KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Western Michigan softball suffered its first conference defeat this afternoon at the hands of the Toledo Rockets, falling by a final tally of 5-4. The result moves WMU to 8-15 on the season, and 0-1 in Mid-American Conference play.
The story of the day for the Broncos was senior pitcher , who recorded a career-high 18 strikeouts in the circle in addition to sending a bomb over the right field wall in the bottom of the first. Her 18 strikeouts are the second most in program history, trailing Bonni Kinne's record total from 1982 by just a single K.