bailey Vannoy, Charlotte Catcher: Kendall Smith, WKU Infielder: Lindsey Edwards, Louisiana Tech Infielder: Kimmie Atienza, Louisiana Tech Infielder: Aly Harrell, Marshall Infielder: Summer Burgess, Middle Tennessee Infielder: Lacy Gregory, North Texas Infielder: Lacey Sumerlin, Southern Miss Outfielder: Fayth Davis, Florida Atlantic Outfielder: Mya Stevenson, Marshall Outfielder: Katie Clark, North Texas Outfielder: Destini Brown, Southern Miss DP/Utility: Kasey Flores, UTEP

*an additional infielder selection was added due to a tie in voting.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

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WKU SOFTBALL SET TO OPEN 2020 CAMPAIGN AT TROJAN CLASSIC

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball is set to open the 2020 season this weekend in Troy, Ala., at the Trojan Classic. Five games are on the slate for the Hilltoppers as the squad will play doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday before taking the field for the final time on Sunday. After losing a total of three starters and six letterwinners from its 2019 squad, the Red and White return 11 letterwinners and have welcomed nine newcomers to the squad this season.

Weekend action will open Friday morning with its first of three 2020 tilts against Lipscomb. The series between WKU and Lipscomb is currently tied at 15-15. The Bison are coming off a 42-15-1 campaign.

WKU's second game of opening day will be against College of Charleston who owns the lone decision in previous meetings between the sides. CofC went 26-30 a season ago.

Saturday morning, the Hilltoppers will face North Florida with a 9 a.m. first pitch. The Ospreys posted a 30-24 record last season and lead the all-time series with WKU, 1-0. At 2 p.m. that afternoon, the Tops will take on the host Trojans. That contest is schedule to be streamed on Facebook Live for free. Troy owned a 37-20 record in 2019 and leads the all-time series 18-15.

Weekend action will conclude on Sunday with another go-around with North Florida. WKU’s finale is slated for 10 a.m.

WKU Softball has claimed its season-opener in each of the last seven seasons and will look to extend the streak to include the 2020 campaign. Head coach Amy Tudor is 15-0 in her career in season-opening contests entering her 16th season as at the helm of a program.

The squad features three student-athletes in their final seasons at WKU. Pitcher Kelsey Aikey, outfielder Paige Carter and infielder Morgan McElroy each wore a Hilltopper jersey for the first time during the 2017 campaign and have posted a 96-70 record during their time on The Hill.

WKU Softball has been predicted to finish second in the Conference USA Preseason Coach Poll. The Red and White received a pair of first-place votes while earning their highest preseason ranking in their time in the league. Additionally, pitcher Kelsey Aikey and catcher Kendall Smith were selected to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team.

2020 GAME NOTEs Est. 2000 | 3 Conference Championships 591 Victories | 2 NCAA Regional Berths

Schedule (0-0, 0-0 C-USA) TROJAN CLASSIC DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) FRIDAY, FEB. 7 2019 Record: 42-15-1 FEBRUARY (0-0) WKU vs. Lipscomb | 10 a.m. CT Batting Avg: .282 Home Runs: 33 7 1-vs. Lipscomb Troy, Ala. 10 a.m. Troy Softball Complex Hits: 432 ERA: 2.75 1-vs. Col. of Charleston Troy, Ala. 12:30 p.m. Troy, Ala. Runs: 299 Strikeouts: 314 8 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. 9 a.m. 1-at Troy Troy, Ala. 2 p.m. 9 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. 10 a.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 7 2019 Record: 26-30 14 2-Ohio Chattanooga, Tenn. 10 a.m. WKU vs. Col. of Charleston | 12:30 p.m. Batting Avg: .272 Home Runs: 18 2-at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. 3 p.m. Troy Softball Complex Hits: 398 ERA: 4.18 15 2-Tennessee Tech Chattanooga, Tenn. 10 a.m. Troy, Ala. Runs: 217 Strikeouts: 166 2-Lipscomb Chattanooga, Tenn. 12:30 p.m. 16 2-Bowling Green Chattanooga, Tenn. 9 a.m. 21 3-Green Bay WKU Softball Field 3 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 8 2019 Record: 30-24 3-Indiana State WKU Softball Field 5:30 p.m. WKU vs. North Florida | 9 a.m. CT Batting Avg: .279 Home Runs: 24 22 3-Ball State WKU Softball Field 12:30 p.m. Troy Softball Complex Hits: 392 ERA: 2.83 3-1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 WKU Softball Field 3/5:30 p.m. Troy, Ala. Runs: 199 Strikeouts: 238 23 3-Consol./Champ. WKU Softball Field 11a./1:30 p. 28 4-IUPUI WKU Softball Field 3 p.m. 4-Illinois State WKU Softball Field 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 8 2019 Record: 37-20 29 4-Austin Peay WKU Softball Field 12:30 p.m. WKU at Troy | 2 p.m. CT Batting Avg: .263 Home Runs: 25 4-1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 WKU Softball Field 3/5:30 p.m. Troy Softball Complex Hits: 386 ERA: 2.74 MARCH (0-0) Troy, Ala. Runs: 230 Strikeouts: 352 1 4-Consol./Champ. WKU Softball Field 11a./1:30 p. 4 Belmont WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 6 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. SUNDAY, FEB. 9 7 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. WKU vs. North Florida | 10 a.m. CT 8 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. Troy Softball Complex 10 at UT Arlington Arlington, Texas 6 p.m. Troy, Ala. 13 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 6 p.m. 14 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 2 p.m. 15 at North Texas* Denton, Texas Noon TOPPER NOTES 18 Tennessee Tech WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. SEASON OPENERS 20 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. WKU Softball will look to extend its season-opening win streak to eight consecutive campaigns this weekend. For the sev- 21 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. enth-straight season, WKU Softball opened the new season with a victory following an 8-0 five-inning win over Missouri State 22 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. at the Sand Dollar Classic to get things going in 2019. Head coach Amy Tudor also picked up another season-opener win and has 25 Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. yet to be beaten as a head coach in those contests, improving to 15-0 in her career. 27 FIU* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 28 FIU* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. PICK YOUR POISON 29 FIU* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. Kelsey Aikey, Shelby Nunn and Kennedy Sullivan shined in the circle for the Hilltoppers in 2019. Across the squad’s 18-6 record APRIL (0-0) in league play, the Hilltopper staff turned heads. Together, Aikey, Nunn and Sullivan combined for a 2.94 ERA while also owning 1 Lipscomb WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. the top opposing batting average (.217) and the most strikeouts (161). Across the season, all three pitchers each posted seven or 3 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 5 p.m. more wins and at least one save this season. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 4 p.m. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 11 a.m. Individually, Aikey posted the ninth-most saves of any pitcher in NCAA Division I (6), and her 9.7 strikeouts/7 innings average 8 Eastern Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. was ninth-best while her 4.67 hits/7 innings sat 34th. Sullivan had the 17th-best strikeout/7 innings average at 9.3. With 184 17 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m. strikeouts, Aikey ranked 51th in all of Division I. 18 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. 19 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. Standing nearly alone, Aikey finished as 1-of-4 pitchers across the country with at least 14 wins and six saves on the season. 24 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 25 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. RANKED WINS 26 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. Across the 20-year history of WKU Softball, the program has picked up 23 wins over a ranked opponent with the most recent 28 at Evansville Evansville, Ind. 6 p.m. victory coming over No. 17 Kentucky. Prior to their March 26 win in Lexington, WKU’s previous win over a ranked squad was on MAY (0-0) May 16, 2015 at No. 16 Georgia in the NCAA Regionals. The Hilltoppers’ 2019 win at UK was the first time the Red and White took 1 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 4 p.m. down a ranked Wildcat squad and the sixth time WKU claimed a win over a ranked team by at least three runs. Of the 23 wins 2 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. Noon over ranked opposition, 12 of those victories have come on the ranked team’s home turf. 3 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 10 a.m. 6-9 5-C-USA Tournament WKU Softball Field HOW TO FOLLOW TOPPER NUMBERS Livestats links can be found at WKUSports.com on the team’s schedule and will be posted to WKU 11 49 99.75% Softball’s team social media accounts. Letterwinners returning from 2019 Home runs hit off the Hilltopper Pitching strikeout production squad bats in 2019 returning (403-of-404)

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball QUICK FACTS SEASON NOTES

Location...... Bowling Green, Ky. HANGING IN THERE In 2019 WKU notched 10 victories in come-from-behind fashion. First up, WKU trailed Florida A&M 3-1 and came back to win Nickname...... Hilltoppers 4-3 on Opening Weekend. The Hilltoppers did it again during week two, trailing Western Illinois 1-0 and 3-2 as late as the mid- Colors...... Red and White dle of the fifth inning. Week three saw WKU tally another comeback, defeating Cleveland State after trailing 3-0. WKU overcame Founded...... 1906 a 2-1 deficit to Wright State for an eventual 6-3 victory before coming back from a 5-3 deficit for a 6-5 win at Eastern Kentucky. Enrollment...... 19,461 The Hilltoppers took down No. 17 Kentucky 4-1 after trailing the Wildcats 1-0 at the end of four innings before overcoming a NCAA Affiliation...... Division I slim 1-0 margin against FAU and Marshall. Over Senior Weekend, UTSA struck first in each of the doubleheader sides before WKU Conference Affiliation...... Conference USA would go on to win the outings. President...... Dr. Timothy C. Caboni Director of Athletics...... Todd Stewart WALKOFFS After registering three walk-off wins in 2017 and four in 2018, WKU Softball is at it again in the 2019 campaign. The squad picked up a walk-off over Cleveland State on Feb. 25 in the form of an 8-0, six-inning decision. In the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Tommi Stowers placed a leadoff double into the gap before advancing 60 feet on a wild pitch during the following PROGRAM HISTORY at bat. Another pinch-hitter, Paige Carter, battled to a full count before sending a single to left field to score Stowers for the run- rule walk off victory. Carter struck again on Sunday, March 31 for a bases-loaded single for another run-rule walk off, scoring First Year...... 2000 Kendall Smith for the 10-2 WKU victory. WKU added its third run-rule walkoff of the season in its series finale against North All-Time Record...... 628-506-3 (.554) Texas when Maddie Bowlds dropped a base hit inside the left field line past the outstretched glove of the Mean Green defender Conference Championships...... 2 (2013, 15) to score Rebekah Engelhardt for the game-ending run. In her final at bat from the WKU Softball Complex, Shannon Plese connected for a three-run, run-rule walk-off home run for an 11-2 5-inning win. Tournament Championships...... 1 (2015) NCAA Tournaments...... 2 (2013, 15) VICTORIES OVER SEC SQUADS NCAA Postseason Record...... 4-4 (.500) Since 2000, WKU Softball has played 11 different SEC squads. The Hilltoppers have gone 19-44 up against SEC opposition. Under Best Record (2013)...... 43-18 (.705) Coach Tudor’s reign, the 2014-2019 squads have gone head to head with seven of the SEC programs, putting together a record Best Win Perentage (2019)...... 37-13 (.740) of 6-11. In 2014 the Red and White took down No. 2 Tennessee on the Volunteers’ home turf; Tudor’s second game coaching for Best at NCAAs (2015)...... 2-2 (.500) WKU against an SEC school. Over the 2017 opening weekend, WKU Softball headed to Starkville, Miss., and took down the host Played in NPF...... 2 (last, Miranda Kramer) Bulldogs in a 1-0 decision. WKU dropped decisions to No. 8 LSU and No. 18 Kentucky in 2018 along with No. 17 Auburn during its opening weekend of the 2019 campaign. On March 26, WKU headed to Lexington and took down No.17-ranked Kentucky on the COACHING STAFF Wildcats’ home field. SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS Head Coach...... Amy Tudor (Seventh Season) Kennedy Sullivan continued her 2019 dominance in the circle in WKU’s home tournament, the Hilltopper Classic. When the Red Record at WKU...... 182-138-1 and White faced off against Butler, Sullivan was hitting her spots and tallied 16 strikeouts in the regulation-length game - the Career Record...... 399-344-2 (16th season) second-most punchouts ever by a Hilltopper in a seven-inning game at the time. Sullivan is the only freshman in program histo- Assistant Coach...... Kayla Bixel (Fourth) ry to register 15 or more strikeouts in a game and went on to do it again with 17 punchouts at Samford to match the most in the NCAA this season. The Georgetown, Ky., native’s performances marked the ninth and 10th 15-strikeout showings by a pitcher in Assistant Coach...... Dani Pugh (First) WKU Softball history. Miranda Kramer owns seven outings of the sort while Ryan Rogge achieved the feat as a sophomore. Strength and Conditioning...... John Stephanski Athletic Trainer...... Taylor Wilkes ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS LEADERS Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 2-1 - at Georgia 14 innings 5-16-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 4-0 - at Troy 7 innings 2-7-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 1-3 - Charlotte 11 innings 4-26-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 0-1 - at Kentucky 8.2 innings 4-22-2015 Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 17 strikeouts W, 8-1 - at Samford 7 innings 3-2-2019 WKU SOFTBALL COMPLEX Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 16 strikeouts W, 3-0 - Butler 7 innings 2-24-2019 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 9-2 - at Lipscomb 7 innings 3-24-2015 Capacity ...... 500 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 4-2 - at Ball State 7 innings 3-21-2015 Opened ...... 2000 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 1-0 - vs. Charlotte 7 innings 5-7-2015 WKU Record...... 270-178-1 (.602) Ryan Rogge Sophomore 15 strikeouts L, 0-1 - vs. Virginia 10 innings 2-9-2007 Attendance Record...... 1,323 Record Info...... vs. Kentucky, 4/20/16 LOCKDOWN MODE WITH KELSEY AIKEY Entering her senior season, pitcher Kelsey Aikey had already cemented herself in the Hilltoppers’ record book. On Saturday, Feb. Record Result...... L, 0-5 9, 2019, Aikey took over in the circle with two-on and one-out with WKU’s lead at 4-3. The Iowa native got the Red and White Winning Seasons...... 14 back to the dugout unscathed and held FAMU hitless over her 2.2 innings of relief to secure her seventh career save. Seven saves tied Aikey for WKU’s career saves record with Adrienne Lathrop (2003-06). Upon the conclusion of the weekend, Aikey had made two relief appearances to take over the program’s record with 40. A weekend later, Aikey went on to set the program record with her eighth save. The record-setting save was no easy task as 2019 RECAP Aikey entered Sunday’s game in the top of the sixth with a two-run lead and proceeded to get the Hilltoppers out of a bases-loaded no-out jam with three strikeouts while allowing just one run. In the top of the seventh, Western Illinois led off with a base hit and got the tying run to third base before Aikey and the Red and White defense went on lockdown to preserve the 7-6 Overall Record...... 37-13 (.740) WKU Softball victory. With six saves in 2019, Aikey set the Hilltoppers’ single-season saves record. Conference USA Record...... 18-6 (.750) Conference USA Finish...... 3rd WKU CAREER SAVES & RELIEF APPEARANCES LIST *denotes school record Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/6 Kelsey Aikey 12 saves* 54 relief appearances* 2017-present Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 3/1 Adrienne Lathrop 7 saves 39 relief appearances 2003-06 Incoming Freshmen (Pitchers)...... 7 (2) Allison Silver 6 saves 34 relief appearances 2001-04 Incoming Transfers (Pitchers)...... 2 (0) Shelby Nunn 6 saves 32 relief appearances 2018-19 FOUR-STRIKEOUT INNING On Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala., Kelsey Aikey achieved one of the rarest feats in softball - a four-strikeout inning. The strikeouts came against the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 hitters in Jackson State’s lineup. With two strikeouts in the top of the MEDIA RELATIONS seventh already, Aikey got JSU’s batter swinging with a changeup in the dirt that allowed the batter to reach first on the wild pitch. Unfazed, Aikey responded by striking out the next batter as well to bring her 2.0-inning total to five while securing the Primary Contact...... Jessica Leifheit save. Aikey’s performance is the only known outing of the sort across the NCAA in 2019. Associate Director of Media Relations Alma Mater...... Augustana (‘14) Email Address...... [email protected] Cell Phone...... 630-870-9582 Office Phone...... 270-745-4363

2 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF 2020 NUMERICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Freshmen...... 7 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Sophomores...... 5 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS Juniors...... 5 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Seniors...... 3 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS Alabama...... 4 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Florida...... 1 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS Illinois...... 1 Indiana...... 1 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS Iowa...... 1 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Kentucky...... 10 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida Tennessee...... 2 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS BREAKDOWN BY HANDEDNESS 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS HITTERS PITCHERS Righty...... 12 Righty...... 4 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Lefty...... 8 Lefty...... 1 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS Switch...... 0 2020 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS PHONETIC GUIDE 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Kelsey AIKEY...... IKE-EE 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS Maddie BOWLDS...... BOLDS 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Morgan McELROY...... MACKLE-ROY 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Maggie TRGO...... TUR-GO 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Amy TUDOR...... TOO-DUR 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 2020 COACHING STAFF NAME POSITION EXPERIENCE ALMA MATER HOMETOWN AMY TUDOR Head Coach Seventh Season WKU (2002) Petersburg, Tenn. KAYLA BIXEL Assistant Coach Fourth Season IPFW (2010) Bremen, Ind. Operations Fifth Season DANI PUGH Assistant Coach First Season WKU (2016) Columbus, Ohio

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 3 PITCHING BREAKDOWN

PERFORMANCES TEAM RESULT DATE OPPONENT DEC. IP H R ER BB K NP SCORE FINAL Feb. 7 vs. Lipscomb PITCHER GS RECORD SAVES TEAM W/L Feb. 7 vs. Col. of Charleston Aikey 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 8 vs. North Florida Gardner 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 8 at Troy Harris 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 9 vs. North Florida Nunn 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 14 vs. Ohio Sullivan 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 14 at Chattanooga Feb. 15 vs. Tennessee Tech CAREER 7+ STRIKEOUTS Feb. 15 vs. Lipscomb Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Feb. 21 Green Bay Aikey 0 3 12 0 15 Feb. 21 Indiana State Gardner - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 Ball State Harris - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 TBD Nunn - 1 0 0 1 Feb. 23 TBD Sullivan - - 12 0 12 Feb. 28 IUPUI Feb. 28 Illinois State Feb. 29 Austin Peay CAREER 0-2 HIT GAMES (5+ IP) Feb. 29 TBD Mar. 1 TBD PLAYER 0 1 2 2020/TOTAL Mar. 4 Belmont Aikey 0/1 0/4 0/5 0/10 Mar. 6 Middle Tennessee* Gardner 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 7 Middle Tennessee* Harris 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee* Nunn 0 0/2 0/3 0/5 Mar. 10 at UT Arlington Sullivan 0/1 0 0/2 0/3 Mar. 13 at North Texas* Mar. 14 at North Texas* Mar. 15 at North Texas* Mar. 18 Tennessee Tech CAREER COMPLETE GAMES Mar. 20 Marshall* Mar. 21 Marshall* PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Mar. 22 Marshall* Aikey 5 7 7 0 19 Mar. 25 Kentucky Gardner - - - 0 0 Mar. 27 FIU* Harris - - - 0 0 Mar. 28 FIU* Nunn - 10 2 0 12 Mar. 29 FIU* Sullivan - - 9 0 9 Apr. 1 Lipscomb Apr. 3 at Florida Atlantic* RECORD BY UNIFORM Apr. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 5 at Florida Atlantic* HAT TOP PANTS W L Apr. 8 Eastern Kentucky Apr. 17 at UTSA* Apr. 18 at UTSA* Apr. 19 at UTSA* Apr. 24 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 25 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 26 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 28 at Evansville May 1 at Charlotte* May 2 at Charlotte* May 3 at Charlotte*

^ Complete game

2020 STATISTICS NUM. NAME ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR BF AVG. WP HBP BK SF SH 4 Sullivan 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5 Gardner 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 10 Nunn 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 12 Aikey 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 44 Harris 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 4 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball AT THE HELM Head Coach Amy Tudor // Seventh Season // Overall Coaching Record: 399-344-2 // AT WKU: 182-138-1 Amy Tudor File Tudor Year-by-Year WKU All-Time vs. 2020 Opponents Year Overall Conf. School Opponent Record • Seventh Season 2005 22-14 11-3 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Lipscomb 15-15 Belmont 29-1 2006 23-19 8-6 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Col. of Charleston 0-1 MTSU 39-28 • WKU 2002 North Florida 0-1 UT Arlington 4-0 2007 11-38 5-13 (A-Sun) Belmont • Petersburg, Tenn. Troy 15-18 North Texas 27-18-1 2008 14-36 3-19 (A-Sun) Belmont Ohio 3-0 Marshall 9-11 2009 11-35 3-17 (A-Sun) Belmont Chattanooga 3-2 Kentucky 9-15 Tudor Coaching Highlights 2010 29-19 17-6 (Summit) IPFW Tennessee Tech 10-7 FIU 30-34 CAREER 2011 28-15-1 16-8 (Summit) IPFW Bowling Green 4-3 Florida Atlantic 18-25 Green Bay 2-1 Eastern Kentucky 13-11 • 34 Division I All-Conference Selections 2012 45-14 17-6 (Summit) IPFW • Nine NFCA All-Region Honorees Indiana State 9-1 UTSA 3-0 2013 34-16 12-4 (Summit) IPFW • One Conference Pitcher/Player of the Years Ball State 4-2 Louisiana Tech 4-9 • Six CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections 2014 33-24-1 11-10 (SBC) WKU IUPUI 4-1 Evansville 12-9-1 • One Senior CLASS Award Finalist 2015 36-14 16-4 (C-USA) WKU Illinois State 3-6 Charlotte 11-5 • 350 Career Wins/350 Division I Wins 2016 17-30 8-13 (C-USA) WKU Austin Peay 22-6 Total 302-230-2 WKU 2017 31-31 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •14 All-Conference Selections 2018 28-26 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •EvenW NFCA All-Region Selections •2014 NCAA Individual Stolen Base Leader 2019 37-13 18-6 (C-USA) WKU •2015 NCAA Individual Strikeouts Leader Total 399-344-2 165-142 15 Years •One CoSIDA Academic All-District Honoree DI 354-311-2 146-133 13 Years •2015 Conference USA Coach of the Year WKU 182-138-1 73-60 Six Years •2015 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

WKU SUPERLATIVE STATS 2019 WKU TEAM SUPERLATIVES 2019 WKU INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES STAT AMOUNT OPPONENT DATE STAT AMOUNT INDIVIDUAL OPPONENT DATE At Bats 40 at MTSU 4/23 At Bats 6 Kennedy Sullivan at MTSU 4/23 Runs Scored 14 at MTSU 4/22 Runs Scored 4 Kendall Smith at MTSU 4/22 Hits 14 FAU 3/30 Hits 3 MR, Maddie Bowlds UTSA 5/4 RBI 14 at MTSU 4/22 RBI 4 MR, Kendall Smith North Texas 4/14 Doubles 4 MR, at FIU 3/16 Doubles 2 MR, Kelsey McGuffin at Marshall 4/7 Triples 2 Western IL 2/16 Triples 1 MR, Shannon Plese Tennessee Tech 4/17 Home Runs 4 at MTSU 4/22 Home Runs 2 Kendall Smith at MTSU 4/22 Walks 9 at MTSU 4/23 Total Bases 9 Kendall Smith at MTSU 4/22 Stolen Bases 6 Saint Louis 3/8 Walks 3 MR, Kendall Smith at MTSU 4/23 Stolen Bases 3 Taylor Davis Charlotte 3/23 Assists 13 North Texas 4/13 DP Turned 1 MR, MTSU 4/22 Putouts 17 Kendall Smith MR, at Samford 3/2 Assists 6 MR, Beka Engelhardt North Texas 4/13 Innings Pitched 11.0 at MTSU 4/23 Fewest Hits Allowed 0 Evansville 3/1 Innings Pitched 9.0 Kelsey Aikey Tennessee Tech 4/17 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 MR, at MTSU 4/23 Fewest Hits Allowed 0 Kennedy Sullivan Evansville 3/1 Most Strikeouts 17 at Samford 3/2 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 MR, Kelsey Aikey at MTSU 4/23 Most Strikeouts 17 Kennedy Sullivan at Samford 3/2 Longest Game 3:40 at MTSU 4/23 Shortest Game 1:26 at LA Tech 4/27

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 5 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION RPI STANDINGS THE LAST TIME WKU... Defeated a top 10 team at No. 2 Tennessee, 3/8/14 C-USA RPI RANKS Defeated a top 11-25 team at No. 17 Kentucky, 3/26/19 RANK TEAM DATE/RESULT 44 LA TECH 4/24-26 Had a pitcher strikeout 15+ Kennedy Sullivan, 3/2/19 (17) 54 NORTH TEXAS 3/13-15 Had a pitcher strikeout 10-14 Kelsey Aikey vs. MTSU, 5/9/19 (10) 57 WKU - Threw a perfect game Miranda Kramer vs. Charlotte, 5/7/15 69 MARSHALL 3/20-22 Threw a no-hitter (run-rule) Kennedy Sullivan at Samford, 3/1/19 98 SOUTHERN MISS DNP Threw a no-hitter (regulation/extras) Kelsey Aikey vs. Sacred Heart, 2/15/18 119 FIU 3/27-29 Opponent threw no-hitter vs. No. 23 Marshall, 5/11/17 126 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3/6-8 147 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4/3-5 Won a run-rule game vs. UTSA, 5/5/19 (5) 154 UAB DNP Lost a run-rule game at LA Tech, 4/27/19 (5) 166 UTSA 4/17-19 Played extra innings at MTSU, 4/23/19 (11) 174 UTEP DNP Won in extra innings at MTSU, 4/23/19 (11) 198 CHARLOTTE 5/1-3 Lost in extra innings at Marshall, 4/7/19 (8) Scored 10-14 runs vs. UTSA, 5/5/19 (11) WKU OPPONENT RPI RANKS RANK TEAM RESULT Scored 15-18 runs vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (16) 16 KENTUCKY 3/25 Scored 19+ runs at Tennessee-Martin, 4/2/00 (19) 40 LIPSCOMB 2/7, 2/15, 4/1 Allowed 10-14 runs at Marshall, 4/6/19 (10) 53 UT ARLINGTON 3/10 Allowed 15+ runs at No. 23 FAU, 4/30/16 (16) 91 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4/8 Batted around the order UTSA, 5/5/19 (10 batters) 96 CHATTANOOGA 2/14 Batted through the order (9 batters) vs. Saint Louis, 3/8/19 102 OHIO 2/14 103 AUSTIN PEAY 2/29 Had 10-14 hits UTSA, 5/4/19 (10) 104 NORTH FLORIDA 2/8, 2/9 Had 15+ hits vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (17) 122 BELMONT 3/4 Team hit 3+ home runs at MTSU, 4/22/19 (4) 124 BALL STATE 2/22 Back-to-back home runs vs. North Texas, 4/14/19 (Smith & Plese, 1st inn.) 135 ILLINOIS STATE 2/28 Back-to-back-to-back home runs vs. ULM, 4/13/13 (Thomas, Mattox, Sulaski, 4th inn.) 145 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 2/7 Player with back-to-back home runs Kendall Smith, 2/9/19, 2 consec. 185 TENNESSEE TECH 2/15, 3/18 203 BOWLING GREEN 2/16 Had a player hit two HRs Kendall Smith, Middle Tennessee, 4/23/19 204 INDIANA STATE 2/21 Had a player hit a grand slam Jordan Thomas at Florida Atlantic, 4/28/18 214 EVANSVILLE 4/28 Team hit three doubles UTSA, 4/4/19 (3) 251 IUPUI 2/28 Team hit four or more doubles at FIU, 3/16/19 (4) 274 GREEN BAY 2/21 Team hit two triples vs. Western Illinois, 2/16/19 Team hit three or more triples vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (5) Team stole five or more bases vs. UTSA, 5/4/19 (5) Player with three RBI Shannon Plese, UTSA, 5/5/19 Player with four RBI Kendall Smith, at MTSU, 4/22/19 Player with five RBI Adarian Gray vs. UAB, 5/10/17 Player with six or more RBI Dani Pugh vs. Buffalo, 2/6/15 (6) Player with three hits Maddie Bowlds, UTSA, 5/4/19 Player with four hits Brittany Vaughn, vs. Marshall, 4/21/18 Player with five hits Tommi Stowers vs. Evansville, 3/3/17 Player with two or more doubles Kelsey McGuffin at Marshall, 4/7/19 (2) Player with two or more triples Shawna Sadler vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (2) Player stole three or more bases Taylor Davis vs. Charlotte, 3/23/19 (3) Player scored three or more runs J. Thomas & M. Bowlds, UTSA, 5/5/19 (3) Hit a walk-off home run (regulation/extra inn.) Brooke Holloway vs. Marshall, 5/7/16 Hit a walk-off home run (run-rule) Shannon Plese, UTSA, 5/5/19 Had a walk-off hit Shannon Plese, 5/5/19 (HR) Swept a conference home series UTSA, 5/4-5/19 Swept a conference road series at MTSU, 4/22-23 /19 Was swept in a conference home series vs. FAU, 3/18-19/17 Was swept in a conference road series vs. LA Tech, 4/27-28/18

6 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball RECORD WHEN...

TEAM RECORD BY... RECORD WHEN TEAM SCORES

LOCATION STARTERS RUNS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Overall...... 0-0 WKU Throws RHP...... 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Home...... 0-0 WKU Throws LHP...... 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Away...... 0-0 Opp. Throws RHP...... 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Neutral...... 0-0 Opp. Throws LHP...... 0-0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Kentucky...... 0-0 WKU SP Goes 5+...... 0-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Tennessee...... 0-0 WKU SP Goes <5...... 0-0 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Other States...... 0-0 Opp. SP Goes 5+...... 0-0 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 OPPONENT Opp. SP Goes <5...... 0-0 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Conference USA...... 0-0 RUNS 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference...... 0-0 WKU Scores 1st...... 0-0 10+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. Ranked Teams...... 0-0 Opp. Scores 1st...... 0-0 vs. RV Teams...... 0-0 WKU Scores in 1st...... 0-0 TIME Opp. Scores in 1st...... 0-0 Day Games...... 0-0 HITS WKU RECORD AFTER INNINGS Night Games (5 pm & later)...... 0-0 WKU Has More...... 0-0 DAY Opp. Has More...... 0-0 INNINGS LEADING TRAILING TIED Midweek...... 0-0 Hits Are Even...... 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Friday...... 0-0 ERRORS 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 Saturday...... 0-0 WKU Commits 0...... 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 Sunday...... 0-0 WKU Commits 1...... 0-0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 MONTH WKU Commits 2+...... 0-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 February...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 0...... 0-0 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 March...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 1...... 0-0 April...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 2+...... 0-0 May...... 0-0 HOMERUNS MISC. WKU Hits 0...... 0-0 SCORE BY INNINGS 1-Run Games...... 0-0 WKU Hits 1...... 0-0 2-Run Games...... 0-0 WKU Hits 2+...... 0-0 INNINGS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA Shortened Games...... 0-0 Opp. Hits 0...... 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Extra Innings...... 0-0 Opp. Hits 1...... 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Shutouts...... 0-0 Opp. Hits 2+...... 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Series Sweeps...... 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 EX 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 0

2019 Conference USA Standings C-USA Pct. Overall Pct. Last 10 Streak North Texas (W) 19-5 .792 35-19 .648 6-4 L1 LA Tech (W) 19-5 .792 45-16 .738 7-3 L1 WKU (E) 18-6 .850 37-13 .740 6-4 L1 Marshall (E) 17-7 .708 42-22 .656 6-4 L2 Southern Miss (W) 13-11 .542 30-22 .577 4-6 L3 Middle Tennessee (E) 11-13 .458 29-30 .492 4-6 L4 UTEP (W) 10-14 .417 17-33 .340 6-4 L1 UTSA (W) 8-16 .333 21-31 .404 4-6 L1 UAB (W) 8-16 .333 19-31 .380 4-6 W3 FIU (E) 7-16 .304 26-25 .510 4-6 L1 Florida Atlantic (E) 7-17 .292 20-30 .400 3-7 L3 Charlotte (E) 6-17 .261 15-35 .300 3-7 L5

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 7 ANALYSIS STATS

SEASON/CAREER HITTING STAT TRACKER HOME RUN TRACKER NO. PLAYER GAME-DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS SCORE FINAL CAREER MULTI-HIT GAMES 2020/CAREER PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER Thomas 0/22 0/3 0 0 25 Carter 0/17 0/5 0 0 22 Bowlds 0/13 0/5 0/1 0 19 Smith 0/16 0/3 0 0 19 Sullivan 0/11 0/1 0 0 12 McElroy 0/10 0 0 0 10 Valencia 0/3 0/2 0 0 5 Davis 0/2 0 0 0 2

CAREER MULTI-RBI GAMES 2020/CAREER PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER Smith 0/11 0/6 0/2 0 19 Carter 0/9 0/4 0/2 0 15 Sullivan 0/8 0/1 0 0 9 McElroy 0/6 0 0 0 6 Thomas 0/2 0/1 0/2 0 5 Bowlds 0/3 0/1 0 0 4 Nunn 0 0/1 0 0 1 Valencia 0/1 0 0 0 1

CAREER HOMERUNS PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Smith - 5 12 0 17 Thomas - 6 7 0 13 Carter 2 5 4 0 11 Sullivan - - 4 0 4 Bowlds - 0 1 0 1 Nunn - 1 - 0 1 Valencia - - 1 0 1

STREAK TRACKERS

CAREER HITTING STREAKS REACHED BASE STREAK PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT Smith 10 - 0 Thomas 15 - 7 Thomas 9 - 0 Carter 13 - 0 Carter 8 - 0 Smith 10 - 1 Bowlds 6 - 0 Bowlds 7 - 5 McElroy 5 - 1 Davis 6 - 0 Sullivan 4 - 1 Valencia 6 - 0 Davis 3 - 0 McElroy 5 - 0 Valencia 3 - 2 Sullivan 4 - 0 Ridge 2 - 0 Aikey 2 - 0 Aikey 1 - 0 Nunn 2 - 0 Nunn 1 - 0 Ridge 2 - 0

8 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball ANALYSIS STATS

WALK-OFF TRACKER 2019 WKU INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE - Min. 10 AB NO. BATTER GAME/DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS RESULT SCORE FINAL .342 Shannon Plese SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Min. 10 AB .650 Kendall Smith ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Min. 10 Plate Appearances .453 Jordan Vorbrink COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN TRACKER RUNS SCORED NO. GAME/DATE OPPONENT DEFICIT INNING TYING HIT (score) GO-AHEAD HIT (score) FINAL 38 Shannon Plese

HITS 52 Shannon Plese RUNS BATTED IN 46 Kendall Smith DOUBLES 11 K. Sullivan & S. Plese TRIPLES 2 J. Thomas & S. Plese HOME RUNS 12 Kendall Smith BATTING ANALYSIS TOTAL BASES LEADOFF BASES EMPTY 1-2 RUNNERS BASES LOADED RISP 2 OUTS 2-OUT RBI 91 Kendall Smith PLAYER H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG # WALKS Aikey 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 23 Kendall Smith Bowlds 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Carter 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 HIT BY PITCH Crowder 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 4 Jordan Vorbrink Davis 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Gardner 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 SACRIFICE HITS Hage 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 10 Paige Carter Harris 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 McElroy 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 SACRIFICE FLIES Murphy 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 7 Kennedy Sullivan Nunn 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Rider 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 STOLEN BASES Ridge 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 19 Shannon Plese Sanders 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Smith 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Sullivan 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Thomas 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Trgo 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Valencia 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 Webster 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0

2019 RETURNING STARTERS SUMMARY POSITION BATTING ORDER PLAYER GS P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH FLEX SMITH 50 - 50 ------7 39 - 1 3 - - - MCELROY 50 - - - - - 50 ------2 11 22 1 15 THOMAS 50 - - - 50 ------47 1 2 ------SULLIVAN 48 21 ------29 - - 2 4 26 8 6 - 1 1 BOWLDS 45 - - 44 - - - - - 1 - - 7 - - - - 3 8 26 1 CARTER 36 ------1 - 27 8 1 17 2 1 1 8 5 - 1 - AIKEY 20 20 ------20 DAVIS 20 ------14 - 6 - - 2 - - - - - 8 10 - NUNN 9 9 ------9 RIDGE 2 ------1 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - -

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 9 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

Date Team P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP Record Feb. 7 vs. Lipscomb Feb. 7 vs. Col. of Charleston Feb. 8 vs. North Florida Feb. 8 at Troy Feb. 9 vs. North Florida Feb. 14 vs. Ohio Feb. 14 at Chattanooga Feb. 15 vs. Tennessee Tech Feb. 15 vs. Lipscomb Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green Feb. 21 Green Bay Feb. 21 Indiana State Feb. 22 Ball State Feb. 22 TBD Feb. 23 TBD Feb. 28 IUPUI Feb. 28 Illinois State Feb. 29 Austin Peay Feb. 29 TBD Mar. 1 TBD Mar. 4 Belmont Mar. 6 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 7 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 10 at UT Arlington Mar. 13 at North Texas* Mar. 14 at North Texas* Mar. 15 at North Texas* Mar. 18 Tennessee Tech Mar. 20 Marshall* Mar. 21 Marshall* Mar. 22 Marshall* Mar. 25 Kentucky Mar. 27 FIU* Mar. 28 FIU* Mar. 29 FIU* Apr. 1 Lipscomb Apr. 3 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 8 Eastern Kentucky Apr. 17 at UTSA* Apr. 18 at UTSA* Apr. 19 at UTSA* Apr. 24 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 25 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 26 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 28 at Evansville May 1 at Charlotte* May 2 at Charlotte* May 3 at Charlotte*

10 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU LINE SCORES GAME 1 | Troy, Ala. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 2 | Troy, Ala. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 3 | Troy, Ala. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 4 | Troy, Ala. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 5 | Troy, Ala. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 6 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 7 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 8 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 9 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 10 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 11 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 12 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 13 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 14 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 15 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 11 2019 WKU SEASON STATS 2019 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of May 08, 2019) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 37-13 Home: 18-3 Away: 11-7 Neutral: 8-3 C-USA: 18-6

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 3 PLESE, Shannon . 3 4 2 50-50 152 38 52 11 2 7 34 88 . 5 7 9 18 3 18 1 . 4 2 2 0 0 19-23 57 1 2 . 9 6 7 28 BOWLDS, Maddie . 3 3 9 46-45 109 18 37 2 1 1 15 44 . 4 0 4 10 2 11 0 . 4 0 5 0 0 7-10 224 10 0 1.000 11 VORBRINK, Jordan . 3 3 9 46-45 115 19 39 8 0 2 14 53 . 4 6 1 20 4 17 0 . 4 5 3 0 4 6-6 60 3 2 . 9 6 9 16 STOWERS, Tommi . 3 2 4 20-9 37 8 12 7 0 1 10 22 . 5 9 5 3 0 7 0 . 3 6 6 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 SMITH, Kendall . 3 2 1 50-50 140 32 45 8 1 12 46 91 . 6 5 0 23 3 23 0 . 4 2 3 2 0 5-8 406 29 4 . 9 9 1 1 THOMAS, Jordan . 2 9 1 50-50 158 34 46 10 2 7 29 81 . 5 1 3 21 1 28 0 . 3 7 6 1 0 9-10 76 37 4 . 9 6 6 4 SULLIVAN, Kennedy . 2 8 1 48-48 135 22 38 11 0 4 30 61 . 4 5 2 6 0 13 2 . 2 9 7 7 4 1-1 7 19 0 1.000 26 CARTER, Paige . 2 8 0 44-36 100 21 28 3 0 4 19 43 . 4 3 0 10 2 12 1 . 3 5 1 2 10 5-6 17 1 0 1.000 7 ENGELHARDT, Rebekah . 2 6 7 50-50 135 34 36 4 1 8 20 66 . 4 8 9 17 2 18 1 . 3 5 0 3 3 16-19 39 86 8 . 9 4 0 6 DAVIS, Taylor . 2 6 3 32-20 57 12 15 0 0 0 4 15 . 2 6 3 4 0 1 0 . 3 1 1 0 3 8-9 21 0 0 1.000 20 TOWERS, Haylee . 2 5 0 7-3 12 0 3 1 0 0 2 4 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 1 2-3 9 0 0 1.000 15 McGUFFIN, Kelsey . 2 0 0 31-8 30 10 6 3 0 3 3 18 . 6 0 0 2 2 13 0 . 2 9 4 0 0 3-3 10 0 0 1.000 23 McELROY, Morgan . 1 7 5 50-50 80 11 14 1 1 0 7 17 . 2 1 3 2 2 6 0 . 2 1 2 1 4 3-3 51 64 11 . 9 1 3 9 RIDGE, Jordan . 1 5 4 20-2 13 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 . 1 5 4 1 0 7 0 . 2 1 4 0 1 3-3 2 1 0 1.000 22 MURPHY, Macy . 0 0 0 8-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 12 AIKEY, Kelsey . 0 0 0 36-21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 2 11 2 . 8 6 7 24 BLACKFORD, Cassidy . 0 0 0 13-0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 10 NUNN, Shelby . 0 0 0 24-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 14 0 1.000 Totals . 2 9 1 50 1282 270 373 69 8 49 235 605 . 4 7 2 137 21 176 5 . 3 6 4 17 31 90-108 983 276 33 . 9 7 4 Opponents . 2 0 4 50 1208 142 246 41 5 26 129 375 . 3 1 0 197 18 404 2 . 3 2 3 5 22 36-44 945 391 75 . 9 4 7

LOB - Team (274), Opp (325). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (16). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), SMITH,K. 2, Opp (3). Picked off - SULLIVAN,K. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 24 BLACKFORD, Cassidy 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 AIKEY, Kelsey 2 . 1 5 14-9 36 20 8 4/4 6 133.1 89 47 41 79 184 10 2 13 . 1 8 5 21 6 0 2 12 10 NUNN, Shelby 2 . 8 1 7-0 24 9 2 1/4 3 67.1 65 35 27 22 54 11 2 5 . 2 3 9 4 1 0 0 3 4 SULLIVAN, Kennedy 3 . 1 4 16-4 26 21 9 4/0 1 124.2 89 58 56 93 165 19 1 8 . 2 0 0 9 11 0 3 7 20 TOWERS, Haylee 10.50 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 . 4 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 . 6 9 37-13 50 50 19 13/4 10 327.2 246 142 126 197 404 41 5 26 . 2 0 4 34 18 0 5 22 Opponents 4 . 4 7 13-37 50 50 19 3/0 1 315.0 373 270 201 137 176 69 8 49 . 2 9 1 32 21 0 17 31

PB - Team (5), SMITH,K. 5, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (1), SMITH,K. 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - SMITH,K. (36-44), SULLIVAN,K. (14-18), AIKEY,K. (14-17), NUNN,S. (8-9).

12 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2019 WKU C-USA ONLY STATS

2019 WKU Softball Conference statistics for WKU (as of May 05, 2019) (C-USA games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 18-6 Home: 11-1 Away: 7-5 C-USA: 18-6

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 28 BOWLDS, Maddie . 4 1 8 23-22 55 10 23 0 1 0 7 25 . 4 5 5 6 2 3 0 . 4 9 2 0 0 4-5 121 6 0 1.000 11 VORBRINK, Jordan . 3 9 3 23-22 56 9 22 6 0 2 8 34 . 6 0 7 14 2 4 0 . 5 2 8 0 1 4-4 21 2 0 1.000 3 PLESE, Shannon . 3 8 4 24-24 73 17 28 6 0 5 20 49 . 6 7 1 11 0 10 1 . 4 6 4 0 0 8-10 36 0 1 .9 7 3 4 SULLIVAN, Kennedy . 3 6 6 24-24 71 17 26 8 0 4 20 46 . 6 4 8 5 0 7 2 . 3 9 2 3 3 1-1 3 9 0 1.000 2 SMITH, Kendall . 3 3 8 24-24 65 16 22 4 0 7 27 47 . 7 2 3 16 1 9 0 . 4 7 6 0 0 2-3 160 15 3 .9 8 3 15 McGUFFIN, Kelsey . 3 3 3 16-3 15 5 5 3 0 2 2 14 . 9 3 3 2 2 6 0 . 4 7 4 0 0 2-2 8 0 0 1.000 1 THOMAS, Jordan . 2 8 2 24-24 78 22 22 5 0 4 13 39 . 5 0 0 11 1 10 0 . 3 7 8 0 0 4-5 39 20 4 .9 3 7 6 DAVIS, Taylor . 2 8 0 15-8 25 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 . 2 8 0 4 0 1 0 . 3 7 9 0 0 7-8 11 0 0 1.000 26 CARTER, Paige . 2 6 9 21-19 52 10 14 2 0 2 8 22 . 4 2 3 6 1 5 1 . 3 5 6 0 6 2-2 9 1 0 1.000 7 ENGELHARDT, Rebekah . 2 3 2 24-24 69 13 16 3 0 3 11 28 . 4 0 6 4 1 13 1 . 2 7 6 2 2 4-4 22 45 5 .9 3 1 20 TOWERS, Haylee . 2 2 2 4-3 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 . 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 . 2 2 2 0 1 1-1 6 0 0 1.000 23 McELROY, Morgan . 1 6 7 24-24 36 3 6 1 0 0 5 7 . 1 9 4 1 1 1 0 . 2 0 5 1 3 0-0 28 35 3 .9 5 5 16 STOWERS, Tommi . 1 6 7 9-2 12 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 . 1 5 4 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 12 AIKEY, Kelsey . 0 0 0 18-10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 1 .6 6 7 9 RIDGE, Jordan . 0 0 0 9-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 22 MURPHY, Macy . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 24 BLACKFORD, Cassidy . 0 0 0 9-0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 .0 0 0 10 NUNN, Shelby . 0 0 0 12-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 5 0 1.000 Totals .3 1 5 24 620 138 195 39 1 29 124 323 .5 2 1 80 11 73 5 .3 9 8 7 16 41-47 467 139 17 .9 7 3 Opponents .2 1 7 24 577 73 125 23 3 12 66 190 .3 2 9 96 12 161 1 .3 3 8 4 16 16-19 453 185 33 .9 5 1

LOB - Team (143), Opp (165). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (12). IBB - Team (2), SMITH,K. 2, Opp (3).

(C-USA games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 24 BLACKFORD, Cassidy 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 AIKEY, Kelsey 2 . 2 6 9-4 18 9 4 2/3 2 68.0 45 23 22 44 93 7 2 6 . 1 8 5 11 3 0 1 8 4 SULLIVAN, Kennedy 3 . 3 3 5-2 11 9 3 1/0 1 48.1 37 24 23 37 42 8 0 1 . 2 1 6 4 8 0 3 5 10 NUNN, Shelby 3 . 8 3 4-0 12 6 1 0/3 0 38.1 43 26 21 14 26 8 1 5 . 2 6 9 3 1 0 0 3 Totals 2 . 9 7 18-6 24 24 8 6/3 3 155.2 125 73 66 96 161 23 3 12 . 2 1 7 18 12 0 4 16 Opponents 5 . 0 1 6-18 24 24 11 1/0 1 151.0 195 138 108 80 73 39 1 29 . 3 1 5 10 11 0 7 16

PB - Team (3), SMITH,K. 3, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - SMITH,K. (16-19), AIKEY,K. (8-9), NUNN,S. (5-6), SULLIVAN,K. (3-4).

