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SOFTBALL TOPS GEORGIA SOUTHERN, 6-4

NICHOLE BEALL TIES CAREER HOME RUN RECORD WITH 41st

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STATESBORO, Ga. – Nichole Beall went 3-for-4 with her career-tying 41st long ball and also scored three runs as Radford Softball picked up its first victory of the season, 6-4, over host Georgia Southern on Saturday evening at the Eagle Classic.
 
Freshman Micalah Sacre came through for the Highlanders (1-2) in the clutch with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth to break a 4-4 tie and junior Jackie Jenkins (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) retired the final seven batters to preserve the triumph.
 
Jenkins came in and got out of a bases loaded jam in the third and picked up the win in relief. She allowed two runs on four hits.
 
Beall staked the Highlanders to an early 1-0 lead with a long one-out home run to center in the first and kept the sixth alive with a two-out infield single to short, which allowed Sacre to provide the game-winning hit. Beall also recorded two of Radford's seven stolen bases. Her long ball matched Kristen Shifflett's mark set just a season ago.
 
Radford extended its lead to 4-0 in the third when Ryndee Ruch stroked a three-run double over the leftfielder's head with two outs.
 
Andrea Tarashuk's two-run single in the third cut the Highlanders' lead in half (4-2). Both runs were unearned as the first two runners reached via an error. A two-out single followed by a two-run home run by GSU's Kourtny Thomas tied the game at 4-apiece in the fifth.
 
The tie did not last long as Radford reclaimed the lead in the sixth on Sacre's single to right center. The Highlanders took advantage of three consecutive errors, but a nice relay caught Radford in a rundown resulting in the second out of the inning. After Beall singled, she stole second which allowed her and freshman Jackie Warr to score.
 
Warr scored two runs and registered a stolen base and Michelle Beall recorded two thefts. Freshman Emily Norton started in the circle and went 2.1 innings, allowing two unearned runs on three hits with three punchouts and two walks.
 
Seven different Eagles recorded a hit with Tarashuk and Thomas knocking in two runs apiece. Maria Thompson (1-1) suffered the loss in 4.1 innings of relief work.
 
Radford wraps up play tomorrow morning against Albany (9:30 am) and Jacksonville State (11:30 am).
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