Western Kentucky secured its sixth come-from-behind win of the season, taking down Texas-El Paso 10-8 before dropping the second half of Saturday’s doubleheader 6-4 at the WKU Softball Complex.

The Hilltoppers (22-14; 6-5 C-USA) will look to secure their third series victory in Sunday’s home finale against the Miners (14-25; 4-10 C-USA). First pitch is slated for noon.

In Saturday’s opener, UTEP claimed a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning, but WKU responded with a six-run bottom half as all nine batters made a plate appearance. Jordan Thomas drew a bases-loaded walk to knot the game at 2 before Maddie Bowlds followed with an RBI walk of her own. Jordan Vorbrink and Paige Carter both added RBIs for the Hilltoppers.

WKU added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth after UTEP plated four of its own in the top of the inning. Thomas picked up her third and fourth RBIs of the game with her third home run of the season to give the Hilltoppers a 10-6 advantage.

UTEP went on to plate a pair in the top of the sixth but was unable to close the gap as Shelby Nunn worked the game’s final 2 2/3 innings to secure her third save of the season. Kelsey Aikey picked up the victory after tossing the opening 4 1/3 innings, moving to 8-4 on the year.

WKU struck first with a big four-run fifth in the nightcap. Ten Hilltoppers made plate appearances in the frame as Rebekah Engelhardt opened and closed the inning for WKU. Engelhardt got things going with a leadoff walk and scored the game’s first run as Kendall Smith reached on an error. Bowlds and Vorbrink notched back-to-back doubles before Carter brought in WKU’s fourth run of the inning.

Getting her second start of the day, Aikey tossed six innings of one-hit shutout ball before UTEP struck for three runs in the seventh. The Miners added three more runs after Nunn took over in the circle. Nunn took the loss to move to 13-9 on the year.{&end}