A pair of three-run home runs by freshman center fielder Jackson Swiney book-ended a 12-7 victory for Western Kentucky over Belmont on Tuesday evening.

First baseman Richard Constantine also added a three-run homer in the game, his fifth in the past seven games.

With the win, the Hilltoppers (17-17-1) swept the Bruins in a home-and-home for the second-straight season. WKU has won nine of the past 11 games in the head-to-head series.

The Hilltoppers’ first two hitters went down in the first inning, but right fielder Jake Sanford was hit by a pitch and designated hitter Jack Wilson worked a walk to bring up Swiney. The St. Louis native lifted a high fly ball to left-center field that got caught up in a strong wind blowing out and just cleared the fence at E.S. Rose Park.

Constantine’s long ball came after second baseman Nick Brunson and catcher Collin Hopkins started a scoring threat in the top of the fourth. Constantine’s homer cleared the left-field wall for a three-run blast.

The Hilltoppers added one apiece in the sixth and seventh frames to extend their lead to 9-2, but the Bruins chipped away with three unearned runs in the next two innings to bring the deficit within four.

After Sanford and Wilson got on ahead of Swiney once again to lead off the ninth, the freshman hit repeat on his track from the first frame and sent a home run out to left-center field.

This one was no wall-scraper, as the center fielder entered his celebratory trot soon after connecting to give WKU a 12-5 advantage.

The Bruins added to their run total in the bottom of the ninth, with Hunter Holland’s second two-run homer of the game with zero outs. After another base hit, in came righty Jacob Green from the WKU bullpen to strike out the next batter, and then induce a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.{&end}