Tops record 900th program win in Rardin's debut

Western Kentucky first-year baseball coach Marc Rardin answers a question during media day Feb. 7 at E.A. Diddle Arena.Western Kentucky's baseball team opened its 2023 campaign with a 5-3 victory over Dayton on Friday afternoon to record the 900th program win at Nick Denes Field.

The Hilltoppers did not have a single hit going into the sixth inning when Lukas Farris led off with a double to left-center field that gave the Tops' offense a spark and put up five runs in the inning to lead them to the win in head coach Marc Rardin’s debut.

"We just have to learn how to win,” Rardin said in a news release. "There at the end, I did not feel as if we were trying not to lose. You want to make sure…