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 13 2019 WKU TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2019 WKU Softball Team Game-by-Game for WKU (as of Jun 28, 2019) Batting (All games)

Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr tb bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e lob avg Feb 08 vs Missouri State 23 8 7 4 0 0 1 10 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 15 1 0 5 .3 0 4 Feb 08 vs Auburn 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 3 2 3 .2 2 0 Feb 09 vs Florida A&M 21 4 4 4 1 0 0 5 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 21 5 1 6 .2 1 0 Feb 09 vs Tennessee State 22 5 6 5 2 0 2 14 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 21 4 1 2 .2 2 6 Feb 10 vs South Alabama 28 7 7 6 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 21 3 0 1 .2 3 2 Feb 16 WESTERN ILLINOIS 25 5 8 5 0 2 1 15 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 21 8 1 5 .2 4 8 Feb 16 WESTERN ILLINOIS 29 1 7 1 1 0 1 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 8 0 8 .2 4 7 Feb 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS 25 7 7 5 2 1 0 11 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 21 8 0 6 .2 5 1 Feb 24 BUTLER 25 3 8 3 0 0 1 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 4 0 4 .2 5 9 Feb 24 CLEVELAND STATE 29 10 10 8 2 1 0 14 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 21 8 1 7 .2 6 9 Feb 25 CLEVELAND STATE 24 8 11 8 2 1 2 21 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 18 7 2 4 .2 8 6 Feb 25 INDIANA STATE 29 9 10 9 2 0 2 18 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 21 4 1 7 .2 9 2 Mar 01 vs Evansville 26 8 9 5 2 0 0 11 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 15 1 0 10 .2 9 6 Mar 02 vs Jackson State 20 4 4 3 2 0 0 6 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 21 9 1 2 .2 9 1 Mar 02 at Samford 28 8 11 7 3 0 1 17 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 3 21 2 2 7 .2 9 8 Mar 08 vs Wright State 27 6 6 5 1 0 0 7 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 21 6 0 8 .2 9 3 Mar 08 vs Saint Louis 26 10 12 7 1 0 0 13 1 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 15 3 0 4 .3 0 4 Mar 09 at Kennesaw State 25 1 5 1 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 20 2 1 8 .2 9 8 Mar 09 vs Wright State 26 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 18 6 0 5 .2 9 0 Mar 13 at Lipscomb 33 7 11 6 4 0 2 21 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 18 2 1 7 .2 9 3 *Mar 16 at FIU 30 6 12 6 4 0 0 16 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 21 4 0 9 .2 9 9 *Mar 16 at FIU 27 4 7 4 1 0 0 8 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 21 11 0 7 .2 9 7 *Mar 17 at FIU 27 5 6 4 3 0 1 12 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 21 4 0 5 .2 9 3 Mar 20 at Eastern Kentucky 26 6 8 6 1 1 1 14 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 21 5 0 4 .2 9 4 *Mar 23 CHARLOTTE 21 11 9 10 2 0 2 17 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 3 0 5 .2 9 8 *Mar 23 CHARLOTTE 23 5 8 5 2 0 1 13 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 21 8 1 5 .3 0 0 *Mar 24 CHARLOTTE 24 3 6 2 0 0 1 9 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 9 3 6 .2 9 8 Mar 26 at Kentucky 27 4 4 4 0 0 3 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 6 0 5 .2 9 3 *Mar 30 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 29 10 14 10 3 1 2 25 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 21 8 1 7 .3 0 0 *Mar 30 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 21 2 6 2 1 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 21 6 0 5 .3 0 0 *Mar 31 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 23 10 10 6 2 0 1 15 7 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 18 5 2 7 .3 0 4 Apr 03 LOUISVILLE 26 2 4 1 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 9 2 4 .2 9 9 *Apr 06 at Marshall University 21 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 17 8 1 5 .2 9 4 *Apr 06 at Marshall University 29 7 8 6 0 0 2 14 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 21 8 0 5 .2 9 3 *Apr 07 at Marshall University 33 7 12 7 3 0 1 18 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 21 4 2 10 .2 9 6 *Apr 13 NORTH TEXAS 26 2 6 2 2 0 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 3 1 4 .2 9 4 *Apr 13 NORTH TEXAS 23 3 8 3 2 0 1 13 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 21 13 0 7 .2 9 5 *Apr 14 NORTH TEXAS 24 8 8 8 1 0 3 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 3 0 5 .2 9 6 Apr 17 at Tennessee Tech 31 4 6 4 1 1 1 12 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 27 12 0 3 .2 9 3 *Apr 22 at Middle Tennessee 24 8 8 8 1 0 2 15 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 6 1 3 .2 9 4 *Apr 22 at Middle Tennessee 27 14 12 14 3 0 4 27 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 15 7 0 5 .2 9 8 *Apr 23 at Middle Tennessee 40 6 9 5 2 0 1 14 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 33 12 3 11 .2 9 5 *Apr 27 at LA Tech 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 4 0 2 .2 9 2 *Apr 27 at LA Tech 27 1 8 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 18 3 0 8 .2 9 2 *Apr 28 at LA Tech 26 1 5 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 18 4 1 7 .2 8 9 May 01 MURRAY STATE 23 4 6 4 0 0 1 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 21 5 0 2 .2 8 9 *May 04 UTSA 27 8 11 7 3 0 2 20 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 3 0 3 .2 9 1 *May 04 UTSA 27 4 10 4 0 0 0 10 1 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 21 3 1 7 .2 9 3 *May 05 UTSA 24 11 9 9 1 0 2 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 0 0 5 .2 9 5 May 08 vs Middle Tennessee 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 21 6 0 4 .2 9 1 Totals 1282 270 373 235 69 8 49 605 137 2 90 18 21 31 17 5 176 983 276 33 274 .2 9 1

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SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Jordan Thomas - - AT BATS MR, AT FAU (4-28-18) 5 junior - - RUNS MR, UTSA (5-4-19) 3 • - - HITS 3X, MR VS. FAU (3-31-19) 3 utility - - DOUBLES 26X, MR UTSA (5-5-19) 1 • - - TRIPLES 5X, MR EKU (3-20-19) 1 • lebanon, ky. - - HOME RUNS 13X, MR NORTH TEXAS (4-14-19) 1 - - RBI 2X, MR AT FAU (4-28-18) 4 1 • bats L / throws L - - WALKS/HBP 12, MR MARSHALL (4-7-19) 2 - - STOLEN BASES 3X, MR SAINT LOUIS (3-8-19) 2

THOMAS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .317 54-54 161 42 51 16 3 6 27 91 .565 40 2 37 2 .454 2 2 6-8 70 2 3 .960 2019 .291 50-50 158 34 46 10 2 7 29 81 .513 21 1 28 0 .376 1 0 9-10 76 37 4 .966 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .304 104-104 319 76 97 26 5 13 56 172 .539 61 3 65 2 .417 3 2 15-18 146 39 7 .964

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kendall Smith - - AT BATS MR, MARSHALL (4-7-19) 5 - - RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 • junior - - HITS MR, MTSU (4-22-19) 3 - - DOUBLES VS. TENNESSEE TECH (2-16-18) 2 • catcher - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-16-19) 1 bowling green ky - - HOME RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 2 • , . - - RBI MR, AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 2 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 3 - - STOLEN BASES MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 1

SMITH’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .240 54-54 146 33 35 10 0 5 22 60 .411 21 4 34 1 .345 3 4 4-4 252 28 9 .969 2019 .321 50-50 140 32 45 8 1 12 46 91 .650 23 3 23 0 .423 2 0 5-8 406 29 4 .991 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .280 104-104 286 65 80 18 1 17 68 151 .528 44 7 57 1 .383 5 4 9-12 658 57 13 .982

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. TJ Webster - - AT BATS SAME - - RUNS SAME • freshman - - HITS SAME - - DOUBLES SAME • infield - - TRIPLES SAME huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 3 • bats L / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME WEBSTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 15 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kennedy Sullivan - - AT BATS MTSU (4-23-19) 6 - - RUNS MTSU (4-22-19) 3 • sophomore - - HITS FAU (3-30) 3 - - DOUBLES FAU (3-30) 2 • pitcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - georgetown ky - - HOME RUNS UTSA (5-4) 1 • , . - - RBI CLEVELAND ST. (2-24) 3 4 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR, UTSA (5-5 1 - - STOLEN BASES FIU (3-16) 1 - - IP MR, MARSHALL (4-6) 7.0 - - FEWEST HITS EVANSVILLE (3-1) 0 - - FEWEST ER FAU (3-30) 0 - - STRIKEOUTS SAMFORD (3-2) 17 SULLIVAN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .281 48-48 135 22 38 11 0 4 30 61 .452 6 0 13 2 .297 7 4 1-1 7 19 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .281 48-48 135 22 38 11 0 4 30 61 .452 6 0 13 2 .297 7 4 1-1 7 19 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2019 3.14 16-4 26 21 9 4/0 1 124.2 89 58 56 93 165 19 1 8 560 .200 9 11 0 3 7 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 3.14 16-4 26 21 9 4/0 1 124.2 89 58 56 93 165 19 1 8 560 .200 9 11 0 3 7

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Katie Gardner - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME • pitcher - - DOUBLES SAME bowling green ky - - IP SAME • , . - - FEWEST HITS SAME 5 • bats R / throws R - - FEWEST ER SAME - - STRIKEOUTS SAME GARDNER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2020 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Davis - - AT BATS MR, FIU (3-16) 4 - - RUNS CHARLOTTE (3-23) 2 • sophomore - - HITS MR, LIPSCOMB (3-13) 2 - - DOUBLES - - • outfield - - TRIPLES - - huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS - - • , . - - RBI 4X, MR LIPSCOMB (3-13) 1 6 • bats L / throws L - - WALKS/HBP MR UTSA (5-4) 1 - - STOLEN BASES MR, LA TECH (4-28) 1 DAVIS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .263 32-20 57 12 15 0 0 0 4 15 .263 4 0 1 0 .311 0 3 8-9 21 0 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .263 32-20 57 12 15 0 0 0 4 15 .263 4 0 1 0 .311 0 3 8-9 21 0 0 1.000 16 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Madeline Rider - - AT BATS SAME - - RUNS SAME • freshman - - HITS SAME - - DOUBLES SAME • utility - - TRIPLES SAME harrisburg ill - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 7 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME RIDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Jordan Ridge - - AT BATS CLEVELAND ST. (2-25) 3 - - RUNS 6X, MR UTSA (5-4) 1 • sophomore - - HITS 2X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-25) 1 - - DOUBLES SAME • utility - - TRIPLES SAME louisville ky - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI 2X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-24) 1 9 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP TENNESSEE ST. (2-9) 1 - - STOLEN BASES 3X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-25) 1 RIDGE’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .154 20-2 13 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 .154 1 0 7 0 .214 0 1 3-3 2 1 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .154 20-2 13 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 .154 1 0 7 0 .214 0 1 3-3 2 1 0 1.000

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Shelby Nunn - - AT BATS 2X, MR VS. MTSU (3-18-18) 2 - - RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • junior - - HITS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • bowling green, ky. - - RBI VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 3 - - WALKS/HBP 2X, MR VS. MTSU (3-18-18) 1 10 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - - - IP 5X, MR VS. NORTH TEXAS (4-13-19) 7.0 - - FEWEST HITS MR, KENTUCKY (3-26-19) 0 - - FEWEST ER 9X, MR KENTUCKY (3-26-19) 0 - - STRIKEOUTS VS. HAMPTON (2-10-18) 11 NUNN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .200 44-29 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .800 2 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 5 45 0 1.000 2019 - 24-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 1 14 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .200 68-38 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .800 2 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 6 59 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2018 3.55 15-15 44 27 10 2/0 3 177.1 212 117 90 36 104 46 2 11 794 .288 5 3 0 5 13 2019 2.81 7-0 24 9 2 1/4 3 67.1 65 35 22 22 54 11 2 5 298 .239 4 1 0 0 3 2020 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 3.35 22-15 68 36 12 3/4 6 244.2 277 152 117 58 158 57 4 16 1092 .275 9 4 0 5 16 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 17 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Brylee Hage - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME outfield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME nicholasville ky - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 11 • bats L / throws L - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME HAGE’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kelsey Aikey - - AT BATS LIPSCOMB (3-22-17) 3 - - RUNS - - • senior - - HITS AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS - - • cedar falls, iowa - - RBI AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - WALKS/HBP AAMU (3-16-17) 2 12 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - - - IP TENNESSEE TECH (4-17-19) 9.0 - - FEWEST HITS (5+ IP) VS. SACRED HEART (2-15-18) 0 - - FEWEST ER MR, NORTH TEXAS (4-14-19) 0 - - STRIKEOUTS MR, UTSA (5-4-19) 13 AIKEY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .083 27-9 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .083 3 0 5 0 .267 0 0 0-0 4 21 2 .926 2018 .000 39-19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 7 22 1 .967 2019 .000 36-20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0-0 2 11 2 .867 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .059 102-49 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .059 3 0 7 0 .200 0 1 0-0 13 54 5 .931 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2017 2.92 7-4 27 9 5 1/0 3 93.1 86 59 39 65 54 12 0 6 437 .244 19 8 1 3 9 2018 3.15 12-9 39 19 7 3/1 3 142.0 123 73 64 69 108 19 2 16 621 .234 15 8 0 5 14 2019 2.15 14-9 36 20 8 4/4 6 133.1 89 47 41 79 184 10 2 13 579 .185 21 6 0 2 12 2020 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 2.73 33-22 102 48 20 8/5 12 368.2 298 179 144 213 346 41 4 35 1637 .220 55 22 1 10 35

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Sanders - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME infield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME shelbyville tenn - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 15 • bats L / throws L - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME SANDERS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

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SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Carli Crowder - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME infield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME northport ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 17 • bats L / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME

CROWDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maggie Trgo - - AT BATS MR ANGELINA COL. (5-23-19) 4 junior - - RUNS MR SSCF (4-7-19) 3 • - - HITS MR ABAC (5-22-19) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES DSC (3-16-19) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR SCFMS (4-25-19) 1 lithia fla ol entral - - HOME RUNS MR WCCD (5-24-19) 1 • , . | C . C FL - - RBI ABAC (5-22-19) 4 20 • bats L / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR FSSC (5-4-19) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MR CHIPOLA COL. (5-3-19) 1 Juco stats are not counted in career stats TRGO’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .354 51-NA 99 28 35 9 1 0 25 46 .465 20 0 16 0 .451 3 0 7-7 43 3 0 1.000 2019 .438 63-NA 162 54 71 16 4 3 40 104 .642 25 1 14 0 .513 1 1 7-7 64 6 2 .972 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Macy Murphy - - AT BATS 5X, MR NORTH TEXAS (4-13) 1 - - RUNS SAME • sophomore - - HITS SAME - - DOUBLES SAME • infield - - TRIPLES SAME murfreesboro tenn - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 22 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME

MURPHY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .000 8-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .000 8-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 19 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Morgan McElroy - - AT BATS MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 5 senior - - RUNS AT UTEP (4-8-17) 3 • - - HITS MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 2 infield - - DOUBLES MR, AT LA TECH (4-28-19) 1 • - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-17-19) 1 madisonville ky - - HOME RUNS - - • , . - - RBI 6X, MR AT MTSU (4-23-19) 2 23 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR, VS. LIPSCOMB (5-3-18) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MR, WRIGHT ST. (3-9-19) 1 McELROY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .154 59-57 130 16 20 4 0 0 8 24 .185 14 6 26 0 .267 0 5 3-4 172 79 7 .973 2018 .204 49-47 113 15 23 0 0 0 16 23 .204 6 0 9 0 .242 1 8 1-1 90 69 7 .958 2019 .175 50-50 80 11 14 1 1 0 7 17 .213 2 2 6 0 .212 1 4 3-3 51 64 11 .913 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .176 158-154 323 42 57 5 1 0 31 64 .198 22 8 41 0 .245 2 17 7-8 313 212 25 .955

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Princess Valencia - - AT BATS MR SIUE (4-24-19) 4 - - RUNS MR MARSHALL (4-30-19) 1 • sophomore - - HITS MR TENN ST. (5-5-19) 3 - - DOUBLES MR TENN. ST. (5-5-19) 1 • catcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 • georgetown, ky. - - RBI TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 25 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR BELMONT (4-6-19) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MARSHALL (4-30-19) 1 VALENCIA’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .279 33-30 86 4 24 5 0 1 5 32 .372 9 1 7 0 .354 0 1 1-2 50 11 4 .938 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .279 33-30 86 4 24 5 0 1 5 32 .372 9 1 7 0 .354 0 1 1-2 50 11 4 .938

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Paige Carter - - AT BATS UAB (5-10-17) 6 senior - - RUNS VS. TENN. STATE (2-17-18) 3 • - - HITS MR, VS. INDIANA ST. (2-25-18) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES VS. INDIANA ST. (2-25-18) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR, VS. GREEN BAY (2-23-18) 1 crown point ind - - HOME RUNS MR, MTSU (4-23-19) 1 • , . - - RBI MR, VS. INDIANA ST. (2-24-18) 4 26 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP 4X, MR VS. SIUE (3-7-18) 2 - - STOLEN BASES 2X, MR LIPSCOMB (3-13-19) 2 CARTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .222 52-24 99 14 22 4 1 2 15 34 .343 14 3 23 0 .333 1 1 3-4 23 1 3 .889 2018 .327 52-49 150 27 49 6 2 5 35 74 .493 19 2 23 1 .407 1 7 11-13 9 2 2 .846 2019 .280 44-36 100 21 28 3 0 4 19 43 .430 10 2 12 1 .351 2 10 5-6 17 1 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .284 148-109 349 62 99 13 3 11 69 151 .433 43 7 58 2 .370 4 18 19-23 49 4 5 .914

20 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maddie Bowlds - - AT BATS AT UAB (4-14-18) 6 junior - - RUNS UTSA (5-5-19) 3 • - - HITS VS. HAMPTON (2-9-18) 4 infield - - DOUBLES 8X, MR LOUISVILLE (4-3-19) 1 • - - TRIPLES VS. FAU (3-30-19) 1 utica ky - - HOME RUNS MURRY ST (5-1-19) 1 • , . - - RBI MR, BUTLER (2-24-19) 2 28 • bats L /throws L - - WALKS/HBP VS. UTEP (4-7-18) 3 - - STOLEN BASES MR, UTSA (5-5-19) 1 BOWLDS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .303 50-50 155 22 47 6 3 0 13 59 .381 14 0 26 1 .361 0 13 8-12 360 10 7 .981 2019 .339 46-45 109 18 37 2 1 1 15 44 .404 10 2 11 0 .405 0 0 7-10 224 10 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .318 96-95 264 40 84 8 4 1 28 103 .390 24 2 37 1 .379 0 13 15-22 584 20 7 .989

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Madeline Harris - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME • pitcher - - DOUBLES SAME hoover ala - - IP SAME • , . - - FEWEST HITS SAME 44 • bats L / throws L - - FEWEST ER SAME - - STRIKEOUTS SAME HARRIS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2020 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0

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1 Jordan Thomas 2 Kendall Smith 3 TJ Webster 4 Kennedy Sullivan 5 Katie Gardner Junior | UTL | L/L Junior | C | R/R Freshman | IF | L/R Sophomore | P/OF | R/R Freshman | P | R/R Lebabon, Ky. Bowling Green, Ky. Huntsville, Ala. Georgetown, Ky. Bowling Green, Ky.

6 Taylor Davis 7 Madeline Rider 9 Jordan Ridge 10 Shelby Nunn 11 Brylee Hage Sophomore | OF | L/L Freshman | UTL | R/R Sophomore | UTL | R/R Junior | P | R/R Freshman | OF | L/L Huntsville, Ala. Harrisburg, Ill. Louisville, Ky. Bowling Green, Ky. Nicholasville, Ky.

12 Kelsey Aikey 15 Taylor Sanders 17 Carli Crowder 20 Maggie Trgo 22 Macy Murphy Senior | P | R/R Freshman | IF | R/R Freshman | IF | L/R Junior | OF | L/R Sophomore | IF | R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Shelbyville, Tenn. Northport, Ala. Lithia, Fla. | Col. Central FL Murfreesboro, Tenn.

23 Morgan McElroy 25 Princess Valencia 26 Paige Carter 28 Maddie Bowlds 44 Madeline Harris Senior | IF | R/R Sophomore | C/OF | R/R Senior | UTL | R/R Junior | IF | L/L Freshman | P | L/L Madisonville, Ky. Georgetown, Ky. | Morehead St Crown Point, Ind. Utica, Ky. Hoover, Ala.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

Games 1 & 2 PDF box score attached. Photos of Coach Tudor attached – please credit WKU Athletics.

TOPS SPLIT OPENING DAY; TUDOR EARNS 400TH CAREER WIN

TROY, Ala. – WKU Softball (1-1) split the opening day of the Trojan Classic from Troy, Ala., to kick off the 2020 season as head coach Amy Tudor collected her 400th career victory. To open the day, the Red and White dropped a 3-2 decision to Lipscomb (1-0) before turning around and taking down College of Charleston (0-1) by a 7-3 decision.

“I thought we hit the ball well; we delivered base hits while also playing good small ball,” head coach Amy Tudor said of her squad’s opening day. “I felt like we were really strong in the circle; Kelsey Aikey and Shelby Nunn both threw really well. They were both composed on the mound.”

“I’m thankful for all of the players and coaches that have been a part of these 400 wins with me,” Tudor shared. “I can still remember the first one. I’m just really happy to see the team get a win today.”

GAME 1: LIPSCOMB 3, WKU 2

WKU and Lipscomb met for the first of three scheduled games to open the 2020 campaign Friday morning from Troy, Ala. The Hilltoppers struck for both of their runs in the top of the second inning. Kendall Smith led off the frame with a walk before Kennedy Sullivan connected for one of her two base hits of the day. With two outs, Taylor Sanders drew a walk to load the bases before Taylor Davis delivered a two-RBI double.

After drawing the start, Kelsey Aikey worked a no-hitter through the first 12 batters of the game before Lipscomb broke into the hits and runs column with a base hit following a dropped fly ball. The senior would respond with two strikeouts to keep WKU in the lead, 2-1.

Paige Carter and Sullivan struck for back-to-back singles with two away in the top of the fifth but would end up stranded on base. The Bisons opened the bottom of the inning with a single. Aikey collected her eighth strikeout on the following batter before Lipscomb would add its third hit of the day. At that point, Shelby Nunn took over in the circle for Aikey and Lipscomb would strike twice to take the lead before WKU would turn two to get out of the frame.

Looking to answer, the Red and White registered three-straight singles to open the sixth inning from Taylor Sanders, Taylor Davis and Jordan Thomas. The trio would end up stranded, bringing WKU’s total to 11 on the game.

Davis finished 3-for-3 at the plate with WKU’s lone extra-base hit. Sullivan would end up 2-for-4 while Sanders went 2-for-2.

WKU out-hit Lipscomb 11-5 in the contest and owned four errors to LU’s one.

The last time WKU lost a season-opener was the 2012 season.

GAME 2: WKU 7, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 3

Game two saw WKU strike first again, as a bases-loaded ball hit by Maddie Bowlds resulted in a College of Charleston fielding error that allowed Thomas to walk after she led off the second game of the day with a free base.

CofC would even the contest in the top of the fourth after a series of three-consecutive singles. The Hilltoppers would answer right back in the bottom of frame. Davis drew a walk and stole second before Carli Crowder drew a pinch-hit walk. Thomas stepped into the box and sent a double to left field to put WKU back on top, 2-1. Next up, Carter delivered WKU’s first home run of the season in the form of a three-run shot over the left field fence for a 5-1 advantage.

In the bottom of the fifth, WKU would add two more runs. Sanders got things started with a single before stealing second and would move to third on a sac bunt by Maddie Bowlds. Davis followed with a squeeze that allowed Sanders to slide home safely. Two batters later, TJ Webster reached on an infield single before a double steal brought Davis home for a 7-1 lead.

College of Charleston would add two more runs in its final trip to the plate to cut the final score to 7-3.

Shelby Nunn earned the win in the circle before giving way to Katie Gardner for the final inning. The Tops out-hit the Cougars 7-6.

Next game: WKU will be back in action on Saturday with a 9 a.m. CT tilt against North Florida before closing the day against weekend-host Troy at 2 p.m. The game against the Trojans will be streamed for free on Facebook Live.

2020 Troy Softball College of Charlesto vs Western Kentucky Feb 07, 2020 at Troy, Ala. (Troy Softball Comple)

College of Charlesto 3 (0-1) Western Kentucky 7 (1-1)

Player ab r h rbi Player ab r h rbi Vicary, Brittany lf 4000 Jordan Thomas cf 2211 Carter, Jenna ss 3120 Paige Carter lf 4113 Helberg, Jenna dp/rf 3010 Kendall Smith c 4010 Wade, Payton rf 0000 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4010 Sparkman, Chandler p/dp 2011 Brylee Hage rf 0000 Miller, Riley pr 0000 Taylor Sanders 3b/ss 2110 Vicary, Alondra pr 0100 Maddie Bowlds 1b 2000 Dominguez, Noel 3b 2100 Taylor Davis dp 2211 Emanuel, Lexee c 3000 Morgan McElroy 2b 1000 Thrasher, Gracyn 1b 3012 Carli Crowder ph/3b 1100 Inman, Dexlie 2b 3000 TJ Webster ss/2b 3010 Felix, Yari cf 3010 Shelby Nunn p 0000 Gutierrez, Kayla rf 0000 Katie Gardner p 0000 Siegling, Drayton p 0000 Totals 25 7 7 5 Totals 26 3 6 3

Score by Innings 123 456 7 RH E College of Charlesto 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 361 Western Kentucky 1 0 0 4 2 0 X 772

E - Carter; Sullivan, K.(1); Sanders, T.(1). DP - WKU 1. LOB - COFC 4; WKU 6. 2B - Thomas, J.(1); Smith, K.(1). HR - Carter, P.(1). SH - Bowlds, M.(1). SB - Sanders, T.(1); Davis, T. 3(3); Webster, TJ(1). Strikeouts - Helberg; Sparkman; Dominguez; Emanuel; Thrasher; Inman; Felix 2; Thomas, J.; Carter, P.; Smith, K.; Sanders, T.; Bowlds, M.. Walks - Sparkman; Dominguez; Thomas, J. 2; Sanders, T.; Davis, T.; Crowder, C..

College of Charlesto ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb sfa sha cia ab bf fo go np Sparkman, Chandler L,0- 3.2 35453 0000000152044 87 Siegling, Drayton 2.1 42202 0000010101123 32

Western Kentucky ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb sfa sha cia ab bf fo go np Shelby Nunn W,1-0 6.0 51007 0000000212136 69 Katie Gardner 1.0 12221 1000000 57 02 33

WP - Gardner, K.. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Sparkman 87/47; Siegling 32/20; Nunn, S. 69/58; Gardner, K. 33/17. Umpires - HP: Mark Larson 1B: Frank Holcomb 3B: Donny Finlayson Start: 12:42 pm Time: 2:04 Attendance: 237 Weather: 45, Sunny, 12 WNW

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

Games 3 & 4 PDF box score attached. Season Stats: https://wkusports.com/sports/softball/stats/2020?path=softball

SENIORS SHINE AS WKU SOFTBALL SPLITS DAY TWO IN TROY

TROY, Ala. – WKU Softball split day two of the Trojan Classic, dropping a 3-1 decision to North Florida before handing Troy its first loss of the season with an extra-inning 3-2 win. In the circle, Kelsey Aikey matched her career-high with 13 strikeouts while earning the complete-game win. Paige Carter drove home the winning run in the top of the eighth and the Hilltopper defense remained in shutdown mode to lock down the Tops’ second win of the season.

“I’m proud of the team’s response after facing some tough challenges,” head coach Amy Tudor opened. “We were tested and exploited but tonight we were resilient. We got great contributions from the seniors; Kelsey Aikey was dominant in the circle while Morgan McElroy and Paige Carter both in the field and clutch at the plate. I’m proud of their leadership as well as the entire team’s effort.

Following two days of split results, WKU sits at 2-2 on the 2020 season. Sophomore Kennedy Sullivan would end up with two RBI for the Red and White on the day with one in each game.

GAME 3: NORTH FLORIDA 3, WKU 1

For the third time in as many games this season, WKU Softball scored first, as Kennedy Sullivan drove in the Red and White’s lone run in the bottom of the third. Jordan Thomas led the frame off with a walk before being replaced by Taylor Sanders on a fielder’s choice. Sullivan stepped into the box and sent a double to centerfield allowing Sanders to score from first for the 1-0 WKU advantage.

North Florida responded in the top of the next inning with three runs off two base hits and three walks. Shelby Nunn would take over for Sullivan in the circle during the frame and pitch the final 3.1 innings of the game while allowing just two hits. Sullivan (0-1) exited with four hits allowed, five strikeouts and eight walks.

Originally scheduled for a 9 a.m. first pitch, the game would begin at 10:08 and also included another rain delay nearly 40 minutes in length before WKU went to bat in the bottom of the fifth.

Sullivan, Paige Carter and Princess Valencia each recorded a hit for the Hilltoppers while North Florida finished with six in the contest.

Behind the plate, Kendall Smith threw out two of the three runners attempting to steal second base. She’s now thrown out three runners through four games on the season.

GAME 4: WKU 3, TROY 2 (8 INNINGS)

In WKU’s second game of the day, Troy struck first as the Trojans tallied a pair of runs in their opening trip to the plate. After back-to-back hits to lead off the game, Kelsey Aikey would strike out five of the next seven batters across the second frame as well.

Following a scoreless second inning, WKU saw Morgan McElroy lead off the third with a double while moving to third base on a single by TJ Webster. At the top of the order, Jordan Thomas sent a sacrifice fly to left field that cut the Tops’ deficit to 2-1 scoring McElroy. Two batters later, Sullivan delivered a double that brought home to knot the score at 2-2.

Troy would record its fourth and final hit off Aikey in the bottom of the third in the form of a single – it would be the Trojans last base runner until the international tiebreaker rule was implemented in the top of the eighth inning. With a stretch of five-straight strikeouts from Aikey, WKU would retire the final 17 Troy batters of the game.

Thomas started the eighth inning on second base for the Tops and advanced to third base on a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by Taylor Davis. Two batters later, Paige Carter sent a single to left field to bring the winning run home. Bowlds would follow with a single as well before Smith loaded the bases with a fielder’s choice before the inning came to an end.

In the bottom of the eighth, Aikey took care of the first out herself with her 13th strikeout of the game to match her career high. From there, Bowlds handled a foul ball before McElroy gloved the final out in shallow left field.

Picking up her first win of the season in the circle, Aikey recorded her third career extra-inning complete game win. The senior finished with 13 strikeouts against one walk while allowing four hits.

Bowlds finished 3-for-4 at the plate while McElroy had a 2-for-2 night in the box.

Next game: WKU close Opening Weekend play on Sunday with a rematch against North Florida. First pitch is slated for 10 a.m. CT. No stream will be available for that contest.

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WKU CLOSES TROJAN CLASSIC WITH 3-0 WIN OVER NORTH FLORIDA

TROY, Ala. – WKU Softball avenged its Saturday morning loss to North Florida with a 3-0 shutout win over the Ospreys in Sunday’s rematch. Shelby Nunn (2-0) earned her second win in the circle while Kelsey Aikey collected her first save of the season as the duo allowed just three total hits. At the plate, the Hilltopper bats delivered eight hits as the Red and White closed the weekend with a 3-2 record.

“I am proud of our response and toughness today,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “We were at the ballpark for 12 hours yesterday and came out today with the same level of focus. We did some good things this weekend, which we will build upon. Also, we did some things that are focus points for us this week. Finally, we’d like to give a big shout out to our fans that made the trek.”

In the second meeting with North Florida in as many days, Shelby Nunn drew the start and with the help of the WKU defense retired the first 10 UNF batters. The Ospreys would get their first runner on base in the bottom of the fourth but the Hilltoppers responded with a 6-4-3 double play to erase the runner and face the minimum through four frames.

With one out in the fifth, TJ Webster sent a double to left field before moving to third base on a Jordan Thomas single. From there, Maddie Bowlds delivered the perfect squeeze bunt allowing Webster to slide in safely and give the Tops what would ultimately be the winning run.

After recording the first two outs in the bottom of the fifth, WKU would commit a fielding error, which UNF followed up with a base hit before Nunn knocked down a liner and tossed to Bowlds at first to get the Red and White back to the dugout unscathed.

Paige Carter led off the top of the sixth with a base hit before Taylor Davis beat out a bunt for a single. Princess Valencia stepped into the box and executed a sacrifice bunt, moving both runners into scoring position. With two away, Morgan McElroy sent her second double of the season to left-center field, bringing home both WKU runners for a 3-0 advantage.

Aikey (1-1) would take over in the circle for the final two innings and allowed just one hit – a bunt single – as the Tops retired all six other batters to secure the 3-0 victory.

Nunn exited with a line of 5.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, two strikeouts and zero walks while in line for her second win of the weekend. Aikey completed the shutout as WKU held its first opponent scoreless on the season. The senior pitcher’s save was the 13th of her career as she continues to add to the school record she owns.

Kennedy Sullivan registered a multi-hit outing with a 2-for-4 day at the plate while six other Hilltoppers each contributed a hit.

Next game: With opening weekend in the books, WKU Softball will be back in action from Friday-Sunday, Feb. 14-16 at the Chatt Challenge in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Red and White are scheduled to play five games across the three-day event.

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CHATT CHALLENGE ON DECK FOR WKU SOFTBALL

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball is back in action this weekend at the Chatt Challenge from Chattanooga, Tenn. Weekend action will span Friday – Sunday as the Hilltoppers will face five different opponents including Ohio, Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Lipscomb and Bowling Green. Games will take place between the Mocs’ Frost Field and Warner Park – the complex next door.

After posting a 3-2 record last weekend and picking up wins over College of Charleston, Troy (host) and North Florida, WKU Softball will look to add to its current two-game win streak this weekend in Tennessee. With the Tops’ first win of the season, head coach Amy Tudor collected her 400th career victory with 185 coming at the helm of the Hilltopper program.

For fans planning to attend, an all-tournament admission pass is $25 while a single-day pass is $10.

WKU will kick off weekend action with a 10 a.m. CT game against Ohio on Friday from Field 2. The Bobcats enter the weekend still in search of their first win with a 0-5 record. Over opening weekend, Ohio suffered a pair of losses to Conference USA’s UAB along with No. 1/2 Washington, Furman and Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Last season, Ohio went 34-21. WKU leads the all-time series 3-0 over the Bobcats.

Friday afternoon WKU will face weekend host Chattanooga in a 3 p.m. tilt from Frost Field. Action will be streamed on ESPN3. UTC sits at 1-1 on the young 2020 season after splitting an opening weekend doubleheader against Austin Peay. WKU leads the all-time series 3-2 and is 3-1 in games played from Frost Field. The Mocs went 37-17 a season ago.

Day two action from the Chatt Challenge will feature tilts against Tennessee Tech and Lipscomb, respectively. WKU will open the day against Tennessee Tech on Field 2 with a first pitch slated for 10 a.m. TTU enters the weekend with a 4-1 record, suffering its lone loss to Tulsa while picking up victories over Mercer (host), Wright State twice and Dayton. The Golden Eagles went 18-27 last season, which included a 4-1 nine-inning setback to the Tops in Cookeville. WKU owns a 10-7 advantage in the all-time series. Game two of the day will pit WKU against Lipscomb for the second of three meetings between the squads this season. The Bisons came out on top in last weekend’s season opener, claiming a 3-2 decision from Troy, Ala., to now lead the series 16-15. Lipscomb enters the second weekend of play with a 2-1 record after having a couple games cancelled due to weather concerns.

WKU Softball will close weekend play with a 9 a.m. game against Bowling Green on Sunday from Field 1. The Falcons will be opening their season at this weekend’s Chatt Challenge after going 22-29 last season. The Red and White lead the all-time series with BGSU 4-3 and have claimed the lone neutral site meeting.

Indiana State and Marshall – two squads the Hilltoppers will face later on in the 2020 campaign – will also play in the Chatt Challenge this weekend.

2020 GAME NOTEs Est. 2000 | 3 Conference Championships 630 Victories | 2 NCAA Regional Berths

Schedule (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) CHATT CHALLENGE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) FRIDAY, FEB. 14 2020 Record: 0-5 FEBRUARY (0-0) WKU vs. Ohio | 10 a.m. CT Batting Avg: .216 Home Runs: 2 7 1-vs. Lipscomb Troy, Ala. L, 3-2 Field #2 Hits: 25 ERA: 7.85 1-vs. Col. of Charleston Troy, Ala. W, 7-3 Chattanooga, Tenn. Runs: 11 Strikeouts: 13 8 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. L, 3-1 1-at Troy Troy, Ala. W, 3-2 (8) 9 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. W, 3-0 FRIDAY, FEB. 14 2020 Record: 1-1 14 2-Ohio Chattanooga, Tenn. 10 a.m. WKU at Chattanooga | 3 p.m. Batting Avg: .333 Home Runs: 2 2-at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. 3 p.m. Frost Field Hits: 16 ERA: 2.92 15 2-Tennessee Tech Chattanooga, Tenn. 10 a.m. Chattanooga, Tenn. Runs: 10 Strikeouts: 12 2-Lipscomb Chattanooga, Tenn. 12:30 p.m. 16 2-Bowling Green Chattanooga, Tenn. 9 a.m. 21 3-Green Bay WKU Softball Field 3 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 15 2020 Record: 4-1 3-Indiana State WKU Softball Field 5:30 p.m. WKU vs. Tennessee Tech | 10 a.m. Batting Avg: .375 Home Runs: 9 22 3-Ball State WKU Softball Field 12:30 p.m. Field #2 Hits: 54 ERA: 6.30 3-1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 WKU Softball Field 3/5:30 p.m. Chattanooga, Tenn. Runs: 42 Strikeouts: 28 23 3-Consol./Champ. WKU Softball Field 11a./1:30 p. 28 4-IUPUI WKU Softball Field 3 p.m. 4-Illinois State WKU Softball Field 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 15 2020 Record: 2-1 29 4-Austin Peay WKU Softball Field 12:30 p.m. WKU vs. Lipscomb | 12:30 p.m. Batting Avg: .155 Home Runs: 0 4-1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 WKU Softball Field 3/5:30 p.m. Field #1 Hits: 11 ERA: 1.40 MARCH (0-0) Chattanooga, Tenn. Runs: 4 Strikeouts: 20 1 4-Consol./Champ. WKU Softball Field 11a./1:30 p. 4 Belmont WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 6 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. SUNDAY, FEB. 16 2019 Record: 22-29 7 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. WKU vs. Bowling Green | 9 a.m. Batting Avg: .270 Home Runs: 32 8 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. Field #1 Hits: 369 ERA: 3.69 10 at UT Arlington Arlington, Texas 6 p.m. Chattanooga, Tenn. Runs: 225 Strikeouts: 283 13 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 6 p.m. 14 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 2 p.m. 15 at North Texas* Denton, Texas Noon TOPPER NOTES 18 Tennessee Tech WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 400 CAREER WINS 20 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. With WKU Softball’s first win of the 2020 season, head coach Amy Tudor collected her 400th career win as a coach. Tudor, a 2002 21 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. WKU graduate is in her 16th season as a head coach and seventh on The Hill. Prior to her return to WKU, Tudor coached at IPFW 22 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. (2010-13), Belmont (2007-09) and Ohio Wesleyan (2005-06). 25 Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 27 FIU* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON POLL 28 FIU* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. WKU Softball has been predicted to finish second in the Conference USA Preseason Coach Poll. The Red and White received a pair 29 FIU* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. of first-place votes while earning their highest preseason ranking in their time in the league. Additionally, pitcher Kelsey Aikey APRIL (0-0) and catcher Kendall Smith were selected to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team. 1 Lipscomb WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 3 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 5 p.m. PICK YOUR POISON 4 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 4 p.m. Kelsey Aikey, Shelby Nunn and Kennedy Sullivan shined in the circle for the Hilltoppers in 2019. Across the squad’s 18-6 record 5 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 11 a.m. in league play, the Hilltopper staff turned heads. Together, Aikey, Nunn and Sullivan combined for a 2.94 ERA while also owning 8 Eastern Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. the top opposing batting average (.217) and the most strikeouts (161). Across the season, all three pitchers each posted seven or 17 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m. more wins and at least one save this season. 18 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. 19 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. Individually, Aikey posted the ninth-most saves of any pitcher in NCAA Division I (6), and her 9.7 strikeouts/7 innings average 24 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. was ninth-best while her 4.67 hits/7 innings sat 34th. Sullivan had the 17th-best strikeout/7 innings average at 9.3. With 184 25 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. strikeouts, Aikey ranked 51th in all of Division I. 26 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. 28 at Evansville Evansville, Ind. 6 p.m. Standing nearly alone, Aikey finished as 1-of-4 pitchers across the country with at least 14 wins and six saves on the season. MAY (0-0) 1 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 4 p.m. RANKED WINS 2 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. Noon Across the 20-year history of WKU Softball, the program has picked up 23 wins over a ranked opponent with the most recent 3 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 10 a.m. victory coming over No. 17 Kentucky. Prior to their March 26 win in Lexington, WKU’s previous win over a ranked squad was on 6-9 5-C-USA Tournament WKU Softball Field May 16, 2015 at No. 16 Georgia in the NCAA Regionals. The Hilltoppers’ 2019 win at UK was the first time the Red and White took HOW TO FOLLOW TOPPER NUMBERS Livestats links can be found at WKUSports.com on the team’s schedule and will be posted to WKU 11 49 99.75% Softball’s team social media accounts. Letterwinners returning from 2019 Home runs hit off the Hilltopper Pitching strikeout production squad bats in 2019 returning (403-of-404)

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Location...... Bowling Green, Ky. down a ranked Wildcat squad and the sixth time WKU claimed a win over a ranked team by at least three runs. Of the 23 wins Nickname...... Hilltoppers over ranked opposition, 12 of those victories have come on the ranked team’s home turf. Colors...... Red and White HANGING IN THERE Founded...... 1906 In 2019 WKU notched 10 victories in come-from-behind fashion and have already earned one win of such this season. In the Enrollment...... 19,461 Hilltoppers’ game at Troy, the Trojans struck first for a 2-0 lead after their opening trip to the plate before WKU would eventually NCAA Affiliation...... Division I claim a 3-2 eight-inning decision. COME FROM BEHIND WINS SECTION ON P. 10 Conference Affiliation...... Conference USA President...... Dr. Timothy C. Caboni WALKOFFS Director of Athletics...... Todd Stewart After registering three walk-off wins in 2017 and four in 2018, WKU Softball did it again during 2019. The squad picked up a walk-off over Cleveland State on Feb. 25 in the form of an 8-0, six-inning decision. In the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Tommi Stowers placed a leadoff double into the gap before advancing 60 feet on a wild pitch during the following at bat. Another pinch-hitter, Paige Carter, battled to a full count before sending a single to left field to score Stowers for the run-rule PROGRAM HISTORY walk off victory. Carter struck again on Sunday, March 31 for a bases-loaded single for another run-rule walk off, scoring Kendall Smith for the 10-2 WKU victory. WKU added its third run-rule walkoff of the season in its series finale against North Texas when First Year...... 2000 Maddie Bowlds dropped a base hit inside the left field line past the outstretched glove of the Mean Green defender to score All-Time Record...... 630-509-3 (.553) Rebekah Engelhardt for the game-ending run. In her final at bat from the WKU Softball Complex, Shannon Plese connected for a Conference Championships...... 2 (2013, 15) three-run, run-rule walk-off home run for an 11-2 5-inning win. Tournament Championships...... 1 (2015) VICTORIES OVER SEC SQUADS NCAA Tournaments...... 2 (2013, 15) Since 2000, WKU Softball has played 11 different SEC squads. The Hilltoppers have gone 19-44 up against SEC opposition. Under NCAA Postseason Record...... 4-4 (.500) Coach Tudor’s reign, the 2014-2019 squads have gone head to head with seven of the SEC programs, putting together a record Best Record (2013)...... 43-18 (.705) of 6-11. In 2014 the Red and White took down No. 2 Tennessee on the Volunteers’ home turf; Tudor’s second game coaching for Best Win Perentage (2019)...... 37-13 (.740) WKU against an SEC school. Over the 2017 opening weekend, WKU Softball headed to Starkville, Miss., and took down the host Best at NCAAs (2015)...... 2-2 (.500) Bulldogs in a 1-0 decision. WKU dropped decisions to No. 8 LSU and No. 18 Kentucky in 2018 along with No. 17 Auburn during its Played in NPF...... 2 (last, Miranda Kramer) opening weekend of the 2019 campaign. On March 26, WKU headed to Lexington and took down No.17-ranked Kentucky on the Wildcats’ home field. COACHING STAFF SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS Kennedy Sullivan continued her 2019 dominance in the circle in WKU’s home tournament, the Hilltopper Classic. When the Red Head Coach...... Amy Tudor (Seventh Season) and White faced off against Butler, Sullivan was hitting her spots and tallied 16 strikeouts in the regulation-length game - the Record at WKU...... 185-140-1 second-most punchouts ever by a Hilltopper in a seven-inning game at the time. Sullivan is the only freshman in program histo- Career Record...... 402-346-2 (16th season) ry to register 15 or more strikeouts in a game and went on to do it again with 17 punchouts at Samford to match the most in the Assistant Coach...... Kayla Bixel (Fourth) NCAA this season. The Georgetown, Ky., native’s performances marked the ninth and 10th 15-strikeout showings by a pitcher in WKU Softball history. Miranda Kramer owns seven outings of the sort while Ryan Rogge achieved the feat as a sophomore. Assistant Coach...... Dani Pugh (First) Strength and Conditioning...... John Stephanski ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS LEADERS Athletic Trainer...... Taylor Wilkes Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 2-1 - at Georgia 14 innings 5-16-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 4-0 - at Troy 7 innings 2-7-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 1-3 - Charlotte 11 innings 4-26-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 0-1 - at Kentucky 8.2 innings 4-22-2015 Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 17 strikeouts W, 8-1 - at Samford 7 innings 3-2-2019 Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 16 strikeouts W, 3-0 - Butler 7 innings 2-24-2019 WKU SOFTBALL COMPLEX Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 9-2 - at Lipscomb 7 innings 3-24-2015 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 4-2 - at Ball State 7 innings 3-21-2015 Capacity ...... 500 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 1-0 - vs. Charlotte 7 innings 5-7-2015 Opened ...... 2000 Ryan Rogge Sophomore 15 strikeouts L, 0-1 - vs. Virginia 10 innings 2-9-2007 WKU Record...... 270-178-1 (.602) Attendance Record...... 1,323 LOCKDOWN MODE WITH KELSEY AIKEY Record Info...... vs. Kentucky, 4/20/16 Entering her senior season, pitcher Kelsey Aikey had already cemented herself in the Hilltoppers’ record book. During her junior season, the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native took over both WKU’s career saves and relief appearances records. She closed the season Record Result...... L, 0-5 with 12 career saves and 54 relief appearances, which included a WKU single-season record six saves on the year. Winning Seasons...... 14 Aikey picked up another save and relief appearance on opening weekend this season to bring her career totals to 13 and 55. Her 13 saves are tied for fourth among all active NCAA DI pitchers.

WKU CAREER SAVES & RELIEF APPEARANCES LIST *denotes school record 2019 RECAP Kelsey Aikey 13 saves* 55 relief appearances* 2017-present Adrienne Lathrop 7 saves 39 relief appearances 2003-06 Shelby Nunn 6 saves 34 relief appearances 2018-present Overall Record...... 37-13 (.740) Allison Silver 6 saves 34 relief appearances 2001-04 Conference USA Record...... 18-6 (.750) Conference USA Finish...... 3rd FOUR-STRIKEOUT INNING Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/6 On Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala., Kelsey Aikey achieved one of the rarest feats in softball - a four-strikeout Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 3/1 inning. The strikeouts came against the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 hitters in Jackson State’s lineup. With two strikeouts in the top of the Incoming Freshmen (Pitchers)...... 7 (2) seventh already, Aikey got JSU’s batter swinging with a changeup in the dirt that allowed the batter to reach first on the wild Incoming Transfers (Pitchers)...... 2 (0) pitch. Unfazed, Aikey responded by striking out the next batter as well to bring her 2.0-inning total to five while securing the save. Aikey’s performance is the only known outing of the sort across the NCAA in 2019.

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2 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF 2020 NUMERICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Freshmen...... 7 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Sophomores...... 5 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS Juniors...... 5 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Seniors...... 3 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS Alabama...... 4 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Florida...... 1 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS Illinois...... 1 Indiana...... 1 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS Iowa...... 1 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Kentucky...... 10 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida Tennessee...... 2 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS BREAKDOWN BY HANDEDNESS 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS HITTERS PITCHERS Righty...... 12 Righty...... 4 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Lefty...... 8 Lefty...... 1 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS Switch...... 0 2020 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS PHONETIC GUIDE 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Kelsey AIKEY...... IKE-EE 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS Maddie BOWLDS...... BOLDS 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Brylee HAGE...... HAY-jh 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Morgan McELROY...... MACKLE-ROY 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Maggie TRGO...... TUR-GO 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Amy TUDOR...... TOO-DUR 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 2020 COACHING STAFF NAME POSITION EXPERIENCE ALMA MATER HOMETOWN AMY TUDOR Head Coach Seventh Season WKU (2002) Petersburg, Tenn. KAYLA BIXEL Assistant Coach Fourth Season IPFW (2010) Bremen, Ind. Operations Fifth Season DANI PUGH Assistant Coach First Season WKU (2016) Columbus, Ohio

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PERFORMANCES TEAM RESULT DATE OPPONENT DEC. IP H R ER BB K NP SCORE FINAL Feb. 7 vs. Lipscomb Aikey 4.1 3 3 1 1 8 71 3-2 L PITCHER GS RECORD SAVES TEAM W/L Feb. 7 vs. Col. of Charleston Nunn 6.0 5 1 0 0 7 69 7-3 W Aikey 2 1-1 1 2-1 Feb. 8 vs. North Florida Sullivan 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 101 3-1 L Gardner 0 0-0 0 1-0 Feb. 8 at Troy Aikey^ 8.0 4 2 1 1 13 125 3-2 W Harris 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 9 vs. North Florida Nunn 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 63 3-0 W Nunn 2 2-0 0 2-2 Feb. 14 vs. Ohio Sullivan 1 0-1 0 0-1 Feb. 14 at Chattanooga Feb. 15 vs. Tennessee Tech CAREER 7+ STRIKEOUTS Feb. 15 vs. Lipscomb Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Feb. 21 Green Bay Aikey 0 3 12 2 17 Feb. 21 Indiana State Gardner - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 Ball State Harris - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 TBD Nunn - 1 0 1 2 Feb. 23 TBD Sullivan - - 12 0 12 Feb. 28 IUPUI Feb. 28 Illinois State Feb. 29 Austin Peay CAREER 0-2 HIT GAMES (5+ IP) Feb. 29 TBD Mar. 1 TBD PLAYER 0 1 2 2020/TOTAL Mar. 4 Belmont Aikey 0/1 0/4 0/5 0/10 Mar. 6 Middle Tennessee* Gardner 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 7 Middle Tennessee* Harris 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee* Nunn 0 0/2 0/3 0/5 Mar. 10 at UT Arlington Sullivan 0/1 0 0/2 0/3 Mar. 13 at North Texas* Mar. 14 at North Texas* Mar. 15 at North Texas* Mar. 18 Tennessee Tech CAREER COMPLETE GAMES Mar. 20 Marshall* Mar. 21 Marshall* PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Mar. 22 Marshall* Aikey 5 7 7 1 20 Mar. 25 Kentucky Gardner - - - 0 0 Mar. 27 FIU* Harris - - - 0 0 Mar. 28 FIU* Nunn - 10 2 0 12 Mar. 29 FIU* Sullivan - - 9 0 9 Apr. 1 Lipscomb Apr. 3 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 8 Eastern Kentucky Apr. 17 at UTSA* Apr. 18 at UTSA* Apr. 19 at UTSA* Apr. 24 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 25 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 26 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 28 at Evansville May 1 at Charlotte* May 2 at Charlotte* May 3 at Charlotte*

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2020 STATISTICS NUM. NAME ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR BF AVG. WP HBP BK SF SH 10 Nunn 0.00 2-0 4 2 0 0/1 0 16.0 11 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 56 .196 0 0 0 0 0 12 Aikey 0.98 1-1 3 2 1 0/1 1 14.1 8 5 2 2 21 0 1 0 53 .157 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sullivan 5.73 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 0 0 0 20 .333 0 0 0 0 0 5 Gardner 14.00 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 .200 1 0 0 0 0 44 Harris 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 4 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball AT THE HELM Head Coach Amy Tudor // Seventh Season // Overall Coaching Record: 402-346-2 // AT WKU: 185-140-1 Amy Tudor File Tudor Year-by-Year WKU All-Time vs. 2020 Opponents Year Overall Conf. School Opponent Record • Seventh Season 2005 22-14 11-3 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Lipscomb 15-16 Belmont 29-1 2006 23-19 8-6 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Col. of Charleston 1-1 MTSU 39-28 • WKU 2002 North Florida 1-2 UT Arlington 4-0 2007 11-38 5-13 (A-Sun) Belmont • Petersburg, Tenn. Troy 16-18 North Texas 27-18-1 2008 14-36 3-19 (A-Sun) Belmont Ohio 3-0 Marshall 9-11 2009 11-35 3-17 (A-Sun) Belmont Chattanooga 3-2 Kentucky 9-15 Tudor Coaching Highlights 2010 29-19 17-6 (Summit) IPFW Tennessee Tech 10-7 FIU 30-34 CAREER 2011 28-15-1 16-8 (Summit) IPFW Bowling Green 4-3 Florida Atlantic 18-25 Green Bay 2-1 Eastern Kentucky 13-11 • 34 Division I All-Conference Selections 2012 45-14 17-6 (Summit) IPFW • Nine NFCA All-Region Honorees Indiana State 9-1 UTSA 3-0 2013 34-16 12-4 (Summit) IPFW • One Conference Pitcher/Player of the Years Ball State 4-2 Louisiana Tech 4-9 • Six CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections 2014 33-24-1 11-10 (SBC) WKU IUPUI 4-1 Evansville 12-9-1 • One Senior CLASS Award Finalist 2015 36-14 16-4 (C-USA) WKU Illinois State 3-6 Charlotte 11-5 • 350 Career Wins/350 Division I Wins 2016 17-30 8-13 (C-USA) WKU Austin Peay 22-6 Total 305-232-2 WKU 2017 31-31 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •14 All-Conference Selections 2018 28-26 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •EvenW NFCA All-Region Selections •2014 NCAA Individual Stolen Base Leader 2019 37-13 18-6 (C-USA) WKU •2015 NCAA Individual Strikeouts Leader Total 399-344-2 165-142 15 Years •One CoSIDA Academic All-District Honoree DI 354-311-2 146-133 13 Years •2015 Conference USA Coach of the Year WKU 182-138-1 73-60 Six Years •2015 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

WKU SUPERLATIVE STATS 2020 WKU TEAM SUPERLATIVES 2020 WKU INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES STAT AMOUNT OPPONENT DATE STAT AMOUNT INDIVIDUAL OPPONENT DATE At Bats 31 at Troy 2/8 At Bats 4 14 times MR, UNF 2/9 Runs Scored 7 Col. Charleston 2/7 Runs Scored 2 Thomas & Davis Col. Charleston 2/7 Hits 11 Lipscomb 2/7 Hits 3 MR, Maddie Bowlds at Troy 2/8 RBI 5 Col. Charleston 2/7 RBI 3 Paige Carter Col. Charleston 2/7 Doubles 2 MR, UNF 2/8 Doubles 1 MR, Morgan McElroy UNF 2/9 Triples 0 - - Triples 0 - - - Home Runs 1 Col. Charleston 2/7 Home Runs 1 Paige Carter Col. Charleston 2/7 Walks 5 Col. Charleston 2/7 Total Bases 4 MR, Paige Carter Col. Charleston 2/7 Stolen Bases 5 Col. Charleston 2/7 Walks 2 MR, Jordan Thomas UNF 2/9 Stolen Bases 3 Taylor Davis Col. Charleston 2/7 Assists 11 MR, at Troy 2/8 DP Turned 1 MR, UNF 2/9 Putouts 13 Maddie Bowlds UNF 2/9 Assists 4 MR, Kendall Smith at Troy 2/8 Innings Pitched 8.0 at Troy 2/8 Fewest Hits Allowed 3 UNF 2/9 Innings Pitched 8.0 Kelsey Aikey at Troy 2/8 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 UNF 2/9 Fewest Hits Allowed 2 (5 IP) Shelby Nunn UNF 2/9 Most Strikeouts 13 at Troy 2/8 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 (5 IP) Shelby Nunn UNF 2/9 Most Strikeouts 13 Kelsey Aikey at Troy 2/8 Longest Game 2:32 at Troy 2/8 Shortest Game 1:55 UNF 2/9

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 5 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION RPI STANDINGS THE LAST TIME WKU... Defeated a top 10 team at No. 2 Tennessee, 3/8/14 C-USA RPI RANKS Defeated a top 11-25 team at No. 17 Kentucky, 3/26/19 RANK TEAM DATE/RESULT 44 LA TECH 4/24-26 Had a pitcher strikeout 15+ Kennedy Sullivan, 3/2/19 (17) 54 NORTH TEXAS 3/13-15 Had a pitcher strikeout 10-14 Kelsey Aikey at Troy, 2/8/20 (13) 57 WKU - Threw a perfect game Miranda Kramer vs. Charlotte, 5/7/15 69 MARSHALL 3/20-22 Threw a no-hitter (run-rule) Kennedy Sullivan at Samford, 3/1/19 98 SOUTHERN MISS DNP Threw a no-hitter (regulation/extras) Kelsey Aikey vs. Sacred Heart, 2/15/18 119 FIU 3/27-29 Opponent threw no-hitter vs. No. 23 Marshall, 5/11/17 126 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3/6-8 147 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4/3-5 Won a run-rule game vs. UTSA, 5/5/19 (5) 154 UAB DNP Lost a run-rule game at LA Tech, 4/27/19 (5) 166 UTSA 4/17-19 Played extra innings at Troy, 2/8/20 (8) 174 UTEP DNP Won in extra innings at Troy, 2/8/20 (8) 198 CHARLOTTE 5/1-3 Lost in extra innings at Marshall, 4/7/19 (8) Scored 10-14 runs vs. UTSA, 5/5/19 (11) WKU OPPONENT RPI RANKS RANK TEAM RESULT Scored 15-18 runs vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (16) 16 KENTUCKY 3/25 Scored 19+ runs at Tennessee-Martin, 4/2/00 (19) 40 LIPSCOMB L, 3-2 | 2/15 | 4/1 Allowed 10-14 runs at Marshall, 4/6/19 (10) 53 UT ARLINGTON 3/10 Allowed 15+ runs at No. 23 FAU, 4/30/16 (16) 65 TROY W, 3-2 Batted around the order UTSA, 5/5/19 (10 batters) 91 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4/8 Batted through the order (9 batters) vs. Saint Louis, 3/8/19 96 CHATTANOOGA 2/14 102 OHIO 2/14 Had 10-14 hits vs. Lipscomb, 2/7/20 (11) 103 AUSTIN PEAY 2/29 Had 15+ hits vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (17) 104 NORTH FLORIDA L, 3-1 | W, 3-0 Team hit 3+ home runs at MTSU, 4/22/19 (4) 122 BELMONT 3/4 Back-to-back home runs vs. North Texas, 4/14/19 (Smith & Plese, 1st inn.) 124 BALL STATE 2/22 Back-to-back-to-back home runs vs. ULM, 4/13/13 (Thomas, Mattox, Sulaski, 4th inn.) 135 ILLINOIS STATE 2/28 Player with back-to-back home runs Kendall Smith, 2/9/19, 2 consec. 145 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON W, 7-3 185 TENNESSEE TECH 2/15 | 3/18 Had a player hit two HRs Kendall Smith, Middle Tennessee, 4/23/19 203 BOWLING GREEN 2/16 Had a player hit a grand slam Jordan Thomas at Florida Atlantic, 4/28/18 204 INDIANA STATE 2/21 Team hit three doubles UTSA, 4/4/19 (3) 214 EVANSVILLE 4/28 Team hit four or more doubles at FIU, 3/16/19 (4) 251 IUPUI 2/28 Team hit two triples vs. Western Illinois, 2/16/19 274 GREEN BAY 2/21 Team hit three or more triples vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (5) Team stole five or more bases vs. Col. Charleston, 2/7/20 (5) Player with three RBI Paige Carter, Col. Charleston, 2/7/20 Player with four RBI Kendall Smith, at MTSU, 4/22/19 Player with five RBI Adarian Gray vs. UAB, 5/10/17 Player with six or more RBI Dani Pugh vs. Buffalo, 2/6/15 (6) Player with three hits MR, Maddie Bowlds, at Troy, 2/8/20 Player with four hits Brittany Vaughn, vs. Marshall, 4/21/18 Player with five hits Tommi Stowers vs. Evansville, 3/3/17 Player with two or more doubles Kelsey McGuffin at Marshall, 4/7/19 (2) Player with two or more triples Shawna Sadler vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (2) Player stole three or more bases Taylor Davis vs. Col. Charleston, 2/7/20 (3) Player scored three or more runs J. Thomas & M. Bowlds, UTSA, 5/5/19 (3) Hit a walk-off home run (regulation/extra inn.) Brooke Holloway vs. Marshall, 5/7/16 Hit a walk-off home run (run-rule) Shannon Plese, UTSA, 5/5/19 Had a walk-off hit Shannon Plese, 5/5/19 (HR) Swept a conference home series UTSA, 5/4-5/19 Swept a conference road series at MTSU, 4/22-23/19 Was swept in a conference home series vs. FAU, 3/18-19/17 Was swept in a conference road series vs. LA Tech, 4/27-28/18

6 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball RECORD WHEN...

TEAM RECORD BY... RECORD WHEN TEAM SCORES

LOCATION STARTERS RUNS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA 0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Overall...... 3-2 WKU Throws RHP...... 3-2 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 Home...... 0-0 WKU Throws LHP...... 0-0 2 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 Away...... 1-0 Opp. Throws RHP...... 2-2 3 2-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 Neutral...... 2-2 Opp. Throws LHP...... 1-0 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Kentucky...... 0-0 WKU SP Goes 5+...... 3-0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Tennessee...... 0-0 WKU SP Goes <5...... 0-2 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Other States...... 3-2 Opp. SP Goes 5+...... 1-1 7 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 OPPONENT Opp. SP Goes <5...... 2-1 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Conference USA...... 0-0 RUNS 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference...... 3-2 WKU Scores in 1st...... 1-0 10+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. Ranked Teams...... 0-0 Opp. Scores in 1st...... 1-0 vs. RV Teams...... 0-0 WKU Scores 1st...... 2-2 TIME Opp. Scores 1st...... 1-0 Day Games...... 3-2 HITS WKU RECORD AFTER INNINGS Night Games (5 pm & later)...... 0-0 WKU Has More...... 3-1 DAY Opp. Has More...... 0-1 INNINGS LEADING TRAILING TIED Midweek...... 0-0 Hits Are Even...... 0-0 1 1-0 1-0 1-2 Friday...... 1-1 ERRORS 2 1-1 1-0 1-1 Saturday...... 1-1 WKU Commits 0...... 0-0 3 1-2 0-0 2-0 Sunday...... 1-0 WKU Commits 1...... 2-1 4 1-1 0-1 2-0 MONTH WKU Commits 2+...... 1-1 5 2-0 0-2 1-0 February...... 3-2 Opp. Commits 0...... 1-1 6 2-0 0-2 1-0 March...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 1...... 2-1 April...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 2+...... 0-0 May...... 0-0 HOMERUNS MISC. WKU Hits 0...... 2-2 SCORE BY INNINGS 1-Run Games...... 1-1 WKU Hits 1...... 1-0 2-Run Games...... 0-1 WKU Hits 2+...... 0-0 INNINGS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA Shortened Games...... 0-0 Opp. Hits 0...... 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 Extra Innings...... 1-0 Opp. Hits 1...... 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Shutouts...... 1-0 Opp. Hits 2+...... 0-0 3 3 0 0 0 Series Sweeps...... 0-0 4 4 0 5 0 5 3 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 EX 1 0 0 0 Total 16 0 11 0

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 7 ANALYSIS STATS

SEASON/CAREER HITTING STAT TRACKER HOME RUN TRACKER NO. PLAYER GAME-DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS SCORE FINAL CAREER MULTI-HIT GAMES 2020/CAREER 1 Carter 2-2/7 Col. Charleston 3-2/2 4/2 2-1 W, 7-3 PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER Thomas 0/22 0/3 0 0 25 Carter 0/17 0/5 0 0 22 Bowlds 0/13 1/6 0/1 0 20 Smith 0/16 0/3 0 0 19 Sullivan 2/13 0/1 0 0 14 McElroy 1/11 0 0 0 11 Valencia 0/3 0/2 0 0 5 Davis 0/2 1/1 0 0 3 Sanders 1/1 0 0 0 1

CAREER MULTI-RBI GAMES 2020/CAREER PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER Smith 0/11 0/6 0/2 0 19 Carter 0/9 1/5 0/2 0 16 Sullivan 0/8 0/1 0 0 9 McElroy 1/7 0 0 0 7 Thomas 0/2 0/1 0/2 0 5 Bowlds 0/3 0/1 0 0 4 Davis 1/1 0 0 0 1 Nunn 0 0/1 0 0 1 Valencia 0/1 0 0 0 1

CAREER HOMERUNS PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Smith - 5 12 0 17 Thomas - 6 7 0 13 Carter 2 5 4 1 12 Sullivan - - 4 0 4 Bowlds - 0 1 0 1 Nunn - 1 - 0 1 Valencia - - 1 0 1

STREAK TRACKERS

CAREER HITTING STREAKS REACHED BASE STREAK PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT Smith 10 2 0 Thomas 15 3 1 Thomas 9 2 1 Carter 13 5 5 Carter 8 5 5 Smith 10 4 0 Bowlds 6 1 0 Bowlds 7 1 0 McElroy 5 2 3 Davis 6 2 1 Sullivan 6 5 6 Valencia 6 1 1 Davis 3 2 1 McElroy 5 2 2 Valencia 3 1 3 Sullivan 5 5 5 Ridge 2 - 0 Aikey 2 - 0 Sanders 2 2 1 Nunn 2 - 0 Webster 2 2 2 Ridge 2 - 0 Aikey 1 - 0 Sanders 2 2 1 Nunn 1 - 0 Webster 2 2 2 Crowder 1 1 1

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WALK-OFF TRACKER 2019 WKU INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE - Min. 8 AB NO. BATTER GAME/DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS RESULT SCORE FINAL .500 Taylor Davis SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Min. 8 AB .625 Morgan McElroy ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Min. 10 Plate Appearances .545 Taylor Davis COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN TRACKER RUNS SCORED NO. GAME/DATE OPPONENT DEFICIT INNING TYING HIT (score) GO-AHEAD HIT (score) FINAL 3 J. Thomas & T. Davis 1 4-2/8 at Troy 2-0 After 2 Sullivan 2B (2-2) Carter 1B (3-2) W, 3-2 HITS 7 Kennedy Sullivan RUNS BATTED IN 4 Paige Carter DOUBLES 2 M. McElroy & K. Sullivan TRIPLES 0 - HOME RUNS 1 Paige Carter BATTING ANALYSIS TOTAL BASES LEADOFF BASES EMPTY 1-2 RUNNERS BASES LOADED RISP 2 OUTS 2-OUT RBI 9 Kennedy Sullivan PLAYER H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG # WALKS Aikey 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 7 Jordan Thomas Bowlds 1 4 .250 2 8 .250 1 7 .143 0 2 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 0 Carter 1 6 .167 3 9 .333 2 10 .200 0 0 --- 2 6 .333 4 9 .444 4 HIT BY PITCH Crowder 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 - Davis 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 5 8 .625 1 3 .333 2 5 .200 2 4 .500 2 Gardner 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 SACRIFICE HITS Hage 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 Davis, Valencia, Webster Bowlds Harris 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 McElroy 1 3 .333 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 SACRIFICE FLIES Murphy 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 Jordan Thomas Nunn 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 Rider 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 STOLEN BASES Ridge 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 3 Taylor Davis Sanders 2 4 .500 4 9 .444 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 1 5 .200 0 Smith 1 5 .200 2 9 .222 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 2 6 .333 0 Sullivan 0 1 .000 1 9 .111 6 10 .600 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 3 9 .333 1 Thomas 5 8 .625 0 4 .000 3 7 .429 0 0 --- 3 6 .500 1 6 .167 1 Trgo 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 Valencia 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 Webster 1 3 .333 2 4 .500 2 9 .222 0 2 .000 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 0

2020 STARTERS SUMMARY POSITION BATTING ORDER PLAYER GS P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH FLEX WEBSTER 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 3 - SANDERS 5 - - - - 5 ------1 - - 1 - 2 1 - - SULLIVAN 5 1 ------3 1 - - 3 1 - 1 - - - - SMITH 5 - 5 ------1 1 2 1 - - - - CARTER 5 ------4 - 1 - - 1 - 3 1 - - - - - THOMAS 5 ------5 - - 5 ------MCELROY 5 - - - 5 ------1 3 - 1 BOWLDS 4 - - 4 ------1 1 - 1 1 - - - - DAVIS 4 ------1 3 - 1 - - - - - 1 2 - NUNN 2 2 ------2 AIKEY 2 2 ------2 HAGE 1 ------1 - - - - - 1 - - - - VALENCIA 1 - - 1 ------1 - - - - TRGO 1 ------1 ------1 - - -

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 9 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

10 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU LINE SCORES GAME 1 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:06 A-212 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 4 Lipscomb 0 0 0 1 2 0 X - 3 5 1 WP-GRAY (1-0); LP-Aikey (0-1)

GAME 2 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:04 A-237 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RHE CofC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 6 1 WKU 1 0 0 4 2 0 X - 7 7 2 WP-Nunn (1-0); LP-Sparkman (0-1) HR WKU - Carter (1)

GAME 3 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:06 A-103 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RHE UNF 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 WKU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 WP-CLAUSEN (1-0); LP-Sullivan (0-1)

GAME 4 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:32 A-393 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RHE WKU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1 Troy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 WP-Aikey (1-1); LP-Johnson (1-1)

GAME 5 | Troy, Ala. | T-1:55 A-102 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RH E WKU 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 8 1 UNF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 WP-Nunn (2-0) Save-Aikey(1) LP-RAULERSON (0-1)

GAME 6 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 7 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 8 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 9 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 10 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 11 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 12 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 13 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 14 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

GAME 15 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-0:00 A-0

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 11 2020 WKU SEASON STATS 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 11, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-2 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 2-2 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 6 Taylor Davis . 5 0 0 5-4 10 3 5 1 0 0 3 6 . 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 5 4 5 0 1 3-3 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy . 3 7 5 5-5 8 1 3 2 0 0 2 5 . 6 2 5 2 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 6 9 1 . 9 3 8 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 3 6 8 5-5 19 1 7 2 0 0 2 9 . 4 7 4 0 0 3 0 . 3 6 8 0 0 1-2 3 1 1 . 8 0 0 25 Princess Valencia . 3 3 3 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 15 Taylor Sanders . 3 0 8 5-5 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 . 3 0 8 2 0 5 0 . 4 0 0 0 0 2-2 2 7 1 . 9 0 0 3 TJ Webster . 3 0 8 5-5 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 5 . 3 8 5 0 0 1 0 . 3 0 8 0 1 2-2 7 13 2 . 9 0 9 1 Jordan Thomas . 2 7 3 5-5 11 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 . 3 6 4 7 0 2 0 . 5 2 6 1 0 0-1 1 1 0 1.000 26 Paige Carter . 2 6 3 5-5 19 2 5 0 0 1 4 8 . 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 . 2 6 3 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 2 Kendall Smith . 2 0 0 5-5 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 . 2 6 7 2 0 3 0 . 2 9 4 0 0 0-0 38 10 2 . 9 6 0 28 Maddie Bowlds . 2 0 0 5-4 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 . 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 . 2 0 0 0 1 1-1 42 0 0 1.000 11 Brylee Hage . 0 0 0 4-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 1.000 20 Maggie Trgo . 0 0 0 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 Madeline Rider . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 8 1 5 135 16 38 8 0 1 14 49 . 3 6 3 15 0 23 0 . 3 5 1 1 4 9-11 105 48 9 . 9 4 4 Opponents . 1 9 4 5 124 11 24 0 1 0 8 26 . 2 1 0 12 0 38 2 . 2 6 5 0 0 2-6 105 40 3 . 9 8 0

LOB - Team (35), Opp (21). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (1). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 0 . 0 0 2-0 4 2 0 0/1 0 16.0 11 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 . 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 0 . 9 8 1-1 3 2 1 0/1 1 14.1 8 5 2 2 21 0 1 0 . 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 5 . 7 3 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 14.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 . 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 4 0 3-2 5 5 1 1/1 1 35.0 24 11 7 12 38 0 1 0 . 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 Opponents 2 . 8 0 2-3 5 5 2 0/0 0 35.0 38 16 14 15 23 8 0 1 . 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 4

Pickoffs - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (2-6), Sullivan, K. (1-3), Aikey, K. (1-2), Nunn, S. (0-1).

12 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2019 WKU C-USA ONLY STATS

2019 WKU Softball Conference statistics for WKU (as of May 05, 2019) (C-USA games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 18-6 Home: 11-1 Away: 7-5 C-USA: 18-6

LOB - Team (143), Opp (165). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (12). IBB - Team (2), SMITH,K. 2, Opp (3).

(C-USA games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

PB - Team (3), SMITH,K. 3, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - SMITH,K. (16-19), AIKEY,K. (8-9), NUNN,S. (5-6), SULLIVAN,K. (3-4).

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 13 2020 WKU TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020 WKU Softball Team Game-by-Game for WKU (as of Feb 09, 2020) Batting (All games)

2020 WKU Softball Team Game-by-Game for WKU (as of Feb 09, 2020) Pitching (All games)

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SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Jordan Thomas 3 AT TROY (2-8) AT BATS MR, AT FAU (4-28-18) 5 junior 2 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) RUNS MR, UTSA (5-4-19) 3 • 1 MR, UNF (2-9) HITS 3X, MR VS. FAU (3-31-19) 3 utility 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) DOUBLES MR, COFC (2-7-20) 1 • - - TRIPLES 5X, MR EKU (3-20-19) 1 • lebanon, ky. - - HOME RUNS 13X, MR NORTH TEXAS (4-14-19) 1 1 MR, AT TROY (2-8) RBI 2X, MR AT FAU (4-28-18) 4 1 • bats L / throws L 2 3X, MR UNF (2-9) WALKS/HBP 15, MR UNF (2-9-20) 2 - - STOLEN BASES 3X, MR SAINT LOUIS (3-8-19) 2

THOMAS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .317 54-54 161 42 51 16 3 6 27 91 .565 40 2 37 2 .454 2 2 6-8 70 2 3 .960 2019 .291 50-50 158 34 46 10 2 7 29 81 .513 21 1 28 0 .376 1 0 9-10 76 37 4 .966 2020 .273 5-5 11 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 .364 7 0 2 0 .526 1 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 CAREER .303 109-109 330 79 100 27 5 13 58 176 .533 68 3 67 2 .422 4 2 15-18 147 40 7 .964

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kendall Smith 4 2X, MR AT TROY (2-8) AT BATS MR, MARSHALL (4-7-19) 5 1 LIPSCOMB (2-7) RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 • junior 1 MR AT TROY (2-8) HITS MR, MTSU (4-22-19) 3 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) DOUBLES VS. TENNESSEE TECH (2-16-18) 2 • catcher - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-16-19) 1 bowling green ky - - HOME RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 2 • , . - - RBI MR, AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 2 • bats R / throws R 1 MR, UNF (2-8) WALKS/HBP MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 3 - - STOLEN BASES MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 1

SMITH’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .240 54-54 146 33 35 10 0 5 22 60 .411 21 4 34 1 .345 3 4 4-4 252 28 9 .969 2019 .321 50-50 140 32 45 8 1 12 46 91 .650 23 3 23 0 .423 2 0 5-8 406 29 4 .991 2020 .200 5-5 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 .267 2 0 3 0 .294 0 0 0-0 38 10 2 .960 CAREER .276 109-109 301 66 83 19 1 17 68 155 .515 46 7 60 1 .379 5 4 9-12 696 67 15 .982

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. TJ Webster 3 MR, AT TROY (2-8) AT BATS SAME 1 MR, UNF (2-9) RUNS SAME • freshman 1 MR, UNF (2-9) HITS SAME 1 UNF (2-9) DOUBLES SAME • infield - - TRIPLES SAME huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 3 • bats L / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME 1 MR, AT TROY (2-8) STOLEN BASES SAME WEBSTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .308 5-5 13 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .385 0 0 1 0 .308 0 1 2-2 7 13 2 .909 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 15 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kennedy Sullivan 4 MR, UNF (2-9) AT BATS MTSU (4-23-19) 6 1 LIPSCOMB (2-7) RUNS MTSU (4-22-19) 3 • sophomore 2 2X, MR UNF (2-9) HITS FAU (3-30-19) 3 1 MR, AT TROY (2-8) DOUBLES FAU (3-30-19) 2 • pitcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - georgetown ky - - HOME RUNS UTSA (5-4-19) 1 • , . 1 MR, AT TROY (2-8) RBI CLEVELAND ST. (2-24-19) 3 4 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR, UTSA (5-5-19) 1 1 UNF (2-9) STOLEN BASES MR, UNF (2-9-19) 1 3.2 UNF (2-8) IP MR, MARSHALL (4-6-19) 7.0 4 UNF (2-8) FEWEST HITS EVANSVILLE (3-1-19) 0 3 UNF (2-8) FEWEST ER FAU (3-30-19) 0 5 UNF (2-8) STRIKEOUTS SAMFORD (3-2-19) 17 SULLIVAN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .281 48-48 135 22 38 11 0 4 30 61 .452 6 0 13 2 .297 7 4 1-1 7 19 0 1.000 2020 .368 5-5 19 1 7 2 0 0 2 9 .474 0 0 3 0 .368 0 0 1-2 3 1 1 .800 CAREER .292 53-53 154 23 45 13 0 4 32 70 .455 6 0 16 2 .305 7 4 2-3 10 20 1 .968 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2019 3.14 16-4 26 21 9 4/0 1 124.2 89 58 56 93 165 19 1 8 560 .200 9 11 0 3 7 2020 5.73 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 0 0 0 20 .333 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 3.22 16-5 27 22 9 4/0 1 128.1 93 61 59 101 170 19 1 8 580 .203 9 11 0 3 7

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Katie Gardner - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME • pitcher - - DOUBLES SAME bowling green ky 1.0 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) IP SAME • , . 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) FEWEST HITS SAME 5 • bats R / throws R 2 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) FEWEST ER SAME 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STRIKEOUTS SAME GARDNER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2020 14.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 .200 1 0 0 0 0

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Davis 3 LIPSCOMB (2-7) AT BATS MR, FIU (3-16-19) 4 2 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) RUNS CHARLOTTE (3-23-19) 2 • sophomore 3 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) HITS MR, LIPSCOMB (3-13-19) 2 1 LIPSCOMB (2-7) DOUBLES LIPSCOMB (2-7-20) 1 • outfield - - TRIPLES - - huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS - - • , . 2 LIPSCOMB (2-7) RBI LIPSCOMB (2-7-20) 2 6 • bats L / throws L 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) WALKS/HBP MR, COFC (2-7-20) 1 3 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STOLEN BASES COFC (2-7-20) 3 DAVIS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .263 32-20 57 12 15 0 0 0 4 15 .263 4 0 1 0 .311 0 3 8-9 21 0 0 1.000 2020 .500 5-4 10 3 5 1 0 0 3 6 .600 1 0 1 0 .545 0 1 3-3 0 0 2 .000 CAREER .299 37-24 67 15 20 1 0 0 7 21 .313 5 0 2 0 .347 0 4 11-12 21 0 2 .913 16 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Madeline Rider 1 UNF (2-9) AT BATS SAME - - RUNS SAME • freshman - - HITS SAME - - DOUBLES SAME • utility - - TRIPLES SAME harrisburg ill - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 7 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME RIDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Jordan Ridge - - AT BATS CLEVELAND ST. (2-25-19) 3 - - RUNS 6X, MR UTSA (5-4-19) 1 • sophomore - - HITS 2X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-25-19) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • utility - - TRIPLES - - louisville ky - - HOME RUNS - - • , . - - RBI 2X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-24-19) 1 9 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP TENNESSEE ST. (2-9-19) 1 - - STOLEN BASES 3X, MR CLEVELAND ST. (2-25-19) 1 RIDGE’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .154 20-2 13 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 .154 1 0 7 0 .214 0 1 3-3 2 1 0 1.000 2020 - 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - CAREER .154 20-2 13 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 .154 1 0 7 0 .214 0 1 3-3 2 1 0 1.000

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Shelby Nunn 2 UNF (2-8) AT BATS 3X, MR VS. UNF (2-8-20) 2 - - RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • junior - - HITS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • bowling green, ky. - - RBI VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 3 - - WALKS/HBP 2X, MR VS. MTSU (3-18-18) 1 10 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - 6.0 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) IP 5X, MR VS. NORTH TEXAS (4-13-19) 7.0 2 MR, UNF (2-9) FEWEST HITS MR, KENTUCKY (3-26-19) 0 0 MR, UNF (2-9) FEWEST ER MR KENTUCKY (3-26-19) 0 6 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STRIKEOUTS VS. HAMPTON (2-10-18) 11 NUNN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .200 44-29 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .800 2 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 5 45 0 1.000 2019 - 24-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 1 14 0 1.000 2020 .000 4-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 1.000 CAREER .143 72-40 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .571 2 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 6 62 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2018 3.55 15-15 44 27 10 2/0 3 177.1 212 117 90 36 104 46 2 11 794 .288 5 3 0 5 13 2019 2.81 7-0 24 9 2 1/4 3 67.1 65 35 22 22 54 11 2 5 298 .239 4 1 0 0 3 2020 0.00 2-0 4 2 0 0/1 0 16.0 11 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 56 .196 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 3.14 24-15 72 38 12 3/5 6 260.2 288 153 117 58 169 57 4 16 1148 .270 9 4 0 5 16 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 17 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Brylee Hage 2 UNF (2-9) AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME outfield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME nicholasville ky - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 11 • bats L / throws L - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME HAGE’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .000 4-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kelsey Aikey - - AT BATS LIPSCOMB (3-22-17) 3 - - RUNS - - • senior - - HITS AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS - - • cedar falls, iowa - - RBI AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - WALKS/HBP AAMU (3-16-17) 2 12 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - 8.0 AT TROY (2-8) IP TENNESSEE TECH (4-17-19) 9.0 1 UNF (2-9) FEWEST HITS VS. SACRED HEART (2-15-18) 0 0 UNF (2-9) FEWEST ER MR, NORTH TEXAS (4-14-19) 0 13 AT TROY (2-8) STRIKEOUTS 3X MR, AT TROY (2-8-20) 13 AIKEY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .083 27-9 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .083 3 0 5 0 .267 0 0 0-0 4 21 2 .926 2018 .000 39-19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 7 22 1 .967 2019 .000 36-20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0-0 2 11 2 .867 2020 - 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 1.000 TOTALS .059 105-51 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .059 3 0 7 0 .200 0 1 0-0 13 57 5 .933 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2017 2.92 7-4 27 9 5 1/0 3 93.1 86 59 39 65 54 12 0 6 437 .244 19 8 1 3 9 2018 3.15 12-9 39 19 7 3/1 3 142.0 123 73 64 69 108 19 2 16 621 .234 15 8 0 5 14 2019 2.15 14-9 36 20 8 4/4 6 133.1 89 47 41 79 184 10 2 13 579 .185 21 6 0 2 12 2020 0.98 1-1 3 2 1 0/1 1 14.1 8 5 2 2 21 0 1 0 53 .157 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 2.67 34-23 105 50 21 8/6 13 383.0 306 184 146 215 367 41 5 35 1690 .217 55 22 1 10 35

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Sanders 4 AT TROY (2-8) AT BATS SAME freshman 1 AT TROY (2-8) RUNS SAME • 2 LIPSCOMB (2-7) HITS SAME infield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME shelbyville tenn - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 15 • bats L / throws L 1 MR, COFC (2-7) WALKS/HBP SAME 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STOLEN BASES SAME SANDERS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .308 5-5 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 .308 2 0 5 0 .400 0 0 2-2 2 7 1 .900

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SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Carli Crowder 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) AT BATS SAME freshman 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME infield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME northport ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 17 • bats L / throws R 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME

CROWDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maggie Trgo 1 MR, UNF (2-8) AT BATS MR ANGELINA COL. (5-23-19) 4 junior - - RUNS MR SSCF (4-7-19) 3 • - - HITS MR ABAC (5-22-19) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES DSC (3-16-19) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR SCFMS (4-25-19) 1 lithia fla ol entral - - HOME RUNS MR WCCD (5-24-19) 1 • , . | C . C FL - - RBI ABAC (5-22-19) 4 20 • bats L / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR FSSC (5-4-19) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MR CHIPOLA COL. (5-3-19) 1 Juco stats are not counted in career stats TRGO’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .354 51-NA 99 28 35 9 1 0 25 46 .465 20 0 16 0 .451 3 0 7-7 43 3 0 1.000 2019 .438 63-NA 162 54 71 16 4 3 40 104 .642 25 1 14 0 .513 1 1 7-7 64 6 2 .972 2020 .000 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .000 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 19 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Morgan McElroy 3 LIPSCOMB (2-7) AT BATS MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 5 senior 1 AT TROY (2-8) RUNS AT UTEP (4-8-17) 3 • 2 AT TROY (2-8) HITS MR, AT TROY (2-8-20) 2 infield 1 MR, UNF (2-9) DOUBLES MR, UNF (2-9-20) 1 • - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-17-19) 1 madisonville ky - - HOME RUNS - - • , . 2 UNF (2-9) RBI 7X, MR UNF (2-9-20) 2 23 • bats R / throws R 1 MR, UNF (2-9) WALKS/HBP MR, VS. LIPSCOMB (5-3-18) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MR, WRIGHT ST. (3-9-19) 1 McELROY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .154 59-57 130 16 20 4 0 0 8 24 .185 14 6 26 0 .267 0 5 3-4 172 79 7 .973 2018 .204 49-47 113 15 23 0 0 0 16 23 .204 6 0 9 0 .242 1 8 1-1 90 69 7 .958 2019 .175 50-50 80 11 14 1 1 0 7 17 .213 2 2 6 0 .212 1 4 3-3 51 64 11 .913 2020 .375 5-5 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 4 .625 2 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0-0 6 9 1 .938 TOTALS .181 163-159 331 43 60 6 1 0 33 68 .208 24 8 42 0 .252 2 17 7-8 319 221 26 .954

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Princess Valencia 2 UNF (2-8) AT BATS MR SIUE (4-24-19) 4 - - RUNS MR MARSHALL (4-30-19) 1 • sophomore 1 UNF (2-8) HITS MR TENN ST. (5-5-19) 3 - - DOUBLES MR TENN. ST. (5-5-19) 1 • catcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 • georgetown, ky. - - RBI TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 25 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP MR BELMONT (4-6-19) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MARSHALL (4-30-19) 1 VALENCIA’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .279 33-30 86 4 24 5 0 1 5 32 .372 9 1 7 0 .354 0 1 1-2 50 11 4 .938 2020 .333 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 0 0 .333 0 1 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 TOTALS .281 36-31 89 4 25 5 0 1 5 33 .371 9 1 7 0 .354 0 2 1-2 53 11 4 .928

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Paige Carter 4 MR, UNF (2-9) AT BATS UAB (5-10-17) 6 senior 1 MR, UNF (2-9) RUNS VS. TENN. STATE (2-17-18) 3 • 1 MR, UNF (2-9) HITS MR, VS. INDIANA ST. (2-25-18) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES VS. INDIANA ST. (2-25-18) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR, VS. GREEN BAY (2-23-18) 1 crown point ind 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) HOME RUNS MR, COFC (2-7-20) 1 • , . 3 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) RBI MR, VS. INDIANA ST. (2-24-18) 4 26 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP 4X, MR VS. SIUE (3-7-18) 2 - - STOLEN BASES 2X, MR LIPSCOMB (3-13-19) 2 CARTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .222 52-24 99 14 22 4 1 2 15 34 .343 14 3 23 0 .333 1 1 3-4 23 1 3 .889 2018 .327 52-49 150 27 49 6 2 5 35 74 .493 19 2 23 1 .407 1 7 11-13 9 2 2 .846 2019 .280 44-36 100 21 28 3 0 4 19 43 .430 10 2 12 1 .351 2 10 5-6 17 1 0 1.000 2020 .263 5-5 19 2 5 0 0 1 4 8 .421 0 0 2 0 .263 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 TOTALS .283 153-114 368 64 104 13 3 12 69 159 .432 43 7 60 2 .365 4 18 19-23 51 4 5 .917

20 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maddie Bowlds 4 MR, UNF (2-9) AT BATS AT UAB (4-14-18) 6 junior - - RUNS UTSA (5-5-19) 3 • 3 AT TROY (2-8) HITS VS. HAMPTON (2-9-18) 4 infield - - DOUBLES 8X, MR LOUISVILLE (4-3-19) 1 • - - TRIPLES VS. FAU (3-30-19) 1 utica ky - - HOME RUNS MURRY ST (5-1-19) 1 • , . 1 UNF (2-9) RBI MR, BUTLER (2-24-19) 2 28 • bats L /throws L - - WALKS/HBP VS. UTEP (4-7-18) 3 1 AT TROY (2-8) STOLEN BASES MR, UTSA (5-5-19) 1 BOWLDS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .303 50-50 155 22 47 6 3 0 13 59 .381 14 0 26 1 .361 0 13 8-12 360 10 7 .981 2019 .339 46-45 109 18 37 2 1 1 15 44 .404 10 2 11 0 .405 0 0 7-10 224 10 0 1.000 2020 .200 5-4 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 .200 0 0 3 0 .200 0 1 1-1 42 0 0 1.000 CAREER .312 101-99 279 40 87 8 4 1 29 106 .380 24 2 40 1 .370 0 14 16-23 626 20 7 .989

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Games 6 & 7 PDF box score attached. Season Stats: https://wkusports.com/sports/softball/stats/2020?path=softball

HOT BATS LEAD TOPS TO 25 RUNS, TWO-WIN DAY AT CHATT CHALLENGE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – WKU Softball’s offense exploded for 28 hits and 25 runs across two wins on the opening day of the Chattanooga Challenge. Paige Carter (2), Kendall Smith, Kennedy Sullivan and Jordan Thomas each registered home runs while Smith and TJ Webster both posted a four-hit outing on the day. The Hilltoppers improved to 5-2 with wins over Ohio (13-4) and Chattanooga (12-2) as Kelsey Aikey earned both wins in the circle.

“Today was a great team effort,” head coach Amy Tudor opened. “Our offense was consistent and impressive. We were able to figure out how to use all parts of our game across today’s wins.”

On the day, Carter (5-for-9; 5 RBI), Webster (5-for-5; 2 RBI), Sullivan (4-for-9; 4 RBI); Smith (4-for-8; 3 RBI) and Thomas (3-for-9; 7 RBI) combined for 21 hits and RBI. As a team, the Hilltoppers hit a collective .418.

From the circle across the wins, Aikey (3-1) tossed 9.0 innings allowing just three runs and eight hits while striking out 15 batters.

GAME 6: WKU 13, OHIO 4

Kennedy Sullivan connected for her first of two hits on the game with two-outs in the opening frame. Paige Carter stepped into the box and delivered her second home run of the season – first of three hits in the game – to give WKU a quick 2-0 lead. From there, Kendall Smith sent a 2-2 pitch out of the park as well for back-to-back Hilltopper home runs and a 3-0 advantage.

Carter and Smith are the first Hilltoppers to strike for back-to-back home runs since Smith and Shannon Plese did so against North Texas on April14, 2019 – also in the first inning of the game.

WKU added to its lead in the top of the third as Smith and Maddie Bowlds each delivered an RBI. Ohio responded in the bottom of the frame with three runs to pull the score within 5-3.

In the top of the fifth, WKU added another tally as Carter reach on a base hit before scoring on a double by Smith.

Ohio would add one more run in the bottom of the sixth to get within two at 6-4 but the Tops exploded for a seven-run top of the seventh for the final 13-4 margin.

In the seventh inning, Princess Valencia (single, walk), Sullivan (home run), Carter (reached twice on errors) and Smith (single) all batted twice in the frame and each reached at least once. Jordan Thomas (double), Madeline Rider (single) and TJ Webster (single) each added hits in the inning as well, bringing the Red and White’s total to seven in the final frame.

Shelby Nunn earned the started and worked the first 3.0 innings with six hits and three runs allowed while walking one and striking out another.

Kelsey Aikey (2-1) would earn the win, pitching the fourth, fifth and sixth frames while allowing just two hits, one run, five walks and striking out six.

Katie Gardner worked the final three outs for the Tops and struck out two while allowing one walk and zero hits to close out the win.

GAME 7: WKU 12, CHATTANOOGA 2

Taylor Davis opened the game with a one-out bunt single before Sullivan slipped a double down the left field line to score Davis. Carter stepped into the box and deposited her second home run of the day over the left field fence in the form of a two-run shot to give the Tops a 3-0 lead. WKU would add another run on a bases-loaded walk by Carter in the top of the second, pushing its advantage to 4-0.

Chattanooga responded in the bottom of the frame, with a one-out solo home run for its first hit of the game before adding a second run on an RBI base hit.

WKU’s 4-2 lead would stand until the top of the fourth when Webster poked a leadoff single to left field followed by a Jordan Thomas home run – her first of the season – pushing the Tops’ lead to 6-2.

The Red and White added two more runs in the top of the fifth as Smith and Taylor Sanders each drew walks and would eventually come around to score. Smith would touch the plate on a single from Webster before Thomas’ sac fly allowed Sanders to come home and push the lead to 8-2.

