By Kris Reid
UK’s coach Rachel Lawson lamented on Tuesday about her team’s lack of toughness and that message sunk in on Wednesday as UK overcame 18 strikeouts to grit out a 1-0 lead against WKU behind its star pitcher Kelsey Nunley.
Lawson was proud of the resiliency of her team, especially after suffering an embarrassing run-loss rule to rival Louisville just 24 hours ago.
“Before the game we knew it was going to be tough,” Lawson said. “We talked about taking each at-bat one at a time because we thought that we wouldn’t really be able to get on her the third time through the order, and they stuck with the game plan and did it.