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BOONE, N.C. – Radford claimed a share of the NorPac East Division with a 3-1 victory at Appalachian State (6-12 overall, 1-4 NorPac East), Sunday afternoon from Kidd Brewer Stadium. It is the third division title (in five divisional seasons) for the Highlanders since joining the NorPac in 2001.
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However, the Highlanders (9-8, 5-1 NorPac East) will have to await next weekend's contest involving Longwood who is currently in second at 3-1. The Lancers can tie the Highlanders for the East Division Crown with a pair of victories with the top seed at the conference tournament determined by a series of tiebreakers.
Sophomores
Courtney Poole (Gloucester, Va./Gloucester) and
Melissa Register (Culpeper, Va./Culpeper) and junior
Lara Cariker (Fredericksburg, Va./Chancellor) scored for the Highlanders. Freshman
Stephanie Cox (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) made two defensive saves and recorded her first collegiate assist.
Poole put Radford up 1-0 at 12:15 of the first half. On a corner, Poole deflected Cox's shot from the right into the roof of the cage. It was Poole's team-leading seventh goal.
The Highlanders added to its lead in the 49th minute when Register redirected junior
Becca Devlin's (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) shot past ASU keeper Bridgette Street for the eventual game-winner.
The Mountaineers cut the lead in half when Nicole Morgan poked home a rebound with 13 minutes left on the clock.
Radford regained its two-goal lead in the 64th minute, when Cariker knocked in her own rebound for her sixth tally of the season.
Radford out shot Appalachian State, 23-11 while the Mountaineers edged the Highlanders in corners, 8-7. Junior keeper
Jen Wisniewski (Centreville, Va./Westfield) made two saves for the Highlanders, while her counterpart Street stopped 11 shots.
Radford wraps up regular season play with a pair of games at No. 3 Virginia on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m., followed by its finale on Sunday, Nov. 1 against Georgetown at 11 a.m. The match against the Hoyas is at American University.
