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FIU hands Toppers final loss to end season

Western Kentucky's baseball team ended its eason with an 11-2 loss to Florida International in Conference USA action Saturday in Miami.

The Panthers got two across in each of the first two innings against starter Paul Kirkpatrick to take a 4-0 lead.

In the top of the third, the Hilltoppers struck for a run when Colie Currie doubled and scored on a two-out single by Hunter Wood.

After four more runs by FIU in the bottom half of the third, WKU freshman third baseman Bryson Smith led off the fifth with his first career home run.