In the past week, Western’s softball team hit what Coach Tyra Perry said was a difficult patch.

It came in the form of a five-game losing streak which dated back to April 19.

But the Lady Toppers smoothed things out with two straight wins and a series win against South Alabama over the weekend in Mobile, Ala., losing game one 8-0 in six innings before winning game two on Saturday 5-4 and game three 3-2 on Sunday.

Perry said that the turnaround came a little later than expected.

“We were at the point of hitting a rough spot,” Perry said. “But then we started to lay down in it and let it linger too long instead of turning things around. I really feel that we should have turn things around sooner than we did.”

Perry said players and coaches made adjustments but received a wake-up call when the team lost 8-0 in six innings in game one on Saturday.

Perry said that South Alabama was a very good team but not vastly better than the Lady Toppers.

“We got shaken up by getting run ruled by a team that’s a very good team (South Alabama) and that’s been hot lately,” Perry said. “But they weren’t eight runs better than us. I think that was a wake up call and, even as coaches, we made some adjustments and got more aggressive on the field. In turn, the players became more aggressive as well.”

Although the Lady Toppers broke the streak, senior pitcher Ryan Rogge said it was really difficult.

“We seem to do everything in streaks,” Rogge said. “It was really nice to finally be able to have that one. We had to fight really hard for it. That game was not an easy one at all. Everyone put everything they had out there.”

Rogge said that the Lady Toppers weren’t fazed by the losing streak and that it built confidence.

“I don’t think anyone was really nervous getting into that, and no one is really nervous now,” Rogge said. “We’re more confident now. We feel like if we go out there and play as hard as we can play, we’re going to win.”

Western has only one more week of games before it heads off to Denton, Texas, for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

The Lady Toppers will return to the field when they take on Belmont in a double header at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the WKU Softball Complex.