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RADFORD, Va. – Powered by 25 hits and five home runs, Radford earned 9-2 and 8-0 wins over Albany and Siena on day one of the Highlander Classic presented by Comfort Inn & Suites from RU Softball Field.

The victories extended Radford's winning streak to five games. The Highlanders will face off against Kent State in a pair of games tomorrow including the championship contest at approximately 4 p.m.

A slight change in the schedule will have the Highlanders and Golden Flashes playing back-to-back contests starting at 2 p.m. Albany and Siena will play a pair starting at 10 am.

Four home runs, two by Hope Creasy, and a five-run third keyed Radford in its 9-2 victory over Albany in the first game.

A six-run first and a four-hit shutout by Kellie Snooks lifted Radford to an 8-0 five inning triumph over Siena in game two.

Along with Creasy, Nichole Beall and Sarah Himan homered for the Highlanders against the Great Danes.

Kristen Shifflett and Meredith Moore each recorded three of Radford's 14 hits. It was a career-best for Moore. Beall and Himan knocked in three runs apiece, while Shifflett crossed the dish three times

Each team traded a run with one-out RBI singles in the first inning. Himan knocked in Shiffett who led off the game with a double. The Great Danes tied it as Gina Mason fisted a single into left, plating Walraven who single stole second and was sacrifice to third.

Highlighted by back-to-back home runs by Beall and Himan, Radford exploded for five runs in the second. Following an RBI double by Shifflett, Beall laced a three-run shot to leftcenter and Himan hit the next pitch over the leftfield fence for a 6-1 advantage.

Albany tallied a run in the fourth without the benefit of a hit. After loading the bases with three hit batsmen, Jessica Bergin drew a walk with two outs.

Hope Creasy got that run back with a leadoff home run, her sixth of the season, to dead center in the top of the fifth. A sac fly to center by Himan made it 8-2 in the sixth.

In game two, Radford scored six runs in the first and Snooks scattered four singles and struck out two, tossing her first shutout of the season. She did not walk a batter as she picked up her first victory of the season.

Himan, Michelle Beall and Taylor Cunningham recorded two hits apiece as the Highlanders had 11 overall.

Radford opened game two with a six-run, six-hit first inning. Shannon Keefe (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) launched her first home run of the season, a two-run shot. to make it 3-0. Himan and Shifflett had RBI singles with the two other runs scoring on a bases loaded walk and a wild pitch.

The Highlanders closed it out with a pair of runs in the fifth. Creasy, who led off with a double, scored on an error by the shortstop. Freshman Jess Agee ended the game with a pinch hit RBI single to right. It was the first hit and RBI of her young Highlander career.