DAVIDSON, N.C. – Radford scored two early goals and junior keeper Jen Wisniewski (Centreville, Va./Westfield) made six saves as the Highlanders picked up a 3-1 road win in NorPac action at Davidson, Wednesday evening.

Box Score

Juniors Megan Lenhart (Gloucester, Va.), Kay Tufts (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) and Lara Cariker (Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor) each put one in the cage for the Highlanders.

Radford jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Lenhardt and Tufts in the first 15:21 of the match. Lenhardt put the Highlanders on the board, slamming home a direct corner shot at 9:21. It was the Gloucester High School product's first goal of her collegiate career.

Exactly six minutes later, Tufts took a center from sophomore Madonna Wadolowski (Norwalk, Conn./Brien McManhon) and one-timed it into the right side of the cage. It was Tufts' fourth goal of the season and Wadolowski's team-leading fifth helper.

Wisniewski kept the Wildcats (4-10, 0-3 NorPac) off the board making four of those saves in the first half. She was also helped out by sophomore Ellie Staples (Newport News, Va./Menchville), who recorded her third defensive save of the season.

Her counterpart Christa Goeke stopped six shots for the Wildcats.

An early offensive flurry by Davidson led to a corner its first goal. The Wildcats cut it one on Finley Amato's tally early in the second half. After the ball was centered to Claire Perry, she dished it to a wide-open Amato in the 40th minute.

Cariker gave Radford a two-goal cushion in at 51:43. On the Highlanders' 11th corner of the match, she ripped home a shot from the top right side of the circle off a feed from Lynsey Daughtrey (Suffolk, Va./Lakeland). It was sophomore's second assist of the match

The Highlanders out shot the Wildcats, 22-13 and finished the night with 14 corners to just six for Davidson. Tufts led the Highlanders with five shots. Goeke finished with 12 saves for Davidson.

The teams conclude their home-and-home in Radford on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.