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WKU women's basketball freshman guard Acacia Hayes discusses her experience at the Conference USA Championship, her recruiting process, her relationship with Coach Collins, the Lady Topper family, adjusting her game for college and leaning on the veterans of the team.

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WKU Lady Topper Basketball head coach Greg Collins discusses the success of his time in conference play so far this season, the importance of free throws, improved 3-point shooting, individual successes, areas of improvement and how hard the team plays.

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WKU Women's golf freshman Sydney Hackett discusses her win in the USA Intercollegiate tournament, the recruiting process and what brought her to WKU, her play with Junior Golf this summer, the chemistry this year's team is building and goals for the season.

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WKU Soccer senior forward Katie Erwin discusses the start of the 2022 season, the WKU defense, the program's success against Power Five opponents the past few seasons, playing in-state teams and how much fan support means to the team during home matches.

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WKU Soccer senior defender Lyric Schmidt discusses a busy and successful 2021 calendar year with two full seasons of competition, the benefits of playing two seasons in such a short time period, her role on WKU’s stout defense, her decision to return for a fifth COVID year in 2022, getting to play another season with teammate Ambere Barnett, and her individual and team goals for her final year.

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WKU Lady Topper Basketball head coach Greg Collins discusses the upcoming season, what was learned through last season in a pandemic, bringing back key pieces like Meral Abdelgawad and Hope Sivori, what to expect from some of the newcomers, the impact of crowds returning to Diddle Arena, the team’s non-conference schedule, and a change to a more up-tempo style of play.

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WKU Women’s Golf sophomore Rachel Rich discusses the team’s chemistry, their most recent finish at the Lady Paladin Invitational in her home state of South Carolina, her freshman-year experience, her recruitment process to WKU, how the team bonds off the golf course, what it’s like to be coached by Adam Gary, and goals for the team and herself individually headed into the rest of the season. 

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WKU Soccer sophomore midfielder Brina Micheels discusses the team’s 2-0 start in conference play, her two-goal performance in a win over Vanderbilt, WKU’s comeback win at Marshall in the C-USA opener, the team’s defensive prowess lifting the offense, how she ended up on The Hill, what’s strengthened the team’s chemistry, her freshman season which included an East Division championship, her popular Instagram account (@skillchallenges) with nearly 90,000 followers, and her goals for the stretch run of the season.

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WKU Soccer senior defender Avery Jacobsen discusses winning the Conference USA East Division championship on Friday, the dramatic 1-0 home win over Charlotte that clinched the title, the program’s steady improvement during her playing career, taking on more of a leadership role as a senior, the connection between the players as teammates, the team’s defensive success this season, and the expectations for this week’s C-USA Tournament.

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Presented by Don Franklin Auto | Hosts Randy Lee, Tyler Eaton and Brett Williams preview, recap and discuss all WKU squads that are currently in action. Our hosts give an insightful overview of everything happening on The Hill.

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WKU Soccer head coach Jason Neidell discusses the 20 seasons of Lady Topper Soccer on The Hill, his team’s hot start to the year, adjusting during the pandemic including shifting soccer’s playing season to the spring from the fall, who on his team has stepped up this season and how he is approaching the final stretch of the 2021 spring season. 

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Presented by Don Franklin Auto | Hosts Randy Lee, Tyler Eaton and Brett Williams open this week's episode talking about WKU Hilltopper and Lady Topper Basketball. From there, WKU Volleyball gets some airtime as Randy, Tyler and Brett talk wins and conference play. At that point, WKU Soccer, Tennis and Track & Field are discussed before the episode closes out with WKU Golf talk.

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WKU Volleyball senior setter Nadia Dieudonne discusses the team’s 5-0 start, entering the season ranked in the top 25, adjusting to prepare for a spring season instead of the fall, becoming the most highly regarded setter in Conference USA after transferring from Xavier, what drew her to WKU as a transfer, her relationship with head coach Travis Hudson and her bond with fellow transfer Logan Kael, getting to host the NCAA Tournament last season, and her plans after leaving The Hill.

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WKU Women’s Basketball senior forward Raneem Elgedawy discusses returning to the team with two standout performances after spending the first semester in her native Egypt, how she’s adjusted to a changing Lady Topper roster, her role with the team as a senior, her relationship with head coach Greg Collins and his children, the discussions she had with her father and family to ultimately return from Egypt, her goals for the remainder of the season, her love of the double-double, and her close friendship with teammate and fellow Egyptian Meral Abdelgawad.

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Presented by Don Franklin Auto | Hosts Randy Lee, Tyler Eaton and Brett Williams open this week's episode talking about WKU Football's third-straight win before switching gears to talk potential bowl game scheduling. From there, the trio switches gears to the hardwood to preview Hilltopper Basketball's upcoming games against Gardner-Webb (Thursday) and Rhode Island on Sunday. Then they transition to Lady Topper Basketball's tilt at Little Rock on Sunday along with recapping both sides' recent contests. This week's episode of Big Red Roundtable concludes with talks of spring sports schedules following the recent release of the Indoor Track, Men's Golf and Women's Golf slates.

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WKU Lady Topper Golf graduate senior Mary Joiner discusses what made her use the NCAA waiver for an extra year of eligibility, playing in the first Division I college golf tournament this fall, the impact head coach Adam Gary has had on her, being the winningest women’s golfer in WKU and Conference USA history, what she sees for the future of the program, and her plans after leaving The Hill.

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WKU Volleyball sophomore middle hitter Avri Davis discusses the team’s season-opening win over UAB last weekend, her starting debut in that victory, preparing this fall for a limited schedule and a full slate in the spring, the outlook for this year’s team coming off a memorable 2019 season, the improvement of her own game, her relationship with head coach Travis Hudson, and her role on WKU Athletics’ new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council.

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WKU Soccer freshman defender Ellie Belcher discusses what led her to play for WKU, her run to a state championship locally last year at Greenwood High School, practicing this fall for a season that was moved to the spring because of COVID-19, getting to host UAB in an exhibition last Friday and winning on penalty kicks, and her expectations for the Lady Toppers in the spring.

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WKU Lady Topper Basketball head coach Greg Collins discusses staying adaptable during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of technology on recruiting and scouting, the team’s large group of incoming freshmen, his expectations for the development of the returning players, the success of 2020 senior Dee Givens in her pro career overseas, navigating through the long wait for the upcoming season, and the challenge of building a non-conference schedule this year.

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WKU Cross Country freshman runner Rory O’Connor discusses her recruitment to WKU after not competing in the sport in high school, why she chose distance running over soccer, what ultimately sold her on attending WKU, getting used to college in a pandemic, her relationship with her teammates, her early success in Cross Country’s first events of the season – including a top-10 finish in her first college meet, and the goals for her and the team for the remainder of the season.

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