Western’s softball team started its campaign for a Sun Belt Tournament championship yesterday as the third seed in this year’s tournament.

But the Lady Toppers started off the tournament with a hiccup, falling to the sixth-seeded South Alabama 6-1.

With the loss, the Lady Toppers moved to 32-18 on the season and 14-10 in Sun Belt Conference play.

The members of Western’s softball team had their final series of the regular season cut short by three innings on Sunday.

While the Lady Toppers were down 4-3 in the middle of the fourth, junior first baseman Lindsay Antone said that she believes that the Lady Toppers weren’t affected by the unfinished game.

Senior left fielder Sam Cronk said that she and the rest of Western’s softball team were told to be more aggressive by the coaching staff.

That aggressive style of play in the batters box led the Lady Toppers to sweep a double header against Belmont last night at the WKU Softball Complex winning game one, 6-3 and game two 4-3.

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.