In the top of the seventh, WKU added four more runs to take a double-digit lead into the bottom of the final frame at 12-2. Morgan McElroy led off the inning with a single before a Sanders double brought McElroy all the way around to score. After a Bowlds walk, Webster and Thomas (2-RBI single) followed with base hits before Davis moved both into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. Sullivan would then connect for an RBI-single scoring Webster for the 12-2 margin.

Thomas would finish with 5 RBI in the contest, making her the first Hilltopper with five or more RBI in a game since Adarian Gray did so in a 12-inning win over UAB in the 2017 Conference USA Tournament.

Kelsey Aikey would earn the win in the circle, striking out nine batters across 6.0 innings of work. The senior allowed six hits, two runs and four walks in her second victory of the day. Shelby Nunn closed out the final inning of work, allowing two hits while striking out one.

Next game: WKU Softball will return to action in the Chatt Challenge with two more games on Saturday from Chattanooga, Tenn. The Red and White will open the day with a 10 a.m. CT tilt against Tennessee Tech before turning around and facing Lipscomb in a 12:30 p.m. showing.

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LOCKDOWN PITCHING, SCORCHING OFFENSE LEAD WKU TO TWO-WIN DAY

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – WKU Softball (7-2) pushed its win streak to six-straight games with a 9-0 run-rule win over Tennessee Tech (5-3) followed by a 7-1 victory against Lipscomb (5-2) on day two of the Chatt Challenge. Sophomore Kennedy Sullivan recorded a one-hitter against the Golden Eagles before Kelsey Aikey helped the Red and White avenge their season-opening loss to the Bisons in the day’s second decision.

“Our offense was impressive again today,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “Sixteen runs in two games was great run support. Kennedy Sullivan and Kelsey Aikey threw well today; both had great command and composure on the mound. I’m proud of the team’s attitude and effort today. We were locked in and focused.”

In the circle, Sullivan (1-1) and Aikey (4-1) each tallied nine strikeouts in their complete-game victories while allowing a combined six hits and one run on the day.

From the batter’s box, WKU notched a .340 collective batting average with 16 hits and 16 runs scored. Kendall Smith finished 3-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI. Six more Hilltoppers recorded two hits on the day. The Red and White went 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts with Taylor Davis swiping a pair.

WKU’s victory over Lipscomb marks the squad’s second win in as many days over NCAA Tournament squads from 2019. Chattanooga also appeared in the NCAA postseason last season.

GAME 8: WKU 9, TENNESSEE TECH 0 - 5 INNINGS

After allowing a double to the Tennessee Tech leadoff batter, Kennedy Sullivan wouldn't allow another hit for the remainder of the game to help WKU to its first run-rule victory of the season as the Hilltopper offense exploded for nine runs in four trips to the plate.

Sullivan would finish with the first one-hitter of her career while notching nine strikeouts against two walks to earn her first win of the season.

WKU's offense continued where it left Friday night, tallying 10 more hits across the win. A two-run base hit from Taylor Davis opened the scoring for the Tops, bringing Morgan McElroy and Maddie Bowlds around to score. Kendall Smith connected for her second home run of the season – a solo shot – in the bottom of the third to give WKU a 3-0 advantage.

In the bottom of the fourth, WKU put up six runs on five hits while sending 12 batters to the plate. All three batters that appeared twice reached base at least once. Jordan Thomas, Sullivan, Paige Carter, Smith (2) and Bowlds would all record RBI in the frame.

Thomas, Davis and Smith all registered two-hit games in the win. Smith drove in three while Davis had two RBI.

GAME 9: WKU 7, LIPSCOMB 1

In a rematch of WKU’s 2020 season-opener, the Tops handed Lipscomb its second loss of the season in Saturday’s second contest. The Bisons would strike first with a single and double in the top of the third inning but Kelsey Aikey and the Hilltopper defense would lock it down from there allowing just two more hits and two walks the rest of the way.

Lipscomb held a 1-0 advantage until the bottom of the fourth. Sullivan would reach on a one-out error, followed by a base hit from Carter before Smith sent the first pitch she saw over the fence in left-center to give WKU the 3-1 lead.

Taking the field with the lead for the first time in the game, WKU worked around a leadoff single from Lipscomb in the top of the fifth, which would end up being the Bisons’ fifth and final hit of the contest.

Back at the plate in the bottom of the fifth, WKU would send 10 batters to the plate. TJ Webster led off the frame with a single before Davis drew a walk two batters later. From there, Sullivan sent a two-run double to the right-center gap to push the Tops’ lead to 5-1. After walks were issued to Carter and Smith to load the bases, everyone advanced 60 feet on a passed ball as Sullivan touched the plate. Taylor Sanders filled the open base with a free pass before Bowlds connected for an RBI single to give WKU a 7-1 lead.

WKU retired Lipscomb in order in the sixth and allowed just one base runner across the final two frames, coming on a walk in the seventh. The Bisons would ultimately strand seven runners to WKU’s six.

Aikey earned her second complete-game win of the season and moved her record to 4-1 overall. The senior struck out nine batters against just three walks while allowing one run and five hits on 130 pitches.

Bowlds would finished with a 2-for-3 day at the plate for another multi-hit performance for the Red and White. Smith (3) and Sullivan (2) each posted a multi-RBI outing.

Next game: WKU Softball will conclude its second weekend of play with a Sunday contest against Bowling Green from Chattanooga, Tenn. First pitch of the Tops’ 10th game of the season is slated for 9 a.m. CT.

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TOPS WRAP UP 5-0 WEEKEND IN CHATTANOOGA WITH SHUTOUT OF BGSU

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – WKU Softball wrapped up a perfect 5-0 weekend at the Chattanooga Challenge with a 2-0 victory over Bowling Green on Sunday morning. Shelby Nunn (3-0) dealt five innings of two- hit ball before Kelsey Aikey (4-1) closed out the Hilltoppers’ seventh-straight win with her second save of the season. The Red and White are now 8-2 on the young season and will play their next 14 games on The Hill.

“I am extremely proud of our all-out effort this weekend,” shared WKU head coach Amy Tudor. “I felt we executed a balanced attack at the plate, in the circle and in the field. Our energy and focus stayed consistent and we look forward to getting back to work this week.”

Bowling Green’s first batter of the day dropped a single into left field but the Falcons’ next 12 batters would be retired in order as Nunn got help from her defense with five grounders and seven flyouts across that span.

In the top of the fourth, WKU would get all the offense it needed for the win with a pair of timely hits. With one away and the top of the lineup due up, Jordan Thomas doubled off the left field fence and moved to third on a groundout. From there, Kennedy Sullivan sent an RBI-base hit past a diving BGSU shortstop to plate her teammate. The knock was Sullivan’s second in as many innings as the sophomore also notched a double in the top of the third.

The Falcons looked to respond in the bottom of the fifth, drawing a walk to lead off the frame. The next at bat would result in two outs for the Tops as Kendall Smith would fire to Morgan McElroy covering first base for the sacrifice bunt before the second baseman sent the ball to TJ Webster covering second who tagged the runner that overran the bag. BGSU followed with a harmless single – its second and final hit of the day – before Nunn induced a flyout to centerfield.

Webster would lead off the sixth with a base hit before moving first to third on a sacrifice bunt from Taylor Davis. Sullivan would draw a walk to reach base for the third time of the game before Webster would get caught in a pickle.

Aikey would take over for Nunn in the circle in the bottom of the frame, punching out a pair and inducing a flyout that Paige Carter would glove in foul territory.

In the Hilltoppers’ final trip to the plate, the squad added an unearned insurance run. Smith registered a one-out single before a fielder’s choice and walk put two runners on base for WKU. Pinch hitting, Princess Valencia would reach on an error that allowed McElroy to score from second and give the Red and White the final 2-0 margin.

Back out on the dirt, Jordan Thomas gloved a deep flyball in centerfield for the first out before BGSU gained its final baserunner via a walk. Aikey would respond with a called punchout before Carli Crowder would handle a grounder at third for the final out.

Sullivan’s two-hit day was her fifth multi-hit game of the season. As a team, WKU out-hit Bowling Green 7-2 in the contest.

Nunn earned her third win of the season in the circle. The junior finished with a line of 5.0 innings, two hits, zero runs and one walk as she combined with Aikey for their second shutout of the season. Aikey would close the final two frames allowing zero hits, one walk and registering three strikeouts.

Nunn is now 10-0 in pitching decision since the beginning of her sophomore year and 25-15 on her career. Aikey’s save was the 14th of her career, which is tied for third among all active NCAA Division I pitchers.

Next game: With its first two tournaments of the season in the books, WKU Softball returns home to The Hill for its next 14 games spanning three weeks. The Red and White will welcome Green Bay, Indiana State and Ball State to the WKU Softball Complex for the Hilltopper Classic Friday-Sunday.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 16, 2020) (Chatt Challenge Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 5-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 4-0 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 3 TJ Webster . 5 3 3 5-5 15 5 8 0 0 0 2 8 . 5 3 3 1 0 3 0 . 5 6 3 0 1 2-2 3 9 1 . 9 2 3 2 Kendall Smith . 4 7 1 5-5 17 6 8 1 0 3 9 18 1.059 3 0 2 0 . 5 5 0 0 0 1-1 42 2 0 1.000 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 2 1 5-5 19 7 8 3 0 1 8 14 . 7 3 7 2 0 1 0 . 4 7 6 0 0 0-0 4 1 0 1.000 26 Paige Carter . 4 1 2 5-5 17 8 7 0 0 2 6 13 . 7 6 5 4 0 1 0 . 5 2 4 0 0 1-1 6 1 0 1.000 6 Taylor Davis . 3 3 3 5-5 15 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 . 3 3 3 1 0 3 0 . 3 7 5 0 2 3-3 2 0 0 1.000 25 Princess Valencia . 3 3 3 2-0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 1 6 5-5 19 4 6 3 0 1 8 12 . 6 3 2 2 0 5 0 . 3 6 4 1 0 1-1 4 0 0 1.000 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 1 4 5-5 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 . 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 . 3 5 3 0 1 0-0 6 5 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 2 0 0 5-5 10 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 . 2 0 0 4 0 5 0 . 4 2 9 0 1 0-0 31 0 0 1.000 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 0 0 5-5 10 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 . 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 . 4 2 9 0 1 0-0 0 10 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 . 6 6 7 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 11 Brylee Hage . 0 0 0 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 20 Maggie Trgo . 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 3 5 9 5 142 43 51 8 0 7 39 80 . 5 6 3 27 1 23 0 . 4 6 2 1 6 8-8 99 33 1 . 9 9 2 Opponents . 2 0 2 5 119 7 24 2 0 1 7 29 . 2 4 4 18 2 40 0 . 3 1 7 0 1 0-0 93 38 11 . 9 2 3

LOB - Team (41), Opp (34). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (2).

(Chatt Challenge Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 4 Kennedy Sullivan 0 . 0 0 1-0 1 1 1 1/0 0 5.0 1 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 . 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 5 6 3-0 4 2 1 0/1 1 18.0 13 4 4 13 27 1 0 1 . 1 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 2 . 3 3 1-0 3 2 0 0/1 0 9.0 10 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 . 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 1 . 4 8 5-0 5 5 2 2/1 1 33.0 24 7 7 18 40 2 0 1 . 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 Opponents 7 . 9 0 0-5 5 5 1 0/0 0 31.0 51 43 35 27 23 8 0 7 . 3 5 9 2 1 0 1 6

PB - Team (1), Smith, K. 1, Opp (1). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 16, 2020) (Chatt Challenge Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 2 Kendall Smith 44 42 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 1 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 31 31 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 11 6 5 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 10 0 10 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 7 6 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 5 4 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 13 3 9 1 . 9 2 3 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 133 99 33 1 . 9 9 2 1 0 0 - - - 1 0 Opponents 142 93 38 11 . 9 2 3 2 8 0 1.000 1 0 WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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KELSEY AIKEY NAMED WKU SOFTBALL’S FIRST-EVER SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Senior pitcher Kelsey Aikey has been named one of 30 NCAA Division I softball candidates for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native is the first student-athlete in WKU Softball program history to be named a candidate and is the lone honoree from Conference USA this season.

“What a great honor for Kelsey to be recognized as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “This is another great accomplishment and we are very proud of her.”

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

Aikey is a health science major on The Hill and is on track to graduate in December 2020 with her Bachelors of Science degree. She’s earned a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll twice and landed a C-USA Academic Medal distinction as a freshman while also posting numerous semesters on the WKU Dean’s List.

In the community, Aikey has found many ways to make her mark. When she’s back home in Iowa from college during the summers, Aikey participates in the annual Habitat for Humanity Women’s Build, aiding the in the construction of houses back in her local community. Aikey has dedicated hundreds of hours to giving back to the game that’s given her so much. Aikey holds winter and summer camps in Iowa to help train young pitchers from her community and share her knowledge and love of the game. In addition to her own camps and lessons, Aikey also helps develop and train softball players through numerous additional camps. She’s the varsity assistant coach at her former high school in the summers, guiding the pitching staff and helped them lower their ERA by more than a run and a half in just one season. As a part of the WKU Softball team, Aikey has visited elementary schools to read to students in addition to participating in an annual Southern Kentucky Special Olympics Softball game.

Across her career to date, Aikey owns a 2.62 career ERA and a 37-23 record across 109 appearances and 52 starts. She’s tossed 22 complete games, eight complete-game shutouts, an extra-inning no-hitter, and owns 14 career saves – a WKU career record that is tied for third among all active NCAA pitchers. Aikey’s pitched more than 400 innings in her three-plus years on The Hill so far and owns 392 strikeouts. She was named a 2019 Second Team All-Conference USA selection, 2020 Preseason All-Conference honoree, four-time Conference USA Pitcher of the Week, Conference USA All-Freshman Team, NCAA Top Performance honoree from Louisville Slugger/NFCA (2019) and College Sports Madness’ C-USA Player of the Week (2019).

The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists later in the season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.

2020 Senior CLASS Award Candidates Kelsey Aikey, WKU Aliyah Andrews, LSU Sis Bates, Washington AnaMarie Bruni, South Florida Maria Cegledy, Kent State Cassidy Clark, San Jose State Montana DeCamp, North Dakota State Tristen Edwards, Nebraska Amber Fiser, Minnesota Morganne Flores, Washington Celene Funke, Louisville Adriana Gambino, Manhattan College Nikki Grupp, ETSU Karli Hamilton, Texas Tech Jessie Harper, Arizona Ava Lawson, Northern Kentucky Katie Marino, Notre Dame Nicole Mendes, Oklahoma Ali Milam, Marist Hunter Mundy, Radford Claire Oberdorf, Marist Brittany Pickett, North Carolina Stella Preston, Mercer Marnie Skinner, Iona College Mary-Hannah Smith, Lehigh Julia Smith-Harrington, Towson Amber Swinarski, Columbia Alyssa Walker, Chattanooga Kayla Wedl, UIC Keri White, Appalachian State

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TOPS OPEN 14-GAME HOMESTAND WITH HILLTOPPER CLASSIC

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball will open its 2020 home slate with a 14-game homestand, commencing with the Hilltopper Classic this Friday-Sunday. Green Bay, Indiana State and Ball State will visit The Hill for the first of back-to-back weekend tournaments in Bowling Green. Any schedule changes will be communicated through WKUSports.com and the WKU Softball social media platforms.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION Friday, Feb. 21

10 a.m. CT Green Bay (A) vs. Ball State (H) Livestats

12:30 p.m. CT Ball State (A) vs. Indiana State (H) Livestats Livestats 3 p.m. CT WKU vs. Green Bay Facebook Watch Livestats 5:30 p.m. CT WKU vs. Indiana State Facebook Watch Saturday, Feb. 22

10 a.m. CT Indiana State (A) vs. Green Bay (H) Livestats

12:30 p.m. CT WKU vs. Ball State Livestats

3 p.m. CT TBD (1 vs. 4) Livestats

5:30 p.m. CT TBD (2 vs. 3) Livestats Sunday, Feb. 23

11 a.m. CT TBD (Consolation) Livestats

1:30 p.m. CT TBD (Championship) Livestats

SCOUTING GREEN BAY WKU’s first opponent of the weekend, Green Bay, enters its Thursday doubleheader at UT-Martin with a 3-5 overall record featuring wins over Loyola Chicago, Marist and Western Michigan. Last season, the Phoenix went 12-29 overall. WKU and Green Bay have met three times prior to this weekend with the Red and White owning a 2-1 lead in the all-time series, winning the last two decisions.

LOOKING AT INDIANA STATE Indiana State also competed in last weekend’s Chattanooga Challenge, going 1-4 against its competition from the field. The Sycamores (3-6) picked up an 8-6 victory over Bowling Green while dropping decisions to Tennessee Tech (six innings), Ohio, at Chattanooga and Marshall (five innings). Indiana State claimed one of its three wins on the season in its opener, earning a 2-1 decision over No. 25/23 Wisconsin. The Sycamores also competed in last season’s Hilltopper Classic with WKU claiming a 9-7 decision to take a 9-1 lead in the all-time series. WKU is 9-0 when facing Indiana State in Bowling Green. The Sycamores finished the 2019 campaign with a 19-35 record.

BALL STATE SCOUTING REPORT WKU’s first opponent on Saturday, Ball State enters the weekend tournament with a 5-5 record. A common opponent between WKU and the Cardinals is North Florida, a squad both sides split two games against. BSU suffered losses to UTSA and at No. 8 Louisiana before picking up its first win of the season against Prairie View A&M. The last meeting between WKU and Ball State came during the 2016 campaign when the Cardinals earned the lone run-rule decision in the all-time series that the Hilltoppers lead by a 4-2 margin. Last season, Ball State put together a 34-20 overall record.

TICKETS & PARKING Single-day admission can be purchased for $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages 3-12 (free on Sunday). WKU students can receive free admission by showing their student ID. Additionally, Flexible Ticket Packages are available for $35 for 27 vouchers and can be used for all regular-season games including the Hilltopper Classic.

Spectator parking will be available in the Creason lot (not PS3).

PROMOTIONS For the Hilltoppers' home-opening doubleheader on Friday, there will be 2020 schedule magnets for the first 250 fans. Additionally, every home Friday this season will feature Friday Freebies where fans can enter to win a surprise.

This Sunday, and every Sunday this season, will be Sunday Funday, featuring free admission for all kids 12 and under and there will be a $5 kid's meal offered at the concession stand. Sundays will also double as Faith & Family Day all year as fans can receive free admission by bringing their church bulletin to the ticket window.

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SULLIVAN, AIKEY SHINE IN TOPS’ TWO-WIN DAY

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball picked up two more wins on the opening day of the Hilltopper Classic, earning victories over Green Bay and Indiana State on Friday. In the day’s opening game, Kennedy Sullivan connected for the Hilltoppers’ first grand slam of the season while driving in 5 RBI in the 7-6 win. The nightcap saw Kelsey Aikey strike out 10 while notching the 400th punchout of her career.

“I’m glad we were able to come away with two wins today,” head coach Amy Tudor said. “Kennedy Sullivan, Shelby Nunn and Kelsey Aikey were all sharp in the circle. At the plate, Taylor Davis, Sullivan and Jordan Thomas all had big days. I’m proud of our in-game adjustments and our ability to utilize our speed today.”

WKU Softball is now 10-2 on the season and owns a nine-game win streak. The Red and White downed Green Bay (3-9) and Indiana State (3-8) while combing for 18 hits and 11 runs on offense across the wins.

GAME 11: WKU 7, GREEN BAY 6 WKU Softball claimed its third come-from-behind victory of the young season in Friday afternoon in a 7-6 win over Green Bay. With their first hit of the day – a two-run home run – the Phoenix opened up a 2-0 lead on the Hilltoppers before Kennedy Sullivan would add her third and fourth strikeouts to get WKU back in the dugout for the bottom of the second inning.

Green Bay led until the bottom of the third when WKU would send seven batters to the plate. Carli Crowder led things off by reaching on an error before a fielder’s choice saw TJ Webster take her place on base. Rolling over to the top of the order, Jordan Thomas drew a walk before Taylor Davis delivered one of her four singles in the game to load the bases. Stepping into the box with two away, Sullivan cranked the first pitch she saw to centerfield for the first grand slam of her career and a 4-2 Hilltopper lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Tops added two more runs in a frame that saw four singles by the Red and White in addition to a sacrifice fly from Paige Carter. Sullivan connected for the third knock of the inning, driving in her fifth RBI of the game.

Green Bay responded in the top of the sixth to knot the contest at 6-6 while sending eight batters to the box. Shelby Nunn would relieve Katie Gardner in the circle and register a call strikeout against the first Phoenix batter she faced before inducing a groundout to get the Red and White back on offense.

From the 8-hole, Maddie Bowlds struck for her first hit of the day beating out an infield single to lead off the bottom of the sixth. After stealing second and moving to third on a groundout, Bowlds would touch the plate for the deciding run on a Taylor Davis single back up the middle.

Green Bay’s leadoff batter in the top of the seventh would reach on a throwing error and moved her way around to third base while Webster handled three-straight groundouts at shortstop to strand the tying run on base.

Nunn earned the win in the circle, moving to 4-0 on the season after 1.2 innings of no-hit relief work. She would finish with one strikeout and no walks.

Sullivan took a no decision, working 5.0 innings while allowing 2 runs on one hit, two walks and striking out 10.

Davis went 4-for-4 at the plate while Sullivan added a 2-for-4 multi-hit game to go along with 5 RBI and WKU’s first grand slam of the season.

WKU out-hit Green Bay 10-3 in the win.

GAME 12: WKU 4, INDIANA STATE 0

Aikey would carry a no-hit bid deep into Friday’s second contest. The senior’s lone walk went to Indiana State’s leadoff batter in the top of the third inning before the senior struck out the side for career strikeouts 398, 399 and 400. WKU’s defense and Aikey would work to retire the next 11 batters in order following the walk before the Sycamores’ leadoff batter beat out an infield single to break into the hit column. The final four batters would sit down in order including Aikey’s 10th strikeout which she dealt to the final batter of the game.

WKU’s scoring came across three innings, beginning in the bottom of the third. Thomas sent a triple to the left field wall to get the frame going before Davis reached on a bunt single. After Sullivan drew a walk to load the bases, Carter would reach on an error by the pitcher than allowed all three runners to advance 60 feet. From there, Smith plated Davis on a sacrifice fly to center field for a 2-0 WKU advantage.

Sullivan drew a leadoff walk in the fifth inning before Carter (single) and Smith (fielder’s choice) would put runners on first and third for Morgan McElroy who would register a sacrifice fly that pushed the Tops’ lead to a 3-0 tally.

Maggie Trgo led off the bottom of the sixth with a pinch hit single before stealing second. Webster beat out a bunt single before a throwing error allowed Trgo to come around and score for the final 4-0 margin.

Thomas finished a homerun shy of the cycle at the plate with a 3-for-4 showing. Carter, Smith and McElroy all registered RBI in the win.

Aikey would earn the complete-game shutout win in the circle, moving to 5-1 on the season. Her 10 punchouts were the second double-digit strikeout showing of the season. Aikey would finish with the fifth one-hitter of her career and 20th game with seven or more strikeouts.

Next game: WKU will be back in action on Saturday with two more games from the WKU Softball Complex. The Tops will close out round robin play with a 12:30 p.m. tilt against Ball State before playing in either the 3 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. bracket-play games.

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TOPS DROP SATURDAY DECISIONS AT HILLTOPPER CLASSIC

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the first time during the 2020 campaign, WKU Softball dropped back-to- back games. The Tops’ comeback bid fell short in a 6-5 loss to Ball State and 7-5 setback to Indiana State on day two of the Hilltopper Classic.

WKU (10-4) will look to get back on track in Sunday’s finale as the Red and White will face off against Green Bay (3-11) in the 11 a.m. CT consolation game. Ball State (9-5) and Indiana State (5-8) will meet in the championship contest slated for 1:30 p.m.

GAME 13: BALL STATE 6, WKU 5 – 8 INNINGS Jordan Thomas reached base for the first of three times with a single to lead off the day’s opening game and would move into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Taylor Davis but would end up stranded.

After Ball State took the lead in the top of the second on a couple of two-out unearned runs and pushed its advantage to 4-0 with a two-run home run, the WKU offense would respond.

In the bottom of the fourth, WKU would pull back within one at 4-3 as the Hilltoppers would bat through the order. Kennedy Sullivan led the inning off with a solo home run before Kendall Smith drew a walk. Two batters later, Morgan McElroy, Princess Valencia and Maddie Bowlds (RBI) would reel off three- straight singles. After a fielder’s choice, Thomas drew a bases-loaded walk to bring the Hilltoppers within one.

Ball State’s fifth hitter in the lineup would lead off the sixth with a solo home run to push the Cardinals’ lead back to two.

WKU kept the game alive in the bottom of the seventh by plating a pair of runs. Davis led things off with a single before Sullivan drew her second walk of the game. Smith would move both runners with a sacrifice bunt before Paige Carter delivered an RBI single to left field to make the score 5-4. McElroy followed with a knock back at the pitcher that resulted in an error and a run by the Tops to knot the game at 5-5.

BSU’s first hitter in the top of the eighth - their five hole again – gave the Cardinals the eventual winning run in the form of a solo home run to right field.

The Hilltoppers put up a fight in the bottom of the eighth, as Thomas and Davis drew one-out walks before a double play ended WKU’s comeback bid.

Kelsey Aikey started the game and worked 2.0+ innings and would take a no decision as Nunn took the loss to move to 4-1 on the season in the circle. The loss is the first by Nunn since her freshman season after going 7-0 in the circle a year ago. Both pitchers would strike out a pair.

GAME 14: INDIANA STATE 7, WKU 5

WKU struck first against Indiana State, taking advantage of a pair of first-inning errors from the Sycamores for a 2-0 lead. Thomas connected for her first of two hits in the game to get things going. The Hilltoppers added two more runs in the bottom of the third as Thomas opened the frame with her second base hit. Sullivan would record her first of three hits two batters later before McElroy delivered an RBI single. Kendall Smith followed with a double for the fourth hit of the frame.

From there, Indiana State would score in each of the final four frames for a total of seven runs spanning three WKU pitchers.

Trailing 7-4 entering the bottom of the seventh, WKU put up a fight, sending seven batters to the plate. Sullivan and Carter opened the frame with base hits before Valencia drew a two-out walk. Bowlds stepped into the box and legged out an infield single that allowed Carter to score and brings the Tops within two before Indiana State registered the final out.

Sullivan drew the start in the circle and racked up 10 strikeouts across 4.2 innings of work, allowing four runs – three earned. Aikey would take the loss in the circle, working 1.0 frames and allowing one run and striking out two. Nunn would close the final 1.1 innings of work with two runs – zero earned – one walk and three strikeouts.

Sullivan recorded a 3-for-4 game at the plate while Thomas and Smith would each finish 2-for-4.

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SMITH’S 3-HIT DAY, AIKEY’S 13 STRIKEOUTS LEAD WKU TO SHUTOUT VICTORY

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball claimed a 3-0 shutout win over Green Bay to conclude the Hilltopper Classic and improve to 11-4 on the season. Kendall Smith went 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBI while Kelsey Aikey earned the complete-game shutout win in the circle while matching her career high with 13 strikeouts.

“I’m a little disappointed in our weekend performance overall but I am proud of the way we bounced back today with a win,” head coach Amy Tudor stated.

Aikey would record the first six outs of the game for the Hilltopper defense as the Phoenix posted two of their three hits in the second inning. She would punch out eight of the first 11 batters en route to her 13 strikeouts on the afternoon. With the help of the Red and White’s defense just two of the final 12 Green Bay batters would reach base, coming from a walk and error.

Taylor Davis struck for singles in the first and third innings. In the third, her single followed one from Jordan Thomas. Two batters later, Smith connected for a two-RBI knock to left-center field to give the Hilltoppers all the offense they would need. Morgan McElroy reached base with a single and Taylor Sanders earned a base after a hit by pitch but all three would end up stranded.

WKU would add its final tally in the bottom of the sixth after TJ Webster led off the frame with a pinch- hit triple to the leftfield wall. Maggie Trgo would follow with a pinch-hit RBI-groundout to plate Webster for the 3-0 advantage.

With the win, Aikey is now 6-2 in the circle this season. Her 13 strikeouts marked the third time this season she’s registered double-digit punchouts.

Entering the game, Kennedy Sullivan had reached base in all 14 contests of the season – a streak that would end in the Hilltopper Classic finale.

Smith’s three-hit day was her fourth multi-hit game of her junior campaign. Davis’ two knocks marked her fifth multi-hit contest of the season.

WKU Softball will continue its 14-game homestand next weekend as IUPUI, Austin Peay and Illinois State come to town for the Spring Fling. Action on The Hill will span Friday-Sunday from the WKU Softball Complex.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) (Home games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-2 Home: 3-2 Away: 0-0 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 11 Brylee Hage 1.000 3-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3.000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo . 5 0 0 3-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 6 6 7 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 Kendall Smith . 4 6 2 5-5 13 0 6 2 0 0 3 8 . 6 1 5 2 0 2 0 . 5 0 0 1 1 0-0 41 5 0 1.000 6 Taylor Davis . 4 4 4 5-5 18 6 8 0 0 0 1 8 . 4 4 4 1 0 2 0 . 4 7 4 0 1 5-5 13 0 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 4 1 2 5-5 17 6 7 1 1 0 1 10 . 5 8 8 4 0 2 0 . 5 2 4 0 0 0-0 7 0 0 1.000 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 0 0 5-5 15 5 6 0 0 2 6 12 . 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 . 5 2 6 0 0 1-1 3 1 0 1.000 23 Morgan McElroy . 3 5 7 5-5 14 0 5 0 0 0 2 5 . 3 5 7 1 0 1 0 . 3 7 5 1 1 0-0 2 2 1 . 8 0 0 26 Paige Carter . 2 5 0 5-5 16 1 4 0 0 0 3 4 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 . 2 3 5 1 0 0-0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 25 Princess Valencia . 2 5 0 3-2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 1-1 10 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 2 1 4 5-5 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 . 2 1 4 0 0 7 0 . 2 1 4 0 1 2-2 24 0 1 . 9 6 0 3 TJ Webster . 1 5 4 5-5 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 1 5 4 1 0 3 0 . 2 1 4 0 1 2-3 8 11 1 . 9 5 0 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 3-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 2 . 3 3 3 15 Taylor Sanders . 0 0 0 3-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 3 3 1 5 136 24 45 3 2 2 19 58 . 4 2 6 17 1 23 0 . 4 0 1 3 5 12-13 108 22 8 . 9 4 2 Opponents . 2 0 0 5 140 19 28 3 1 5 16 48 . 3 4 3 12 0 53 0 . 2 6 3 0 1 2-4 99 44 8 . 9 4 7

LOB - Team (39), Opp (26). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (2).

(Home games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 2 4 2-1 4 3 2 2/0 0 17.0 13 5 3 5 27 2 0 1 . 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 5 6 1-1 3 0 0 0/0 0 9.0 7 4 2 1 6 0 0 2 . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Kennedy Sullivan 3 . 6 2 0-0 2 1 0 0/0 0 9.2 6 6 5 3 20 1 0 2 . 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 84.00 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 0.1 2 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 . 6 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2 . 7 2 3-2 5 5 2 2/0 0 36.0 28 19 14 12 53 3 1 5 . 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Opponents 3 . 3 9 2-3 5 5 1 0/0 1 33.0 45 24 16 17 23 3 2 2 . 3 3 1 2 1 0 3 5

PB - Team (1), Smith, K. 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Sullivan, K. (2-2), Smith, K. (0-2), Valencia, P. (2-2), Aikey, K. (0-1), Nunn, S. (0-1). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) (Home games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 2 Kendall Smith 46 41 5 0 1.000 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 0 6 Taylor Davis 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 10 10 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 7 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 4 3 1 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 25 24 0 1 . 9 6 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 20 8 11 1 . 9 5 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 5 2 2 1 . 8 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 3 0 1 2 . 3 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 2 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 1 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 138 108 22 8 . 9 4 2 0 2 2 . 5 0 0 1 0 Opponents 151 99 44 8 . 9 4 7 2 12 1 . 9 2 3 1 0 WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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AIKEY NAMED CONFERENCE USA CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK

DALLAS – WKU Softball senior Kelsey Aikey has been named the Conference USA Co-Pitcher of the Week the league office announced Monday. Aikey picked up two wins in the circle over the Hilltopper Classic while striking out 27 batters and posting a 1.24 ERA across four appearances.

“I was proud of the way Aikey competed in the circle this weekend,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “She made some key adjustments from game to game which aided in her success.”

The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native delivered two complete-game shutouts – earning victories over Indiana State and Green Bay. Aikey recorded double-digit strikeouts in both contests, owning 10 against the Sycamores and match her career high with 13 against Green Bay. In her win over Indiana State, Aikey allowed just one Sycamore hit for the fifth one-hitter of her career.

Across the weekend, she worked 17 innings in the circle allowing just three earned runs and five walks while striking out 27. Aikey held weekend opponents to a .197 batting average.

Aikey now owns 75 punchouts on the season, which leads Conference USA and ranks ninth in all of NCAA Softball this year. Her six wins (6-2) are tied for first in the league and are 20th across the nation.

Aikey now owns five career Pitcher of the Week awards across her career on The Hill after earning two as both a sophomore and junior. Less than a week ago, Aikey was also named one of 30 candidates for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award for NCAA Softball.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) (Home games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-2 Home: 3-2 Away: 0-0 C-USA: 0-0

LOB - Team (39), Opp (26). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (2).

(Home games Sorted by Earned run avg)

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WKU SOFTBALL REMAINS HOME FOR HILLTOPPER SPRING FLING

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball will continue its 14-game homestand this weekend with the Hilltopper Spring Fling on the slate. The Tops are welcoming IUPUI, Austin Peay and Illinois State to The Hill for the squad’s fourth early season tournament. Any schedule changes will be communicated through WKUSports.com and the WKU Softball social media platforms.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION Friday, Feb. 28

10 a.m. CT IUPUI (A) vs. Illinois State (H) Livestats

12:30 p.m. CT Illinois State (A) vs. Austin Peay (H) Livestats Livestats 3 p.m. CT WKU vs. IUPUI Facebook Watch Livestats 5:30 p.m. CT WKU vs. Austin Peay Facebook Watch Saturday, Feb. 29

10 a.m. CT Austin Peay (A) vs. IUPUI (H) Livestats

12:30 p.m. CT WKU vs. Illinois State Livestats

3 p.m. CT TBD (1 vs. 4) Livestats

5:30 p.m. CT TBD (2 vs. 3) Livestats Sunday, March 1

11 a.m. CT TBD (Consolation) Livestats

1:30 p.m. CT TBD (Championship) Livestats

SCOUTING IUPUI After two weekend tournaments, IUPUI enters the Hilltopper Spring Fling with a 3-7 record. The Jaguars picked up Opening Weekend wins over Western Illinois and Evansville before earning their third win last weekend at UTEP in an eight-inning decision. Last year, IUPUI owned an 17-38 overall record including an 11-10 mark in Horizon League play. In five all-time meetings between the Hilltoppers and Jaguars, WKU leads the series 4-1 with all five meetings occurring on The Hill.

LOOKING AT AUSTIN PEAY Austin Peay is off to a 4-7 start on the 2019 season. The Govs opened the season by splitting a doubleheader with Chattanooga on the Mocs’ home field. Two weekends ago, WKU posted a 5-0 at the Chatt Challenge including a 12-2 over UTC. Since then, APSU has picked up a win over Evansville and Louisiana Tech. Last weekend, Austin Peay went winless in Athens, Ga., falling to Central Michigan and James Madison twice before taking a setback to Georgia. Last season, APSU went 33-22 including a 16-6 record in Ohio Valley Conference play. WKU leads the all-time series against the Govs 22-6. The Tops are 9-6 when hosting Austin Peay.

ILLINOIS STATE SCOUTING REPORT After three weekends of play, Illinois State owns a 6-7 overall record and enters the Hilltopper Spring Fling on a four-game win streak. Eight of the Redbirds’ 13 games have come against opponents ranked or receiving votes including wins over [RV] South Florida and [RV] Boise State. ISU also picked up a win over North Florida in its most recent outing. Last season, Illinois State went 18-33 overall and 11-10 in Missouri Valley Conference play. ISU leads the all-time series 6-3 but WKU earned the most recent decision, an 8-2 win during the 2017 campaign.

RUNDOWN WITH THE TOPS WKU Softball is off to an 11-4 start and owns a 3-2 record in home games this season. The Tops have constructed three come-from-behind wins with one coming in each of WKU’s first three tournaments. After the first of back-to-back tournaments on The Hill, WKU Softball still have 22 more regular-season home games on the slate for the 2020 season.

Spectator parking will be available in the Creason lot (not PS3) beyond the outfield fences of the WKU Softball Complex.

PROMOTIONS All weekend will be celebrated as the WKU Softball Camper Reunion promotion. All WKU Softball campers will receive complimentary admission to the entire tournament.

Every home Friday this season will feature Friday Freebies where fans can enter to win a surprise – so enter your name to win when you arrive at the game.

2020 GAME NOTEs Est. 2000 | 3 Conference Championships 638 Victories | 2 NCAA Regional Berths

Schedule (11-4, 0-0 C-USA) GAMES 16-20: HILLTOPPER SPRING FLING DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) FRIDAY, FEB. 28 2020 Record: 3-7 FEBRUARY (11-4) WKU vs. IUPUI | 3 p.m. CT Batting Avg: .272 Home Runs: 2 7 1-vs. Lipscomb Troy, Ala. L, 3-2 WKU Softball Complex Hits: 70 ERA: 10.74 1-vs. Col. of Charleston Troy, Ala. W, 7-3 Bowling Green, Ky. Runs: 42 Strikeouts: 23 8 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. L, 3-1 1-at Troy Troy, Ala. W, 3-2 (8) 9 1-vs. North Florida Troy, Ala. W, 3-0 FRIDAY, FEB. 28 2020 Record: 4-7 14 2-Ohio Chattanooga, Tenn. W, 13-4 WKU vs. Austin Peay | 5:30 p.m. Batting Avg: .258 Home Runs: 4 2-at Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. W, 12-2 WKU Softball Complex Hits: 69 ERA: 5.86 15 2-Tennessee Tech Chattanooga, Tenn. W, 9-0 (5) Bowling Green, Ky. Runs: 30 Strikeouts: 34 2-Lipscomb Chattanooga, Tenn. W, 7-1 16 2-Bowling Green Chattanooga, Tenn. W, 2-0 21 3-Green Bay WKU Softball Field W, 7-6 SATURDAY, FEB. 29 2020 Record: 6-7 3-Indiana State WKU Softball Field W, 4-0 WKU vs. Illinois State | 12:30 p.m. Batting Avg: .276 Home Runs: 14 22 3-Ball State WKU Softball Field L, 6-5 WKU Softball Complex Hits: 99 ERA: 3.62 3-Indiana State WKU Softball Field L, 7-5 Bowling Green, Ky. Runs: 59 Strikeouts: 83 23 3-Green Bay WKU Softball Field W, 3-0 28 4-IUPUI WKU Softball Field 3 p.m. 4-Illinois State WKU Softball Field 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 29 SUNDAY, MARCH 1 29 4-Austin Peay WKU Softball Field 12:30 p.m. 1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 | 3 or 5:30 p.m. Consolation/Championship | 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. 4-1 vs. 4/2 vs. 3 WKU Softball Field 3/5:30 p.m. WKU Softball Complex WKU Softball Complex MARCH (0-0) Bowling Green, Ky. Bowling Green, Ky. 1 4-Consol./Champ. WKU Softball Field 11a./1:30 p. 4 Belmont WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 6 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. TOPPER NOTES 7 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. 8 Middle Tennessee* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. 400 CAREER WINS 10 at UT Arlington Arlington, Texas 6 p.m. With WKU Softball’s first win of the 2020 season, head coach Amy Tudor collected her 400th career win as a coach. Tudor, a 2002 13 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 6 p.m. WKU graduate is in her 16th season as a head coach and seventh on The Hill. Prior to her return to WKU, Tudor coached at IPFW 14 at North Texas* Denton, Texas 2 p.m. (2010-13), Belmont (2007-09) and Ohio Wesleyan (2005-06). She is now seven wins shy of her 200th victory at WKU. 15 at North Texas* Denton, Texas Noon 18 Tennessee Tech WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON POLL 20 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. WKU Softball has been predicted to finish second in the Conference USA Preseason Coach Poll. The Red and White received a pair 21 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. of first-place votes while earning their highest preseason ranking in their time in the league. Additionally, pitcher Kelsey Aikey 22 Marshall* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. and catcher Kendall Smith were selected to the C-USA Preseason All-Conference Team. 25 Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 27 FIU* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE 28 FIU* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. On Feb. 19, senior pitcher Kelsey Aikey was named one of 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates across all of NCAA Division I 29 FIU* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. softball. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native is the first Hilltopper in program history to earn the distinction and lone selection across APRIL (0-0) C-USA Softball in 2020. 1 Lipscomb WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements 3 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 5 p.m. in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achieve- 4 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 4 p.m. ment for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their 5 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 11 a.m. platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. 8 Eastern Kentucky WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. 17 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m. PICK YOUR POISON 18 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. Kelsey Aikey, Shelby Nunn and Kennedy Sullivan shined in the circle for the Hilltoppers in 2019. Across the squad’s 18-6 record 19 at UTSA* San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. in league play, the Hilltopper staff turned heads. Together, Aikey, Nunn and Sullivan combined for a 2.94 ERA while also owning 24 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 6 p.m. the top opposing batting average (.217) and the most strikeouts (161). Across the season, all three pitchers each posted seven or 25 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 2 p.m. more wins and at least one save this season. 26 Louisiana Tech* WKU Softball Field 1 p.m. 28 at Evansville Evansville, Ind. 6 p.m. Individually, Aikey posted the ninth-most saves of any pitcher in NCAA Division I (6), and her 9.7 strikeouts/7 innings average MAY (0-0) was ninth-best while her 4.67 hits/7 innings sat 34th. Sullivan had the 17th-best strikeout/7 innings average at 9.3. With 184 1 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 4 p.m. strikeouts, Aikey ranked 51th in all of Division I. 2 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. Noon 3 at Charlotte* Charlotte, N.C. 10 a.m. Standing nearly alone, Aikey finished as 1-of-4 pitchers across the country with at least 14 wins and six saves on the season. 6-9 5-C-USA Tournament WKU Softball Field HOW TO FOLLOW TOPPER NUMBERS Livestats links can be found at WKUSports.com on the team’s schedule and will be posted to WKU .324 10 14 Softball’s team social media accounts. WKU Softball collective team Home runs hit off the Hilltopper Career saves by Kelsey Aikey - batting average. bats in 2020. Tied for 3rd among active NCAA pitchers.

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball QUICK FACTS SEASON NOTES

Location...... Bowling Green, Ky. RANKED WINS Across the 20-year history of WKU Softball, the program has picked up 23 wins over a ranked opponent with the most recent Nickname...... Hilltoppers victory coming over No. 17 Kentucky. Prior to their March 26 win in Lexington, WKU’s previous win over a ranked squad was on Colors...... Red and White May 16, 2015 at No. 16 Georgia in the NCAA Regionals. The Hilltoppers’ 2019 win at UK was the first time the Red and White took Founded...... 1906 down a ranked Wildcat squad and the sixth time WKU claimed a win over a ranked team by at least three runs. Of the 23 wins Enrollment...... 19,461 over ranked opposition, 12 of those victories have come on the ranked team’s home turf. NCAA Affiliation...... Division I Conference Affiliation...... Conference USA HANGING IN THERE President...... Dr. Timothy C. Caboni In 2019 WKU notched 10 victories in come-from-behind fashion and have already earned three wins of such this season. In the Director of Athletics...... Todd Stewart Hilltoppers’ game at Troy, the Trojans struck first for a 2-0 lead after their opening trip to the plate before WKU would eventually claim a 3-2 eight-inning decision. WKU’s second win in comeback fashion came in its win over Lipscomb at the Chattanooga Challenge. The Bisons owned a 1-0 lead until the top of the fourth inning when Kendall Smith connected for a three-run home run and WKU went on to win 7-1. Most recently, Kennedy Sullivan delivered a two-out grand slam against Green Bay to help PROGRAM HISTORY WKU overcome a two-run deficit.COME FROM BEHIND WINS SECTION ON P. 9

First Year...... 2000 WALKOFFS All-Time Record...... 638-511-3 (.555) After registering three walk-off wins in 2017 and four in 2018, WKU Softball did it again during 2019. The squad picked up Conference Championships...... 2 (2013, 15) a walk-off over Cleveland State on Feb. 25 in the form of an 8-0, six-inning decision. In the bottom of the sixth, pinch-hitter Tommi Stowers placed a leadoff double into the gap before advancing 60 feet on a wild pitch during the following at bat. Tournament Championships...... 1 (2015) Another pinch-hitter, Paige Carter, battled to a full count before sending a single to left field to score Stowers for the run-rule NCAA Tournaments...... 2 (2013, 15) walk off victory. Carter struck again on Sunday, March 31 for a bases-loaded single for another run-rule walk off, scoring Kendall NCAA Postseason Record...... 4-4 (.500) Smith for the 10-2 WKU victory. WKU added its third run-rule walkoff of the season in its series finale against North Texas when Best Record (2013)...... 43-18 (.705) Maddie Bowlds dropped a base hit inside the left field line past the outstretched glove of the Mean Green defender to score Best Win Perentage (2019)...... 37-13 (.740) Rebekah Engelhardt for the game-ending run. In her final at bat from the WKU Softball Complex, Shannon Plese connected for a Best at NCAAs (2015)...... 2-2 (.500) three-run, run-rule walk-off home run for an 11-2 5-inning win. Played in NPF...... 2 (last, Miranda Kramer) VICTORIES OVER SEC SQUADS Since 2000, WKU Softball has played 11 different SEC squads. The Hilltoppers have gone 19-44 up against SEC opposition. Under COACHING STAFF Coach Tudor’s reign, the 2014-2019 squads have gone head to head with seven of the SEC programs, putting together a record of 6-11. In 2014 the Red and White took down No. 2 Tennessee on the Volunteers’ home turf; Tudor’s second game coaching for Head Coach...... Amy Tudor (Seventh Season) WKU against an SEC school. Over the 2017 opening weekend, WKU Softball headed to Starkville, Miss., and took down the host Record at WKU...... 193-142-1 Bulldogs in a 1-0 decision. WKU dropped decisions to No. 8 LSU and No. 18 Kentucky in 2018 along with No. 17 Auburn during its Career Record...... 410-348-2 (16th season) opening weekend of the 2019 campaign. On March 26, WKU headed to Lexington and took down No.17-ranked Kentucky on the Assistant Coach...... Kayla Bixel (Fourth) Wildcats’ home field. Assistant Coach...... Dani Pugh (First) SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS Strength and Conditioning...... John Stephanski Kennedy Sullivan continued her 2019 dominance in the circle in WKU’s home tournament, the Hilltopper Classic. When the Red Athletic Trainer...... Taylor Wilkes and White faced off against Butler, Sullivan was hitting her spots and tallied 16 strikeouts in the regulation-length game - the second-most punchouts ever by a Hilltopper in a seven-inning game at the time. Sullivan is the only freshman in program history to register 15 or more strikeouts in a game and went on to do it again with 17 punchouts at Samford to match the most in the NCAA this season. The Georgetown, Ky., native’s performances marked the ninth and 10th 15-strikeout showings by a pitcher in WKU Softball history. Miranda Kramer owns seven outings of the sort while Ryan Rogge achieved the feat as a sophomore. WKU SOFTBALL COMPLEX ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME STRIKEOUTS LEADERS Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 2-1 - at Georgia 14 innings 5-16-2015 Capacity ...... 500 Miranda Kramer Senior 19 strikeouts W, 4-0 - at Troy 7 innings 2-7-2015 Opened ...... 2000 Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 1-3 - Charlotte 11 innings 4-26-2015 WKU Record...... 273-180-1 (.602) Miranda Kramer Senior 18 strikeouts L, 0-1 - at Kentucky 8.2 innings 4-22-2015 Attendance Record...... 1,323 Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 17 strikeouts W, 8-1 - at Samford 7 innings 3-2-2019 Record Info...... vs. Kentucky, 4/20/16 Kennedy Sullivan Freshman 16 strikeouts W, 3-0 - Butler 7 innings 2-24-2019 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 9-2 - at Lipscomb 7 innings 3-24-2015 Record Result...... L, 0-5 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 4-2 - at Ball State 7 innings 3-21-2015 Winning Seasons...... 14 Miranda Kramer Senior 16 strikeouts W, 1-0 - vs. Charlotte 7 innings 5-7-2015 Ryan Rogge Sophomore 15 strikeouts L, 0-1 - vs. Virginia 10 innings 2-9-2007 LOCKDOWN MODE WITH KELSEY AIKEY Entering her senior season, pitcher Kelsey Aikey had already cemented herself in the Hilltoppers’ record book. During her junior 2019 RECAP season, the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native took over both WKU’s career saves and relief appearances records. She closed the season with 12 career saves and 54 relief appearances, which included a WKU single-season record six saves on the year. Overall Record...... 37-13 (.740) Three weeks into the season, Aikey continues to add to her numbers bringing her career totals to 14 and 58. Her 14 saves are Conference USA Record...... 18-6 (.750) tied for third among all active NCAA DI pitchers. Conference USA Finish...... 3rd Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 11/6 WKU CAREER SAVES & RELIEF APPEARANCES LIST *denotes school record Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 3/1 Kelsey Aikey 14 saves* 58 relief appearances* 2017-present Incoming Freshmen (Pitchers)...... 7 (2) Adrienne Lathrop 7 saves 39 relief appearances 2003-06 Incoming Transfers (Pitchers)...... 2 (0) Shelby Nunn 6 saves 35 relief appearances 2018-present Allison Silver 6 saves 34 relief appearances 2001-04 FOUR-STRIKEOUT INNING On Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala., Kelsey Aikey achieved one of the rarest feats in softball - a four-strikeout MEDIA RELATIONS inning. The strikeouts came against the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 hitters in Jackson State’s lineup. With two strikeouts in the top of the seventh already, Aikey got JSU’s batter swinging with a changeup in the dirt that allowed the batter to reach first on the wild Primary Contact...... Jessica Leifheit pitch. Unfazed, Aikey responded by striking out the next batter as well to bring her 2.0-inning total to five while securing the save. Aikey’s performance is the only known outing of the sort across the NCAA in 2019. Associate Director of Media Relations Alma Mater...... Augustana (‘14) Email Address...... [email protected] Cell Phone...... 630-870-9582 Office Phone...... 270-745-4363

2 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF 2020 NUMERICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Freshmen...... 7 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Sophomores...... 5 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS Juniors...... 5 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Seniors...... 3 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS Alabama...... 4 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Florida...... 1 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS Illinois...... 1 Indiana...... 1 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS Iowa...... 1 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Kentucky...... 10 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida Tennessee...... 2 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS BREAKDOWN BY HANDEDNESS 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS HITTERS PITCHERS Righty...... 12 Righty...... 4 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Lefty...... 8 Lefty...... 1 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS Switch...... 0 2020 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUM. NAME POS. CLASS HT. B/T HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL 12 KELSEY AIKEY P SR. 5-4 R/R Cedar Falls, Iowa Waverly-Shell Rock HS PHONETIC GUIDE 28 MADDIE BOWLDS IF JR. 5-9 L/L Utica, Ky. Daviess County HS Kelsey AIKEY...... IKE-EE 26 PAIGE CARTER OF SR. 5-1 R/R Crown Point, Ind. Lake Central HS Maddie BOWLDS...... BOLDS 17 CARLI CROWDER IF FR. 5-6 L/R Northport, Ala. Tuscaloosa County HS Brylee HAGE...... HAY-jh 6 TAYLOR DAVIS OF SO. 5-7 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS Morgan McELROY...... MACKLE-ROY 5 KATIE GARDNER P FR. 5-10 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS Maggie TRGO...... TUR-GO 11 BRYLEE HAGE OF FR. 5-3 L/L Nicholasville, Ky. East Jessamine HS Amy TUDOR...... TOO-DUR 44 MADELINE HARRIS P FR. 6-0 L/L Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS 23 MORGAN McELROY IF SR. 5-8 R/R Madisonville, Ky. Madisonville North Hopkins HS 22 MACY MURPHY IF SO. 5-11 R/R Murfreesboro, Tenn. Riverdale HS 10 SHELBY NUNN P JR. 5-11 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. South Warren HS 7 MADELINE RIDER UTL FR. 5-9 R/R Harrisburg, Ill. Harrisburg HS 9 JORDAN RIDGE UTL SO. 5-5 R/R Louisville, Ky. Assumption HS 15 TAYLOR SANDERS IF FR. 5-6 R/R Shelbyville, Tenn. Shelbyville Central HS 2 KENDALL SMITH C JR. 5-9 R/R Bowling Green, Ky. Warren East HS 4 KENNEDY SULLIVAN P/OF SO. 5-9 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Scott County HS 1 JORDAN THOMAS UTL JR. 5-5 L/L Lebanon, Ky. Bethlehem HS 20 MAGGIE TRGO OF JR. 6-2 L/R Litha, Fla. College of Central Florida 25 PRINCESS VALENCIA C/OF SO. 5-6 R/R Georgetown, Ky. Morehead State 3 TJ WEBSTER IF FR. 5-4 L/R Huntsville, Ala. Sparkman HS 2020 COACHING STAFF NAME POSITION EXPERIENCE ALMA MATER HOMETOWN AMY TUDOR Head Coach Seventh Season WKU (2002) Petersburg, Tenn. KAYLA BIXEL Assistant Coach Fourth Season IPFW (2010) Bremen, Ind. Operations Fifth Season DANI PUGH Assistant Coach First Season WKU (2016) Columbus, Ohio

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PERFORMANCES TEAM RESULT DATE OPPONENT DEC. IP H R ER BB K NP SCORE FINAL Feb. 7 vs. Lipscomb Aikey 4.1 3 3 1 1 8 71 3-2 L PITCHER GS RECORD SAVES TEAM W/L Feb. 7 vs. Col. of Charleston Nunn 6.0 5 1 0 0 7 69 7-3 W Aikey 7 6-2 2 8-3 Feb. 8 vs. North Florida Sullivan 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 101 3-1 L Gardner 0 0-0 0 3-0 Feb. 8 at Troy Aikey^ 8.0 4 2 1 1 13 125 3-2 W Harris 0 0-0 0 0-0 Feb. 9 vs. North Florida Nunn 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 63 3-0 W Nunn 5 4-1 0 6-4 Feb. 14 vs. Ohio Aikey 3.0 2 1 1 5 6 75 13-4 W Sullivan 3 1-1 0 2-2 Feb. 14 at Chattanooga Aikey 6.0 6 2 2 4 9 124 12-2 W Feb. 15 vs. Tennessee Tech Sullivan^ 5.0 1 0 0 2 9 82 9-0 W CAREER 7+ STRIKEOUTS Feb. 15 vs. Lipscomb Aikey^ 7.0 5 1 1 1 9 130 7-1 W Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green Nunn 5.0 2 0 0 1 0 59 2-0 W PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Feb. 21 Green Bay Nunn 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 21 7-6 W Aikey 0 3 12 6 21 Feb. 21 Indiana State Aikey^ 7.0 1 0 0 1 10 94 4-0 W Gardner - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 Ball State Nunn 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 80 6-5 L Harris - - - 0 0 Feb. 22 Indiana State Aikey 1.0 6 1 1 0 2 31 7-5 L Nunn - 1 0 1 2 Feb. 23 Green Bay Aikey^ 7.0 3 0 0 1 13 101 3-0 W Sullivan - - 12 3 15 Feb. 28 IUPUI Feb. 28 Illinois State Feb. 29 Austin Peay CAREER 0-2 HIT GAMES (5+ IP) Feb. 29 TBD Mar. 1 TBD PLAYER 0 1 2 2020/TOTAL Mar. 4 Belmont Aikey 0/1 1/5 0/5 1/11 Mar. 6 Middle Tennessee* Gardner 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 7 Middle Tennessee* Harris 0 0 0 0/0 Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee* Nunn 0 0/2 1/4 1/6 Mar. 10 at UT Arlington Sullivan 0/1 2/2 0/2 2/5 Mar. 13 at North Texas* Mar. 14 at North Texas* Mar. 15 at North Texas* Mar. 18 Tennessee Tech CAREER COMPLETE GAMES Mar. 20 Marshall* Mar. 21 Marshall* PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Mar. 22 Marshall* Aikey 5 7 7 4 23 Mar. 25 Kentucky Gardner - - - 0 0 Mar. 27 FIU* Harris - - - 0 0 Mar. 28 FIU* Nunn - 10 2 0 12 Mar. 29 FIU* Sullivan - - 9 1 10 Apr. 1 Lipscomb Apr. 3 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 8 Eastern Kentucky Apr. 17 at UTSA* Apr. 18 at UTSA* Apr. 19 at UTSA* Apr. 24 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 25 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 26 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 28 at Evansville May 1 at Charlotte* May 2 at Charlotte* May 3 at Charlotte*

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2020 STATISTICS NUM. NAME ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K 2B 3B HR BF AVG. WP HBP BK SF SH 10 Nunn 1.03 4-1 10 4 0 0/2 0 34.0 28 8 5 3 19 0 0 2 130 .226 0 1 0 0 2 12 Aikey 1.28 6-2 11 7 4 2/2 2 49.1 34 14 9 20 75 3 1 2 204 .185 2 0 0 0 0 4 Sullivan 3.05 1-1 4 4 1 1/0 0 18.1 11 9 8 13 34 2 0 2 77 .172 0 0 0 0 0 5 Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 18 .273 1 1 0 0 0 44 Harris 0.00 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 4 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball AT THE HELM Head Coach Amy Tudor // Seventh Season // Overall Coaching Record: 410-348-2 // AT WKU: 193-142-1 Amy Tudor File Tudor Year-by-Year WKU All-Time vs. 2020 Opponents Year Overall Conf. School Opponent Record • Seventh Season 2005 22-14 11-3 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Lipscomb 16-16 Belmont 29-1 2006 23-19 8-6 (NCAC) Ohio Wesleyan Col. of Charleston 1-1 MTSU 39-28 • WKU 2002 North Florida 1-2 UT Arlington 4-0 2007 11-38 5-13 (A-Sun) Belmont • Petersburg, Tenn. Troy 16-18 North Texas 27-18-1 2008 14-36 3-19 (A-Sun) Belmont Ohio 4-0 Marshall 9-11 2009 11-35 3-17 (A-Sun) Belmont Chattanooga 4-2 Kentucky 9-15 Tudor Coaching Highlights 2010 29-19 17-6 (Summit) IPFW Tennessee Tech 11-7 FIU 30-34 CAREER 2011 28-15-1 16-8 (Summit) IPFW Bowling Green 5-3 Florida Atlantic 18-25 Green Bay 4-1 Eastern Kentucky 13-11 • 34 Division I All-Conference Selections 2012 45-14 17-6 (Summit) IPFW • Nine NFCA All-Region Honorees Indiana State 10-2 UTSA 3-0 2013 34-16 12-4 (Summit) IPFW • One Conference Pitcher/Player of the Years Ball State 4-3 Louisiana Tech 4-9 • Six CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections 2014 33-24-1 11-10 (SBC) WKU IUPUI 4-1 Evansville 12-9-1 • One Senior CLASS Award Finalist 2015 36-14 16-4 (C-USA) WKU Illinois State 3-6 Charlotte 11-5 • 350 Career Wins/350 Division I Wins 2016 17-30 8-13 (C-USA) WKU Austin Peay 22-6 Total 313-234-2 WKU 2017 31-31 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •14 All-Conference Selections 2018 28-26 10-13 (C-USA) WKU •EvenW NFCA All-Region Selections •2014 NCAA Individual Stolen Base Leader 2019 37-13 18-6 (C-USA) WKU •2015 NCAA Individual Strikeouts Leader Total 399-344-2 165-142 15 Years •One CoSIDA Academic All-District Honoree DI 354-311-2 146-133 13 Years •2015 Conference USA Coach of the Year WKU 182-138-1 73-60 Six Years •2015 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

WKU SUPERLATIVE STATS 2020 WKU TEAM SUPERLATIVES 2020 WKU INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES STAT AMOUNT OPPONENT DATE STAT AMOUNT INDIVIDUAL OPPONENT DATE At Bats 36 Ohio 2/14 At Bats 5 4 times MR, Chattanooga 2/14 Runs Scored 13 Ohio 2/14 Runs Scored 4 Paige Carter Ohio 2/14 Hits 14 MR, Chattanooga 2/14 Hits 4 MR, Taylor Davis Green Bay 2/21 RBI 12 at Chattanooga 2/14 RBI 5 MR, Kennedy Sullivan Green Bay 2/21 Doubles 2 MR, BGSU 2/16 Doubles 1 19 times MR, Indiana St. 2/22 Triples 1 MR, Green Bay 2/23 Triples 1 MR, Brylee Hage Green Bay 2/23 Home Runs 3 Ohio 2/14 Home Runs 1 10 times MR, Ball State 2/22 Walks 7 at Chattanooga 2/14 Total Bases 8 Kendall Smith Ohio 2/14 Stolen Bases 5 Col. Charleston 2/7 Walks 3 Maddie Bowlds Tennessee Tech 2/15 Stolen Bases 3 Taylor Davis Col. Charleston 2/7 Assists 11 MR, at Troy 2/8 DP Turned 1 MR, UTC 2/14 Putouts 13 Maddie Bowlds UNF 2/9 Assists 5 MR, TJ Webster Ball State 2/22 Innings Pitched 8.0 MR, Ball State 2/22 Fewest Hits Allowed 1 MR, Indiana St. 2/21 Innings Pitched 8.0 Kelsey Aikey at Troy 2/8 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 MR, Green Bay 2/23 Fewest Hits Allowed 1 MR, Kelsey Aikey Indiana State 2/21 Most Strikeouts 15 Indiana State 2/22 Fewest Runs Allowed 0 MR, Kelsey Aikey Green Bay 2/23 Most Strikeouts 13 Kelsey Aikey MR, Green Bay 2/23 Longest Game 2:50 Ball State 2/22 Shortest Game 1:36 Green Bay 2/23

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 5 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION RPI STANDINGS THE LAST TIME WKU... Defeated a top 10 team at No. 2 Tennessee, 3/8/14 C-USA RPI RANKS Defeated a top 11-25 team at No. 17 Kentucky, 3/26/19 RANK TEAM DATE/RESULT 44 LA TECH 4/24-26 Had a pitcher strikeout 15+ Kennedy Sullivan, 3/2/19 (17) 54 NORTH TEXAS 3/13-15 Had a pitcher strikeout 10-14 Kelsey Aikey vs. Green Bay, 2/23/20 (13) 57 WKU - Threw a perfect game Miranda Kramer vs. Charlotte, 5/7/15 69 MARSHALL 3/20-22 Threw a no-hitter (run-rule) Kennedy Sullivan at Samford, 3/1/19 98 SOUTHERN MISS DNP Threw a no-hitter (regulation/extras) Kelsey Aikey vs. Sacred Heart, 2/15/18 119 FIU 3/27-29 Opponent threw no-hitter vs. No. 23 Marshall, 5/11/17 126 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3/6-8 147 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 4/3-5 Won a run-rule game vs. Tennessee Tech, 2/15/20 (5) 154 UAB DNP Lost a run-rule game at LA Tech, 4/27/19 (5) 166 UTSA 4/17-19 Played extra innings Ball State, 2/22/20 (8) 174 UTEP DNP Won in extra innings at Troy, 2/8/20 (8) 198 CHARLOTTE 5/1-3 Lost in extra innings at Marshall, 4/7/19 (8) Scored 10-14 runs at Chattanooga, 2/14/20 (12) WKU OPPONENT RPI RANKS RANK TEAM RESULT Scored 15-18 runs vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (16) 16 KENTUCKY 3/25 Scored 19+ runs at Tennessee-Martin, 4/2/00 (19) 40 LIPSCOMB L, 3-2 | W, 7-1 | 4/1 Allowed 10-14 runs at Marshall, 4/6/19 (10) 53 UT ARLINGTON 3/10 Allowed 15+ runs at No. 23 FAU, 4/30/16 (16) 65 TROY W, 3-2 Batted around the order Lipscomb, 2/15/20 (10 batters) 91 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4/8 Batted through the order (9 batters) Ball State, 2/22/20 96 CHATTANOOGA W, 12-2 102 OHIO W, 13-4 Had 10-14 hits Indiana State, 2/22/20 (10) 103 AUSTIN PEAY 2/29 Had 15+ hits vs. Tennessee State, 2/17/18 (17) 104 NORTH FLORIDA L, 3-1 | W, 3-0 Team hit 3+ home runs Ohio, 2/14/20 (3) 122 BELMONT 3/4 Back-to-back home runs Ohio, 2/14/20 (Carter & Smith, 1st inn.) 124 BALL STATE L, 6-5 Back-to-back-to-back home runs vs. ULM, 4/13/13 (Thomas, Mattox, Sulaski, 4th inn.) 135 ILLINOIS STATE 2/28 Player with back-to-back home runs Kendall Smith, 2/9/19, 2 consec. 145 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON W, 7-3 185 TENNESSEE TECH W, 9-0 | 3/18 Had a player hit two HRs Kendall Smith, Middle Tennessee, 4/23/19 203 BOWLING GREEN W, 2-0 Had a player hit a grand slam Kennedy Sullivan, Green Bay, 2/21/20 204 INDIANA STATE W, 4-0 | L, 7-5 Team hit three doubles UTSA, 4/4/19 (3) 214 EVANSVILLE 4/28 Team hit four or more doubles at FIU, 3/16/19 (4) 251 IUPUI 2/28 Team hit two triples vs. Western Illinois, 2/16/19 274 GREEN BAY W, 7-6 | W, 3-0 Team hit three or more triples vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (5) Team stole five or more bases vs. Col. Charleston, 2/7/20 (5) Player with three RBI Kendall Smith, Lipscomb, 2/15/20 Player with four RBI Kendall Smith, at MTSU, 4/22/19 Player with five RBI Kennedy Sullivan vs. Green Bay, 2/22/20 Player with six or more RBI Dani Pugh vs. Buffalo, 2/6/15 (6) Player with three hits Kendall Smith, vs. Green Bay, 2/24/20 Player with four hits Taylor Davis, Green Bay, 2/22/20 Player with five hits Tommi Stowers vs. Evansville, 3/3/17 Player with two or more doubles Kelsey McGuffin at Marshall, 4/7/19 (2) Player with two or more triples Shawna Sadler vs. Dayton, 2/24/13 (2) Player stole three or more bases Taylor Davis vs. Col. Charleston, 2/7/20 (3) Player scored three or more runs Paige Carter, vs. Ohio, 2/14/20 (4) Hit a walk-off home run (regulation/extra inn.) Brooke Holloway vs. Marshall, 5/7/16 Hit a walk-off home run (run-rule) Shannon Plese, UTSA, 5/5/19 Had a walk-off hit Shannon Plese, 5/5/19 (HR) Swept a conference home series UTSA, 5/4-5/19 Swept a conference road series at MTSU, 4/22-23/19 Was swept in a conference home series vs. FAU, 3/18-19/17 Was swept in a conference road series vs. LA Tech, 4/27-28/18

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TEAM RECORD BY... RECORD WHEN TEAM SCORES

LOCATION STARTERS RUNS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA 0 0-0 0-0 5-0 0-0 Overall...... 11-4 WKU Throws RHP...... 11-4 1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 Home...... 3-2 WKU Throws LHP...... 0-0 2 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 Away...... 2-0 Opp. Throws RHP...... 9-4 3 3-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 Neutral...... 6-2 Opp. Throws LHP...... 2-0 4 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 In Kentucky...... 3-2 WKU SP Goes 5+...... 10-0 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 In Tennessee...... 5-0 WKU SP Goes <5...... 1-4 6 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 Other States...... 3-2 Opp. SP Goes 5+...... 4-1 7 3-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 OPPONENT Opp. SP Goes <5...... 7-3 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Conference USA...... 0-0 RUNS 9 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Non-Conference...... 11-4 WKU Scores in 1st...... 3-1 10+ 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. Ranked Teams...... 0-0 Opp. Scores in 1st...... 1-0 vs. RV Teams...... 0-0 WKU Scores 1st...... 8-3 TIME Opp. Scores 1st...... 3-1 WKU RECORD AFTER INNINGS Day Games...... 9-3 HITS Night Games (5 pm & later)...... 2-1 WKU Has More...... 11-1 INNINGS LEADING TRAILING TIED DAY Opp. Has More...... 0-3 1 3-1 1-0 7-3 Midweek...... 0-0 Hits Are Even...... 0-0 2 4-2 2-1 5-1 Friday...... 5-1 ERRORS 3 7-3 1-1 3-0 Saturday...... 3-3 WKU Commits 0...... 4-0 4 9-2 0-2 2-0 Sunday...... 3-0 WKU Commits 1...... 5-1 5 9-0 0-3 1-1 MONTH WKU Commits 2+...... 2-3 6 9-0 0-4 1-0 February...... 11-4 Opp. Commits 0...... 3-1 March...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 1...... 3-2 SCORE BY INNINGS April...... 0-0 Opp. Commits 2+...... 5-1 May...... 0-0 HOMERUNS INNINGS WKU C-USA OPPONENTS C-USA MISC. WKU Hits 0...... 5-2 1 9 0 2 0 1-Run Games...... 2-2 WKU Hits 1...... 4-1 2 5 0 6 0 2-Run Games...... 1-2 WKU Hits 2+...... 2-0 3 16 0 6 0 Shortened Games...... 1-0 Opp. Hits 0...... 9-2 4 19 0 6 0 Extra Innings...... 1-1 Opp. Hits 1...... 2-1 5 13 0 5 0 Shutouts...... 5-0 Opp. Hits 2+...... 0-1 6 5 0 7 0 Series Sweeps...... 0-0 7 15 0 4 0 8 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 EX 1 0 1 0 Total 83 0 37 0 2020 Conference USA Standings

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SEASON/CAREER HITTING STAT TRACKER HOME RUN TRACKER NO. PLAYER GAME-DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS SCORE FINAL CAREER MULTI-HIT GAMES 2020/CAREER 1 Carter 2-2/7 Col. Charleston 3-2/2 4/2 2-1 W, 7-3 PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER 2 Carter (2) 6-2/14 Ohio 0-2/1 1/2 0-0 W, 13-4 Thomas 3/25 1/4 0 0 29 3 Smith 6-2/14 Ohio 2-2/0 1/2 2-0 W, 13-4 Carter 2/19 1/6 0 0 25 4 Sullivan 6-2/14 Ohio 2-0/1 7/0 6-4 W, 13-4 Smith 2/18 1/4 1/1 0 23 5 Carter (3) 7-2/14 at Chattanooga 0-1/1 1/1 1-0 W, 12-2 Bowlds 1/14 1/6 0/1 0 21 Sullivan 6/17 1/2 0 0 19 6 Thomas 7-2/14 at Chattanooga 2-2/1 4/0 4-2 W, 12-2 McElroy 1/11 0 0 0 11 7 Smith (2) 8-2/15 Tennessee Tech 3-2/0 3/1 2-0 W, 9-0 Davis 3/5 1/1 1/1 0 7 8 Smith (3) 9-2/15 Lipscomb 0-0/2 4/1 0-1 W, 7-1 Valencia 1/4 0/2 0 0 6 9 Sullivan (2) 11-2/21 Green Bay 0-0/3 3/2 0-2 W, 7-6 Sanders 1/1 0 0 0 1 10 Sullivan (3) 13-2/22 Ball State 2-1/0 4/0 0-4 L, 5-6 Webster 0 0 1/1 0 1

CAREER MULTI-RBI GAMES 2020/CAREER PLAYER 2 3 4 5+ CAREER Smith 1/12 3/9 0/2 0 23 Carter 1/10 2/6 0/2 0 18 Sullivan 3/11 0/1 0 1/1 13 McElroy 1/7 0 0 0 7 Thomas 1/3 0/1 0/2 1/1 7 Bowlds 0/3 0/1 0 0 4 Davis 2/2 0 0 0 2 Nunn 0 0/1 0 0 1 Valencia 0/1 0 0 0 1

CAREER HOMERUNS PLAYER 2017 2018 2019 2020 CAREER Smith - 5 12 3 20 Carter 2 5 4 3 14 Thomas - 6 7 1 14 Sullivan - - 4 3 7 Bowlds - 0 1 0 1 Nunn - 1 - 0 1 Valencia - - 1 0 1

STREAK TRACKERS

CAREER HITTING STREAKS REACHED BASE STREAK PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT PLAYER LONGEST 2020 CURRENT Sullivan 11 11 0 Thomas 15 11 11 Smith 10 4 2 Sullivan 14 14 0 Carter 9 9 0 Carter 13 10 0 Thomas 9 4 4 Smith 10 6 3 Webster 9 9 1 Webster 9 9 0 Bowlds 7 3 0 Bowlds 6 2 0 Davis 7 7 1 McElroy 6 6 6 Sanders 7 7 7 Davis 4 4 1 McElroy 6 6 6 Sanders 3 3 0 Valencia 6 2 2 Valencia 3 2 0 Hage 3 3 3 Ridge 2 - 0 Aikey 2 - 0 Aikey 1 - 0 Crowder 2 2 1 Hage 1 1 1 Nunn 2 - 0 Nunn 1 - 0 Ridge 2 - 0 Rider 1 1 1 Trgo 2 2 0 Trgo 1 1 0 Rider 1 1 1 8 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball ANALYSIS STATS

WALK-OFF TRACKER 2020 WKU INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE - Min. 8 AB NO. BATTER GAME/DATE OPPONENT COUNT/OB INNING/OUTS RESULT SCORE FINAL .419 Taylor Davis SLUGGING PERCENTAGE - Min. 8 AB .667 Kendall Smith ON BASE PERCENTAGE - Min. 10 Plate Appearances .468 Jordan Thomas COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN TRACKER RUNS SCORED NO. GAME/DATE OPPONENT DEFICIT INNING TYING HIT (score) GO-AHEAD HIT (score) FINAL 13 Jordan Thomas & Kennedy Sullivan 1 4-2/8 at Troy 2-0 After 2 Sullivan 2B (2-2) Carter 1B (3-2) W, 3-2 2 9-2/15 Lipscomb 1-0 Mid 4 Smith 3-Run HR (3-1) Smith 3-Run HR (3-1) W, 7-1 HITS 3 11-2/22 Green Bay 2-0 Mid 3 Sullivan Grand Slam Sullivan Grand Slam W, 7-6 21 Kennedy Sullivan RUNS BATTED IN 16 Kennedy Sullivan DOUBLES 5 Kennedy Sullivan & Jordan Thomas TRIPLES 1 Brylee Hage & Jordan Thomas HOME RUNS 3 P. Carter, K. Smith & K. Sullivan BATTING ANALYSIS TOTAL BASES LEADOFF BASES EMPTY 1-2 RUNNERS BASES LOADED RISP 2 OUTS 2-OUT RBI 35 Kennedy Sullivan PLAYER H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG H OPP AVG # WALKS Aikey 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 13 Jordan Thomas Bowlds 3 10 .300 3 15 .200 5 24 .208 3 6 .500 4 15 .267 4 14 .286 2 Carter 2 11 .182 5 20 .250 11 32 .344 0 1 .000 5 16 .313 7 20 .350 7 HIT BY PITCH Crowder 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 Taylor Sanders Davis 1 4 .250 5 15 .333 13 28 .464 2 6 .333 8 18 .444 5 14 .357 5 Gardner 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 SACRIFICE HITS Hage 1 2 .500 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 4 Taylor Davis Harris 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 McElroy 6 9 .667 6 16 .375 5 20 .250 0 2 .000 3 14 .214 4 9 .444 3 SACRIFICE FLIES Murphy 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 Jordan Thomas Nunn 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 Rider 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 STOLEN BASES Ridge 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 11 Taylor Davis Sanders 2 5 .400 5 13 .385 1 12 .083 0 1 .000 0 5 .000 1 9 .111 0 Smith 5 12 .417 9 21 .429 8 24 .333 0 3 .000 4 18 .222 6 18 .333 4 Sullivan 5 7 .714 6 19 .316 15 34 .441 1 2 .500 8 22 .364 6 15 .400 6 Thomas 13 24 .542 9 23 .391 7 24 .292 1 3 .333 7 18 .389 2 14 .143 2 Trgo 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 Valencia 3 5 .600 2 6 .333 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 0 Webster 5 10 .500 7 14 .500 7 27 .259 1 8 .125 6 21 .286 1 10 .100 0

2020 STARTERS SUMMARY POSITION BATTING ORDER PLAYER GS P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH FLEX SULLIVAN 15 4 ------10 1 - - 13 1 - 1 - - - - MCELROY 15 - - - 15 ------1 8 2 3 - 1 WEBSTER 15 - - - - - 15 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2 12 - THOMAS 15 ------15 - - 15 ------CARTER 15 ------9 - 3 3 - 1 - 12 2 - - - - - SMITH 15 - 14 - - 1 ------1 2 10 2 - - - - BOWLDS 14 - - 14 ------1 1 - 1 2 - 8 1 - DAVIS 14 ------5 - 2 7 - 11 - - - - 1 - 2 - SANDERS 11 - - - - 11 ------1 - - 1 - 7 2 - - AIKEY 9 7 ------7 NUNN 4 4 ------4 VALENCIA 3 - 1 1 - 1 ------1 2 - - - CROWDER 2 - - - - 2 ------2 - - - HAGE 1 ------1 - - - - - 1 - - - - TRGO 1 ------1 ------1 - - -

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 9 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

Date Team P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP Record Feb. 7 vs. Lipscomb Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Davis Sullivan 0-1 (1) Feb. 7 vs. Col. Charleston Nunn Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 1-0 (2) Feb. 8 vs. North Florida Sullivan Smith Valencia McElroy Sanders Webster Trgo Thomas Carter Davis 0-1 (3) Feb. 8 at Troy Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 1-0 (4) Feb. 9 vs. North Florida Nunn Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Hage 1-0 (5) Feb. 14 vs. Ohio Nunn Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 2-0 (2) Feb. 14 at Chattanooga Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 2-0 (4) Feb. 15 vs. Tennessee Tech Sullivan Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Davis Thomas Carter --- 1-0 (6) Feb. 15 vs. Lipscomb Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 3-0 (4) Feb. 16 vs. Bowling Green Nunn Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Carter Thomas Sullivan Davis 3-0 (3) Feb. 21 Green Bay Sullivan Smith Bowlds McElroy Crowder Webster Carter Thomas Davis --- 1-0 (7) Feb. 21 Indiana State Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Crowder Webster Davis Thomas Sullivan Carter 1-0 (8) Feb. 22 Ball State Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Valencia Webster Davis Thomas Sullivan Carter 0-1 (9) Feb. 22 Indiana State Sullivan Valencia Bowlds McElroy Smith Webster Davis Thomas Carter --- 0-1 (10) Feb. 23 Green Bay Aikey Smith Bowlds McElroy Sanders Webster Davis Thomas Sullivan Carter 1-0 (11) Feb. 28 IUPUI Feb. 28 Illinois State Feb. 29 Austin Peay Feb. 29 TBD Mar. 1 TBD Mar. 4 Belmont Mar. 6 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 7 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 8 Middle Tennessee* Mar. 10 at UT Arlington Mar. 13 at North Texas* Mar. 14 at North Texas* Mar. 15 at North Texas* Mar. 18 Tennessee Tech Mar. 20 Marshall* Mar. 21 Marshall* Mar. 22 Marshall* Mar. 25 Kentucky Mar. 27 FIU* Mar. 28 FIU* Mar. 29 FIU* Apr. 1 Lipscomb Apr. 3 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 4 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 5 at Florida Atlantic* Apr. 8 Eastern Kentucky Apr. 17 at UTSA* Apr. 18 at UTSA* Apr. 19 at UTSA* Apr. 24 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 25 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 26 Louisiana Tech* Apr. 28 at Evansville May 1 at Charlotte* May 2 at Charlotte* May 3 at Charlotte*

10 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2020 WKU LINE SCORES GAME 1 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:06 A-212 GAME 9 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-2:13 A-113 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 4 Lipscomb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3 Lipscomb 0 0 0 1 2 0 X - 3 5 1 WKU 0 0 0 3 4 0 X - 7 6 0 WP-GRAY (1-0); LP-Aikey (0-1) WP-Aikey (4-1); LP-YAKUBOWSKI (0-2) HR WKU - Smith (3) GAME 2 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:04 A-237 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RHE GAME 10 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-0:00 A-0 CofC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 6 1 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 1 0 0 4 2 0 X - 7 7 2 WKU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 7 0 WP-Nunn (1-0); LP-Sparkman (0-1) BGSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 HR WKU - Carter (1) WP-Nunn (3-0) Save-Aikey(2) LP-Gottshall (2-2) GAME 3 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:06 A-103 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RHE GAME 11 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-1:59 A-231 UNF 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Green Bay 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 - 6 3 1 WP-CLAUSEN (1-0); LP-Sullivan (0-1) WKU 0 0 4 0 2 1 X - 7 10 2 WP-Nunn (4-0); LP-Schwebke (2-5) GAME 4 | Troy, Ala. | T-2:32 A-393 HR GB - Bihun (2) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RHE HR WKU - Sullivan (2) WKU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 9 1 Troy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 GAME 12 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-1:50 A-271 WP-Aikey (1-1); LP-Johnson (1-1) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Indiana St 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 GAME 5 | Troy, Ala. | T-1:55 A-102 WKU 0 0 2 0 1 1 X - 4 8 1 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RH E WP-Aikey (5-1); LP-Kruzel (2-2) WKU 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 8 1 UNF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 GAME 13 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-2:50 A-198 WP-Nunn (2-0) Save-Aikey(1) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E LP-RAULERSON (0-1) Ball St. 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 6 10 1 WKU 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 - 5 9 2 GAME 6 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-2:40 A-89 WP-ROTHWELL (4-3); LP-Nunn (4-1) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E HR BSU - MAGNIFICO (1), HOGG 2 (5) WKU 3 0 2 0 1 0 7 - 13 14 0 HR WKU - Sullivan (3) Ohio 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 3 WP-Aikey (2-1); LP-THORNHILL (0-3) GAME 14 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-2:44 A-223 HR WKU-Sullivan (1), Carter (2), Smith (1) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Indiana St 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 - 7 11 4 GAME 7 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-2:30 A-228 WKU 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 2 Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WP-Kruzel (2-2) Save-Benko(1) WKU 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 - 12 14 1 LP-Aikey (5-2) UTC 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 3 HR INS - Thomerson (2) WP-Aikey (3-1); LP-Swinford (0-2) HR WKU - Thomas (1), Carter (3) GAME 15 | Bowling Green, Ky. | T-1:36 A-225 HR UTC - Corum (2) Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Green Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 GAME 8 | Chattanooga, Tenn. | T-1:45 A-92 WKU 0 0 2 0 0 1 X - 3 8 1 Score 1 2 3 4 5 R H E WP-Aikey (6-2) LP-Baneck (1-4) TTU 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 WKU 0 2 1 6 X - 9 10 0 WP-Sullivan (1-1); LP-ARDEN (3-1) HR WKU - Smith (2)

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 11 2020 WKU SEASON STATS 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 11-4 Home: 3-2 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 1 9 15-14 43 11 18 1 0 0 6 19 . 4 4 2 3 0 6 0 . 4 5 7 0 4 11-11 15 0 2 . 8 8 2 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 3 9 6 15-15 53 13 21 5 0 3 16 35 . 6 6 0 6 0 5 0 . 4 5 8 0 0 2-3 10 3 1 . 9 2 9 2 Kendall Smith . 3 7 8 15-15 45 7 17 4 0 3 12 30 . 6 6 7 7 0 7 0 . 4 5 3 1 1 1-1 121 17 2 . 9 8 6 3 TJ Webster . 3 4 1 15-15 41 8 14 1 0 0 2 15 . 3 6 6 2 0 7 0 . 3 7 2 0 3 6-7 18 33 4 . 9 2 7 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 4 0 15-15 47 13 16 5 1 1 11 26 . 5 5 3 13 0 9 0 . 4 6 8 2 0 1-2 12 1 0 1.000 26 Paige Carter . 3 0 8 15-15 52 11 16 0 0 3 13 25 . 4 8 1 4 0 3 0 . 3 5 1 1 0 1-1 8 1 1 . 9 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy . 3 0 6 15-15 36 5 11 2 0 0 4 13 . 3 6 1 6 0 2 0 . 3 9 5 1 2 0-0 14 16 2 . 9 3 8 25 Princess Valencia . 2 8 6 8-3 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 . 2 8 6 2 0 4 0 . 3 7 5 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 20 Maggie Trgo . 2 5 0 7-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 . 4 0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage . 2 5 0 11-1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 . 7 5 0 2 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 4 0 13-11 25 5 6 1 0 0 1 7 . 2 8 0 5 2 6 0 . 4 0 6 0 1 2-2 2 17 3 . 8 6 4 28 Maddie Bowlds . 2 0 5 15-14 39 4 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 2 0 5 4 0 15 0 . 2 7 9 0 3 3-3 97 0 1 . 9 9 0 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 5-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 7 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 2 4 15 413 83 134 19 2 10 72 187 . 4 5 3 59 2 69 0 . 4 0 7 5 15 29-32 312 103 18 . 9 5 8 Opponents . 1 9 8 15 383 37 76 5 2 6 31 103 . 2 6 9 42 2 131 2 . 2 8 1 0 2 4-10 297 122 22 . 9 5 0

LOB - Team (115), Opp (81). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (5). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 0 3 4-1 10 4 0 0/2 0 34.0 28 8 5 3 19 0 0 2 . 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 2 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 2 8 6-2 11 7 4 2/2 2 49.1 34 14 9 20 75 3 1 2 . 1 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 3 . 0 5 1-1 4 3 1 1/0 0 18.1 11 9 8 13 34 2 0 2 . 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 8 8 11-4 15 15 5 5/2 2 104.0 76 37 28 42 131 5 2 6 . 1 9 8 3 2 0 0 2 Opponents 4 . 6 0 4-11 15 15 4 0/0 1 99.0 134 83 65 59 69 19 2 10 . 3 2 4 5 2 0 5 15

PB - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (2-8), Sullivan, K. (3-5), Aikey, K. (1-3), Valencia, P. (2-2), Nunn, S. (0-2).

12 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 2019 WKU C-USA ONLY STATS

2019 WKU Softball Conference statistics for WKU (as of May 05, 2019) (C-USA games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 18-6 Home: 11-1 Away: 7-5 C-USA: 18-6

LOB - Team (143), Opp (165). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (12). IBB - Team (2), SMITH,K. 2, Opp (3).

(C-USA games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

PB - Team (3), SMITH,K. 3, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - SMITH,K. (16-19), AIKEY,K. (8-9), NUNN,S. (5-6), SULLIVAN,K. (3-4).

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 13 2020 WKU TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020 WKU Softball Team Game-by-Game for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) Batting (All games)

Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr tb bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e lob avg Feb 07 vs Lipscomb 30 2 11 2 1 0 0 12 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 18 5 4 11 .3 6 7 Feb 07 vs College of Charlesto 25 7 7 5 2 0 1 12 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 21 11 2 6 .3 2 7 Feb 08 vs North Florida 23 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 11 1 3 .2 6 9 Feb 08 at Troy 31 3 9 3 2 0 0 11 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 24 11 1 8 .2 7 5 Feb 09 vs North Florida 26 3 8 3 2 0 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 21 10 1 7 .2 8 1 Feb 14 vs Ohio 36 13 14 11 2 0 3 25 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 21 8 0 7 .3 0 4 Feb 14 at Chattanooga 31 12 14 12 2 0 2 22 7 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 21 6 1 8 .3 2 7 Feb 15 vs Tennessee Tech 21 9 10 9 1 0 1 14 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 3 0 7 .3 4 1 Feb 15 vs Lipscomb 26 7 6 6 1 0 1 10 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 9 0 6 .3 2 9 Feb 16 vs Bowling Green 28 2 7 1 2 0 0 9 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 21 7 0 13 .3 2 1 Feb 21 GREEN BAY 27 7 10 7 1 0 1 14 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 21 6 2 5 .3 2 6 Feb 21 INDIANA STATE 23 4 8 3 1 1 0 11 3 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 21 4 1 6 .3 2 7 Feb 22 BALL STATE 29 5 9 4 0 0 1 12 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 24 10 2 10 .3 2 6 Feb 22 INDIANA STATE 32 5 10 2 1 0 0 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 21 1 2 10 .3 2 5 Feb 23 GREEN BAY 25 3 8 3 0 1 0 10 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 21 1 1 8 .3 2 4 Totals 413 83 134 72 19 2 10 187 59 0 29 3 2 15 5 0 69 312 103 18 115 .3 2 4

2020 WKU Softball Team Game-by-Game for WKU (as of Feb 23, 2020) Pitching (All games)

Date Opponent ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr wp bk hbp dp ibb score w-l sv era Feb 07 vs Lipscomb 6.0 5 3 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2-3 0-1 0 1.17 Feb 07 vs College of Charlesto 7.0 6 3 2 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7-3 1-1 0 1.62 Feb 08 vs North Florida 7.0 6 3 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-3 1-2 0 2.10 Feb 08 at Troy 8.0 4 2 1 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 2-2 0 1.75 Feb 09 vs North Florida 7.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3-0 3-2 1 1.40 Feb 14 vs Ohio 7.0 8 4 4 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13-4 4-2 1 1.83 Feb 14 at Chattanooga 7.0 8 2 2 4 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12-2 5-2 1 1.86 Feb 15 vs Tennessee Tech 5.0 1 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-0 6-2 1 1.69 Feb 15 vs Lipscomb 7.0 5 1 1 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7-1 7-2 1 1.61 Feb 16 vs Bowling Green 7.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-0 8-2 2 1.44 Feb 21 GREEN BAY 7.0 3 6 6 5 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-6 9-2 2 1.87 Feb 21 INDIANA STATE 7.0 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-0 10-2 2 1.71 Feb 22 BALL STATE 8.0 10 6 4 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-6 10-3 2 1.87 Feb 22 INDIANA STATE 7.0 11 7 4 2 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-7 10-4 2 2.02 Feb 23 GREEN BAY 7.0 3 0 0 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-0 11-4 2 1.88 Totals 104.0 76 37 28 42 131 5 2 6 3 0 2 5 0 83-37 11-4 2 1.88

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 14 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Jordan Thomas 5 OHIO (2-14) AT BATS MR, OHIO (2-14-20) 5 junior 2 MR, INDIANA ST (2-22) RUNS MR, UTSA (5-4-19) 3 • 3 INDIANA ST. (2-21) HITS 4X, MR VS. INS (2-21-20) 3 utility 1 MR, INDIANA ST. (2-21) DOUBLES MR, INDIANA ST (2-21-20) 1 • 1 INDIANA ST. (2-21) TRIPLES 6X, MR INS (2-21-20) 1 • lebanon, ky. 1 AT CHATTANOOGA (2-14) HOME RUNS 14X, MR AT UTC (2-14-20) 1 5 AT CHATTANOOGA (2-14) RBI AT CHATTANOOGA (2-14-20) 5 1 • bats L / throws L 2 4X, MR BALL ST (2-22) WALKS/HBP 15X, MR BALL ST (2-22-20) 2 1 TENN. TECH (2-15) STOLEN BASES 3X, MR SAINT LOUIS (3-8-19) 2

THOMAS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .317 54-54 161 42 51 16 3 6 27 91 .565 40 2 37 2 .454 2 2 6-8 70 2 3 .960 2019 .291 50-50 158 34 46 10 2 7 29 81 .513 21 1 28 0 .376 1 0 9-10 76 37 4 .966 2020 .340 15-15 47 13 16 5 1 1 11 26 .553 13 0 9 0 .468 2 0 1-2 12 1 0 1.000 CAREER .309 119-119 366 89 113 31 6 14 67 198 .541 74 3 74 2 .424 5 2 16-20 158 40 7 .966

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kendall Smith 5 OHIO (2-14) AT BATS MR, OHIO (2-14-20) 5 2 MR, TENN. TECH (2-15) RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 • junior 4 OHIO (2-14) HITS VS. OHIO (2-14-20) 4 1 MR, INDIANA ST (2-22) DOUBLES VS. TENNESSEE TECH (2-16-18) 2 • catcher - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-16-19) 1 bowling green ky 1 MR, LIPSCOMB (2-15) HOME RUNS AT MTSU (4-22-19) 2 • , . 3 MR, LIPSCOMB (2-15) RBI MR, AT MTSU (4-22-19) 4 2 • bats R / throws R 2 AT UTC (2-14) WALKS/HBP MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 3 1 AT UTC (2-14) STOLEN BASES MR, AT UTC (2-14-20) 1

SMITH’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .240 54-54 146 33 35 10 0 5 22 60 .411 21 4 34 1 .345 3 4 4-4 252 28 9 .969 2019 .321 50-50 140 32 45 8 1 12 46 91 .650 23 3 23 0 .423 2 0 5-8 406 29 4 .991 2020 .348 15-15 45 7 17 4 0 3 12 30 .667 7 0 7 0 .454 1 1 1-1 121 17 2 .986 CAREER .293 119-119 331 72 97 22 1 20 80 181 .547 51 7 64 1 .392 6 5 10-13 779 74 15 .983

