MEN’S SOCCER TO HONOR FOUR SENIORS FRIDAY AGAINST GARDNER-WEBB

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SETTING THE STAGE

Radford plays its final Big South men's soccer regular-season home fixture Friday at 6 p.m. when the team hosts Gardner-Webb at Cupp Stadium.
Jamie Summers, Krzysztof Nalborski, Sergio Arzubiaga and Daniel O'Keefe will be recognized prior to kickoff as part of Senior Night.
Marc Reeves is 5-1-1 against Gardner-Webb as Radford's head coach. Two of those wins came in overtime.
The Highlanders have defeated GWU five straight times, including a 2-1 decision in Boiling Springs, N.C., in 2014.
Dario Redondo ('15) netted the game-winner in the 86^th minute after Felix Steinhauser gave Radford an early 1-0 lead in the fifth minute off a header from a Fraser Colmer cross.
In the last meeting in Radford, both sides went into overtime before the Highlanders' Joe Mayer ('14) delivered the golden goal for RU's 2-1 triumph.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Record: 11-2-1, 6-1-0 Big South
Radford ranks No. 33 in the latest RPI rankings.
Nineteen of the Highlanders' league-leading 31 goals scored this season are by underclassmen.
In addition to being the Big South leader in goals scored, RU ranks first in assists per game (2.14) and second in shots per game (16.71) and corners (84).
Radford's 2.21 goals per game rank 12^th in the nation.
Sivert Daehlie leads the Highlanders with 18 points (eight goals, two assists).
Daehlie and Finn Tiedemann rank second and third, respectively, among Big South freshmen in goals scored.
Behind his two-goal effort at Liberty, Daehlie became one of only two Highlanders (Tiedemann the other) to record a multi-goal game this season.
Radford is coming off a 3-0 win at Liberty, Tuesday night, where Daehlie (two) and Tiedemann (one) combined for all the scoring. Prior to Tiedemann's tally, Daehlie had scored three straight goals for the Highlanders.
Daehlie has taken a team-best 36 shots up top for RU, with 18 of those being on frame.
Evan Szklennik is tied for first among Big South players in assists (five).
The Highlanders are 6-0-1 at home this season.

SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB

Record: 3-10-0, 2-3-0 Big South
Series: Radford leads, 7-5-1
The Runnin' Bulldogs endured an eight-match losing skid, before winning back-to-back Big South tilts against Liberty and UNC Asheville.
GWU suffered a 4-2 setback at Campbell in its last time out.
Gardner-Webb has allowed the most goals (39) by any Big South team. The team has given up four goals in a match six times this season.
Marvin Mendy is the Runnin' Bulldogs' top goal scorer with five on the year.
GWU is 1-6-0 on the road for the 2015 campaign.

UP NEXT

Radford gears up for a critical week as the Highlanders square off against 10^th-ranked Elon, Wednesday.
The non-conference match gets underway at 7 p.m. from Rudd Field in Elon, N.C.

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