WKU Volleyball closed out its fourth-straight weekend of the season with a tournament sweep after downing St. John’s in straight sets Saturday afternoon inside E.A. Diddle Arena.
This week the WKU Hilltoppers baseball team practiced with U.S. Senator Rand Paul as he prepares for his 10th appearance in the annual Congressional Baseball Game.
Five hitters had multiple hits for the Bowling Green Bootleggers (80-36) in a 10-2 victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks (52-62) at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Thursday night. The two teams will play the third game of the series on Friday with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch.
WKU Soccer went down a goal at Marshall on Thursday night early in the second half, but the Lady Toppers scored two goals in the span of almost nine minutes of game time to claim the overtime road win to open Conference USA play.
The Warren East Lady Raiders snap a three-game losing skid with a three-set sweep (25-11, 25-8, 25-13) over crosstown rival Warren Central on Thursday night.
The dust has been settled on week two of Western Kentucky’s football season, but they’ve been moving at full speed in their early open week ahead of next weekend’s matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods, High-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, are excited to reveal their High-A East schedule for the 2022 season. The 132-game schedule includes 66 home games at Bowling Green Ballpark as the Hot Rods also welcome two new opponents to Bowling Green.
The Franklin Simpson Wildcats hosted the Russellville Panthers to a doubleheader in soccer for the boys and girls. Russellville took the girl’s game while Franklin-Simpson came back with a win for the boys.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods (75-36) and the Wilmington Blue Rocks (52-61) game scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled due to rain. The two teams will not make up the contest and Thursday’s game will begin with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch as scheduled.
Hilltopper Golf was led by junior Luke Fuller in the final day of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate hosted by Louisiana Tech as he tied his career-low, 4-under 68. He moved up 43 spots on the individual leaderboard in the final day of the competition. WKU finished 18th as a squad after posting a final-round, 14-over 302.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods (79-35) were dealt a shutout loss in a 10-0 defeat by the Wilmington Blue Rock (52-61) on Tuesday night at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hot Rods continue their final homestand of the regular season with an 11:00 AM CT first pitch on Wednesday.
The Bowling Green Purples volleyball team continues its virtuoso performance this season with a 3-1 win over crosstown rival South Warren - giving the Purples the season sweep over the Lady Spartans.
WKU Football quarterback Bailey Zappe was voted Conference USA Co-Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. He becomes the fifth different Hilltopper quarterback to earn the honor since WKU joined the league prior to the 2014 season.
After being cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Special Olympics Kentucky relaunched its annual state softball tournament this weekend at Michael O. Buchanon Park in Bowling Green.
Kyler Murray scored five touchdowns and linebacker Chandler Jones had a career-high five sacks as the Arizona Cardinals simply dominated the Tennessee Titans 38-13 for a big road win to open the season.
Osleivis Basabe led the team with three hits and a homer while Grant Witherspoon tied the club record for homers in a single season in the Bowling Green Hot Rods (79-35) 9-3 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash (41-72) in the series finale and final regular-season road game of 2021.
A first half goal from (RV) Ole Miss (4-1-2) was the difference maker in Sunday’s match for the (RV) WKU soccer team (5-1-0). The Rebels scored in the 34th minute to claim the win.
The Bowling Green Purples girls soccer team continues its dominant season after shutting out the Male Bulldogs, 4-0, at “The Pit” in Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon.
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team’s second-half rally against the Army Black Knights fell short Saturday afternoon in a narrow 38-35 loss in West Point.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods (76-34) clinched a postseason berth after a 3-2 win in game one, and split a doubleheader with the Winston-Salem Dash (41-69) after a 9-5 loss in game two at Truist Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Allen County-Scottsville Patriots hosted the Glasgow Scotties in a bitter rivalry as old as ever. Check out Thursday night’s highlights as Glasgow avenged their arch-rivals with a 42-13 blowout.
The WKU Hilltoppers have wrapped up practice as they’re heading to West Point this weekend to rematch the Army Black Knights with the hopes of entering the bye week with a 2-0 record.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods (75-34) and the Winston-Salem Dash (40-68) game scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to rain. The two teams will make up the contest as part of a doubleheader on Thursday, September 9, with the first pitch of game-one at 4:30 PM CT.
When WKU defeated the Army Black Knights, 17-8, back in 2019, the game featured a defensive war of attrition. This weekend, the Hilltoppers hope to outmatch that performance in West Point when they rematch Army.
Fresh off of an offensive juggernaut of a performance against UT Martin last week, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team now sets its focus on the Army Black Knights.
Watch tonight’s Prepspin match of the night as the Greenwood Gators look to win their sixth straight match hosting South Warren in volleyball at https://www.wbko.com/prepspin/ or at https://www.prepspin.com/
WKU Cross Country runner Savannah Heckman has been named the Conference USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Week, as announced by league officials Tuesday afternoon.
WKU Football quarterback Bailey Zappe and wide receiver Jerreth Sterns were named Honorable Mentions for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award after their Week 1 performances against UT Martin.
Senior Kenlie Barrett continues to lead WKU Women’s Golf at the USA Intercollegiate. After shooting an even-par 72 in the second round of the tournament, Barrett is tied for 11th on the individual leaderboard
Jacson McGowan’s late game homer helped the Bolidos de Bowling Green (75-33) complete the six-game series sweep with a 6-3 win over the Llamas de Hickory (45-60) on Sunday.
Two undefeated teams entered Sunday’s match between WKU and Louisville and the Lady Toppers were the team that emerged victorious. WKU notched a 1-0 win against the Cardinals for the second consecutive season.
Brett Alper and Brian Webb discuss week three of high school football season and preview WKU football’s season opener against UT Martin and welcome WKU Athletic Director Todd Stewart to the show.
