Brett Blomquist News Today

The No. 4 seeded Hilltoppers will face off against No. 1 seeded Dallas Baptist in the semifinals of the Conference USA Championship beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 27 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas.

The No. 4 seeded Hilltoppers will face off against No. 5 Florida Atlantic in an elimination game beginning at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, May 26 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas.

WKU Baseball dropped two games to No. 17 Dallas Baptist, 6-11 and 1-7, on Sunday afternoon at Horner Ballpark.

WKU Baseball defeated Rice, 10-2, to clinch the series victory on Saturday night at Nick Denes Field.

WKU Baseball defeated Rice, 5-4, in extra innings to secure the series opener victory on Friday night at Nick Denes Field.

The Hilltoppers have now won eight of their last nine conference games for the first time since 2009 and have swept their second consecutive conference series for the first time since 2010, both as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Another pinch-hit homer from Ty Batusich edged the Tops closer in the bottom of the ninth, but the rest of the Hilltopper offense could not get anything going, making the final tally, 10-8.