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0
RADFORD RADFORD 11-31
5
Winner Gardner-Webb GWU 14-30
RADFORD RADFORD
11-31
0
Final
5
Gardner-Webb GWU
14-30
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
RADFORD RADFORD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Gardner-Webb GWU 0 0 0 1 0 4 X 5 9 0

W: DARNELL, S. (10-13) L: Weddle, Kelsey (3-12)

9
Winner RADFORD RADFORD 12-31
8
Gardner-Webb GWU 14-43
Winner
RADFORD RADFORD
12-31
9
Final
8
Gardner-Webb GWU
14-43
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
RADFORD RADFORD 1 5 0 2 0 0 1 9 13 0
Gardner-Webb GWU 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 8 15 0

W: Brown, Tiffany (3-10) L: DARNELL, S. (10-14)

Game Recap: Softball |

LANG’S FIRST CAREER HOMER SNAPS SOFTBALL’S SKID

SHELBY, N.C. ---- Knotted at 8-8 heading to the top of the seventh inning, Alex Lang clinched the series finale on Saturday night with a home run sent over the left field wall. The Highlanders dropped part one of the doubleheader, 5-0.
 
"Our pitchers battled every inning to keep us in a position to win the game," said head coach Maggie White. "We had some huge hits with runners on, and we fought until the end."

Whitney Davis' ninth home run of the year came in the second inning of game two, clearing the bases for the Red and White's third grand slam of the year. Davis finished the day with a team-best three hits, along with Megan Honaker. Honaker paced the team in both hits and runs with six and four, respectively, over the three-game series. Lang, in as a pinch hitter, notched the first homer of her career to put Radford (12-31, 7-12 BSC) ahead by one in the seventh inning of game two. The Red and White had three home runs in total in the second part of the doubleheader. Becky Mantel had the game's first, clearing the fence in the game's first at bat for her sixth of the year.
 
Kelsey Weddle started in the circle in game one of the doubleheader, giving up one earned run and six hits in five innings of work. Weddle struck out two batters in the 58-pitch effort. Tiffany Brown and Taylor Asimakopoulos both made appearances in the first outing, combining for one inning and two strikeouts.
 
Asimakopoulos threw 3.2 innings in the start of game two, giving up six runs on 11 hits. Brown was awarded the win in the campaign with 3.1 innings of relief work, limiting the Runnin' Bulldogs (14-43, 6-18 BSC) to just four hits and a pair of runs.
 
The Highlanders return to action on Tuesday, April 28, at UNC Greensboro for a midweek doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.
 
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GAME ONE
GARDNER-WEBB 5 :: RADFORD 0
Radford played Gardner-Webb through three scoreless innings before the Runnin' Bulldogs broke the tie with a solo home run in the fourth inning. Gardner-Webb went on to score four more unanswered to clinch game one of the doubleheader, 5-0.
 
Scarlett Harris put the Runnin' Bulldogs on the scoreboard with a leadoff homer to left field in the fourth.
 
In the sixth inning, Gardner-Webb put three on the base path with walk and pair of base hits. Harris tried coming home but was beat out by the throw for the side's first out. Next at bat, Brown registered a strikeout to put two away. A walk and a single scored the frame's first run, putting the Runnin' Bulldogs up 2-0. A third walk of the inning scored a second tally before a hit by pitch and walk with the bases loaded rounded out the games scoring with Gardner-Webb ahead 5-0.  
 
GAME TWO
RADFORD 9 :: GARDNER-WEBB 8
Radford scored first with a leadoff homer by Mantel in the top of the first. It was Mantel's 12th extra base hit of the year.
 
Gardner-Webb responded in the bottom of the frame with one run. Kellie Beres led off with a single up the middle and quickly stole second. She advanced to third on a wild pitch with Megan Gibbons at the dish. Gibbons scored the run with a high-fly ball to right field.
 
The Highlanders blew the game open in the second inning with five runs coming across. With the bases loaded after a pair of singles and a walk, Honaker lined a ball into right-center field to score Kayla Bishton. After a line out put two outs on the board, Davis hits Radford's third grand slam of the season to put the Highlanders ahead 6-1.
 
The Runnin' Bulldogs cut the deficit after scoring three unanswered runs in second and third innings. With two out and a runner on second base in the second inning, Jill Blank singled to right-center field to score the runner. Two singles and a hit by pitch loaded the bases with no out in the third. Amanda Gomes singled to score one run before Savannah Burns doubled to bring the game within two, 6-4.  
 
Davis and Mackenzie Blackwell put Radford back up by four with RBIs in the fourth. A walk and Maggie Rowe's seventh double the year put two on with no out. Davis brought Honaker in for her 20th run of the year on a sac fly hit to centerfield. Blackwell brought Rowe around on a groundout to second.
 
Gardner-Webb battled back in the bottom of the side with a pair of runs. Gibbons knocked in a double to score Beres from second. After a fly out, Harris hit a ball to left to bring in Gibbons.
 
The Runnin' Bulldogs knotted the game in the sixth with a base-clearing double by Rachel Chumiskey. Two singles to lead off the inning put two on for Chumiskey who found a gap in left-centerfield.
 
All tied up heading the seventh, Lang, pinch hitting for Summer Robinson, cranked her first-career home run clinch the series finale for the Highlanders, 9-8.
 
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