WOMEN'S SOCCER BATTLES CAMPBELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN BUIES CREEK

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Coming off a 2-1 victory at Charleston Southern, Radford women's soccer continues its three-game Big South road swing at Campbell on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Kickoff from Eakes Athletics between the Highlanders (6-1-1, 2-0 Big South) and Camels (4-5, 0-2) is set for 7:00 p.m. and can be viewed for free on the Big South Network.

LAST TIME OUT: Radford rallied from an early 1-0 deficit and went on the defeat Charleston Southern, 2-1 on Saturday at Blackbaud Stadium giving head coach Ben Sohrabi his 200^th career win. Senior Sydney Golden scored the equalizer in the 30^th minute and then set up junior Kara Wade's game-winner in the 51^st minute.

A LOOK AT RU: Following Saturday's win, Radford is 8-1-2 in regular season Big South games on the road the last two seasons… Add the five neutral/away tournament games, RU is 12-1-3 with a shootout victory… The win extended the Highlanders' regular season league unbeaten streak to 13 (9-0-4)… Wade became the 13^th different Highlander to score a goal this season… Golden paces the RU offense with a team-best three goals, two assists and eight points… Golden has two game-winning goals and two assists on game-winners… Five other Highlanders have netted two goals… Freshman Melanie Priestley and senior Julie Ruh'e also have two assists … RU is on a streak of allowing two or fewer goals in a game over the last 27 matches and 40 of the last 42… The goal surrendered to CSU on Saturday snapped a seven-match (4 reg. season/3 tournament) shutout streak against conference opponents and over 725 minutes of shutout soccer during that stretch… With a pair of one-goal victories last week, Radford is 17-5 in one-goal contests since 2011.

THE CAMELS: Campbell was shutout in its first two league contests of the season and has dropped its last four matches, all coming away from Buies Creek… The Camels are 2-0 at home this season with triumphs over Francis Marion and Mount Olive… Payton Ormsby has registered a team-best four goals and nine points with Lilja Bjork dishing out a team-high four assists… Alexis Connors has posted a 2.13 GAA in 507:18 of action in net for the Camels.

THE SERIES: Radford has won the last three meetings and holds a 6-2 lead in series that dates back to 1992, but took a 16-year hiatus before Campbell returned to the Big South… Following a pair of non-conference contests in 2009 (L, 0-1) and 2010 (W, 1-0 OT), the Highlanders are 3-1 against Campbell since its return... The Highlanders won 3-0 (reg.) and 1-0 (BSC quarters) last season, while the Camels won 2-1 the last time they played in Buies Creek (2011)… That result is the only match that both teams scored with the other seven resulting in a clean sheet for the victor.

THE SERIES: The Highlanders wrap up their road swing on Saturday against in-state rival Longwood. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. from the Athletics Complex.

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