online<\/a>, in person at the Nashville Sounds Ticket Office, or by calling 615.690.4487. The Bruins will be designated as the home team for the game and will be in the third base dugout.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so excited to have this opportunity to play at such a tremendous facility like First Horizon Park,\u201d said Bruins head coach Dave Jarvis. \u201cAnytime we can be in that type of environment, against such a quality opponent like WKU, I feel it is both a great experience for our team, and great preparation for any post season environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Bruins finished the 2025 season 26-34 with a loss in the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship Tournament against regular-season co-champion Missouri State. The Bruins feature three players with Nashville ties on their 2026 roster. Freshman RHP Shane Duke\u00a0(Madison Academy), Freshman INF Nate Webb\u00a0(Pope John Paul II HS), and Graduate Transfer RHP Brooks McDonnough\u00a0(Brentwood HS \/ Trevecca Nazarene). This will be the eighth time Belmont has played at First Horizon Park since 2016.<\/p>\n
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The Hilltoppers posted a 46-14 record in 2025 \u2013 one win shy of tying the program record. They captured their first Conference USA Championship in program history and made their fifth NCAA Regional appearance in 16 years. The Hilltoppers also have three players with Tennessee roots.\u00a0Junior utility player Logan Luckett\u00a0(Adamsville, TN), Sophomore LHP Dominic Monaco\u00a0(Brentwood Academy), and Redshirt Freshman LHP Roman Petricca\u00a0(Mt. Juliet, TN \/ Vanderbilt).<\/p>\n
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\u201cWKU baseball is thrilled to be able to play at First Horizon Park, home of the Nashville Sounds,\u201d said Hilltoppers head coach Marc Rardin. \u201cWe were fortunate enough to play there two falls back versus the University of Tennessee, and being able to enjoy the beautiful venue again and compete against Belmont will be a great experience for our student-athletes. We feel honored that Belmont made this midweek happen with us as the opponent and is letting us share in the event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Western Kentucky owns a 14-11 record in the all-time series between the two programs, and this will be the first matchup between the two schools since 2023. It\u2019ll be the first of two meetings between the Bruins and Hilltoppers in the 2026 season with the second matchup slated for April 7th at Nick Denes Field, home of the Hilltoppers.<\/p>\n
About the Nashville Sounds<\/p>\n
The Nashville Sounds are the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers and play at First Horizon Park. The 2026 home opener is Tuesday, March 31st, against the Charlotte Knights. Season ticket memberships are available now.<\/p>\n
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For more information on Group Outings and Premium Hospitality options, please call the Nashville Sounds 615.690.4487 or email tickets@nashvillesounds.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nashville, TN \u2013 The Nashville Sounds and First Horizon Park are excited to announce a nonconference baseball matchup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,71439,5165,44,41830,9696,3791,15733,71440,32365],"class_list":["post-540094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-belmont","tag-bruins","tag-featured","tag-first-horizon-park","tag-hilltoppers","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-sounds","tag-nashville-tn","tag-western-kentucky"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115965364326800168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Nashville, TN \u2013 The Nashville Sounds and First Horizon Park are excited to announce a nonconference baseball matchup between the Belmont Bruins and Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Tuesday, March 17th. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00pm with gates opening at 5:30pm.<\/p>\n