LAS CRUCES, N.M. – NM State generated late offense on Saturday evening at Nick Denes Field, but Western Kentucky used a couple of big innings early to hand the Aggies a setback in Conference USA play. With the loss, the Aggies fall to 14-19 overall and 6-8 in league action.
 
WKU struck first in the second inning, capitalizing on a pair of hits and a sacrifice fly to take an early lead. The Hilltoppers followed with a decisive third inning, stringing together hits and extra‑base damage to extend their advantage to 7-0.
 
NM State eventually responded in the sixth. Camden Kaufman doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on Aidan Taclas' RBI groundout to put the Aggies on the board. The Aggies continued to chip away later, manufacturing runs in the seventh and ninth innings.
 
In the seventh, Chris Daniels tallied a single, and Dane Woodcook drove him in with an RBI base hit to right field. NM State kept pressing in the late innings, adding a pair of runs in the ninth behind extra‑base hits from Woodcook and run‑producing contact from Kaufman and Steve Solorzano, but WKU maintained separation.
 
Solorzano finished with multiple hits and an RBI, while Kaufman recorded an extra‑base hit and drove in one run. Meanwhile, both Woodcook and Jonatan Clough added a pair of hits and double each.
 
NOTABLES

• Steve Solorzano extended his hit streak to 16 games to match the longest hit streak by an Aggie over the last three seasons. Solorzano has also now reached base safely in 19 consecutive games.
• With two hits, Solorzano also now has 12 multi-hit games this season to lead the way for NM State.
• Jaden Davis tossed 2.2 scoreless innings to mark his most effective outing since tossing 3.0 scoreless against Oklahoma on Feb. 16. With four strikeouts, he also finished one strikeout shy of his season high.
• For the 14^th time this season, the Aggies logged double-digit hits in a game.

 
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