WKU baseball played an up and down weekend series at Southern Mississippi, dropping two of the three games against the 13th-ranked Golden Eagles.
The series did see several positive aspects for the Hilltoppers, who got their first win against a ranked team since April 2015, when they beat third-ranked University of Louisville. Jacob Rhinesmith hit his 10th home run of the season and stole his 10th base of the season during the series, becoming only the second player in NCAA Division I baseball to do both this season, the first being Bren Spillane from University of Illinois.
The first game of the series was a sloppy affair for WKU as the Hilltoppers had four errors, which the Golden Eagles took advantage of to score their first six runs of the game.