Senior shortstop Terrence Dayleg said before the season that the team hadn’t specifically talked about goals for the season, but he knew the Toppers were on the same page with their expectations for 2009.

“To do better than we did last year,” Dayleg said.

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.

The second time has been the charm in Western’s mid-week games this season.

Western (31-12, 16-5 Sun Belt Conference) defeated Austin Peay 14-4 on Tuesday night, avenging a loss to the Governors on April 14.

The Toppers have five two-game mid-week series on their 2009 schedule and haven’t been swept in any of them.

NASHVILLE-The first of senior right fielder Chad Cregar’s home runs in Wednesday night’s 9-3 win at Lipscomb bounced out of the park off the yellow lining on top of the Dugan Field wall.

Cregar didn’t leave any doubt as to whether his second home run would count.