Game One

Game Two

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Radford recorded 27 hits as it swept James Madison in a twinbill Wednesday evening from Veterans Memorial Park. The Highlanders (22-10) defeated the Dukes (16-21) by the scores of 10-3 and 9-3.

Radford used a six-run fifth and 3.2 innings of shutout relief by Jackie Jenkins to post a 10-3 game one win.

Jenkins entered the game with the bases loaded and one out in the fourth. After a double and single, Jenkins settled down to retire the final two batter of the frame. She finished the contest, scattering six hits and not walking a batter.

Sarah Himan and Hope Creasy each went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Himan homered and knocked in three runs.

Radford tallied single runs in the second and third innings to take a 2-0 lead. In the second, Creasy crossed the plate when the centerfielder mishandled a single by Michelle Beall. A two-out RBI double by Shannon Keefe plated Himan in the third.

The Dukes took advantage of two walks and a hit batsman to grab a 3-2 lead in the fourth. With the bases juiced and one out, Haley Johnson ripped game-tying double to the gap in left center and Lori Botkin followed with the go-ahead single.

That lead did not last long as the Highlanders responded with six runs on five hits in the top of the fifth. They also took advantage of four Duke errors. JMU would have got out of the inning without a run being scored, but Himan's RBI groundout tied the game instead of being the third out.

Keefe knocked in the next run with another ground out. An RBI single by Creasy and a two-run triple by Beall capped off the scoring in the frame and gave Radford an 8-3 lead. Beall finished 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Himan tacked on the final two runs in the sixth with a two-out, two-run blast, her fourth of the season, to leftcenter.

Chelsea Kelley, who started, went 3.1 innings with two strikeouts and two walks. She surrendered all three runs and one hit.

Johnson and Botkin went 2-for-3 for the Dukes. Cara Stecher suffered the loss, allowing seven runs, two earned, on 10 hits in 4.2 innings of work.

A barrage of two-out runs keyed Radford in a 9-3 game two victory. The Highlanders scored all nine runs from the third through sixth innings with two outs.

Taylor Cunningham paced Radford's 14-hit attack with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate. She knocked in and scored a run.

Radford started its two-out scoring in the third to take a 3-0 lead. Shifflett knocked in the first run with a single up the middle, plating pinch runner Morgan Eye from third. Nichole Beall stepped up and launched her team-leading 11th home run, a two-run shot to right center.

Another three-run frame in the fourth doubled Radford's lead to 6-0 and once again all the runs came with two outs.

After a two quick outs, Meredith Moore, Michelle Beall and Cunningham singled, the third plated Moore from second. Lauren Williams cleared the bases as she rocketed a two-run triple to the fence in right.

The Dukes pushed across a run in the bottom of the fourth. Jasmine Butler led off with a triple and scored on Katie Spitzer's single. The Highlanders got out of further damage turning a 5-4-3 double play to end the frame.

Two in the fifth on a RBI double by Moore and run-scoring single by Michelle Beall and one more in the sixth on Keefe's RBI double made it 9-1. The Dukes tacked on two in the bottom half of the inning with two-run long ball by Spitzer.

Kellie Snooks picked up the win. She allowed three runs on six hits in 5.2 innings with one strikeout and zero walks. Kelley shut down the Dukes in the final 1.1 innings, allowing just a bloop single in the seventh.

Moore, Shifflett and Michelle Beall all recorded two hits with Moore and Shifflett scored a pair each.

Radford returns home for a three-game Big South series against Presbyterian this weekend. The Highlanders will host the Blue Hose in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 followed by a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.