The hair may be gone, but the hits keep coming for sophomore catcher Matt Rice.

Though Rice’s school-record 31-game hitting streak ended after an 0-for-5 performance at Arkansas State on April 18, he has had a hit in each of the five games since then.

“Whenever it ended, not really much changed,” Rice said.

Western’s pitching staff has played its own version of musical chairs the past few weeks.

The Toppers (30-12, 16-5 Sun Belt Conference) won their 12th consecutive home series by taking two games from Florida Atlantic this weekend.

An RBI single from senior shortstop Terrence Dayleg gave Western a walk-off 4-3 win on Sunday.

The Toppers had rallied from a three-run deficit to take a two-run lead in the late innings last night to beat Eastern Kentucky 11-9, but coach Chris Finwood still wasn’t happy.

With runners on first and second in the top of the eighth inning, freshman Jared Andreoli hit a sharp single to Eastern freshman shortstop Richie Rodriguez and was called out at first by first base umpire Bryon Martin.

No, Arkansas State didn’t hide the home plate from the Toppers last weekend.