The Southern Miss Softball team (10-14,1-2 C-USA) opened conference play this past weekend against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (17-7,2-1 C-USA), winning one of three games in the series.
In game one of the series on Saturday, the Golden Eagles got out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning. A Chase Nelson sacrifice fly allowed Karley Nichols to score for the lead. The lead only held until the top of the third inning, when Western Kentucky’s Jordan Thomas hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the third to tie the game at 1-1.
The Hilltoppers took the lead in the contest in the next inning.