Union does have two conference titles, but they were both during the slow-pitch area. The Lady Bulldogs won the 1985 and 1990 Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference championships.

The Lady Bulldogs have come a long way. Two seasons removed from going 1-44, its 35 wins this season are more than what Union garnered the previous three years having gone 27-121 during that span. In fact, this is only the second winning season for the Lady Bulldogs in 13 years of fast-pitch softball. In 1997, Union posted a 22-17 mark. And with the exception of that 1997 season, the Lady Bulldogs had never won more than 15 games in a season.

For the seventh time this season, Sarah Driver (Hopkinsville, Ky.) posted double-digit strikeouts as Union won the opener 4-1. The freshman hurler fanned 12 batters, giving her 234 strikeouts on the year as she improved to 21-8 on the season.

The game hung in the balance until the seventh inning. Union took an early 1-0 lead, but King tied it at 1-all in the sixth and had runners on second and third with one out. Yet, Driver worked out of the jam, and the Lady Bulldog offense kicked it in to gear in the seventh.

Tied at 1 in the top of the seventh, Ashleigh Mensch (Elizabethtown, Ky.) led off with a bunt single and Lyla Blauser (Hopkinsville, Ky.) followed by reaching on an error, putting runners on first and second with no one out. Driver then singled in Mensch to make it 2-1. Two batters later, Lee Davis (Lexington, Ky.) came through with a two-run double, sealing the 4-1 victory.

In addition to her stellar show in the circle, Driver went 3-for-4 at the plate while Blauser was 1-of-3 with two runs scored.

With the win, Union secured the second seed for next week's Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament. Yet, the Lady Bulldogs had some unfinished business of winning their first-ever conference crown to attend to. And Union took care of matters with a 12-4, five-inning victory.

Union jumped out early, owning a 6-0 lead after two innings. King (11-29 overall, 5-9 AAC) scratched out four runs, but the Lady Bulldogs tacked on six more en route to the 12-4 win.

Kaila McSpedon (West Palm Beach, Fla.) went 3-for-3 and tied a school record as she drove in five RBIs as she became the first player in program history to amass over 50 RBIs in as season. Currently, she has 53 on the year and 122 for her career.

Driver helped out with a 3-for-4 performance as she scored twice. Blauser scored four times, tying a school record, in going 4-for-5. Davis was 3-of-4 with two RBIs, while Samantha Bridges (Jackson, Tenn.) lined her 20th double of the season in batting 2-for-4 at the plate. Bethany Outland (Hopkinsville, Ky.) and Mencsh each chipped two hits.