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Hilltoppers advance to C-USA final with wins over North Texas, Charlotte

The Western Kentucky softball team will play for a Conference USA championship.

The Hilltoppers survived the C-USA Softball Championship losers' bracket Friday at the WKU Softball Complex with a 3-2 win over Charlotte and a 4-2 victory over North Texas, and will now play UAB in the final at noon Saturday.

"I felt like our approach was different. I felt like our confidence was higher. We gave ourselves a chance to win the game and I feel like a lot of players stepped up," WKU coach Amy Tudor said. "I felt like it was a full team victory.