KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Freshman Bailey Curry tied Toledo's single-season home run record, and the Rockets defeated Western Michigan by scores of 3-0 and 8-3 on Saturday at Ebert Field. Toledo (30-15, 14-3 MAC) now has won each of its six Mid-American Conference series after falling in 14 innings in Friday's series opener. The two victories also lifted UT to the 30-win mark for the first time since 1995.

"Thirty wins was one of our goals at the start of the season," said Toledo head coach Kristen Butler. "It's great when our team sees their hard work paying off by being able to hit that milestone. We still have two more goals for the season and those are 15 conference wins and to win the MAC Tournament. It's exciting for our seniors because they have laid the ground work for what this program will be for years to come."

Toledo 3, Western Michigan 0
Freshman Bailey Curry tied UT's single-season home run record with her 13th roundtripper of the season and junior Kaitlyn Bergman blasted her seventh long ball of the year to lead the Rockets.

Junior Kailey Minarchick spun a six-hit shutout for her 16th win. Minarchick did not walk a batter and struck out two in an efficient 78 pitches.

How it Happened

• The Rockets threatened in the first inning on back-to-back singles by Curry and senior Ashley Rausch but couldn't bring in a run.
• Toledo scored its first run in the third inning on a towering home run by Bergman. Bergman's seventh homer of the season cleared the scoreboard in center field to give the Rockets a 1-0 start.
• UT rallied to double the lead in the top of the fifth. Senior Sam Showalter got things started with a lead-off double. Junior Megan Choate moved the runner with a sacrifice bunt and sophomore Morgan Paaverud made it 2-0 with an RBI single up the middle.
• Minarchick retired 10-straight batters from the fourth to the seventh inning to keep WMU out of the run column.
• Curry's home run in the sixth inning put the finishing touches on the win.

Toledo 8, Western Michigan 3
Senior Sam Showalter went 3-for-4, including her second home run of the season, to lead the Rockets to a win in the rubber match of the series.

Junior Heather Webb picked up her 13th win of the season in relief and junior Kailey Minarchick re-entered to recorded her fourth save of the campaign.

How it Happened

• Toledo jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. Junior Katie Cozy doubled and scored on an RBI single by freshman Bekah Yenrick. Sophomore Morgan Paaverud knocked in Yenrick with a clutch two-out base hit.
• Western Michigan came right back to tie the score with a two-run home run in the bottom half of the first.
• WMU took its first lead of the day with an RBI single in the bottom of the second.
• Toledo blew the game open with five unearned runs in the fifth frame. Freshman Kylie Norwood, junior Megan Choate and senior Ashley Rausch each knocked in runs with two-out singles.
• Showalter's seventh-inning solo home run down the left-field line capped the scoring for the Rockets.

The Rockets head to Central Michigan for a three-game series with the Chippewas on April 27-28.