Herald Newsletter 04-01-2025

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor

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Rylan Smith (17) pitches the ball during WKU Softball’s game against the University of Louisville Cardinals in Bowling Green, Ky. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Photo by Eli Randolph.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Infield Caleb Niehaus (23) waits for a play during the game against Sam Huston at Nick Denes Field on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

Photo by Hallie Stafford

Good morning, Hilltoppers!

Read on for coverage of upcoming Baseball and Softball games and a new episode of the College Heights Huddle. Happy April, and as always, GO TOPS!

WKU Softball takes momentum to Lipscomb

WKU Softball will ride its first Conference USA series win into a Tuesday game at Lipscomb University

The Hilltoppers went 2-1 against Louisiana Tech March 28-29 WKU’s 8-0 victory on Friday marked its third shutout win and first CUSA shutout win in 2025. The Hilltoppers are 17-15 overall and 4-7 in CUSA

Read more by Adrianna Lein

WKU Baseball looks for top-25 win at Vanderbilt

WKU Baseball will travel to Nashville on Tuesday to face No 23 Vanderbilt

The Hilltoppers are coming off their first Conference USA series sweep against Sam Houston State University The sweep improved WKU to a 25-3 record, a 23-0 home record and a CUSA record of 4-2

The Hilltoppers sit at 4-3 on the road On its most recent trip, WKU opened with a convincing 14-8 win at Eastern Kentucky University before dropping two of three at Kennesaw State University Still, the team showed flashes of resilience away from home, capping the road stretch with a dominant 13-3 win at the University of Evansville

Read more by David Quintanilla

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