The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native registered 13 scoreless innings of work across the week while striking out 21 batters as the Hilltoppers went a perfect 4-0.
Sunday’s performance saw Aikey enter the game in a save situation with no outs and a runner on second base in the top of the sixth inning. Aikey struck out the next three Charlotte batters to get WKU back to the dugout with its 3-0 lead still intact. Back out for the top of the seventh, Aikey continued her tear through the 49er lineup and recorded the first and third outs of the final frame for a five-strikeout, six-out save.