Lizama's Heroics Propel #2 WKU to Walk-Off Win over #7 New Mexico State in First Round of CUSA Championship - WNKY News 40 Television

Lizama's heroics propel #2 WKU to walk-off win over #7 New Mexico State in First Round of CUSA Championship - WNKY News 40 Television

LYNCHBURG, Va. – #2 WKU Baseball walked off #7 New Mexico State for a 7-6, extra-inning win in the first round of the CUSA Championship at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Ethan Lizama delivered a career performance with five RBI – including a game-tying home run in the eighth inning and a walk-off double in the tenth frame – as the Hilltoppers rallied from a six-run deficit to defeat the Aggies. The win ties the 1985 and 1985 WKU squads for the second…

Aggies Fall in Extra-Inning Heartbreaker to WKU

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (KVIA) -- NM State came out firing in its Conference USA Championship opener on Wednesday, building an early six-run lead against second-seeded Western Kentucky, but a late WKU rally resulted in a 7-6 walk-off defeat for the Aggies in 10 innings. The Aggies struck quickly in the top of the first, as leadoff man Brandon Forrester set the tone with a triple to right center on the first pitch of the game and later came home on a…

WKU Baseball advances with comeback win against NMSU

WKU Baseball erased a six-run deficit and walked it off in the tenth inning Wednesday, beating New Mexico State 7-6 in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament.  After going hitless through the first four innings, the Hilltoppers began chipping away at the Aggie lead with two runs in the fifth and cut the score to one in the sixth with a bases-clearing double by senior Ethan Lizama. He tied the game with a solo home run in the eighth, th…