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. TJ Webster 4 MR, BGSU (2-16) AT BATS SAME 2 AT UTC (2-14) RUNS SAME • freshman 4 AT UTC (2-14) HITS SAME 1 UNF (2-9) DOUBLES SAME • infield - - TRIPLES SAME huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . 1 AT UTC (2-14) RBI SAME 3 • bats L / throws R 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-23) WALKS/HBP SAME 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-23) STOLEN BASES SAME WEBSTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .341 15-15 41 8 14 1 0 0 2 15 .366 2 0 7 0 .372 0 3 6-6 18 33 4 .927 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 15 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kennedy Sullivan 5 AT UTC (2-14) AT BATS MTSU (4-23-19) 6 3 OHIO (2-14) RUNS MR VS. OHIO (2-14-20) 3 • sophomore 3 INDIANA ST (2-22) HITS FAU (3-30-19) 3 1 MR BGSU (2-16) DOUBLES FAU (3-30-19) 2 • pitcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - georgetown ky 1 MR, BALL ST (2-22) HOME RUNS MR VS. BALL ST (2-22-20) 1 • , . 5 GREEN BAY (2-21) RBI CLEVELAND ST. (2-21-20) 5 4 • bats R / throws R 2 MR BALL ST (2-22) WALKS/HBP MR, BALL ST (2-22-20) 2 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-21) STOLEN BASES MR, GREEN BAY (2-21-20) 1 5.0 GREEN BAY (2-21) IP MR, MARSHALL (4-6-19) 7.0 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-21) FEWEST HITS EVANSVILLE (3-1-19) 0 0 TENN. TECH (2-15) FEWEST ER MR TENN. TECH (2-15-20) 0 10 MR, INDIANA ST. (2-22) STRIKEOUTS SAMFORD (3-2-19) 17 SULLIVAN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .281 48-48 135 22 38 11 0 4 30 61 .452 6 0 13 2 .297 7 4 1-1 7 19 0 1.000 2020 .396 15-15 53 13 21 5 0 3 16 35 .660 6 0 5 0 .428 0 0 2-3 10 3 1 .929 CAREER .314 63-63 188 35 59 16 0 7 46 96 .511 12 0 18 2 .343 7 4 3-4 17 22 1 .975 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2019 3.14 16-4 26 21 9 4/0 1 124.2 89 58 56 93 165 19 1 8 560 .200 9 11 0 3 7 2020 3.05 1-1 4 4 1 1/0 0 18.1 11 9 8 13 34 2 0 2 77 .172 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER 3.13 17-5 30 25 10 5/0 1 143.0 100 67 64 106 199 21 1 10 637 .196 9 11 0 3 7

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Katie Gardner - - AT BATS SAME freshman - - RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME • pitcher - - DOUBLES SAME bowling green ky 1.0 MR OHIO (2-14) IP SAME • , . 0 OHIO (2-14) FEWEST HITS SAME 5 • bats R / throws R 0 OHIO (2-14) FEWEST ER SAME 2 OHIO (2-14) STRIKEOUTS SAME GARDNER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 - 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2020 18.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 18 .273 1 1 0 0 0

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Davis 4 MR, GREEN BAY (2-23) AT BATS MR, GREEN BAY (2-23-20) 4 2 MR, GREEN BAY (2-21) RUNS MR, GREEN BAY (2-21-20) 2 • sophomore 4 GREEN BAY (2-21) HITS GREEN BAY (2-21-20) 4 1 LIPSCOMB (2-7) DOUBLES LIPSCOMB (2-7-20) 1 • outfield - - TRIPLES - - huntsville ala - - HOME RUNS - - • , . 2 MR TENN. TECH (2-15) RBI MR TENN. TECH (2-15-20) 2 6 • bats L / throws L 1 MR BALL ST (2-22) WALKS/HBP MR, BALL ST (2-22-20) 1 3 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STOLEN BASES COFC (2-7-20) 3 DAVIS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .263 32-20 57 12 15 0 0 0 4 15 .263 4 0 1 0 .311 0 3 8-9 21 0 0 1.000 2020 .419 15-14 43 11 18 1 0 0 6 19 .442 3 0 7 0 .457 0 4 11-11 15 0 2 .882 CAREER .330 47-34 199 23 33 1 0 0 10 34 .340 7 0 7 0 .374 0 7 19-20 36 0 2 .947 16 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Madeline Rider 1 MR, OHIO (2-14) AT BATS SAME 1 OHIO (2-14) RUNS SAME • freshman 1 OHIO (2-14) HITS SAME - - DOUBLES SAME • utility - - TRIPLES SAME harrisburg ill - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 7 • bats R / throws R - - WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME RIDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .500 2-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 -

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Shelby Nunn 2 UNF (2-8) AT BATS 3X, MR VS. UNF (2-8-20) 2 - - RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • junior - - HITS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 1 • bowling green, ky. - - RBI VS. MTSU (3-17-18) 3 - - WALKS/HBP 2X, MR VS. MTSU (3-18-18) 1 10 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - 6.0 MR, BALL STATE (2-22) IP 5X, MR VS. NORTH TEXAS (4-13-19) 7.0 2 MR, BGSU (2-16) FEWEST HITS MR, KENTUCKY (3-26-19) 0 0 MR, BGSU (2-16) FEWEST ER MR BGSU (2-16-20) 0 7 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) STRIKEOUTS VS. HAMPTON (2-10-18) 11 NUNN’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .200 44-29 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .800 2 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 5 45 0 1.000 2019 - 24-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 1 14 0 1.000 2020 .000 10-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 7 0 1.000 CAREER .143 78-42 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 .571 2 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 6 66 0 1.000 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2018 3.55 15-15 44 27 10 2/0 3 177.1 212 117 90 36 104 46 2 11 794 .288 5 3 0 5 13 2019 2.81 7-0 24 9 2 1/4 3 67.1 65 35 22 22 54 11 2 5 298 .239 4 1 0 0 3 2020 1.03 4-1 10 4 0 0/2 0 34.0 28 8 5 3 19 0 0 2 130 .226 0 1 0 0 2 CAREER 3.06 26-16 78 40 12 3/6 6 278.2 305 160 122 61 177 57 4 18 1222 .269 9 5 0 5 18 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 17 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Brylee Hage 2 UNF (2-9) AT BATS SAME freshman 1 GREEN BAY (2-23) RUNS SAME • 1 GREEN BAY (2-23) HITS SAME outfield - - DOUBLES SAME • 1 GREEN BAY (2-23) TRIPLES SAME nicholasville ky - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 11 • bats L / throws L 1 AT UTC (2-14) WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME HAGE’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .250 11-1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 .750 2 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Kelsey Aikey - - AT BATS LIPSCOMB (3-22-17) 3 - - RUNS - - • senior - - HITS AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - DOUBLES - - • pitcher - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS - - • cedar falls, iowa - - RBI AAMU (3-16-17) 1 - - WALKS/HBP AAMU (3-16-17) 2 12 • bats R / throws R - - STOLEN BASES - - 8.0 AT TROY (2-8) IP TENNESSEE TECH (4-17-19) 9.0 1 INDIANA STATE (2-21) FEWEST HITS (CG) SACRED HEART (2-15-18) 0 0 GREEN BAY (2-23) FEWEST ER MR, GREEN BAY (2-23-20) 0 13 MR, GREEN ABY (2-23) STRIKEOUTS 4X MR, GREEN BAY (2-23-20) 13 AIKEY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .083 27-9 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .083 3 0 5 0 .267 0 0 0-0 4 21 2 .926 2018 .000 39-19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 7 22 1 .967 2019 .000 36-20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 1 0-0 2 11 2 .867 2020 - 11-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0-0 0 5 0 1.000 TOTALS .059 113-55 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .059 3 0 7 0 .200 0 1 0-0 13 59 5 .935 Year ERA W-L app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2017 2.92 7-4 27 9 5 1/0 3 93.1 86 59 39 65 54 12 0 6 437 .244 19 8 1 3 9 2018 3.15 12-9 39 19 7 3/1 3 142.0 123 73 64 69 108 19 2 16 621 .234 15 8 0 5 14 2019 2.15 14-9 36 20 8 4/4 6 133.1 89 47 41 79 184 10 2 13 579 .185 21 6 0 2 12 2020 1.28 6-2 11 7 4 2/2 2 49.1 34 14 9 20 75 3 1 2 204 .185 2 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 2.56 39-24 113 55 24 10/7 14 418.0 332 193 153 233 421 44 5 37 1841 .215 57 22 1 10 35

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Taylor Sanders 4 AT TROY (2-8) AT BATS SAME freshman 2 AT UTC (2-14) RUNS SAME • 2 LIPSCOMB (2-7) HITS SAME infield 1 AT UTC (2-14) DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME shelbyville tenn - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . 1 AT UTC (2-14) RBI SAME 15 • bats L / throws L 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-23) WALKS/HBP SAME 1 MR, NORTH FLORIDA (2-9) STOLEN BASES SAME SANDERS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .240 13-11 25 5 6 1 0 0 1 7 .280 5 2 6 0 .406 0 1 2-2 2 17 3 .864

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SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Carli Crowder 2 GREEN BAY (2-21) AT BATS SAME freshman 1 COL. CHARLESTON (2-7) RUNS SAME • - - HITS SAME infield - - DOUBLES SAME • - - TRIPLES SAME northport ala - - HOME RUNS SAME • , . - - RBI SAME 17 • bats L / throws R 2 BGSU (2-16) WALKS/HBP SAME - - STOLEN BASES SAME

CROWDER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2020 .000 5-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 3 0 .444 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 .600

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maggie Trgo 1 MR, GREEN BAY (2-23) AT BATS MR ANGELINA COL. (5-23-19) 4 junior 1 INDIANA STATE (2-21) RUNS MR SSCF (4-7-19) 3 • 1 INDIANA STATE (2-21) HITS MR ABAC (5-22-19) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES DSC (3-16-19) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR SCFMS (4-25-19) 1 lithia fla ol entral - - HOME RUNS MR WCCD (5-24-19) 1 • , . | C . C FL 1 GREEN BAY (2-23) RBI ABAC (5-22-19) 4 20 • bats L / throws R 1 INDIANA STATE (2-22) WALKS/HBP MR FSSC (5-4-19) 2 1 INDIANA STATE (2-21) STOLEN BASES MR INDIANA ST (2-21-20) 1 Juco stats are not counted in career stats TRGO’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .354 51-NA 99 28 35 9 1 0 25 46 .465 20 0 16 0 .451 3 0 7-7 43 3 0 1.000 2019 .438 63-NA 162 54 71 16 4 3 40 104 .642 25 1 14 0 .513 1 1 7-7 64 6 2 .972 2020 .250 7-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 1 0 1 0 .400 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 - TOTALS .250 7-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .250 1 0 1 0 .400 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 -

MURPHY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .000 8-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2020 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 - TOTALS .000 9-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000

www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball 19 MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Morgan McElroy 4 BALL STATE (2-22) AT BATS MR, AT MTSU (4-23-19) 5 senior 1 MR BGSU (2-16) RUNS AT UTEP (4-8-17) 3 • 2 AT TROY (2-8) HITS MR, AT TROY (2-8-20) 2 infield 1 MR, UNF (2-9) DOUBLES MR, UNF (2-9-20) 1 • - - TRIPLES WESTERN IL (2-17-19) 1 madisonville ky - - HOME RUNS - - • , . 2 UNF (2-9) RBI 7X, MR UNF (2-9-20) 2 23 • bats R / throws R 1 MR, INDIANA ST (2-22) WALKS/HBP MR, VS. LIPSCOMB (5-3-18) 2 - - STOLEN BASES MR, WRIGHT ST. (3-9-19) 1 McELROY’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .154 59-57 130 16 20 4 0 0 8 24 .185 14 6 26 0 .267 0 5 3-4 172 79 7 .973 2018 .204 49-47 113 15 23 0 0 0 16 23 .204 6 0 9 0 .242 1 8 1-1 90 69 7 .958 2019 .175 50-50 80 11 14 1 1 0 7 17 .213 2 2 6 0 .212 1 4 3-3 51 64 11 .913 2020 .306 15-15 36 5 11 2 0 0 4 13 .361 6 0 2 0 .395 1 2 0-0 14 16 2 .938 TOTALS .189 173-169 359 47 68 7 1 0 35 77 .214 28 8 43 0 .261 3 19 7-8 327 228 27 .954

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Princess Valencia 4 BALL STATE (2-22) AT BATS MR BALL STATE (2-22-20) 4 1 MR BALL STATE (2-22) RUNS MR BALL STATE (2-22-20) 1 • sophomore 2 BALL STATE (2-22) HITS MR TENN ST. (5-5-19) 3 - - DOUBLES MR TENN. ST. (5-5-19) 1 • catcher/outfield - - TRIPLES - - - - HOME RUNS TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 • georgetown, ky. - - RBI TENN. TECH (3-24-19) 1 25 • bats R / throws R 1 INDIANA STATE (2-22) WALKS/HBP MR BELMONT (4-6-19) 2 1 INDIANA STATE (2-22) STOLEN BASES MR INDIANA ST (2-22-20) 1 VALENCIA’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2019 .279 33-30 86 4 24 5 0 1 5 32 .372 9 1 7 0 .354 0 1 1-2 50 11 4 .938 2020 .286 8-3 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 .286 2 0 4 0 .375 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 TOTALS .280 41-33 100 6 28 5 0 1 5 36 .360 11 1 11 0 .357 0 2 2-3 63 11 4 .941=9

SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Paige Carter 5 OHIO (2-14) AT BATS UAB (5-10-17) 6 senior 4 OHIO (2-14) RUNS OHIO (2-14-20) 4 • 3 OHIO (2-14) HITS MR, OHIO (2-14-20) 3 outfield - - DOUBLES VS. INDIANA ST. (2-25-18) 2 • - - TRIPLES MR, VS. GREEN BAY (2-23-18) 1 crown point ind 1 MR, UTC (2-14) HOME RUNS MR, UTC (2-14-20) 1 • , . 3 MR, UTC (2-14) RBI MR, VS. INDIANA ST. (2-24-18) 4 26 • bats R / throws R 2 BGSU (2-16) WALKS/HBP 4X, MR VS. SIUE (3-7-18) 2 1 TENN. TECH (2-15) STOLEN BASES 2X, MR LIPSCOMB (3-13-19) 2 CARTER’S CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .222 52-24 99 14 22 4 1 2 15 34 .343 14 3 23 0 .333 1 1 3-4 23 1 3 .889 2018 .327 52-49 150 27 49 6 2 5 35 74 .493 19 2 23 1 .407 1 7 11-13 9 2 2 .846 2019 .280 44-36 100 21 28 3 0 4 19 43 .430 10 2 12 1 .351 2 10 5-6 17 1 0 1.000 2020 .308 15-15 52 11 16 0 0 3 13 25 .481 4 0 3 0 .351 1 0 1-1 8 1 1 .900 TOTALS .287 163-124 401 73 115 13 3 14 82 176 .439 47 7 61 2 .367 5 18 20-24 57 5 6 .912

20 www.WKUSports.com | @WKUSoftball MEET THE HILLTOPPERS SEASON HIGH CAREER HIGHS NUM. OPPONENT/DATE STAT OPPONENT/DATE NUM. Maddie Bowlds 4 MR, UNF (2-9) AT BATS AT UAB (4-14-18) 6 junior 2 TENN. TECH (2-15) RUNS UTSA (5-5-19) 3 • 3 AT TROY (2-8) HITS VS. HAMPTON (2-9-18) 4 infield - - DOUBLES 8X, MR LOUISVILLE (4-3-19) 1 • - - TRIPLES VS. FAU (3-30-19) 1 utica ky - - HOME RUNS MURRY ST (5-1-19) 1 • , . 1 MR INDIANA ST (2-22) RBI MR, BUTLER (2-24-19) 2 28 • bats L /throws L 3 TENN. TECH (2-15) WALKS/HBP TENN. TECH (2-15-20) 3 1 MR INDIANA STATE (2-22) STOLEN BASES MR, INDIANA ST (2-22-20) 1 BOWLDS’ CAREER STATS Year avg. gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .303 50-50 155 22 47 6 3 0 13 59 .381 14 0 26 1 .361 0 13 8-12 360 10 7 .981 2019 .339 46-45 109 18 37 2 1 1 15 44 .404 10 2 11 0 .405 0 0 7-10 224 10 0 1.000 2020 .205 15-14 39 4 8 0 0 0 6 8 .205 4 0 15 0 .279 0 3 3-3 97 0 1 .990 CAREER .304 111-109 303 44 92 8 4 1 34 111 .366 28 2 52 1 .366 0 16 18-25 681 20 8 .989

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DAVIS DELIVERS 8-HIT DAY AS TOPS WIN TWO

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Taylor Davis delivered a perfect 8-for-8 day at the plate as WKU Softball went on to win twice on the opening day of the Hilltopper Spring Fling. The Red and White downed IUPUI 7-0 to get the day started before notching their fourth come-from-behind win of the season in an 8-4 victory over Austin Peay.

“Our offense and defense were spot on today,” WKU head coach Amy Tudor said. “We made adjustments at the plate throughout both games which proved to increase our run production. Davis had a perfect day at the plate while others produced in different ways throughout our lineup. Nunn and Sullivan both threw well for us in the circle today.”

Davis tallied eight of WKU’s 21 hits on the day while Kendall Smith racked up 6 of the Tops’ 14 RBI across the wins. Paige Carter connected for two home runs while Kennedy Sullivan and Smith each recorded one as well.

GAME 16: WKU 7, IUPUI 0

Shelby Nunn tossed her first complete-game shutout of the season in WKU’s 7-0 win over IUPUI to open play in the Hilltopper Spring Fling. The junior struck out four while allowing five hits in the Tops’ sixth shutout of the season.

Kendall Smith delivered at least one RBI in all three of her at bats to finish with four on the game. She connected for a sacrifice fly, two-run home run and then a fielder’s choice. Smith’s homer was the first of back-to-back shots by the Hilltoppers as Paige Carter followed suit.

Smith and Carter also went back-to-back – in reverse order – during WKU’s victory against Ohio in the Chatt Challenge.

Taylor Davis registered a four-hit game, going 4-for-4 at the plate while scoring two runs and driving in another.

GAME 17: WKU 8, AUSTIN PEAY 4

After scoring first for the second-consecutive game, WKU Softball found itself looking at a 3-1 deficit entering the bottom of the third inning. Davis would get things going with a one-out single before touching the plate on a two-run home run from Sullivan to knot the score at 3-3.

Austin Peay struck back one more time in the top of the fourth with an RBI double following a walk to take a 4-3 lead.

That margin would hold until WKU came to the plate in the bottom of the fifth when the Tops sent 10 batters to the plate and regain the lead for good. Jordan Thomas led off the frame with a base hit and moved to second on another single from Davis. Both moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Sullivan before Smith reached on an error while driving home a run to tie the game at 4-4. In the box next, Paige Carter sent a no-doubter off the second level of the parking structure for a 7-4 WKU lead and her second extra-base knock of the game.

WKU would add its final run in the bottom of the sixth after Davis reached base with a single for the eighth time of the day. Sullivan would take a hit by pitch before Smith stepped into the box and sent an RBI-single to the left-center gap bringing Davis around to score.

Sullivan earned the win in the circle with 4.1 innings of relief work and is now 2-1 on the season. The sophomore struck out 10 batters for her third-straight appearance of such.

Davis’ back-to-back four-hit games brings her season total to three games of such. She now owns seven multi-hit showings on the season.

WKU’s Friday night win over the Govs snapped a three-game skid to APSU.

NEXT GAME:

WKU Softball will close Hilltopper Spring Fling round robin play with Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. tilt against Illinois State. The winning of that game will play immediately after in the 1 vs. 4 contest while the loser will earn the No. 2 seed and will play in the 5:30 p.m. game.

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TOPS BLAST SIX HOME RUNS ON TWO-WIN SATURDAY

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball kept its bats hot on day two of the Hilltopper Spring Fling, racking up six home runs including a pair of two-home run games from Taylor Sanders and Jordan Thomas. The Red and White secured their fifth come-from-behind win of the year in a 5-2 decision over Illinois State before turning in its first walk-off win in a 12-4 five-inning victory against IUPUI.

“We had great plate approaches and scored when we needed to today,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “Sullivan had a big day at the plate and in the circle. Along with her, Thomas and Sanders both produced 4 RBI in game two. Hage had a great day at the plate as well. In the circle, Aikey and Sullivan both had great command today. Our ability to keep hitters off balance along with solid defense was key to our success today.”

WKU is now 15-4 on the season and enters Sunday’s tilt with a five-game win streak.

GAME 18: WKU 5, ILLINOIS STATE 2 In the final game of round robin play, WKU Softball struck first – plating a run in the bottom of the second inning. Kendall Smith led off the frame with a single and switched corners on a double from Brylee Hage before touching the plate on an errant throw for the day’s first run.

Illinois State would take the lead in the top of the fourth with a two-out home run for a 2-1 advantage before Kelsey Aikey punched out her eighth batter to get the Tops out of the frame. From there, the Redbirds would record just one more hit the rest of the way before the Hilltoppers retired nine of the final 10 ISU batters.

A four-run fifth inning would secure WKU’s fifth come-from-behind win of the season. TJ Webster started the inning with a one-out base knock and two batters later would be standing on third with Taylor Davis 60 feet behind her. At that point, Kennedy Sullivan delivered a two-run double for the lead before Smith followed with a two-run home run for the final 5-2 margin.

Aikey earned the complete-game win in the circle, striking out 12 while allowing zero walks. The senior moved to 7-2 with her fifth complete-game victory of the season. Aikey is now three strikeouts shy of tying for fifth on WKU’s career list, sitting at 436 to date.

Smith finished with a two-hit and two-RBI showing while notching her sixth home run of the season.

GAME 19: WKU 12, IUPUI 4 – FIVE INNINGS

WKU drew another showdown with IUPUI in the 1 vs. 4 seeded game on Saturday afternoon after going 3-0 through round robin play. The Tops went through their lineup in the first trip to the plate, scoring five runs. Jordan Thomas opened the game with a home run before Taylor Sanders would connect for her first career homer for a three-run shot from the No. 8 slot.

IUPUI responded in the top of the second with a tally after a couple hits and would strike for two more runs in the top of the third to pull back within 5-3.

Back on offense, WKU would get all three runs back in the bottom of the third as Thomas and Sanders each went deep again.

Smith was the last Hilltopper to connect for two home runs in a single game, which occurred on April 23, 2019 at Middle Tennessee. She was also the last player to record back-to-back home runs, coming on Feb. 9, 2019 against Tennessee State.

The Jaguars added one more run in the top of the fourth with an RBI double in their final hit of the game.

WKU plated four more runs in the bottom of the fifth, culminating in a run-rule walk off double from Sullivan to score Davis for the win. Hage, Sanders, Taylor Davis and Sullivan would all record hits in the frame as WKU sent seven batters to the plate.

Sullivan and Sanders each finished with three-hit games while Hage and Thomas both registered two hits. Sanders and Thomas would each record four RBI in the win.

WKU’s four home runs are the most in a game this season.

Sullivan relieved Shelby Nunn in the circle and earned the win after working 2.1 innings and striking out five. Sullivan improved to 3-1 on the season with the victory.

*Records will be checked to find the last time two players recorded two homeruns in the same game.*

NEXT GAME:

WKU Softball will close Hilltopper Spring Fling play with an appearance in Sunday’s championship contest. First pitch against the winner of Illinois State and Austin Peay is slated for 1:30 p.m. CT following the consolation game.

2020 WKU Softball WKU vs Lipscomb Feb 07, 2020 at Troy, Ala. (Troy Softball Comple)

WKU 2 (0-1) Lipscomb 3 (1-0)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 LEEBRICK lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TJ Webster ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 DAVIS pr/lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WARD, P ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 DEVAULT 2b 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 Kendall Smith c 3 1 1 0 1 0 10 2 3 RICH c 3 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 3 Paige Carter lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 BROWN pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kennedy Sullivan dp 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 WARD, O 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 TURNER, K dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TURNER, C rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 ENDRIS 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Taylor Davis rf 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 CRAWFORD ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Brylee Hage rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 VETULA cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 GRAY p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 3 5 2 1 8 21 1 4 Totals 30 2 11 2 4 4 18 5 11

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 4 Lipscomb 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 3 5 1

E - Webster, TJ; Smith, K.; Davis, T. 2; LEEBRICK. DP - WKU 1. LOB - WKU 11; LIP 4. 2B - Davis, T.. CS - Thomas, J.; DAVIS.

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Lipscomb ip h r er bb so ab bf np Kelsey Aikey 4.1 3 3 1 1 8 17 18 71 GRAY 7.0 11 2 2 4 4 30 34 133 Shelby Nunn 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 7 7 21

Win - GRAY (1-0). Loss - Aikey, K. (0-1). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: Nunn, S. 2/2. Pitches/strikes: Aikey, K. 71/50; Nunn, S. 21/15; GRAY 133/90.

Umpires - HP: Mark Larson 1B: Frank Holcomb 3B: Donny Finlayson Start: 10 a.m. Time: 2:06 Attendance: 212 Weather: 40, PCloudy, 9 MPH W 2020 WKU Softball North Florida vs WKU Feb 08, 2020 at Troy, Ala. (Troy Softball Comple)

North Florida 3 (1-0) WKU 1 (1-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob ENGMAN, T. cf 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 Jordan Thomas cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 McGORY, K. 2b 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 5 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 KOSKEY, R. 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 11 1 0 Kennedy Sullivan p/rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 AGUIGUI, B. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paige Carter rf/lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 PFENT, P. dp 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 0 KLIMPLOVA, V lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Princess Valencia 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 GOEBEL, A. c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 JACKSON, L. rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 Maggie Trgo lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAVIS, K. pr/rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shelby Nunn p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PURSER, B. 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 TJ Webster ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 SUNDERMEIER ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Taylor Davis dp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 HARPER, K. ss 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 RAULERSON, H p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 1 3 1 2 2 21 11 3 CLAUSEN, M. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Totals 23 3 6 2 8 7 21 15 7

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E North Florida 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 WKU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1

E - McElroy, M.(1). DP - UNF 1; WKU 1. LOB - UNF 7; WKU 3. 2B - Sullivan, K.(1). SB - ENGMAN, T. 2. CS - McGORY, K.; DAVIS, K..

North Florida ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np RAULERSON, H 3.0 2 1 1 2 0 11 13 45 Kennedy Sullivan 3.2 4 3 3 8 5 12 20 101 CLAUSEN, M. 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 12 12 39 Shelby Nunn 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 11 11 41

Win - CLAUSEN, M. (1-0). Loss - Sullivan, K. (0-1). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: Nunn, S. 2/1. Pitches/strikes: RAULERSON, H 45/25; CLAUSEN, M. 39/29; Sullivan, K. 101/54; Nunn, S. 41/29.

Umpires - HP: Mark Larson 1B: Frank Holcomb 3B: Donny Finlayson Start: 10:09 am Time: 2:06 Attendance: 103 Weather: 48, Cloudy, 7 S 2020 WKU Softball WKU at Troy Feb 08, 2020 at Troy, Ala. (Troy Softball Comple)

WKU 3 (2-2) Troy 2 (2-1)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 Sinness, J cf/lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 Taylor Davis dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Figueroa, C c 3 1 2 1 0 0 12 0 0 Brylee Hage ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Webb, K 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Horne, K 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 Paige Carter lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Calhoun, L ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 4 0 3 0 0 1 12 0 0 Jenkins, M dp 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Kendall Smith c 4 0 1 0 0 1 10 4 0 Finch, A ph/dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 Lively, K rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 Mirly, G pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TJ Webster ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 De Leon, K 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Moseley, T lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 9 3 1 11 24 11 8 Echols, B cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnson, L p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 27 2 4 1 1 13 24 5 3

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E WKU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 Troy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1

E - Smith, K.; De Leon, K. LOB - WKU 8; Troy 3. 2B - Sullivan, K.; McElroy, M.. 3B - Sinness, J. SH - Davis, T.. SF - Thomas, J.. SB - Bowlds, M.; Webster, TJ; Figueroa, C.

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Troy ip h r er bb so ab bf np Kelsey Aikey 8.0 4 2 1 1 13 27 28 125 Johnson, L 8.0 9 3 2 1 11 31 34 149

Win - Aikey, K. (1-1). Loss - Johnson, L (1-1). Save - None. WP - Johnson, L. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Aikey, K. 125/83; Johnson, L 149/95.

Umpires - HP: Mark Larson 1B: Frank Holcomb 3B: Donny Finlayson Start: 4:34 pm Time: 2:32 Attendance: 393 Weather: 52, pCloudy, 4 SSE 2020 WKU Softball WKU vs North Florida Feb 09, 2020 at Troy, Ala. (Troy Softball Comple)

WKU 3 (3-2) North Florida 0 (2-1)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 ENGMAN, T. cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 McGORY, K. 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 KOSKEY, R. 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 1 Paige Carter lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 PFENT, P. dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 JACKSON, L. rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Taylor Davis ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DAVIS, K. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brylee Hage dp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GOEBEL, A. c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Princess Valencia ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SUNDERMEIER 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 PURSER, B. 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Madeline Rider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KLIMPLOVA, V lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 GLOVER, S. ph/lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TJ Webster ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 HARPER, K. ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 DYHR, A. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RAULERSON, H p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 26 3 8 3 3 1 21 10 7 STOCKIE, S. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 0 3 0 0 2 21 13 3

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 1 North Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

E - Webster, TJ(2). DP - WKU 1. LOB - WKU 7; UNF 3. 2B - McElroy, M.(2); Webster, TJ(1). SH - Valencia, P.(1); Webster, TJ(1). SB - Sullivan, K.(1); Sanders, T.(2). CS - Sullivan, K.(1).

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np North Florida ip h r er bb so ab bf np Shelby Nunn 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 17 17 63 DYHR, A. 1.1 2 0 0 2 1 6 8 36 Kelsey Aikey 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 34 RAULERSON, H 4.2 6 3 3 0 0 17 19 53 STOCKIE, S. 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 13

Win - Nunn, S. (2-0). Loss - RAULERSON, H (0-1). Save - Aikey, K. (1). Inherited runners/scored: RAULERSON, H 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Nunn, S. 63/46; Aikey, K. 34/22; DYHR, A. 36/18; RAULERSON, H 53/38; STOCKIE, S. 13/5.

Umpires - HP: Mark Larson 1B: Frank Holcomb 3B: Donny Finlayson Start: 10 a.m. Time: 1:55 Attendance: 102 2020 WKU Softball WKU vs Ohio Feb 14, 2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Warner Park)

WKU 13 (4-2) Ohio 4 (0-6)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 ENGLANT, Allie cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 Taylor Davis dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 YUN, Katie ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Princess Valencia ph 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 TROUTMAN, Molly 2b 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 BERNARD, Sophia rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Paige Carter lf 5 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 HOLLAND, Alexa pr 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 Kendall Smith c 5 2 4 3 0 1 12 0 3 DAWE, Alexis dp 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 1 FOGUE, Caitlin 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 Madeline Rider ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRANCH,Kaci ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Katie Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SPACEK, Carol 1b 4 1 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 RICE, Brooke c 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 1 Brylee Hage pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LARSON, Sydney ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 HEIDOEN, Ava lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TJ Webster ss 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 THORNHILL, Baylie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Macy Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KOHL, Mackensie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 27 4 8 4 7 9 21 8 11 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 13 14 11 4 9 21 8 7

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E WKU 3 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 13 14 0 Ohio 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X 4 8 3

E - FOGUE, C.(1); SPACEK, C.(1); RICE,B.(3). DP - OHIO 1. LOB - WKU 7; OHIO 11. 2B - Thomas, J.(2); Smith, K.(2). HR - Sullivan, K.(1); Carter, P.(2); Smith, K.(1). HBP - TROUTMAN, M.; DAWE, A.. SH - Webster, TJ(2).

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Ohio ip h r er bb so ab bf np Shelby Nunn 3.0 6 3 3 1 1 13 15 49 THORNHILL, Baylie 6.2 10 8 8 4 9 29 34 123 Kelsey Aikey 3.0 2 1 1 5 6 11 16 75 KOHL, Mackensie 0.1 4 5 4 0 0 7 7 27 Katie Gardner 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 24

Win - Aikey, K. (2-1). Loss - THORNHILL, B (0-3). Save - None. HBP - by Nunn, S. (TROUTMAN, M.); by Gardner, K. (DAWE, A.). Inherited runners/scored: THORNHILL, B 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Nunn, S. 49/34; Aikey, K. 75/45; Gardner, K. 24/16; THORNHILL, B 123/75; KOHL, M. 27/15.

Umpires - HP: Mike Barnett 1B: Mike Napier 3B: Roland Hammer Start: 11 am Time: 2:40 Attendance: 89 Weather: 34 degrees 2020 WKU Softball WKU at Chattanooga (Game 2) Feb 14, 2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn (Frost Stadium)

WKU 12 (5-2) Chattanooga 2 (2-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 4 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 Coltharp ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 Taylor Davis dp 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 Lewis 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 Kennedy Sullivan rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Armour ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Maggie Trgo pr/rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Paige Carter lf 4 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 Walker rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 3 1 0 0 2 0 10 0 5 Sturdivant 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 1 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 Casanas, Ja. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 Kazerooni dp 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 Corum 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 Brylee Hage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Weissenbach lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 TJ Webster ss 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 Swafford c 2 1 2 0 1 0 5 1 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grider pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kruse cf 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 Totals 31 12 14 12 7 3 21 6 8 Swinford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 8 2 4 10 21 9 10

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 12 14 1 Chattanooga 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 3

E - Webster, TJ(3); Coltharp(2); Corum(3); Swinford(1). DP - WKU 1; UTC 1. LOB - WKU 8; UTC 10. 2B - Sullivan, K.(3); Sanders, T.(1). HR - Thomas, J.(1); Carter, P.(3); Corum(2). SH - Davis, T.(2); McElroy, M.(1). SF - Thomas, J.(2). SB - Smith, K.(1); Webster, TJ(3).

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Chattanooga ip h r er bb so ab bf np Kelsey Aikey 6.0 6 2 2 4 9 24 28 124 Swinford 5.0 8 8 7 6 3 21 29 113 Shelby Nunn 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 5 21 Thompson 2.0 6 4 4 1 0 10 12 51

Win - Aikey, K. (3-1). Loss - Swinford (0-2). Save - None. WP - Aikey, K.(1). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Aikey, K. 124/72; Nunn, S. 21/13; Swinford 113/60; Thompson 51/26.

Umpires - HP: Rusty West 1B: David Jolley 3B: Mike Herz Start: 5:28 Time: 2:30 Attendance: 228 Weather: 45 Degrees, Sunny 2020 WKU Softball Tennessee Tech vs WKU Feb 15, 2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Warner Park)

Tennessee Tech 0 (5-3) WKU 9 (6-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob LOVE-BAKER, Sydney ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 Jordan Thomas cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 McCULLEY, Beth cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 Taylor Davis lf 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 SPARKS, Raegan dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kennedy Sullivan p 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 LEWIS, Raleigh c 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 Paige Carter rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 LOWERY, Jessie lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 3 2 2 3 0 0 9 0 2 NYSTED, Nicolle 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 TRIMIAR, Alexis 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 PENNING, Shelby rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 GRIMES, Paxton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TJ Webster ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 TEMPLE, KaDedra 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 Katie Gardner dp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DURARD, Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 21 9 10 9 6 2 15 3 7 ARDEN, Alyssa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PIPER, Callie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 16 0 1 0 2 9 12 5 3

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E Tennessee Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WKU 0 2 1 6 0 9 10 0

LOB - TTU 3; WKU 7. 2B - LOVE-BAKER; Thomas, J.(3). HR - Smith, K.(2). SH - Sanders, T.(1). SB - Thomas, J.(1); Davis, T.(4); Carter, P.(1).

Tennessee Tech ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np ARDEN, Alyssa 3.1 10 9 9 3 2 19 23 98 Kennedy Sullivan 5.0 1 0 0 2 9 16 18 82 PIPER, Callie 0.2 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 24

Win - Sullivan, K. (1-1). Loss - ARDEN (3-1). Save - None. WP - PIPER. Inherited runners/scored: PIPER 1/1. Pitches/strikes: ARDEN 98/61; PIPER 24/9; Sullivan, K. 82/54.

Umpires - Start: 11 am Time: 1:45 Attendance: 92 Weather: 34 degrees; sunny 2020 WKU Softball Lipscomb vs WKU Feb 15, 2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Warner Park)

Lipscomb 1 (5-2) WKU 7 (7-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob VETULA 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 Jordan Thomas cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 COLLINS dp 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Taylor Davis dp 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 WARD, P ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 RICH c 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 Brylee Hage rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TURNER, C rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Paige Carter lf 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 ENDRIS 1b 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 Kendall Smith c 2 1 1 3 1 1 8 1 0 WARD, O 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MONTOYA ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 DAVIS cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 11 0 0 LEEBRICK lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 TJ Webster ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 YAKUBOWSKI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 TURNER, K p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 7 6 6 5 4 21 9 6 YEAGER p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 1 5 1 3 9 18 5 7

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Lipscomb 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 WKU 0 0 0 3 4 0 X 7 6 0

E - VETULA; WARD, O; YAKUBOWSKI. LOB - LIP 7; WKU 6. 2B - WARD, P; Sullivan, K.(4). HR - Smith, K.(3). SB - Davis, T.(5); Webster, TJ(4).

Lipscomb ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np YAKUBOWSKI 4.1 5 6 5 1 2 20 21 74 Kelsey Aikey 7.0 5 1 1 3 9 26 29 130 TURNER, K 0.2 1 1 1 3 1 3 6 31 YEAGER 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 17

Win - Aikey, K. (4-1). Loss - YAKUBOWSKI (0-2). Save - None. WP - YAKUBOWSKI; Aikey, K.(2). PB - RICH; Smith, K.(1). Inherited runners/scored: TURNER, K 1/1. Pitches/strikes: YAKUBOWSKI 74/48; TURNER, K 31/15; YEAGER 17/10; Aikey, K. 130/78.

Umpires - HP: Mike Napier 1B: Mike Barnett 3B: Allen Hardy Start: 12:48 pm Time: 2:13 Attendance: 113 Weather: 46 degrees; sunny 2020 WKU Softball WKU vs Bowling Green Feb 16, 2020 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Warner Park)

WKU 2 (8-2) Bowling Green 0 (2-3)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 Taylor Blevins cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Davis dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Greta L'Esperance 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 Madi McCoy ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Brylee Hage rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nikki Sorgi lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 Paige Carter lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 Sammy Dees 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 Kendall Smith c 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 Montana Jones pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maggie Trgo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Payton Hamm rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Morgan McElroy 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Logan Everett dp 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Evelyn Loyola c 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 Carli Crowder pr/3b 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 Sarah Gonzalez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 4 Payton Gottshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 21 0 2 0 2 3 21 11 3 TJ Webster ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 7 1 5 5 21 7 13

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 0 Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

E - McCoy; Dees. LOB - WKU 13; BGSU 3. 2B - Thomas, J.(4); Sullivan, K.(5). HBP - Sanders, T.. SH - Davis, T.(3); Bowlds, M.(2); Hamm. SB - Davis, T.(6).

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Bowling Green ip h r er bb so ab bf np Shelby Nunn 5.0 2 0 0 1 0 15 17 59 Payton Gottshall 7.0 7 2 1 5 5 28 36 136 Kelsey Aikey 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 6 7 29

Win - Nunn, S. (3-0). Loss - Gottshall (2-2). Save - Aikey, K. (2). HBP - by Gottshall (Sanders, T.). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Nunn, S. 59/37; Aikey, K. 29/18; Gottshall 136/87.

Umpires - HP: Rusty West 1B: David Jolly 3B: Zack Burrows Start: 10 am Time: 2:02 Attendance: 72 Weather: 45 degrees; cloudy 2020 WKU Softball Green Bay at WKU (Game 1) Feb 21, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Green Bay 6 (3-9) WKU 7 (9-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Tiffany Giese cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 .229 Jordan Thomas cf 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Bailey Schultz rf 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 .233 Taylor Davis dp 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .545 Kalyssa Koehn ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .161 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 .413 Rebecca Radtke 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 .226 Paige Carter lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Alyssa Brewer c 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 .227 Kendall Smith c 2 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 .361 Dawn Pawlak pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Morgan Bihun 3b 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 .357 Carli Crowder 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 Isabella Curtin lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .000 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Aubrey Drohner ph 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Taylor Sanders 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Brooke Walek 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 1 .226 Becca Edwards ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .067 TJ Webster ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 .412 Greta Thompson dp 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .053 Katie Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kayla Schwebke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 26 6 3 6 5 11 18 5 4 Totals 27 7 10 7 2 4 21 6 5

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Green Bay 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 3 1 WKU 0 0 4 0 2 1 X 7 10 2

E - Schwebke(1); Carter, P.(1); Sanders, T.(2). DP - GB 1. LOB - GB 4; WKU 5. 2B - Smith, K.(3). 3B - Drohner(1). HR - Bihun(2); Sullivan, K.(2). SF - Carter, P.(1). SB - Davis, T.(7); Sullivan, K.(2); Bowlds, M.(2); Webster, TJ(5).

Green Bay ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era Kayla Schwebke 6.0 10 7 3 2 4 27 30 100 3.47 Katie Gardner 0.1 2 4 4 3 0 3 6 28 26.25 Kennedy Sullivan 5.0 1 2 2 2 10 17 19 88 2.63 Shelby Nunn 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 21 0.74

Win - Nunn, S. (4-0). Loss - Schwebke (2-5). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: Nunn, S. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Schwebke 100/60; Gardner, K. 28/12; Sullivan, K. 88/63; Nunn, S. 21/13.

Umpires - HP: Kevin Gramig 1B: Michelle Sandahl 3B: James Cooper Start: 2:45 Time: 1:59 Attendance: 231 Weather: 39 degrees; sunny 2020 WKU Softball Indiana State at WKU (Game 2) Feb 21, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Indiana State 0 (3-8) WKU 4 (10-2)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Leslie Sims 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 Jordan Thomas cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Becky Malchow cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Taylor Davis lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 Amanda Guercio 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 Kennedy Sullivan rf 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Bella Peterson rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Paige Carter dp 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Becky Gibbs lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Kendall Smith c 2 0 0 1 0 1 9 1 0 Lexie Siwek 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Annie Tokarek c 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 Carli Crowder 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Kristen Kelly pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maggie Trgo ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olivia Patton dp 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Cassie Thomerson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 TJ Webster ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 Mallory Marsicek ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Abbey Kruzel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 4 8 3 3 3 21 4 6 Lexi Benko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 22 0 1 0 1 10 18 11 2

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Indiana State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 WKU 0 0 2 0 1 1 X 4 8 1

E - L. Benko 2(2); Bowlds, M.(1). LOB - INS 2; WKU 6. 2B - Thomas, J.(5). 3B - Thomas, J.(1). SF - Smith, K.(1); McElroy, M.(1). SB - Davis, T.(8); Trgo, M.(1); Bowlds, M.(3). CS - Webster, TJ(1).

Indiana State ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Abbey Kruzel 2.0 4 2 2 2 1 10 12 45 Kelsey Aikey 7.0 1 0 0 1 10 22 23 94 Lexi Benko 4.0 4 2 1 1 2 13 16 65

Win - Aikey, K. (5-1). Loss - A. Kruzel (2-2). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: L. Benko 3/2. Pitches/strikes: A. Kruzel 45/23; L. Benko 65/42; Aikey, K. 94/65.

Umpires - HP: Ken Cato 1B: James Cooper 3B: Jason Booth Start: 5:15 Time: 1:50 Attendance: 271 Weather: 39 degrees A. Kruzel faced 3 batters in the 3rd. 2020 WKU Softball Ball State at WKU (Game 1) Feb 22, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Ball State 6 (8-5) WKU 5 (10-3)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg DANIEL, Amaia ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .419 Jordan Thomas cf 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 .326 PAYTON, Stacy c 4 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 3 .383 Taylor Davis lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 3 .447 DOMINIQUE, Haley lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .354 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 .388 MAGNIFICO, Gabby 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 1 .353 Kendall Smith c 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 .300 HOGG, Janae 1b 4 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 0 .326 Taylor Sanders pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 JOHNSON, Delanie dp 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370 Brylee Hage pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 FIELDS, Kendall rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .325 Paige Carter dp 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .347 CLANTON, Becca pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Morgan McElroy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 WYNN, Kennedy cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 Princess Valencia 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 JANIGA, Katie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 0 1 1 0 2 8 0 3 .216 MCCARTY, Mackenzie ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 TJ Webster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 .350 WESTBROOK, Shelby pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - WYNN, Haley 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 .297 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 JONES, Deborah p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Totals 29 5 9 4 6 5 24 10 10 ROTHWELL, Alyssa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Totals 33 6 10 4 3 4 24 9 6

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Ball State 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 10 1 WKU 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 5 9 2

E - ROTHWELL(1); McElroy, M.(2); Webster, TJ(4). DP - BSU 1. LOB - BSU 6; WKU 10. HR - MAGNIFICO(1); HOGG 2(5); Sullivan, K.(3). SH - Davis, T.(4); Smith, K.(1); Bowlds, M.(3); Webster, TJ(3). CS - DANIEL(1); JANIGA(1).

Ball State ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era JONES, Deborah 3.1 5 3 3 1 1 14 16 64 2.79 Kelsey Aikey 2.0 3 4 2 3 2 10 13 57 1.62 ROTHWELL, Alyssa 4.2 4 2 1 5 4 15 23 84 1.82 Shelby Nunn 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 23 23 80 1.27

Win - ROTHWELL (4-3). Loss - Nunn, S. (4-1). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: ROTHWELL 3/2. Pitches/strikes: JONES, D. 64/41; ROTHWELL 84/45; Aikey, K. 57/31; Nunn, S. 80/49.

Umpires - HP: James Cooper 1B: Kevin Gramig 3B: Ken Cato Start: 12:45 pm Time: 2:50 Attendance: 198 Weather: 48 degrees; sunny 2020 WKU Softball Indiana State at WKU (Game 2) Feb 22, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Indiana State 7 (5-8) WKU 5 (10-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Leslie Sims 2b 5 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 .527 Jordan Thomas cf 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .354 Becky Malchow cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Taylor Davis lf 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 .372 Amanda Guercio c 4 0 1 0 0 2 8 0 3 .268 Kennedy Sullivan p 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 Bella Peterson rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 .460 Paige Carter rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Mallory Marsicek ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 .244 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .297 Becky Gibbs lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 .167 Kendall Smith 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 .348 Olivia Patton pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Princess Valencia c 3 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0 .235 Lexie Siwek 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 .250 Carli Crowder 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TeAnn Bringle dp 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Maddie Bowlds 1b 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 .225 Cassie Thomerson 1b 4 1 1 2 0 3 9 0 0 .200 Maggie Trgo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Arielle Blankenship p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - TJ Webster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 .326 Abbey Kruzel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Brylee Hage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Lexi Benko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kelsey Aikey dp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals 34 7 11 6 2 15 21 11 9 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Totals 32 5 10 2 4 8 21 1 10

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E Indiana State 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 7 11 4 WKU 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 5 10 2

E - L. Sims(5); B. Malchow(3); A. Guercio 2(2); Crowder, C. 2(2). LOB - INS 9; WKU 10. 2B - L. Sims(1); T. Bringle(3); Smith, K.(4). HR - C. Thomerson(2). SH - O. Patton(2). SB - B. Malchow(5); M. Marsicek(1); Davis, T.(9); Valencia, P.(1).

Indiana State ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era Arielle Blankenship 4.1 7 4 2 0 6 21 21 94 6.21 Kennedy Sullivan 4.2 5 4 3 1 10 19 20 99 3.35 Abbey Kruzel 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 25 3.88 Kelsey Aikey 1.0 6 1 1 0 2 9 9 31 1.62 Lexi Benko 1.2 3 1 1 1 2 8 9 38 2.27 Shelby Nunn 1.1 0 2 0 1 3 6 8 26 0.99

Win - A. Kruzel (2-2). Loss - Aikey, K. (5-2). Save - L. Benko (1). PB - A. Guercio(3); Smith, K.(2). Inherited runners/scored: A. Kruzel 1/0; L. Benko 2/0; Aikey, K. 1/1; Nunn, S. 3/0. Pitches/strikes: Blankenship 94/60; A. Kruzel 25/9; L. Benko 38/21; Sullivan, K. 99/64; Aikey, K. 31/22; Nunn, S. 26/17.

