Leading off the fourth inning in Sunday’s 12-2 win over Arkansas Little-Rock, senior catcher C.J. Wamsley hit a single to right field, slipping on the muddy base path and flopping onto first base.

Though Wamsley’s single may have appeared less than impressive because of its awkward end, the senior class left no doubt that Western deserved its series sweep of the Trojans, outscoring them 30-11 on the weekend.

“He made the all-Madden team with that one,” coach Chris Finwood said of Wamsley’s fall. “That was beautiful. It was neat that we got the lead in order to get him that extra at-bat, and he got a hit for us.”

All six senior position players started for the Toppers (35-12, 19-5 Sun Belt Conference) in Sunday’s senior day game, including Wamsley, who got his first start of the season and just the 23rd in his four-year career.

Though Wamsley was pulled for a pinch runner after his single and eventually replaced with sophomore catcher Matt Rice, he said he enjoyed the chance to start in front of Western’s fans one last time.

“It was great, it was fun, and I had a good time,” Wamsley said. “I came in here and saw the line-up and saw my name on there and thought, ‘Well, you know, I’m going to do whatever I can to help us get a win.’”

Wamsley’s single started off a three-run inning that gave Western a 6-0 lead, which he said was especially important because there was the possibility that the game would be called after five innings because of rain.

“We knew that after five, it was official, so we knew we had to come out early and get on top of them early,” Wamsley said. “We did a good job. Our offense swung well.”

The six seniors finished 8-for-19 with eight total runs scored on Sunday, while senior pitchers Evan Teague and Ben Paxton combined to hold the Trojans scoreless and hitless in 1.1 innings of relief.

Because the last senior, pitcher Chad Adcock, pitched two scoreless innings in Friday night’s 12-4 win, junior pitcher Shane Cameron started Sunday’s game.

Cameron said he took some good-natured teasing from the seniors because of the start.

“It’s all jokes, but I’m just glad I went out there and threw strikes and got us the win,” he said.

Cameron struck out a career-high eight batters in 5.2 innings pitched, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning but giving up two runs off two hits with two outs in the inning.

“There at the end, I got a little tired, but I just wanted to come out and throw strikes and give the seniors the best chance to win on their last game at home,” he said. “It was huge to get the sweep here at home for the seniors.”

The Toppers are now on top of the Sun Belt by two and a half games, after second-place Middle Tennessee State lost two of three weekend games to third-place Troy.

“We needed to win all three of these ball games to put ourselves in a position to win the regular season championship,” Finwood said. “We pitched it well. We defended it well and had a lot of big hits, so we were able to put pressure on them.”

The Toppers will travel to Louisiana-Lafayette for a three-game series beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday.