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Tops open series with win over Middle Tennessee

Western Kentucky started an important final weekend of the regular season on the right track.

The Hilltoppers beat Middle Tennessee 6-1 on Friday at the WKU Softball Complex to open a three-game series.

WKU (33-11 overall, 15-7 Conference USA) was tied with Marshall and Florida Atlantic atop C-USA's East Division standings entering the final regular-season series before next week's league tournament at North Texas.

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Shelby Nunn led the Hilltoppers to the victory with a solid pitching performance, allowing one unearned run on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.