Umpires - HP: Kevin Gramig 1B: Michelle Sandahl 3B: James Cooper Start: 7 pm Time: 2:44 Attendance: 223 Weather: 42 degrees 2020 WKU Softball Green Bay at WKU Feb 23, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Green Bay 0 (3-12) WKU 3 (11-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Tiffany Giese cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Jordan Thomas cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .340 Bailey Schultz lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .226 Taylor Davis lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .419 Morgan Bihun 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 .310 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .396 Rebecca Radtke 1b 2 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 .267 Paige Carter dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Kalyssa Koehn ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 .200 Kendall Smith c 3 0 3 2 0 0 12 1 0 .378 Aubrey Drohner rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .105 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .306 Isabella Curtin lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Becca Edwards dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 TJ Webster ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .341 Samantha Soley c 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 .150 Brylee Hage ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Greta Thompson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .056 Maddie Bowlds 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 .205 Brittany Baneck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Kayla Schwebke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals 25 0 3 0 1 13 18 8 5 Totals 25 3 8 3 2 3 21 1 8

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Green Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 WKU 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3 8 1

E - Sanders, T.(3). LOB - GB 5; WKU 8. 2B - Radtke(1). 3B - Hage, B.(1). HBP - Sanders, T.. SH - McElroy, M.(2). SB - Davis, T. 2(11); Webster, TJ(6).

Green Bay ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era Brittany Baneck 4.0 6 2 2 2 2 17 21 75 6.34 Kelsey Aikey 7.0 3 0 0 1 13 25 26 101 1.28 Kayla Schwebke 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 8 8 33 3.47

Win - Aikey, K. (6-2). Loss - Baneck (1-4). Save - None. WP - Baneck 2(4). HBP - by Baneck (Sanders, T.). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Baneck 75/48; Schwebke 33/22; Aikey, K. 101/70.

Umpires - HP: Ken Cato 1B: James Cooper 3B: Jason Booth Start: 11 am Time: 1:36 Attendance: 225 Weather: 43 degrees; cloudy 2020 WKU Softball IUPUI at WKU (Game 1) Feb 28, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

IUPUI 0 (3-9) WKU 7 (12-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob LOGE, McKenzie lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 Jordan Thomas 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 SPETH, Jaida cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Taylor Davis lf 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 THOMPSON, Delainey dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 PAGAN, Amber 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 Kendall Smith c 2 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 GREGORY, Rachel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Paige Carter dp 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 BARNES, Jordan c 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 Megan Overton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 DALLAS, Mandy ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 BEDRICK, Maicey rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TURNER, Delainey 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 TJ Webster ss 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 LUCAS, Lexi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Macy Murphy ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 LEONARD, Dezirae p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Brylee Hage cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 25 0 5 0 1 4 18 4 5 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 27 7 9 6 2 3 21 15 5

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E IUPUI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 WKU 1 0 4 0 1 1 X 7 9 1

E - BARNES(1); Sullivan, K.(2). LOB - IUPUI 5; WKU 5. 2B - DALLAS(4). HR - Smith, K.(4); Carter, P.(4). SF - Smith, K.(2). SB - SPETH(2); Davis, T. 2(13); Sullivan, K.(3); Webster, TJ(7); Hage, B.(1). CS - OVERTON.

IUPUI ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np LUCAS, Lexi 4.0 7 6 6 0 3 19 20 63 Shelby Nunn 7.0 5 0 0 1 4 25 26 98 LEONARD, Dezirae 2.0 2 1 1 2 0 8 10 44

Win - Nunn, S. (5-1). Loss - LUCAS (1-5). Save - None. WP - LEONARD(1). Inherited runners/scored: LEONARD 2/1. Pitches/strikes: LUCAS 63/45; LEONARD 44/20; Nunn, S. 98/59.

Umpires - HP: Jon West 1B: Roland Hammer 3B: Glen Kilgore Start: 3:30 pm Time: 1:43 Attendance: 178 Weather: 43 degrees LUCAS faced 2 batters in the 5th. 2020 WKU Softball Austin Peay at WKU Feb 28, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Austin Peay 4 (4-9) WKU 8 (13-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg SHORTER, Bailey cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .312 Jordan Thomas 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .339 PFEFFERLE, Brooke ss 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .333 Taylor Davis lf 4 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .545 OSOWSKI, Lexi 3b 3 1 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 .429 Kennedy Sullivan dp 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .383 HARKLEROAD, Emily rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 .268 Kendall Smith c 4 1 1 2 0 0 13 0 1 .364 JACKSON, Brett dp 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .146 Madeline Rider pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 SMITH, Katelyn c 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 .240 Paige Carter rf 4 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 .333 HARPE, Shelby 1b 3 0 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 .176 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .250 GRAY, Kelsey lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .212 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 DUDLEY, Drew 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 5 2 .281 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .194 KEEN, Katie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 MULLINS, Harley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - TJ Webster ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .340 MOORE, Emily rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Brylee Hage cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .364 Totals 28 4 7 4 7 13 18 11 10 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals 29 8 12 8 2 2 21 0 8

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Austin Peay 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 7 2 WKU 0 1 2 0 4 1 X 8 12 0

E - PFEFFERLE 2(8). LOB - APSU 10; WKU 8. 2B - OSOWSKI(5); Carter, P.(1). 3B - OSOWSKI(1). HR - Sullivan, K.(4); Carter, P.(5). HBP - Sullivan, K.; Hage, B.. SH - Sullivan, K.(1). SB - Davis, T.(14).

Austin Peay ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era MULLINS, Harley 5.0 10 7 6 2 1 24 28 106 6.83 Kelsey Aikey 2.2 4 3 3 4 3 12 16 64 1.92 HARPE, Shelby 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 5 6 21 5.59 Kennedy Sullivan 4.1 3 1 1 3 10 16 19 88 2.59

Win - Sullivan, K. (2-1). Loss - MULLINSH (1-4). Save - None. HBP - by MULLINSH (Hage, B.); by HARPE (Sullivan, K.). PB - SMITHK 2(4). Inherited runners/scored: Sullivan, K. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: MULLINSH 106/66; HARPE 21/11; Aikey, K. 64/39; Sullivan, K. 88/52.

Umpires - HP: Michelle Sandahl 1B: Glen Kilgore 3B: Matt Leisure Start: 6 pm Time: 2:22 Attendance: 191 Weather: 39 degrees 2020 WKU Softball Illinois State at WKU Feb 29, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Illinois State 2 (8-8) WKU 5 (14-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Leonard, Mack dp 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .419 Jordan Thomas 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .333 Chval, Kaili lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Taylor Davis lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .491 Olson, Emme ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 .356 Kennedy Sullivan dp 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 .375 Kennedy, Dayna rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 .237 Kendall Smith c 3 2 2 2 0 0 10 2 0 .404 Borries, Kadi rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Paige Carter rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .292 Wiebel, Alyssa cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .351 Brylee Hage cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .385 Strandgard, Spenser 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 .400 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .182 Borries, Anni 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .182 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 LaFountaine, Brittni c 3 1 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 .194 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .277 Vanderpool, Taylor 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 .200 TJ Webster ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .333 Jefferson, Chloe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Day, Morgan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Totals 24 5 7 4 3 5 21 5 4 Fox, Amanda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Totals 28 2 6 2 0 12 18 8 6

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Illinois State 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2 WKU 0 1 0 0 4 0 X 5 7 2

E - Olson, E.(2); LaFount, Bri(2); Thomas, J.(1); Webster, TJ(5). LOB - ILS 6; WKU 4. 2B - Leonard, M.(7); Sullivan, K.(6); Hage, B.(1). HR - LaFount, Bri(1); Smith, K.(5). SH - Chval, K.(2). SB - Borries, A.(1). CS - Davis, T.(1).

Illinois State ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era Day, Morgan 4.2 6 5 0 3 5 19 22 84 2.20 Kelsey Aikey 7.0 6 2 2 0 12 28 29 124 1.70 Fox, Amanda 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 4.45

Win - Aikey, K. (7-2). Loss - Day, M. (5-3). Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Day, M. 84/58; Fox, A. 20/12; Aikey, K. 124/82.

Umpires - HP: Glen Kilgore 1B: John West 3B: Michelle Sandahl Start: 12:50 pm Time: 2:02 Attendance: 302 Weather: 36 degrees; sunny 2020 WKU Softball IUPUI at WKU Feb 29, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

IUPUI 4 (3-11) WKU 12 (15-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg LOGE, McKenzie lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 .234 Jordan Thomas 1b 4 3 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 .359 THOMPSON, Delainey dp 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 Taylor Davis lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .468 DALLAS, Mandy ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .265 Kennedy Sullivan dp 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .420 POP, Hailey 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .220 Kendall Smith c 1 1 0 0 2 0 9 0 0 .375 GREGORY, Rachel 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 .375 Paige Carter rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .279 BARNES, Jordan c 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Brylee Hage cf 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .471 Megan Overton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Taylor Sanders 3b 3 3 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 .324 BEDRICK, Maicey rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 .130 Morgan McElroy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .280 TURNER, Delainey 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .143 TJ Webster ss 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .346 SPETH, Jaida cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .432 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 LEONARD, Dezirae p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - Totals 27 12 13 11 3 1 15 6 3 LUCAS, Lexi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - Totals 22 4 7 4 2 6 14 3 6

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E IUPUI 0 1 2 1 0 4 7 1 WKU 5 0 3 0 4 12 13 0

E - BARNES(3). LOB - IUPUI 6; WKU 3. 2B - THOMPSON(3); POP(2); Sullivan, K.(7); McElroy, M.(3). HR - Thomas, J. 2(3); Sanders, T. 2(2). HBP - BARNES. SB - Hage, B.(2).

IUPUI ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era LEONARD, Dezirae 0.2 5 5 5 1 0 7 8 36 16.43 Shelby Nunn 2.2 5 3 3 1 1 13 14 53 1.66 LUCAS, Lexi 4.0 8 7 4 2 1 20 22 60 8.47 Kennedy Sullivan 2.1 2 1 1 1 5 9 11 50 2.82

Win - Sullivan, K. (3-1). Loss - LEONARD (0-3). Save - None. HBP - by Sullivan, K. (BARNES). Inherited runners/scored: LUCAS 1/0; Sullivan, K. 3/1. Pitches/strikes: LEONARD 36/22; LUCAS 60/44; Nunn, S. 53/31; Sullivan, K. 50/32.

Umpires - HP: Matt Leisure 1B: Michelle Sandahl 3B: Roland Hammer Start: 3:25 Time: 1:54 Attendance: 272 Weather: 43 degrees; sunny WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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Game 20 PDF box score attached. Combined weekend stats attached. Interviews: HC Tudor | Kelsey Aikey | Kendall Smith Season Stats: https://wkusports.com/sports/softball/stats/2020?path=softball

BIG FOURTH INNING LEADS TOPS TO RUN-RULE WIN OVER ILLINOIS STATE

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball secured Sunday’s Hilltopper Spring Fling championship title with a 12-1 five-inning victory over Illinois State. The Red and White exploded for an 11-run fourth inning including a grand slam from Kennedy Sullivan to break the game wide open. Kelsey Aikey delivered another double-digit strikeout showing and moved into fifth place on WKU’s career strikeouts list.

“I thought we had great plate approaches and gave ourselves a chance to win every single time we stepped up to the plate,” head coach Amy Tudor opened about the Hilltoppers’ 5-0 weekend. “We were very confident up there and our circle and defense were both strong to back that.”

With the 5-0 weekend, the Hilltoppers have now strung together six-straight wins and own a 16-4 overall record on the season. WKU owns an 8-2 record when playing at home.

“I think we’ve got the best fans in Conference USA, not even just for softball but across all of our sports,” commented Kendall Smith. “It’s really nice hearing them in our stadium and then especially winning in front of them.”

Illinois State moved to 9-9 with the loss. Six of the Redbirds’ losses have come to teams ranked or receiving votes while they’ve picked up wins against [RV] USF and [RV] Boise State already this season.

Two of Illinois State’s five hits came in the top of the second inning when the Redbirds had two runners on with one out before Aikey delivered her fourth strikeout of the game – moving her into sole possession of fifth place on WKU’s career strikeouts list – for the second out before sitting the next batter down as well to end the threat.

WKU would score first after TJ Webster reached on an error, stole second and then came around to score on another error for the 1-0 lead.

It wouldn’t be until the bottom of the fourth inning that WKU recorded a hit on the game as the squad racked up eight in the frame. The Tops scored 11 runs before Illinois State retired three-straight Hilltopper batters. Sullivan, Kendall Smith and Paige Carter all registered two hits in the inning as WKU sent 15 batters to the box.

After Sullivan opened the frame with a base hit, her second time at the plate she would record her second grand slam of the season. Smith tallied a pair of base hits in the frame while Carter sent a double to each gap for two RBI. Brylee Hage scored a pair of teammates with a single to left-center field while Jordan Thomas posted an RBI knock of her own. Maggie Trgo drew a bases-loaded pinch-hit walk which scored Princess Valencia who had reached on an error.

WKU entered the weekend with 10 collective home runs and doubled that mark across its five Hilltopper Spring Fling contests. Carter, Taylor Sanders, Smith, Sullivan and Thomas each tallied two on the weekend.

Aikey earned her second win in as many days over Illinois State. The senior posted her sixth complete- game victory of the season to improve to 8-2 in the circle. Her 10 strikeouts marked her fifth double- digit showing of the season and brought her 2020 total to an even 100.

“I think the growth for Kelsey began her freshman year and has continued through her senior season,” Tudor added. “Every year she gets a little better and obviously she’s peaking at the right time. Aikey works hard; she’s a bulldog on the mound and has a lot of drive. She’s just fun to watch.”

“It’s a huge honor to be on that career list,” Aikey shared. “I take a lot of pride in my strikeouts and keeping my walks down and it means a lot to earn a spot on our list.”

On the career strikeouts list, Aikey sits in fifth with 446. She is 43 punchouts away from tying for fourth with Allison Silver (2001-04).

NEXT GAME: With its regular-season tournaments in the books, WKU will turn its focus to its first midweek matchup of the season as Belmont visits The Hill on Wednesday. First pitch against the Bruins is slated for 6 p.m. CT.

2020 WKU Softball Illinois State at WKU Mar 01, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Illinois State 1 (9-9) WKU 12 (16-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Leonard, Mack dp/p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jordan Thomas 1b 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Chval, Kaili lf 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Taylor Davis lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olson, Emme ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Maggie Trgo ph/lf 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Kennedy, Dayna rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 Wiebel, Alyssa cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 3 2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 Strandgard, Spenser 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 Paige Carter dp 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Borries, Anni 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Brylee Hage cf 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 LaFountaine, Brittni c 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Pence, Kenzie pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maddie Bowlds ph 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Vanderpool, Taylor 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 Morgan McElroy 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Day, Morgan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Princess Valencia ph 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Fox, Amanda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TJ Webster ss 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 1 5 1 2 10 12 5 6 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 12 8 10 4 4 15 1 2

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E Illinois State 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 WKU 0 0 1 11 X 12 8 0

E - Olson, E.(3); Borries, A.(2); LaFount, Bri(3). LOB - ILS 6; WKU 2. 2B - Carter, P. 2(3). HR - Sullivan, K.(5). SB - Webster, TJ(8).

Illinois State ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np Day, Morgan 3.0 4 6 5 2 3 14 16 61 Kelsey Aikey 5.0 5 1 1 2 10 20 22 87 Leonard, Mack 0.0 1 4 3 2 0 2 4 18 Fox, Amanda 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 6 6 31

Win - Aikey, K. (8-2). Loss - Day, M. (5-4). Save - None. WP - Aikey, K. 2(4). Inherited runners/scored: Leonard, M. 2/2; Fox, A. 3/3. Pitches/strikes: Day, M. 61/35; Leonard, M. 18/7; Fox, A. 31/18; Aikey, K. 87/53.

Umpires - HP: Roland Hammer 1B: Matt Leisure 3B: John West Start: 2:30 pm Time: 1:45 Attendance: 289 Weather: 68 degrees; sunny Day, M. faced 5 batters in the 4th. Leonard, M. faced 4 batters in the 4th. 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 01, 2020) (Hilltopper Spring Fling Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 5-0 Home: 5-0 Away: 0-0 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 6 Taylor Davis . 5 8 8 5-5 17 7 10 0 0 0 2 10 . 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 . 5 8 8 0 0 3-4 2 0 0 1.000 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 6 7 5-5 15 5 7 2 0 2 9 15 1.000 1 1 1 0 . 5 2 9 0 1 1-1 1 0 1 . 5 0 0 2 Kendall Smith . 4 6 2 5-5 13 7 6 0 0 2 8 12 . 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 1 0 0-0 45 4 0 1.000 11 Brylee Hage . 4 6 2 5-5 13 4 6 1 0 0 4 7 . 5 3 8 1 1 2 0 . 5 3 3 0 0 2-2 4 0 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 7 5 5-5 16 6 6 0 0 2 5 12 . 7 5 0 2 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 22 0 1 . 9 5 7 26 Paige Carter . 3 3 3 5-5 15 3 5 3 0 2 6 14 . 9 3 3 1 0 2 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 3 TJ Webster . 3 0 0 5-5 10 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 . 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 . 4 6 2 0 0 2-2 4 4 1 . 8 8 9 15 Taylor Sanders . 3 0 0 5-5 10 4 3 0 0 2 4 9 . 9 0 0 1 0 2 0 . 3 6 4 0 0 0-0 2 8 0 1.000 25 Princess Valencia . 2 0 0 4-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy . 1 6 7 5-5 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 . 1 6 7 0 0 0-0 7 7 0 1.000 20 Maggie Trgo . 0 0 0 3-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 0 0 0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 Madeline Rider . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 3 8 0 5 129 44 49 7 0 10 39 86 . 6 6 7 14 2 15 0 . 4 4 5 1 1 8-9 93 27 3 . 9 7 6 Opponents . 2 4 4 5 123 11 30 5 1 1 11 40 . 3 2 5 12 1 45 0 . 3 1 6 0 1 2-3 80 31 9 . 9 2 5

LOB - Team (23), Opp (33).

(Hilltopper Spring Fling Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 1 0 2-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 5 2 2 4 15 2 0 0 . 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 2 . 1 7 1-0 2 2 1 1/0 0 9.2 10 3 3 2 5 2 0 0 . 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 2 . 8 6 2-0 3 3 2 0/0 0 14.2 15 6 6 6 25 1 1 1 . 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 2 . 4 8 5-0 5 5 3 1/0 0 31.0 30 11 11 12 45 5 1 1 . 2 4 4 2 1 0 0 1 Opponents 8 . 6 6 0-5 5 5 0 0/0 0 26.2 49 44 33 14 15 7 0 10 . 3 8 0 1 2 0 1 1

PB - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (2-3), Nunn, S. (1-2), Aikey, K. (1-1). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 01, 2020) (Hilltopper Spring Fling Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 2 Kendall Smith 49 45 4 0 1.000 0 2 1 . 6 6 7 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 14 7 7 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 10 2 8 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 5 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 4 0 4 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 23 22 0 1 . 9 5 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 9 4 4 1 . 8 8 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 1 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 123 93 27 3 . 9 7 6 0 2 1 . 6 6 7 0 0 Opponents 120 80 31 9 . 9 2 5 0 8 1 . 8 8 9 2 0 WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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BELMONT COMES TO TOWN FOR FIRST MIDWEEK ON THE HILL

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After hosting back-to-back tournaments, WKU Softball will switch gears to host its first midweek game of the season as Belmont visits The Hill on Wednesday. First pitch against the Bruins is slated for 6 p.m. CT from the WKU Softball Complex. Wednesday’s tilt marks the first of five midweek contests hosted by the Hilltoppers this season.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION Wednesday – 6 p.m. CT – vs. Belmont | Livestats | No Stream

Any scheduling changes will be communicated through WKUSports.com and the WKU Softball social media platforms.

SCOUTING BELMONT Belmont enters Wednesday’s game with a 2-10 overall record. The Bruins earned a win over Western Michigan in their season opener before picking up a victory over ULM last weekend. Two of Belmont’s losses were to No. 6 LSU. The Bruins are 0-3 in true road games this season. Last season, Belmont posted a 31-23 record. WKU leads the all-time series against Belmont 29-1 with the lone setback coming in the most recent meeting between the sides in 2017.

RUNDOWN WITH THE TOPS WKU Softball is off to a 16-4 start and owns an 8-2 record in home games this season. The Tops have constructed five come-from-behind wins with one coming in each of WKU’s first three tournaments before posting two in last weekend’s Hilltopper Spring Fling. After back-to-back tournaments on The Hill, WKU Softball still has 17 more regular-season home games on the slate for the 2020 season.

TICKETS & PARKING Single-day admission can be purchased for $5 for adults and $3 for kids ages 3-12 (free on Sunday). WKU students can receive free admission by showing their student ID. Additionally, Flexible Ticket Packages are available for $35 for 24 vouchers and can be used for all regular-season games.

Spectator parking will be available in the Creason lot (not PS3) beyond the outfield fences of the WKU Softball Complex.

PROMOTIONS WKU's Mid-Week Concession Special will be available from the concessions stand featuring $2 popcorn and $2 hot dogs. Additionally, Wednesday’s contest marks WKU Softball’s Green Out game in support of C-USA at its initiative to continue the conversation of mental health awareness.

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MTSU FRIDAY GAME & UT ARLINGTON MIDWEEK TIMES MOVED UP

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball has had two scheduling changed made to its slate for the upcoming week of play. Friday’s Conference USA opener against Middle Tennessee on The Hill has been moved up to a 3 p.m. CT. Additionally, Tuesday’s game at UT Arlington has been moved up to a 5 p.m. first pitch.

WKU SOFTBALL’S UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wed., March 4 – vs. Belmont – 6 p.m. Fri., March 6 – vs. Middle Tennessee – 3 p.m. (new time) Sat., March 7 – vs. Middle Tennessee – 2 p.m. Sun., March 8 – vs. Middle Tennessee – 1 p.m. Tues., March 10 – at UT Arlington – 5 p.m. (new time) Fri. – Sun., March 13-15 – at North Texas

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Game 21 PDF box score attached. Season Stats attached. Coach Tudor interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LpAiS9ZxP4

HILLTOPPERS CLAIM THIRD-STRAIGHT RUN-RULE VICTORY

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In its first midweek matchup of the season WKU Softball posted its third-straight five-inning run- rule victory as the Hilltoppers downed Belmont 10-0 from The Hill. The Red and White improved to 17-4 on the season while Belmont dropped to 2-11.

“I thought we came out hitting well again and that Sullivan threw great with nine strikeouts in five innings,” head coach Amy Tudor opened. “Defensively we did well. At the plate, I thought the bottom of our lineup started us, which was huge that one through nine can hit any given day.”

Kennedy Sullivan earned the complete-game shutout win in the circle – her second game of the sort this season. The sophomore is now 4-1 on the season after striking out nine and allowing just three hits across her five innings of work.

Sullivan helped her own cause at the plate, delivering a 2-for-2 performance with two RBI and a pair of stolen bases. She now owns 10 multi-hit games on the young 2020 campaign to go along with eight multi-RBI performances.

Taylor Davis and Taylor Sanders each added two-hit days as well. Both of Davis’ knocks were singles while Sanders delivered a pair of extra base hits. The freshman sent a triple off the wall in centerfield in the bottom of the second to score Brylee Hage for the first run of the game before leading off the fourth frame with a solo home run to straight-away center. The long ball was her third in the last three games.

Sanders’ fourth-inning blast marked the first of five Hilltopper runs in the frame as WKU sent all nine batters to the box. TJ Webster and Jordan Thomas each drew one-out walks before Davis singled to load the bases. On the seventh pitch of her at bat, Sullivan sent a base hit to right field to bring two teammates around to score to give the Hilltoppers a 9-0 advantage. After stealing her second base of the game, Sullivan would advance to third on an errant throw before a sacrifice fly from Kendall Smith brought her home for the Tops’ 10th run of the day.

Webster notched the first multi-RBI game of her career in the victory. After Sanders tripled in the bottom of the second, Maddie Bowlds would take a hit by pitch before Webster sent a single back up the middle to score both teammates.

WKU’s three-straight five-inning victories mark just the third time the program has achieved the feat. The last time the Hilltoppers had done so was 2013 with three-straight five-inning wins and a six-inning run-rule victory. The same four- game combination also occurred during the program’s inaugural 2000 campaign.

NEXT GAME: With its opening midweek tilt in the books, WKU Softball will now turn its focus to its Conference USA-opening series against Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders visit The Hill from Friday-Sunday for the three-day series with first pitches slated for 3 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 04, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 17-4 Home: 9-2 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 0-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 4-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 7 6 21-20 63 20 30 1 0 0 8 31 . 4 9 2 3 0 6 0 . 5 0 0 0 4 15-16 18 0 2 . 9 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 2 3 21-21 71 20 30 7 0 5 27 52 . 7 3 2 7 1 6 0 . 4 8 1 0 1 5-6 12 3 2 . 8 8 2 2 Kendall Smith . 3 9 0 21-21 59 14 23 4 0 5 21 42 . 7 1 2 10 0 8 0 . 4 5 8 3 1 2-4 174 22 2 . 9 9 0 11 Brylee Hage . 3 6 8 17-7 19 6 7 1 1 0 4 10 . 5 2 6 4 1 3 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 2-2 5 0 0 1.000 3 TJ Webster . 3 4 6 21-21 52 14 18 1 0 0 4 19 . 3 6 5 6 0 8 0 . 4 1 4 0 3 9-10 22 38 5 . 9 2 3 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 3 8 21-21 65 20 22 5 1 3 16 38 . 5 8 5 16 0 12 0 . 4 5 8 2 0 1-2 34 1 1 . 9 7 2 26 Paige Carter . 3 1 4 21-21 70 14 22 4 0 5 19 41 . 5 8 6 5 0 5 0 . 3 5 5 1 0 1-1 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 9 7 19-17 37 11 11 1 1 3 7 23 . 6 2 2 6 2 8 0 . 4 2 2 0 1 2-2 5 25 3 . 9 0 9 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 7 1 21-21 48 5 13 3 0 0 4 16 . 3 3 3 6 0 5 0 . 3 4 5 1 2 0-0 21 23 2 . 9 5 7 25 Princess Valencia . 2 6 3 12-3 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 6 3 2 0 5 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 1 9 5 17-15 41 6 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 1 9 5 5 1 15 0 . 2 9 8 0 3 4-4 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 20 Maggie Trgo . 1 6 7 10-1 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 1 6 7 2 0 1 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 6-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 11 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 4 1 21 560 137 191 27 3 21 118 287 . 5 1 3 77 5 85 0 . 4 2 1 7 16 43-49 420 132 21 . 9 6 3 Opponents . 2 0 8 21 524 48 109 11 3 7 42 147 . 2 8 1 58 3 185 2 . 2 9 1 0 3 6-13 389 162 33 . 9 4 3

LOB - Team (140), Opp (121). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (5). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 2 8 5-1 12 6 1 1/2 0 43.2 38 11 8 5 24 2 0 2 . 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 6 4 8-2 14 10 6 2/2 2 64.0 49 20 15 26 100 4 2 3 . 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 3 3 4-1 7 4 2 2/0 0 30.0 19 11 10 21 58 5 0 2 . 1 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 9 5 17-4 21 21 9 7/2 2 140.0 109 48 39 58 185 11 3 7 . 2 0 8 5 3 0 0 3 Opponents 5 . 7 8 4-17 21 21 4 0/0 1 129.2 191 137 107 77 85 27 3 21 . 3 4 1 6 5 0 7 16

PB - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (4-11), Sullivan, K. (3-5), Aikey, K. (2-4), Nunn, S. (1-4), Valencia, P. (2-2). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 04, 2020) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 25 Princess Valencia 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 11 0 11 0 1.000 0 1 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 5 0 5 0 1.000 0 2 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 5 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 102 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Kendall Smith 198 174 22 2 . 9 9 0 1 4 7 . 3 6 4 2 0 1 Jordan Thomas 36 34 1 1 . 9 7 2 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 46 21 23 2 . 9 5 7 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 15 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 65 22 38 5 . 9 2 3 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 33 5 25 3 . 9 0 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 20 18 0 2 . 9 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 17 12 3 2 . 8 8 2 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 5 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 573 420 132 21 . 9 6 3 5 6 7 . 4 6 2 2 0 Opponents 584 389 162 33 . 9 4 3 5 43 6 . 8 7 8 4 0 2020 WKU Softball Belmont at WKU Mar 04, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Belmont 0 (2-11) WKU 10 (17-4)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg CAVANAUGH, Cheyenne c 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .275 Jordan Thomas cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .338 SIMS, Bailey 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 .250 Taylor Davis lf 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .476 GREEN, Kristen 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .237 Kennedy Sullivan p 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .423 OLLINGER, Elison ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381 Kendall Smith c 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 .390 McDANEL, Autumn pr 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .000 Paige Carter dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 LEE, Brooklin p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .382 Brylee Hage rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .368 PARENTE, Jessica dp 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .133 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .297 PORTER, Molly rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .048 Carli Crowder 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LYLE, Audrey c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .139 Maddie Bowlds 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .195 LEDBETTER, Abi 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 .065 Macy Murphy 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 VELTRI, Lauren lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 TJ Webster ss 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 .346 Totals 18 0 3 0 4 9 12 9 7 Madeline Rider ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Morgan McElroy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Jordan Ridge 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals 18 10 8 7 4 1 15 2 2

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E Belmont 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 WKU 0 3 2 5 X 10 8 0

E - LYLE 2(6). LOB - BEL 7; WKU 2. 2B - CAVANAUGH(3); Carter, P.(4). 3B - Sanders, T.(1). HR - Sanders, T.(3). HBP - Bowlds, M.. SF - Smith, K.(3). SB - Davis, T.(15); Sullivan, K. 2(5); Smith, K.(2); Bowlds, M.(4); Webster, TJ(9). CS - Smith, K. 2(2).

Belmont ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era LEE, Brooklin 3.1 5 7 6 3 1 14 18 83 5.62 Kennedy Sullivan 5.0 3 0 0 4 9 18 22 109 2.33 McDANEL, Autumn 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 4 6 28 7.47

Win - Sullivan, K. (4-1). Loss - LEE (0-4). Save - None. HBP - by LEE (Bowlds, M.). Inherited runners/scored: McDANEL 1/1. Pitches/strikes: LEE 83/46; McDANEL 28/15; Sullivan, K. 109/63.

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HILLTOPPERS SET TO OPEN C-USA PLAY WITH MTSU COMING TO TOWN

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball welcomes Middle Tennessee to The Hill this weekend for a three- game series to opening Conference USA Play. Action will open Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. CT followed by games on Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.). The Hilltoppers enter the weekend on a seven-game win streak and are 17-4 overall while the Blue Raiders sit at 13-10 while claiming their last six decisions.

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SCOUTING MIDDLE TENNESSEE Middle Tennessee is slated to visit The Hill for the first time since the 2018 campaign when the Blue Raiders took the series 2-1. MTSU owns a 13-10 record entering the weekend after having its midweek doubleheader at Alabama State canceled. The sides have not faced any common opponents to this point in the season.

The Blue Raiders were predicted to finish sixth in the 2020 Preseason Coaches Poll with one player landing on the Preseason All-Conference Team in infielder Summer Burgess.

Across all 12 C-USA squads, MTSU enters conference play ranked fourth in batting average (.292), fifth in ERA (3.55) and first in fielding percentage (.977).

RUNDOWN WITH THE TOPS WKU Softball is off to a 17-4 start and owns a 9-2 record in home games this season. The Tops have constructed five come-from-behind wins with one coming in each of WKU’s first three tournaments before posting two in last weekend’s Hilltopper Spring Fling. After back-to-back tournaments on The Hill and its first midweek, WKU Softball still has 16 more regular-season home games on the slate for the 2020 season.

The Hilltoppers were voted to finish second in the league’s Preseason Coach Poll – landing one first place vote – while catcher Kendall Smith and pitcher Kelsey Aikey both earned selections to the Preseason All-Conference Team.

Entering conference play, WKU owns a collective .341 batting average which ranks second in the league. The Tops’ pitching staff leads the league with a 1.95 ERA and 185 strikeouts. On the dirt, the Red and White’s .963 fielding percentage ranks fourth of all 12 C-USA squads.

LAST SEASON AGAINST THE BLUE RAIDERS WKU and Middle Tennessee met a total of four times across the 2019 with the Hilltoppers claiming a sweep in the regular-season series in Murfreesboro, Tenn., before the Blue Raiders earned a win in the C-USA Tournament meeting. Across the series at MTSU, WKU outscored the host 28-7. The opening game saw the Tops earn an 8-0, six-inning win before securing the series with a 14-3 victory. In the finale, WKU came out on top of an 11-inning battle that saw the Hilltopper defense strand 10 MTSU runners on base from innings seven through 11.

Middle Tennessee avenged the series sweep with a 1-0 victory over WKU in the C-USA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., on May 8.

ALL-TIME SERIES In the all-time series, WKU leads MTSU 39-28 and owns a 7-3 advantage across the last 10 meetings. The Tops are 19-15 when hosting the Blue Raiders on The Hill. The sides have met all 20 seasons of WKU Softball’s existence with this season marking the 21st.

TICKETS & PARKING Single-day admission can be purchased for $5 for adults and $3 for kids ages 3-12 (free on Sunday). WKU students can receive free admission by showing their student ID. Additionally, Flexible Ticket Packages are available for $35 for 27 vouchers and can be used for all regular-season games.

Spectator parking will be available in the Creason lot (not PS3) beyond the outfield fences of the WKU Softball Complex.

PROMOTIONS Every home Friday this season will feature Friday Freebies where fans can enter to win a surprise – so enter your name to win when you arrive at the game.

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TIMELY HITTING, SOLID PITCHING LEADS TOPS TO WIN OVER MTSU

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball opened its 2020 Conference USA slate with a 3-1 win over Middle Tennessee from The Hill on Friday. Kelsey Aikey delivered a two-hitter in the circle while Brylee Hage drove in a pair of runs as the Hilltoppers claimed their eighth-consecutive victory.

“It’s great to start conference play with a win,” head coach Amy Tudor opened. “Aikey did a great job in the circle – I think our staff’s been strong all year – but her confidence and poise on the mound was a big carrier for us, especially when we weren’t hitting the ball as well as we had been. I felt like we played good defense today and had a couple players step up with big hits, so timely hitting was important for us.”

With Friday’s win, the Red and White improved to 18-4 overall and 1-0 in C-USA action. The Tops are now 10-2 in games at the WKU Softball Complex this season. Middle Tennessee moved to 13-11 with the loss, which ended a six-game win streak, and is now 0-1 in league play.

“I felt like we found a way to win and sometimes that’s the case if you aren’t having the long ball or producing a lot of runs and that’s what we went out and did today,” added Tudor.

Held to just six hits on the day – with three coming in the bottom of the sixth – the Hilltopper offense found other ways on base as WKU had a baserunner in all six trips to the plate. Taylor Davis was stranded in the first after drawing a walk before Taylor Sanders was left on board following a double in the second. Jordan Thomas drew a walk in the third before Paige Carter struck for the Hilltoppers’ second hit of the day in the bottom of the fourth with a base hit.

Sanders led off the bottom of the fifth with a seven-pitch walk before moving into scoring position on a wild pitch. Two batters later, the freshman advanced 60 feet on a groundout before a two-out double to the leftfield wall from Thomas scored the first run of the game.

Middle Tennessee took advantage of its leadoff hitter in the sixth reaching on a fielding error by the Tops. The runner would advance to third after a sacrifice bunt and groundout before scoring on an infield hit.

In its next trip to the plate, WKU got the run back along with an insurance tally. Kennedy Sullivan led things off with a single back up the middle before moving into scoring position on a groundout. From there, Carter sent her second hit of the day – a double – down the right field line to moving Sullivan to third. Next up, Hage lined a single back up the middle that brought both Sullivan and Carter home for the final 3-1 line.

“Thomas started us off with that two-RBI shot down the line, which was huge,” Tudor continued. “Carter got up there and ripped the ball after Sullivan’s hit up the middle and then little freshman Brylee Hage steps up and gets a two-RBI hit.”

WKU would take the field looking for the final three outs in the top of the seventh. The Blue Raiders struck for their second and final hit of the day in the frame after going 18 batters between hits. After the leadoff knock, WKU handled a pair of fly balls and a groundout to second base for the final outs.

Aikey secured the complete-game win in the circle – her seventh of the season – while striking out seven and allowing zero earned runs. Her two-hitter against the Blue Raiders is the 12th outing of two-or-fewer hits of Aikey’s career and helped her to a 9-2 record in the circle this season.

“With this being our first conference game, we had some younger ones in there that might have had some nerves getting to them,” Thomas opened about the team’s timely hitting opposed to its recent explosive offense. “Once someone starts the hitting, everyone follows – that’s just kind of how we operate. Aikey was pitching her butt off and we wanted to get her the win because she deserves it.”

Reaching base twice – via a walk and double – Thomas extended her reached-base streak to 18 games dating back to opening weekend.

Carter delivered a multi-hit game for the sixth time this season in addition to collecting her fourth double in the last three games.

NEXT GAME: Game two of the three-day series against Middle Tennessee is slated for a 2 p.m. CT first pitch on Saturday from the WKU Softball Complex. Sunday’s finale is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 06, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 18-4 Home: 10-2 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 1-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 4-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 6 2 22-21 65 20 30 1 0 0 8 31 . 4 7 7 4 0 6 0 . 4 9 3 0 4 15-16 20 0 2 . 9 0 9 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 1 9 22-22 74 21 31 7 0 5 27 53 . 7 1 6 7 1 7 0 . 4 7 6 0 1 5-6 12 3 2 . 8 8 2 2 Kendall Smith . 3 7 1 22-22 62 14 23 4 0 5 21 42 . 6 7 7 10 0 8 0 . 4 4 0 3 1 2-4 181 23 2 . 9 9 0 11 Brylee Hage . 3 6 4 18-8 22 6 8 1 1 0 6 11 . 5 0 0 4 1 3 0 . 4 8 1 0 0 2-2 6 0 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 4 3 22-22 67 20 23 6 1 3 17 40 . 5 9 7 17 0 12 0 . 4 6 5 2 0 1-2 39 1 1 . 9 7 6 3 TJ Webster . 3 3 3 22-22 54 14 18 1 0 0 4 19 . 3 5 2 6 0 9 0 . 4 0 0 0 3 9-10 23 40 6 . 9 1 3 26 Paige Carter . 3 2 9 22-22 73 15 24 5 0 5 19 44 . 6 0 3 5 0 5 0 . 3 6 7 1 0 1-1 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 15 Taylor Sanders . 3 0 8 20-18 39 12 12 2 1 3 7 25 . 6 4 1 7 2 8 0 . 4 3 8 0 1 2-2 6 26 3 . 9 1 4 25 Princess Valencia . 2 6 3 12-3 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 6 3 2 0 5 0 . 3 3 3 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 6 0 22-22 50 5 13 3 0 0 4 16 . 3 2 0 6 0 6 0 . 3 3 3 1 2 0-0 23 25 2 . 9 6 0 28 Maddie Bowlds . 1 9 5 17-15 41 6 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 1 9 5 5 1 15 0 . 2 9 8 0 3 4-4 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 20 Maggie Trgo . 1 4 3 11-1 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 1 4 3 2 0 1 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 6-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 11 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 3 8 22 583 140 197 30 3 21 121 296 . 5 0 8 80 5 88 0 . 4 1 8 7 16 43-49 441 138 22 . 9 6 3 Opponents . 2 0 3 22 547 49 111 11 3 7 43 149 . 2 7 2 62 3 192 2 . 2 8 8 0 4 7-15 407 173 33 . 9 4 6

LOB - Team (145), Opp (127). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (5). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 2 8 5-1 12 6 1 1/2 0 43.2 38 11 8 5 24 2 0 2 . 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 4 8 9-2 15 11 7 2/2 2 71.0 51 21 15 30 107 4 2 3 . 1 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 3 3 4-1 7 4 2 2/0 0 30.0 19 11 10 21 58 5 0 2 . 1 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 8 6 18-4 22 22 10 7/2 2 147.0 111 49 39 62 192 11 3 7 . 2 0 3 6 3 0 0 4 Opponents 5 . 6 8 4-18 22 22 5 0/0 1 135.2 197 140 110 80 88 30 3 21 . 3 3 8 7 5 0 7 16

PB - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (5-13), Aikey, K. (3-6), Sullivan, K. (3-5), Nunn, S. (1-4), Valencia, P. (2-2). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 06, 2020) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 25 Princess Valencia 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 11 0 11 0 1.000 0 1 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 7 2 5 0 1.000 0 3 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 6 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Kendall Smith 206 181 23 2 . 9 9 0 1 5 8 . 3 8 5 2 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 102 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 41 39 1 1 . 9 7 6 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 50 23 25 2 . 9 6 0 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 15 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 35 6 26 3 . 9 1 4 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 69 23 40 6 . 9 1 3 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 22 20 0 2 . 9 0 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 17 12 3 2 . 8 8 2 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 5 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 601 441 138 22 . 9 6 3 5 7 8 . 4 6 7 2 0 Opponents 613 407 173 33 . 9 4 6 5 43 6 . 8 7 8 4 0 2020 WKU Softball Middle Tennessee at WKU Mar 06, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Middle Tennessee 1 (13-11,0-1 C-USA) WKU 3 (18-4,1-0 C-USA)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg BURGESS, Summer ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 .293 Jordan Thomas 1b 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 .348 HILL, Kelci cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .375 Taylor Davis lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 .448 DE LA CRUZ, Jocelynn 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .289 Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .416 CUSHING, Lexi 1b 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 1 0 .382 Kendall Smith c 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 .354 RICHETTO, Kaylee rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .444 Paige Carter dp 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .342 McGEE, Keely pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Brylee Hage cf 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 .360 HEATH, Sydney rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .317 MARINAKIS, Mia dp 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .226 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 .250 McCLURE, Brooke pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 RODRIGUEZ, Lani 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 .212 TJ Webster ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 .321 KING, Ryan c 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .091 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - FREEMAN, Savannah pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Totals 23 3 6 3 3 3 21 6 5 KIRBY, Gracie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 SMITH, Claire lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 BALDWIN, Amber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Totals 23 1 2 1 4 7 18 11 6

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 WKU 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 6 1

E - Webster, TJ(6). LOB - MT 6; WKU 5. 2B - Thomas, J.(6); Carter, P.(5); Sanders, T.(2). SH - Hill(2). SB - Freeman(13). CS - Freeman(3).

Middle Tennessee ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era BALDWIN, Amber 6.0 6 3 3 3 3 23 26 120 3.30 Kelsey Aikey 7.0 2 1 0 4 7 23 28 123 1.35

Win - Aikey, K. (9-2). Loss - Baldwin (5-3). Save - None. WP - Baldwin(9); Aikey, K.(5). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Baldwin 120/75; Aikey, K. 123/74.

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HILLTOPPER BATS & TOUGH PITCHING CLINCH SERIES WIN

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball clinched its Conference USA opening series over Middle Tennessee with Saturday’s 6-2 victory over the Blue Raiders. Kelsey Aikey earned her second win in the circle in as many days while Brylee Hage delivered the first three-hit game of her career.

“I was very happy with our mentality today,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “We know that every game is important and I felt the team was dialed in and ready for day two. We’ll look to bring the same approach in tomorrow’s finale. Additionally, thank you to all the fans who came out for today’s game.”

With the game two victory over MTSU, the Hilltoppers are now 19-4 on the season and own a nine- game win streak entering Sunday’s finale. The Tops improved to 2-0 in league play while Middle Tennessee dropped to 13-12 overall and 0-2 in C-USA.

WKU loaded the bases in its first trip to the plate of the day thanks to walks from Jordan Thomas and Kendall Smith while Kennedy Sullivan added a base hit but all three would end up stranded.

Both sides were kept off the scoreboard until the fourth frame. After Aikey struck out the MTSU side to open the frame, the Hilltoppers gave her a lead to work with in the bottom of the inning.

Hage delivered the first of her three hits in the bottom of the second before ending up stranded. Two innings later, the freshman would follow Paige Carter’s leadoff single with another knock to put two Hilltoppers in scoring position with no outs. Stepping into the box, Taylor Sanders reached on an RBI fielder’s choice that resulted in everyone advancing safely for a 1-0 WKU lead. During Princess Valencia’s pinch-hit at bat, Sanders would swipe second while inducing a throw down that allowed Hage to score to push the Tops’ lead to 2-0.

Carter drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the fifth before Hage connected for her third hit of the day – a triple – to push WKU’s advantage to 3-0.

In the top of the sixth, the Blue Raiders would notch their only two-hit inning of the series. With the top of the order due up, Middle Tennessee struck for a leadoff single before connecting for a two-run homerun to pull within 3-2.

Heading back to the plate for the bottom of the sixth, WKU would get those runs back and more. Morgan McElroy led the frame off with a single through the left side before TJ Webster beat out a bunt single. Flipping over to the top of the order, Thomas sent a single back up the middle to plate McElroy for a 4-2 WKU lead. Thomas would go on to steal second before Sullivan laid down a sacrifice bunt that brought Webster home. Kendall Smith would follow to reach via error that allowed Thomas to score for the final 6-2 margin.

In need of three outs, Sullivan would take over for Aikey in the circle. After a leadoff double by Middle Tennessee, Sullivan would get the next batter swinging before inducing a groundout and flyout to secure the victory.

Aikey finished with seven more strikeouts to bring her season total to 114 while improving to 10-2 in the circle this season. Across her 13.0 innings of work against the Blue Raiders, Aikey’s allowed just seven hits and two earned runs.

In the win, WKU would lead off five of the six innings with a runner reaching base. Thomas would draw walks in both of her leadoff chances, bringing her reached base streak to 19-consecutive games.

In addition to her 3-for-3 day at the plate, Hage stole two bases as well.

