Western Michigan takes its final regular season road trip of 2014 when the Broncos travel to Ohio for a doubleheader on May 2 and to Akron for a two-game set on May 3-4.

Western Michigan (16-31, 7-11 MAC) at Ohio (26-22, 10-6 MAC)
Date - Time: 5/2 - 1/3 p.m. | GameTracker - Game 1 | Game 2
All-Time series ­— WMU leads series, 49-33
Last Meeting ­— WMU 4, Ohio 3 (April 26, 2013)

Western Michigan (16-31, 7-11 MAC) at Akron (24-13, 9-5 MAC)
Date - Time: 5/3 - 2 p.m. | Live Stats
Date - Time: 5/4 - 1 p.m. | Live Stats
All-Time series ­— WMU leads series, 34-18
Last Meeting ­— Akron 4, WMU 2 (April 28, 2013)

WMU SOFTBALL NEWS & NOTES

• Western Michigan closes out the regular season on the road, traveling to Ohio and Akron on May 2-4

• Megan Stamm hit her eighth home run of the season, giving her 10 for her career; she is now tied with Tara Buchanan for the second most in a season and tying Becky Bartosz for seventh most in a career

• Stamm needs just two more home runs to tie Lexi Jager (2009) for the most in a season

• Kelsea Cichocki and Marlee Wilson each hit their first career home runs this past weekend in back-to-back games against Buffalo

• Cichocki's home run came with two runners on base, giving Western Michigan its 14th mult-run home run of the season and its third three-run home run of 2014

• Cichocki broke the WMU record for hits in a game in the opener against Buffalo with five

• Melissa Palmer hit her third home run of the season this past weekend and the sophomore now leads the Broncos in batting average at .346

• Palmer has 53 hits on the season to lead the Broncos and needs seven more to tie Joy Kroemer (1994) and Bonnie Siemsen (1988) for seventh most in a season

• Western Michigan fell in a pair of two-game series last weekend to Buffalo (L, 2-6; L, 5-6 F/8) and Kent State (L, 0-3; L, 1-3)