Herd Softball to open C-USA play this weekend with WKU

Redshirt senior Blakely Burch commands her team’s attention in a huddle against Bellarmine Saturday, March 27.Fresh off a series win against the Bellarmine Knights, the Marshall softball team is preparing to begin Conference USA play at home this weekend against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

Marshall comes into the four-game series with an 11-4 record, while Western Kentucky comes into Huntington with a 15-4 record.

Marshall head coach Megan Smith Lyon said that the team has shown flashes of its full potential, but the best is yet to come.

“We haven’t had the normal non-conference season that we’re used to,” Smith Lyon said. “We’re still figuring some things out, but I think we have shown…