NEXT GAME: The series finale of the three-day series against Middle Tennessee is slated for a 1 p.m. CT first pitch on Sunday from the WKU Softball Complex. The Hilltoppers will look to sweep the regular-season series for the second-straight year.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 07, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 19-4 Home: 11-2 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 2-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 4-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 4 9 23-22 69 20 31 1 0 0 8 32 . 4 6 4 4 0 7 0 . 4 7 9 0 4 15-16 23 0 2 . 9 2 0 11 Brylee Hage . 4 4 0 19-9 25 7 11 1 2 0 7 16 . 6 4 0 4 1 3 0 . 5 3 3 0 0 4-4 9 0 0 1.000 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 1 6 23-23 77 21 32 7 0 5 28 54 . 7 0 1 7 1 7 1 . 4 7 1 0 2 5-6 13 3 2 . 8 8 9 2 Kendall Smith . 3 5 4 23-23 65 14 23 4 0 5 21 42 . 6 4 6 11 0 8 0 . 4 3 0 3 1 2-4 188 24 2 . 9 9 1 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 4 8 23-23 69 21 24 6 1 3 18 41 . 5 9 4 19 0 13 0 . 4 7 8 2 0 2-3 43 1 1 . 9 7 8 3 TJ Webster . 3 3 9 23-23 56 15 19 1 0 0 4 20 . 3 5 7 6 0 9 0 . 4 0 3 0 4 9-10 24 41 6 . 9 1 5 26 Paige Carter . 3 3 3 23-23 75 17 25 5 0 5 19 45 . 6 0 0 6 0 5 1 . 3 7 8 1 0 1-1 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 8 6 21-19 42 12 12 2 1 3 8 25 . 5 9 5 7 2 9 0 . 4 1 2 0 1 3-3 6 26 3 . 9 1 4 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 6 9 23-23 52 6 14 3 0 0 4 17 . 3 2 7 6 0 6 0 . 3 3 9 1 2 0-0 24 26 2 . 9 6 2 25 Princess Valencia . 2 6 3 13-3 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 6 3 3 0 5 0 . 3 6 4 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 1 9 5 17-15 41 6 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 1 9 5 5 1 15 0 . 2 9 8 0 3 4-4 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 20 Maggie Trgo . 1 4 3 11-1 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 1 4 3 2 0 1 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 6-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 11 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 3 9 23 607 146 206 30 4 21 125 307 . 5 0 6 85 5 91 2 . 4 2 0 7 18 47-54 462 141 22 . 9 6 5 Opponents . 2 0 4 23 573 51 117 13 3 8 45 160 . 2 7 9 63 3 200 2 . 2 8 6 0 4 7-15 425 184 35 . 9 4 6

LOB - Team (152), Opp (131). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (7). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 2 8 5-1 12 6 1 1/2 0 43.2 38 11 8 5 24 2 0 2 . 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 5 5 10-2 16 12 7 2/2 2 77.0 56 23 17 31 114 5 2 4 . 1 9 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 2 6 4-1 8 4 2 2/0 0 31.0 20 11 10 21 59 6 0 2 . 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 8 6 19-4 23 23 10 7/2 2 154.0 117 51 41 63 200 13 3 8 . 2 0 4 6 3 0 0 4 Opponents 5 . 6 8 4-19 23 23 5 0/0 1 141.2 206 146 115 85 91 30 4 21 . 3 3 9 8 5 0 7 18

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 25 Princess Valencia 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 11 0 11 0 1.000 0 1 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 9 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 8 3 5 0 1.000 0 3 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Kendall Smith 214 188 24 2 . 9 9 1 1 5 8 . 3 8 5 2 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 102 101 0 1 . 9 9 0 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 45 43 1 1 . 9 7 8 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 52 24 26 2 . 9 6 2 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 15 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 25 23 0 2 . 9 2 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 71 24 41 6 . 9 1 5 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 35 6 26 3 . 9 1 4 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 18 13 3 2 . 8 8 9 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 5 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 625 462 141 22 . 9 6 5 5 7 8 . 4 6 7 2 0 Opponents 644 425 184 35 . 9 4 6 7 47 7 . 8 7 0 4 0 2020 WKU Softball Middle Tennessee at WKU Mar 07, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Middle Tennessee 2 (13-12,0-2 C-USA) WKU 6 (19-4,2-0 C-USA)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob BURGESS, Summer ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jordan Thomas 1b 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 HILL, Kelci cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Taylor Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 DE LA CRUZ, Jocelynn 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 Kennedy Sullivan rf/p 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 CUSHING, Lexi 1b 3 1 1 2 0 2 7 0 1 Kendall Smith c 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 1 RICHETTO, Kaylee rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jordan Ridge pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McGEE, Keely pr/rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Paige Carter dp/rf 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 HEATH, Sydney rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brylee Hage cf 3 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 MARINAKIS, Mia p/dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 KIRBY, Gracie ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 FREEMAN, Savannah pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Princess Valencia ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 RODRIGUEZ, Lani 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 TJ Webster ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 KING, Ryan c 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SLATTER, Kaylyn ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 24 6 9 4 5 3 21 3 7 McCLURE, Brooke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SMITH, Claire lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AHLSTROM, Kailey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 26 2 6 2 1 8 18 11 4

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Middle Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 2 WKU 0 0 0 2 1 3 X 6 9 0

E - Burgess(7); Smith(1). DP - MT 2. LOB - MT 4; WKU 7. 2B - Burgess(4); Kirby(2). 3B - Hage, B.(2). HR - Cushing(10). SH - Sullivan, K.(2); Webster, TJ(4). SB - Thomas, J.(2); Hage, B. 2(4); Sanders, T.(3). CS - Ridge, J.(1).

Middle Tennessee ip h r er bb so ab bf np WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np MARINAKIS, Mia 3.0 5 2 2 3 1 12 15 57 Kelsey Aikey 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 22 23 93 AHLSTROM, Kailey 3.0 4 4 3 2 2 12 16 61 Kennedy Sullivan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 20

Win - Aikey, K. (10-2). Loss - Marinakis (2-4). Save - None. WP - Marinakis(2). Inherited runners/scored: Ahlstrom 2/2. Pitches/strikes: Marinakis 57/33; Ahlstrom 61/37; Aikey, K. 93/59; Sullivan, K. 20/13.

Umpires - HP: Jason Booth 1B: Ken Cato 3B: Jay Davis Start: 2 pm Time: 1:55 Attendance: 225 Weather: 51 degrees; sunny Marinakis faced 2 batters in the 4th. WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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Game 24 PDF box score attached. Season Stats & C-USA only stats attached.

TOPS SWEEP MIDDLE TENNSSEE BEHIND LATE DEFENSIVE EFFORTS

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Behind its sixth come-from-behind victory of the year, WKU Softball secured a Conference USA-opening series sweep of Middle Tennessee on Sunday. The Hilltoppers claimed the weekend finale 2-1 over the Blue Raiders to sweep MTSU for the second-straight series.

With their fourth victory this week, WKU Softball is now 20-4 overall on the season. Needing just 24 games to reach the 20-win mark is a new program record, surpassing last season’s record of 25 games. The Hilltoppers are 3-0 in C-USA play while Middle Tennessee dropped to 13-13 and 0-3 in league play.

“This was a big weekend for our pitching staff,” head coach Amy Tudor shared. “I felt we made adjustments and looked composed in the circle. Our hitters did enough for us to win all three games. I am proud of our fight and focus the entire weekend.”

Shelby Nunn earned the win in the circle to improve to 6-1 on the season after working 5.2 innings against the Blue Raiders. Nunn allowed five hits and one walk while striking out two and giving up zero earned runs.

Kelsey Aikey made her third appearance in as many days against Middle Tennessee, entering the game in the bottom of the sixth. She inherited a two-on, two-out situation and induced a fly ball on her fourth pitch to get the Hilltoppers back to the dugout.

After WKU was held scoreless in the bottom of the sixth, MTSU led off the seventh with a single to left field. The next Blue Raider batter would pop up a bunt before Aikey sat the next hitter down with a swinging strikeout. At the top of Middle Tennessee’s order, the next batter worked a full count before sending a double to the left center gap. On the play, Jordan Thomas would fire the ball to TJ Webster for the cut before the runner on first was thrown out at home with Kendall Smith making the tag at the plate of what would have been the tying run.

With 1.1 innings of shutdown work, Aikey collected her third save of the season and the 15th of her career.

Middle Tennessee opened the scoring for the first time in the series with an unearned run in the top of the second. The Blue Raider lead would hold until WKU struck for both of its runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Kennedy Sullivan opened the frame with her second of three singles on the game. Paige Carter followed with her second knock of the day for two on with no outs. Due to a fielding error from MTSU on Carter’s hit to centerfield, pinch runner Jordan Ridge would score from first to tie the game at 1-1. Two batters later, Taylor Sanders reached on an error that allowed Carter to touch the plate for the 2-1 Hilltopper advantage.

Sullivan’s three-hit game was her third of the sort this season and 11th multi-hit game overall. Carter’s two-knock showing was her sixth of the year and seventh multi-hit performance of the 2020 campaign.

Thomas added WKU’s sixth hit – a one-out single in the fifth – extending her reached base streak to 20- consecutive games.

NEXT GAME: With its 14-game homestand in the books, WKU Softball will hit the road for its next four games. The Tops will open their spring break trip with a midweek game at UT Arlington on Tuesday. Friday-Sunday, WKU will visit preseason favorite North Texas for a three-game series.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 08, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 20-4 Home: 12-2 Away: 2-0 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 4-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 4 3 24-23 70 20 31 1 0 0 8 32 . 4 5 7 4 0 7 0 . 4 7 3 0 4 15-16 23 0 3 . 8 8 5 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 3 8 24-24 80 21 35 7 0 5 28 57 . 7 1 3 7 1 7 1 . 4 8 9 0 2 5-6 13 3 2 . 8 8 9 11 Brylee Hage . 3 9 3 20-10 28 7 11 1 2 0 7 16 . 5 7 1 4 1 4 0 . 4 8 5 0 0 4-4 9 0 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 4 7 24-24 72 21 25 6 1 3 18 42 . 5 8 3 19 0 13 0 . 4 7 3 2 0 2-3 48 2 1 . 9 8 0 26 Paige Carter . 3 4 6 24-24 78 18 27 5 0 5 19 47 . 6 0 3 6 0 5 1 . 3 8 8 1 0 1-1 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 2 Kendall Smith . 3 4 3 24-24 67 14 23 4 0 5 21 42 . 6 2 7 11 0 9 0 . 4 2 0 3 1 2-4 192 24 2 . 9 9 1 3 TJ Webster . 3 2 8 24-24 58 15 19 1 0 0 4 20 . 3 4 5 6 0 10 0 . 3 9 1 0 4 9-10 26 44 6 . 9 2 1 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 7 3 22-20 44 12 12 2 1 3 8 25 . 5 6 8 7 2 9 0 . 3 9 6 0 1 3-3 8 26 3 . 9 1 9 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 5 9 24-24 54 6 14 3 0 0 4 17 . 3 1 5 6 0 6 0 . 3 2 8 1 2 0-0 28 27 3 . 9 4 8 25 Princess Valencia . 2 5 0 14-3 20 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 5 0 3 0 6 0 . 3 4 8 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 1 8 6 18-15 43 6 8 0 0 0 6 8 . 1 8 6 5 1 15 0 . 2 8 6 0 3 4-5 105 0 1 . 9 9 1 20 Maggie Trgo . 1 4 3 11-1 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 1 4 3 2 0 1 0 . 3 3 3 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 6-2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 14 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 3-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 3 6 24 631 148 212 30 4 21 125 313 . 4 9 6 85 5 95 2 . 4 1 5 7 18 47-55 483 149 24 . 9 6 3 Opponents . 2 0 7 24 600 52 124 14 3 8 45 168 . 2 8 0 64 3 203 2 . 2 8 6 0 4 7-15 443 196 37 . 9 4 5

LOB - Team (156), Opp (137). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (7). IBB - Team (0), Opp (2). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 1 4 6-1 13 7 1 1/2 0 49.1 43 12 8 6 26 2 0 2 . 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 5 2 10-2 17 12 7 2/2 3 78.1 58 23 17 31 115 6 2 4 . 1 9 7 5 0 0 0 2 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 2 6 4-1 8 4 2 2/0 0 31.0 20 11 10 21 59 6 0 2 . 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 7 8 20-4 24 24 10 7/2 3 161.0 124 52 41 64 203 14 3 8 . 2 0 7 7 3 0 0 4 Opponents 5 . 5 0 4-20 24 24 6 0/0 1 147.2 212 148 116 85 95 30 4 21 . 3 3 6 8 5 0 7 18

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 10 Shelby Nunn 14 0 14 0 1.000 0 1 3 . 2 5 0 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 9 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 8 3 5 0 1.000 0 3 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Kendall Smith 218 192 24 2 . 9 9 1 1 5 8 . 3 8 5 2 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 106 105 0 1 . 9 9 1 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 51 48 2 1 . 9 8 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 58 28 27 3 . 9 4 8 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 15 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 76 26 44 6 . 9 2 1 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 37 8 26 3 . 9 1 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 18 13 3 2 . 8 8 9 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 26 23 0 3 . 8 8 5 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 5 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 656 483 149 24 . 9 6 3 5 7 8 . 4 6 7 2 0 Opponents 676 443 196 37 . 9 4 5 7 47 8 . 8 5 5 4 0 2020 WKU Softball Conference statistics for WKU (as of Mar 08, 2020) (C-USA games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 3-0 Home: 3-0 Away: 0-0 C-USA: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 26 Paige Carter . 6 2 5 3-3 8 4 5 1 0 0 0 6 . 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 . 6 6 7 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 5 5 6 3-3 9 1 5 0 0 0 1 5 . 5 5 6 0 0 1 1 . 5 5 6 0 1 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 11 Brylee Hage . 4 4 4 3-3 9 1 4 0 1 0 3 6 . 6 6 7 0 0 1 0 . 4 4 4 0 0 2-2 4 0 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 4 2 9 3-3 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 4 . 5 7 1 3 0 1 0 . 6 0 0 0 0 1-1 14 1 0 1.000 3 TJ Webster . 1 6 7 3-3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 6 7 0 0 2 0 . 1 6 7 0 1 0-0 4 6 1 . 9 0 9 23 Morgan McElroy . 1 6 7 3-3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 6 7 0 0 1 0 . 1 6 7 0 0 0-0 7 4 1 . 9 1 7 6 Taylor Davis . 1 4 3 3-3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0-0 5 0 1 . 8 3 3 15 Taylor Sanders . 1 4 3 3-3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 . 2 8 6 1 0 1 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 1-1 3 1 0 1.000 2 Kendall Smith . 0 0 0 3-3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 1 1 1 0 0 0-0 18 2 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 4 0 0 1.000 25 Princess Valencia . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 9 6 3 71 11 21 3 1 0 7 26 . 3 6 6 8 0 10 2 . 3 6 7 0 2 4-6 63 17 3 . 9 6 4 Opponents . 1 9 7 3 76 4 15 3 0 1 3 21 . 2 7 6 6 0 18 0 . 2 5 6 0 1 1-2 54 34 4 . 9 5 7

LOB - Team (16), Opp (16). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (2). IBB - Team (0), Opp (2).

(C-USA games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 0 . 0 0 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 . 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 0 . 9 8 2-0 3 2 1 0/0 1 14.1 9 3 2 5 15 2 0 1 . 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 0 . 6 7 3-0 3 3 1 0/0 1 21.0 15 4 2 6 18 3 0 1 . 1 9 7 2 0 0 0 1 Opponents 3 . 5 0 0-3 3 3 2 0/0 0 18.0 21 11 9 8 10 3 1 0 . 2 9 6 2 0 0 0 2

SBA/ATT - Aikey, K. (1-2), Smith, K. (1-2). 2020 WKU Softball Conference statistics for WKU (as of Mar 08, 2020) (C-USA games only Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 2 Kendall Smith 20 18 2 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 15 14 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 4 3 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 3 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 12 7 4 1 . 9 1 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 11 4 6 1 . 9 0 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 6 5 0 1 . 8 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 83 63 17 3 . 9 6 4 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 Opponents 92 54 34 4 . 9 5 7 2 4 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 2020 WKU Softball Middle Tennessee at WKU Mar 08, 2020 at Bowling Green, Ky. (WKU Softball Complex)

Middle Tennessee 1 (13-13,0-3 C-USA) WKU 2 (20-4,3-0 C-USA)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg BURGESS, Summer ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 .318 Jordan Thomas 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .347 HILL, Kelci cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Taylor Davis lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .443 DE LA CRUZ, Jocelynn 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Maddie Bowlds 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .186 FREEMAN, Savannah pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Kennedy Sullivan rf 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .438 CUSHING, Lexi 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 2 .375 Jordan Ridge pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - RICHETTO, Kaylee rf 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .459 Paige Carter dp 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346 McGEE, Keely pr 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .212 Kendall Smith c 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 .343 HEATH, Sydney pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Princess Valencia ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 KIRBY, Gracie dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Brylee Hage cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .393 RODRIGUEZ, Lani 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 0 .217 Taylor Sanders 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .273 MEAD, Gretchen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 .259 KING, Ryan c 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 .087 TJ Webster ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 .328 McCLURE, Brooke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 SMITH, Claire lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - BALDWIN, Amber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - Totals 24 2 6 0 0 4 21 8 4 Totals 27 1 7 0 1 3 18 12 6

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Middle Tennessee 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 WKU 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2

E - Hill(1); Rodriguez(1); Davis, T.(3); McElroy, M.(3). LOB - MT 6; WKU 4. 2B - Burgess(5). CS - Bowlds, M.(1).

Middle Tennessee ip h r er bb so ab bf np era WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np era BALDWIN, Amber 6.0 6 2 1 0 4 24 24 89 3.05 Shelby Nunn 5.2 5 1 0 1 2 22 23 73 1.14 Kelsey Aikey 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 5 5 20 1.52

Win - Nunn, S. (6-1). Loss - Baldwin (5-4). Save - Aikey, K. (3). WP - Nunn, S.(1). Inherited runners/scored: Aikey, K. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Baldwin 89/57; Nunn, S. 73/49; Aikey, K. 20/12.

Umpires - HP: Ken Cato 1B: Jay Davis 3B: Jason Booth Start: 1 pm Time: 1:40 Attendance: 233 Weather: 62 degrees; sunny WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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TOPS VISIT UT ARLINGTON FOR FIRST ROAD MIDWEEK CONTEST

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After a 14-game homestand, WKU Softball hits the road for a spring break trip to Texas. The Hilltopper will open the four-game visit with a midweek tilt at UT Arlington on Tuesday. First pitch against the Mavs is slated for 5 p.m. CT from Allan Saxe Field in Arlington, Texas.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION Tuesday, March 9 – 5 p.m. CT | at UT Arlington | Livestats | Stream

WKU will look to add upon its current 10-game win streak with its second midweek tilt of the 2020 campaign. The Hilltoppers are off to a 20-4 start – 3-0 in Conference USA – and have achieved a 20-win season quicker than any other team in program history. Across the first two weeks of the season, WKU played Troy and Chattanooga on their home fields, claiming the decision in both for a 2-0 record in away games.

UT Arlington heads into the midweek after hosting Troy for its Sun Belt Conference-opening series over the weekend. The Mavs enter Tuesday’s game with an 11-13 record and own a 2-1 mark in league play. UTA is 0-3 against Conference USA squads this season, suffering a pair of losses to UTSA and a run-rule setback to [RV] North Texas.

In the all-time series between the squads, WKU leads 4-0 with all four meetings taking place during the 2014 campaign. The Tops swept the SBC series in Arlington before taking down the Mavs in the conference tournament as well.

Tuesday’s action will also pit the Red and White against Miranda Kramer who is now an assistant at UT Arlington. Kramer and WKU assistant coach Dani Pugh transferred to WKU for their senior seasons in 2015 and helped head coach Amy Tudor secure the Conference USA regular season and tournament championships. Kramer is the lone NFCA All-American in WKU Softball program history.

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WKU SOFTBALL RANKED 31ST IN FIRST RPI OF SEASON

INDIANAPOLIS – After opening the season with a 20-4 record and starting Conference USA action 3-0, WKU Softball ranked No. 30 in the first RPI of the 2020 season. The Amy Tudor-led squad already owns eight top-75 wins, which includes a victory at No. 26 Troy and a series sweep of No. 73 Middle Tennessee.

The Hilltoppers are off to a 20-4 start – 3-0 in Conference USA – and have achieved a 20-win season quicker than any other team in program history. WKU currently owns a 10-game win streak dating back to Feb. 22.

Three of WKU’s wins came over teams in the top 50 of the RPI with aforementioned Troy coming in at 26th, Lipscomb ranking 43rd and North Florida at No. 45. Additional top-100 wins by the Tops include a pair of victories over No. 67 Illinois State.

WKU has outscored top-100 opponents 49-22, allowing just one opposing team to score more than three runs in a game. The Red and White run-ruled Illinois State in the sides’ second meeting, 12-1 in five innings in addition to shutting out North Florida, 3-0.

In Conference USA, five squads rank in the top 100 of the opening RPI. WKU owns the top mark at 31 with North Texas right behind it at 32. UAB is next at No. 60 followed by Middle Tennessee (73) and Marshall (100).

The remaining teams from WKU’s schedule this season (and C-USA), ranked in order of RPI, are: FIU (109), Bowling Green (112), Tennessee Tech (126), Indiana State (133), Charlotte (150), Ohio (161), College of Charleston (171), Evansville (174), Southern Miss (178), Florida Atlantic (202), Belmont (214), Austin Peay (216), Louisiana Tech (223), Green Bay (224), Chattanooga (238), UTEP (251) and IUPUI (255).

TOP-100 RPI ON THE WKU SCHEDULE/IN C-USA 2020 RPI Team Game Date(s) Result(s) Final 2019 RPI 26 Troy Feb. 8 (A) W, 3-2 (8) 65 27 No. 10 Kentucky March 25 (H) --- 16 31 WKU ------57 32 [RV] North Texas* March 13-15 (A) --- 54 43 Lipscomb Feb. 7 (N), Feb. 15 (N), April L, 3-2/W, 7-1/--- 40 1 (H) 45 North Florida Feb. 8 & Feb. 9 (N) L, 3-1/W, 3-0 104 48 Eastern Kentucky April 8 (H) --- 91 57 UT Arlington March 10 (A) --- 53 60 UAB* ------154 67 Illinois State Feb. 29 & March 1 (H) W, 5-2 & W, 12-1 (5) 135 73 Middle Tennessee* March 6-9 (H) W, 3-1/W, 6-2/W, 2-1 126 89 UTSA* April 17-19 (A) --- 166 92 Ball State Feb. 22 (H) L, 6-5 (8) 124 100 Marshall* March 20-22 (H) --- 69

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AIKEY, SULLIVAN SWEEP CONFERENCE USA WEEKLY AWARDS

DALLAS – After leading WKU Softball to a 4-0 week including a sweep of Middle Tennessee, Kelsey Aikey and Kennedy Sullivan have swept Conference USA’s Pitcher of the Week and Player of the Week awards, respectively. The duo helped the Hilltoppers reach the 20-win milestone in just 24 games this season – the quickest the feat has been achieved in program history.

Aikey earned her second Pitcher of the Week nod of the season after shutting down the Blue Raiders from the circle. The senior earned two wins and a save against MTSU while allowing just two earned runs in 14.1 innings of work. Aikey struck out 15 batters across her three appearances while registering a 0.98 ERA and limiting the Blue Raiders to a .180 hitting percentage. In the series opener, Aikey two-hit Middle Tennessee in a complete-game effort. Two days later, the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native inherited the game tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the sixth before navigating out of the jam with just four pitches en route to a save.

“I am proud of Aikey’s performance in the circle this weekend,” head coach Amy Tudor opened. “She was poised, focused and a leader all weekend. Her ability to keep the hitters off balance and to bring confidence to the circle was pivotal in all three victories.”

With the wins, Aikey is now 10-2 on the season in addition to adding her third save of the year. She owns 15 career saves ranking her first in the WKU Softball record book and second in the Conference USA listings. With 115 strikeouts on the season to date, Aikey ranks 15th in all of NCAA Softball.

Aikey now owns six career Pitcher of the Week awards across her career on The Hill after earning two as both a sophomore, junior and senior. Less than a month ago, Aikey was also named one of 30 candidates for the 2020 Senior CLASS Award for NCAA Softball.

Sullivan turned in another well-rounded week for the Red and White. The sophomore drew a midweek start in the circle where she struck out nine and earned a complete-game win over Belmont. Sullivan recorded a two-hit performance in the win over the Bruins and then turned in a 3-for-3 day in WKU’s series finale victory over Middle Tennessee. Across the week, Sullivan hit a scorching .583 with seven knocks in 12 plate appearances.

“I’m proud of the way Sullivan continues to perform at the plate, in the circle and in the outfield,” added Tudor. “She had a fantastic week for us and continues to impact our team with all aspects of her game.”

The Georgetown, Ky., native held down right field when she wasn’t in the circle for the Hilltoppers. Sullivan drove in three runs across the 4-0 week, including one on a perfectly delivered sacrifice bunt against the Blue Raiders.

Sullivan now owns three 3-hit games on her sophomore season to go along with eight more 2-hit outings. She currently owns and eight-game hitting streak and nine-game reached base stretch. Across the season, Sullivan has racked up 35 hits, which lead Conference USA and rank 14th across the nation.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 08, 2020) (Week 5 Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 4-0 Home: 4-0 Away: 0-0 C-USA: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 5 8 3 4-4 12 3 7 0 0 0 3 7 . 5 8 3 0 0 1 1 . 5 8 3 0 1 2-2 2 0 0 1.000 26 Paige Carter . 5 4 5 4-4 11 4 6 2 0 0 0 8 . 7 2 7 1 0 0 1 . 5 8 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 11 Brylee Hage . 3 6 4 4-4 11 2 4 0 1 0 3 6 . 5 4 5 1 0 1 0 . 4 1 7 0 0 2-2 4 0 0 1.000 15 Taylor Sanders . 3 3 3 4-4 9 3 3 1 1 1 3 9 1.000 1 0 1 0 . 4 0 0 0 0 1-1 4 1 0 1.000 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 3 3 4-4 9 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 . 4 4 4 4 0 1 0 . 5 3 8 0 0 1-1 14 1 0 1.000 6 Taylor Davis . 3 0 0 4-4 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 . 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 3 6 4 0 0 1-1 6 0 1 . 8 5 7 3 TJ Webster . 2 8 6 4-4 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 . 2 8 6 1 0 2 0 . 3 7 5 0 1 1-1 4 7 1 . 9 1 7 23 Morgan McElroy . 1 6 7 4-4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 1 6 7 0 0 1 0 . 1 6 7 0 0 0-0 7 4 1 . 9 1 7 2 Kendall Smith . 0 0 0 4-4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 . 1 6 7 1 0 1-3 26 3 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 0 0 0 2-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 1-2 8 0 0 1.000 20 Maggie Trgo . 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 25 Princess Valencia . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 3-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 Madeline Rider . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 3 2 6 4 89 21 29 4 2 1 14 40 . 4 4 9 12 1 11 2 . 4 0 8 1 2 10-14 78 19 3 . 9 7 0 Opponents . 1 9 1 4 94 4 18 4 0 1 3 25 . 2 6 6 10 0 27 0 . 2 6 9 0 1 1-2 66 43 6 . 9 4 8

LOB - Team (18), Opp (23). DPs turned - Team (0), Opp (2). IBB - Team (0), Opp (2).

(Week 5 Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 4 Kennedy Sullivan 0 . 0 0 1-0 2 1 1 1/0 0 6.0 4 0 0 4 10 2 0 0 . 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 0 . 0 0 1-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.2 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 . 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 0 . 9 8 2-0 3 2 1 0/0 1 14.1 9 3 2 5 15 2 0 1 . 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 0 . 5 4 4-0 4 4 2 1/0 1 26.0 18 4 2 10 27 4 0 1 . 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 Opponents 5 . 7 3 0-4 4 4 2 0/0 0 22.0 29 21 18 12 11 4 2 1 . 3 2 6 2 1 0 1 2

SBA/ATT - Aikey, K. (1-2), Smith, K. (1-2). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 08, 2020) (Week 5 Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 2 Kendall Smith 29 26 3 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 1 Jordan Thomas 15 14 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 8 8 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 5 4 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn 3 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 12 4 7 1 . 9 1 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 12 7 4 1 . 9 1 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 7 6 0 1 . 8 5 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 100 78 19 3 . 9 7 0 0 1 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 Opponents 115 66 43 6 . 9 4 8 2 10 4 . 7 1 4 0 0 WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

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EARLY DEFICIT TOO MUCH FOR WKU AT UT ARLINGTON

ARLINGTON, Texas – Maddie Bowlds and Brylee Hage each tallied multi-hit performances in WKU’s midweek game at UT Arlington to open the Hilltoppers’ spring break road trip. Despite scoring first, the Red and White would eventually fall 5-4 to the Mavs from Allan Saxe Field in Arlington, Texas.

“This was obviously not the outcome we wanted, but I’m proud of our efforts to respond after being down in the first inning,” head coach Amy Tudor commented. “The mistakes we made were costly today.”

With its second midweek tilt of the season in the books, WKU Softball (20-5) will return to Conference USA play this weekend at preseason favorite North Texas (19-5). UT Arlington improved to 12-13 on the year with Tuesday night’s victory.

Jordan Thomas led off the game with a walk to extend her reached base streak to 21-consecutive games. Maddie Bowlds would follow with her first of two hits on the day – a bunt single – before Brylee Hage sent a base hit back up the middle to load the bases. Kendall Smith followed with an RBI single to score Thomas before Taylor Sanders drew an RBI walk to plate Bowlds and give the Tops a 2-0 advantage.

UT Arlington would respond in the bottom of the frame with four runs of its own and would lead the rest of the way. The Mavs would also send eight batters to the plate in the opening inning.

Both starting pitchers’ days would be done by the top of the second inning. Kelsey Aikey (10-3) would take the loss for the Hilltoppers after being relieved by Shelby Nunn while the Mavs’ second pitcher, Allie Gardiner, earned the win.

With two outs in the top of the second, Bowlds connected for her second hit of the game – a home run to right field that cut the Red and White’s deficit to one at 4-3. The homer was the first of the season for Bowlds and the second of her career. She now owns three multi-hit outings on the season as well.

UT Arlington added its fourth and fifth hits of the game in the bottom of the second and would get the run back for a 5-3 advantage. Nunn and the Hilltopper defense would work to retire 13 of the final 14 UTA batters, allowing just one more base hit in the game.

WKU battled back again in the top of the sixth as Hage got things going with her second single of the game. Smith drew a walk before Taylor Davis would reach on an error in a pinch-hit appearance that allowed Hage to score. From there, a caught stealing, fielder’s choice and ground out would end the Hilltopper threat.

The teams would trade three-up, three-down innings to close the game. WKU would end up stranded five runners on base to UTA’s three. Hits between the sides were even at 6-6.

NEXT GAME: WKU will be back in action from Friday-Sunday as the Hilltoppers visit preseason favorite North Texas in Denton. First pitch Friday night is slated for 6 p.m. CT before a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and a noon first pitch on Sunday.

2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 10, 2020) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 20-5 Home: 12-2 Away: 2-1 Neutral: 6-2 C-USA: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 7 Madeline Rider . 5 0 0 4-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis . 4 3 7 25-23 71 20 31 1 0 0 8 32 . 4 5 1 4 0 7 0 . 4 6 7 0 4 15-17 23 0 3 . 8 8 5 11 Brylee Hage . 4 1 9 21-11 31 8 13 1 2 0 7 18 . 5 8 1 4 1 4 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 4-4 9 0 0 1.000 4 Kennedy Sullivan . 4 1 7 25-25 84 21 35 7 0 5 28 57 . 6 7 9 7 1 7 1 . 4 6 7 0 2 5-6 14 3 2 . 8 9 5 2 Kendall Smith . 3 4 8 25-25 69 14 24 4 0 5 22 43 . 6 2 3 12 0 10 0 . 4 2 9 3 1 2-4 195 24 2 . 9 9 1 1 Jordan Thomas . 3 4 7 25-25 75 22 26 6 1 3 18 43 . 5 7 3 20 0 15 0 . 4 7 4 2 0 2-3 48 2 1 . 9 8 0 26 Paige Carter . 3 3 3 25-25 81 18 27 5 0 5 19 47 . 5 8 0 6 0 7 1 . 3 7 5 1 0 1-1 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 3 TJ Webster . 3 1 7 25-25 60 15 19 1 0 0 4 20 . 3 3 3 6 0 11 0 . 3 7 9 0 4 9-10 28 45 6 . 9 2 4 15 Taylor Sanders . 2 6 7 23-21 45 12 12 2 1 3 9 25 . 5 5 6 8 2 10 0 . 4 0 0 0 1 3-3 9 32 3 . 9 3 2 23 Morgan McElroy . 2 5 0 25-25 56 6 14 3 0 0 4 17 . 3 0 4 6 0 6 0 . 3 1 7 1 2 0-0 30 29 3 . 9 5 2 25 Princess Valencia . 2 5 0 14-3 20 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 . 2 5 0 3 0 6 0 . 3 4 8 0 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 28 Maddie Bowlds . 2 1 3 19-16 47 8 10 0 0 1 7 13 . 2 7 7 5 1 16 0 . 3 0 2 0 3 4-5 114 0 1 . 9 9 1 20 Maggie Trgo . 1 2 5 12-1 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 . 1 2 5 2 0 1 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 1-1 1 0 0 1.000 17 Carli Crowder . 0 0 0 7-2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 . 4 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 10 Shelby Nunn . 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 16 0 1.000 22 Macy Murphy . 0 0 0 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge . 0 0 0 4-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner . 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 12 Kelsey Aikey . 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 5 0 1.000 Totals . 3 3 1 25 658 152 218 30 4 22 128 322 . 4 8 9 88 5 103 2 . 4 1 0 7 18 47-56 501 160 24 . 9 6 5 Opponents . 2 0 9 25 623 57 130 15 3 8 50 175 . 2 8 1 66 3 206 2 . 2 8 8 0 5 8-16 464 201 38 . 9 4 6

LOB - Team (161), Opp (140). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (7). IBB - Team (0), Opp (2). Picked off - Carter, P. 1, Thomas, J. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Shelby Nunn 1 . 1 5 6-1 14 7 1 1/2 0 54.2 46 13 9 6 28 2 0 2 . 2 2 8 1 1 0 0 3 12 Kelsey Aikey 1 . 8 6 10-3 18 13 7 2/2 3 79.0 61 27 21 33 116 7 2 4 . 2 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 Kennedy Sullivan 2 . 2 6 4-1 8 4 2 2/0 0 31.0 20 11 10 21 59 6 0 2 . 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 18.00 0-0 3 1 0 0/0 0 2.1 3 6 6 6 3 0 1 0 . 2 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 1 . 9 3 20-5 25 25 10 7/2 3 167.0 130 57 46 66 206 15 3 8 . 2 0 9 7 3 0 0 5 Opponents 5 . 3 9 5-20 25 25 6 0/0 2 154.2 218 152 119 88 103 30 4 22 . 3 3 1 8 5 0 7 18

PB - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (2), Smith, K. 2, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Smith, K. (6-14), Aikey, K. (3-6), Sullivan, K. (3-5), Nunn, S. (2-5), Valencia, P. (2-2). 2020 WKU Softball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of Mar 10, 2020) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 10 Shelby Nunn 16 0 16 0 1.000 0 2 3 . 4 0 0 0 0 25 Princess Valencia 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 11 Brylee Hage 9 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Kelsey Aikey 8 3 5 0 1.000 0 3 3 . 5 0 0 0 0 5 Katie Gardner 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Maggie Trgo 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 28 Maddie Bowlds 115 114 0 1 . 9 9 1 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Kendall Smith 221 195 24 2 . 9 9 1 1 6 8 . 4 2 9 2 0 1 Jordan Thomas 51 48 2 1 . 9 8 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 23 Morgan McElroy 62 30 29 3 . 9 5 2 4 0 0 - - - 0 0 26 Paige Carter 15 13 1 1 . 9 3 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 15 Taylor Sanders 44 9 32 3 . 9 3 2 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 TJ Webster 79 28 45 6 . 9 2 4 5 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Kennedy Sullivan 19 14 3 2 . 8 9 5 0 3 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 6 Taylor Davis 26 23 0 3 . 8 8 5 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 17 Carli Crowder 5 1 2 2 . 6 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Macy Murphy 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 7 Madeline Rider 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 9 Jordan Ridge 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 685 501 160 24 . 9 6 5 5 8 8 . 5 0 0 2 0 Opponents 703 464 201 38 . 9 4 6 7 47 9 . 8 3 9 4 0 2020 WKU Softball WKU at UT Arlington Mar 10, 2020 at Arlington, Texas (Allan Saxe Field)

WKU 4 (20-5) UT Arlington 5 (12-13)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jordan Thomas cf 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Cortemelia 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Maddie Bowlds 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 9 0 0 Walton ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 Kennedy Sullivan rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wright c 3 1 1 1 0 0 8 2 0 Paige Carter dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Miller dp 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Brylee Hage lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ogle dp/ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kendall Smith c 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 Murphy 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Jordan Ridge pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garcia ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Taylor Sanders 3b 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0 Langston rf 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Taylor Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wyllie lf 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 Morgan McElroy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 Grimes 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Maggie Trgo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hukill cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 TJ Webster ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 Phillips p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carli Crowder ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gardiner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelsey Aikey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hines p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Shelby Nunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 23 5 6 5 2 3 21 5 3 Totals 27 4 6 3 3 8 18 11 5

Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E WKU 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 0 UT Arlington 4 1 0 0 0 0 X 5 6 1

E - Wright(2). LOB - WKU 5; UTA 3. 2B - Wyllie(1). HR - Bowlds, M.(1). SH - Cortemelia(1). SB - Walton(7). CS - Davis, T.(2).

WKU ip h r er bb so ab bf np UT Arlington ip h r er bb so ab bf np Kelsey Aikey 0.2 3 4 4 2 1 5 7 34 Phillips 1.0 3 2 2 2 0 6 8 30 Shelby Nunn 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 18 19 74 Gardiner 4.0 3 2 1 1 7 15 16 69 Hines 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 14

Win - Gardiner (4-0). Loss - Aikey, K. (10-3). Save - Hines (1). Inherited runners/scored: Nunn, S. 1/0; Hines 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Aikey, K. 34/18; Nunn, S. 74/45; Phillips 30/16; Gardiner 69/44; Hines 14/10.

Umpires - HP: Bill Guttuso 1B: Hayes Lesher 3B: Jason Jones Start: 5:OO PM Time: 2:03 Attendance: Weather: 78 Degress & Sunny Gardiner faced 2 batters in the 6th. WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Friday, May 15, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

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SULLIVAN EARNS 2020 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SELECTION

GREENWOOD, Ind. - WKU Softball sophomore Kennedy Sullivan earned a selection to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, the organization announced Thursday. The Georgetown, Ky., native marks the second selection in the last three seasons and 13th student-athlete to earn recognition in program history.

"A well-deserved honor for Kennedy," head coach Amy Tudor shared. "We all are proud of her performances and efforts both in the classroom and on the field and the continued positive impact she has on our program."

CoSIDA Academic nominees must be a starter or significant contributor to the team while carrying at least a 3.3 grade point average, and Sullivan checks all those boxes. Starting all 25 games of the abbreviated 2020 campaign, the versatile righty owns a 3.47 GPA while studying nursing. Sullivan is already a junior in academic standing.

Sullivan's 2020 stats of 35 hits and 28 RBI both ranked top-25 across the NCAA while her 13.1 strikeouts per seven innings finished ranked second in the country. The pitcher/outfielder slashed .417/.467/.679 for her sophomore campaign with five homers, seven doubles and 21 runs scored. Sullivan earned Conference USA Co-Pitcher of the Week honors in 2019 and C-USA Player of the Week in 2020. She was a 2019 NFCA Second Team All-Region Selection in addition to landing a spot on the C-USA All-Freshman Team.

Off the field, Sullivan is a two-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient and has earned spots on WKU's Dean's List the last two semesters.

With All-District honors, Sullivan is eligible for the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, which will be announced at the beginning of June. WKU is looking for its third-ever Academic All- American to join Kristalyn Smith (2002) and Shannon Smith (2010) – both first team selections.

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D1SOFTBALL RANKS AIKEY 23RD ON TOP-100 PITCHING ANALYTICS LIST

OMAHA, Neb. – Rising redshirt senior Kelsey Aikey ranked 23rd on D1Softball’s Top-100 Pitchers List, which has been incrementally released on a weekly basis since April 15. The full rankings can be viewed here with a subscription to D1Softball.

Based on pitching analytics, D1Softball broke pitching into three categories: zone control, pitch ability and durability. Zone Control is how well the pitcher controls the strike zone with strikeouts, walks, wild pitches and hit by pitch. Pitch ability refers to the pitcher’s ability to pitch and uses statistics like WHIP, FIP and opponent slugging. Durability is largely based on innings pitched and batters faced according to the organization.

The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native posted an overall mark of 89.64 after earning rankings of 86.9 (zone control), 95.25 (pitch ability) and 82.11 (durability).

Across 79.0 innings of work in 2020, Aikey owned a 1.86 ERA to go along with a 10-3 record, seven complete games and three saves. The righty racked up 116 strikeouts against just 33 walks while limiting opposition to a .204 batting average.

Prior to the 2020 campaign being cut short, Aikey earned Conference USA’s Pitcher of the Week nod twice in five weeks of distribution. She was also named to the league’s Preseason All-Conference Team and was named one of 30 Senior CLASS Award candidates across all of Division I softball.

The lone Conference USA representative on D1Softball’s Analytics Top-100 rankings, Aikey will return for her fifth season on The Hill this fall.

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WKU TABBED A MID-MAJOR PROGRAM TO WATCH IN 2021 BY SOFTBALL AMERICA

DURHAM, N.C. – WKU Softball has been named one of five mid-major programs to watch in 2021 by Softball America, the organization announced on June 23. The full release can be viewed here with a subscription to Softball America.

Head coach Amy Tudor’s program was joined (in alphabetical order) by James Madison, Fresno State, Louisiana and Troy.

“…Western Kentucky had the makings of a team that could compete for the 2020 crown and a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Although COVID-19 ended those chances, Western Kentucky has the talent returning to be a major threat within its conference next year,” the release states.

In 2020 WKU Softball was off to the best start in program history after five weeks, owning a record of 20-5 when play was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team reached the 20-win milestone quicker than any other in program history. WKU was 3-0 in Conference USA and 12-2 at home when the season ended. The Tops were predicted to finish second in the C-USA Preseason Coaches Poll, receiving two first-place votes while earning their highest preseason ranking in their time in the league.

After opening the season with a 20-4 record and starting Conference USA action 3-0, WKU Softball ranked No. 31 in the first RPI of the 2020 season. The squad posted eight top-75 wins, including a victory at No. 26 Troy and a series sweep of No. 73 Middle Tennessee. Three of WKU’s wins came over teams in the top 50 of the RPI with aforementioned Troy coming in at 26th, Lipscomb ranking 43rd and North Florida at No. 45. Additional top-100 wins by the Tops include a pair of victories over No. 67 Illinois State. WKU has outscored top-100 opponents 53-27, allowing just two opposing teams to score more than three runs in a game.

The Softball America announcement concludes by saying “with a full, healthy roster next season, Western Kentucky should be in prime contention to make a trip to the NCAA Tournament next season”.

WKU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA RELATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 Softball / Contact: Jessica Leifheit, WKU Athletic Communications/Media Relations

TUDOR INKS SIX TO NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Softball head coach Amy Tudor has announced her next signing class, comprised of six talented individuals ready to make an impact on The Hill. The Hilltoppers received National Letters of Intent from Randi Drinnon, Savannah Fierke, Abby Newman, Kasia Parks, Maddie Poschke and Nani Valencia.

“This is an exciting day for our program and for all six of these hardworking and talented ladies,” Coach Tudor shared. “We are very blessed to add them to our team.”

RANDI DRINNON | WHITE PINE, TENN. | MORRISTOWN HAMBLEM H.S. EAST | CATCHER/THIRD BASE | R/R Randi Drinnon comes to The Hill from White Pine, Tenn., where she played her prep ball at Morristown Hamblem High School East. As a freshman with the Hurricanes she was tabbed the Conference Newcomer of the Year, All Conference, All-Tournament and to the All-Lakeway Team. As a sophomore, Drinnon again earned All-Conference, All-Tournament and All-Lakeway Team distinctions along with her conference’s Offensive Player of the Year. Due to COVID-19, Drinnon didn’t get a chance to play her junior campaign while her senior season will take place in spring 2021.

The righty was also recognized for her work on the volleyball court, earning Conference Libero of the Year in both 2019 and 2020. Drinnon collected All-Conference and All-Tournament Team honors across her junior and senior volleyball seasons as well.

Outside of athletics, Drinnon owns a 3.98 GPA and is the women’s choir president.

COACH TUDOR ON DRINNON: “Roo is a dedicated and strong defensive catcher who swings for power. She checks all the boxes when it comes to catching. She is a joy to be around and I know she will make our staff stronger.”

SAVANNAH FIERKE | JOLIET, ILL. | JOLIET WEST H.S. | PITCHER | RHP Savannah Fierke joins WKU Softball from Joliet West High School in Joliet, Ill. The right-handed pitcher is a first team All- State selection in addition to being tabbed the Herald News Player of the Year.

COACH TUDOR ON FIERKE: “Fierke is a competitor; she is exciting to watch and I can’t wait to coach her and call her game. She is talented, hardworking and humble. She has competed at the highest level and we are excited to add her to our staff.”

ABBY NEWMAN | OWENSBORO, KY. | DAVIESS COUNTY H.S. | MIDDLE INFIELD | L/R Abby Newman will arrive at WKU following her prep career at Daviess County High School. As a freshman in 2018, the Owensboro, Ky., native landed on the All-District Team in addition to being named the All-Area Team shortstop and earning the Highest Batting Average of the Year award.

As a sophomore, the middle infielder was recognized to the All-Region Team, All-County First Team, All-Area Team at shortstop and as the Defensive Player of the Year. That season, she was also named to D1Softball’s Class of 2021 Extra Elite 100 at No. 96.

After COVID-19 canceled her junior season, Newman has already been listed on D1Softball’s Class of 2021 Extra Elite 100, coming in at No. 78.

In the classroom, Newman was a two-time Academic All-State honoree with a 4.0 GPA.

COACH TUDOR ON NEWMAN: “Abby is a middle infielder who hits and slaps. She is calm, smooth and has the ability to play short stop and/or second base. We are excited for her versatility at the plate and for her skills as a middle infielder.”

KASIA PARKS | LEXINGTON, KY. | FREDERICK DOUGLASS H.S. | OUTFIELD | S/R Kasia Parks comes to WKU from Lexington, Ky., after concluding her prep career at Frederick Douglass H.S. The outfielder is a two-time All-District selection and three-time All-City honoree.

COACH TUDOR ON PARKS: “Kasia is all-out and super athletic. The first time we saw Kasia, these qualities caught our eye. She is fast and can hit from both sides of the plate. We look forward to adding her speed to our outfield and hitting lineup.”

MADDIE POSCHKE | MURFREESBORO, TENN. | OAKLAND H.S. | CATCHER/FIRST BASE | R/R Maddie Poschke joins WKU Softball from Murfreesboro, Tenn., where she played her prep ball at Oakland High School. The righty was a four-year starter for the Patriots and led the team as a captain during both her junior and senior seasons.

COACH TUDOR ON POSCHKE: “We have watched Maddie hit the ball with authority. Maddie is a strong right-handed hitter who excels behind the plate and at first base. She will add more power to our lineup and brings a great work ethic.”

NANI VALENCIA | GEORGETOWN, KY. | GREAT CROSSING H.S. | THIRD BASE/FIRST BASE | R/R Nani Valencia comes to The Hill from Georgetown, Ky., where she played her prep ball at Great Crossing High School. Valencia helped the Warhawks to KHSAA Softball State Championships in 2016 and 2018. In 2019, the righty was named to the 42nd All-District Tournament Team in addition to pitching a perfect game. She is the sister of current Hilltopper junior Princess Valencia.

COACH TUDOR ON VALENCIA: “Nani is a strong right-handed hitter who has a great presence on the field. She is a great communicator, talented and a hard worker. She can play both first and third base, and her power will aid our hitting lineup.”