Monday, March 21
Charleston, SC
2PM
Radford University
16-7, 0
5
at
8
Charleston Southern
13-16, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Charleston So. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | 8 | 17 | 0 |
Photo by: RUHighlanderPhotos.com
RADFORD DROPS SERIES FINALE; HUFFMAN HONORED
3/21/2016 4:53:00 PM | Softball
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford softball team suffered its first Big South Conference loss as Charleston Southern rallied for an 8-5 decision in the final game of the series Monday afternoon.
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The Highlanders (16-7, 2-1) built a 5-2 lead, but were unable to hold off the hot-hitting Buccaneers over the final three innings, capped by a four-run bottom of the sixth. The teams combined for 29 hits in the game, with Radford totaling 12.
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Nia Chiles led Radford's offense, going 3 for 3 with a career-high three RBIs. The three hits tied her best performance as a Highlander. Marissa Gagliano, Casey Burns and Kayla Bishton each had two hits.
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Charleston Southern scored a run in the first inning for its first lead of the series, but Radford answered with three runs in the top of the second. Bishton led off with a single and scored on Hannah Medlam's triple to the gap in left-center, her second of the year. The Highlanders then collected three straight singles with two outs for the other two runs. Chiles and Becky Mantel had RBI hits around a single by Gagliano.
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CSU got a run back in the bottom of the inning on a home run before the Highlanders made it 5-2 in the third, as Chiles delivered again with two outs, fouling off a pitch with two strikes before poking a two-run single back up the middle. Burns and Bishton started the inning with singles and moved up a base on a groundout to set up it for Chiles.
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However, the Buccaneers collected 11 of their hits over the final three innings, scoring one run in both the fourth and fifth before the game-deciding sixth, which came against freshman reliever Haley Hutchins. Kayla Huffman started the game and Abby Morrow pitched three-plus innings of relief.
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Radford continues a busy week with a non-conference doubleheader at Marshall on Wednesday. RU is also scheduled to travel to Winthrop for a three-game series at the end of the week.
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HUFFMAN NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Earlier on Monday, freshman Kayla Huffman was announced as the Big South Pitcher of the Week for games played Mar. 14-20. Huffman posted complete-game victories in both of her appearances during the week, while posting a 0.50 ERA to earn her first career individual honor. Huffman held East Carolina to five hits on Wednesday, before notching a one-hitter at Charleston Southern on Sunday. She totaled nine strikeouts with just one walk.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford softball team suffered its first Big South Conference loss as Charleston Southern rallied for an 8-5 decision in the final game of the series Monday afternoon.
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The Highlanders (16-7, 2-1) built a 5-2 lead, but were unable to hold off the hot-hitting Buccaneers over the final three innings, capped by a four-run bottom of the sixth. The teams combined for 29 hits in the game, with Radford totaling 12.
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Nia Chiles led Radford's offense, going 3 for 3 with a career-high three RBIs. The three hits tied her best performance as a Highlander. Marissa Gagliano, Casey Burns and Kayla Bishton each had two hits.
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Charleston Southern scored a run in the first inning for its first lead of the series, but Radford answered with three runs in the top of the second. Bishton led off with a single and scored on Hannah Medlam's triple to the gap in left-center, her second of the year. The Highlanders then collected three straight singles with two outs for the other two runs. Chiles and Becky Mantel had RBI hits around a single by Gagliano.
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CSU got a run back in the bottom of the inning on a home run before the Highlanders made it 5-2 in the third, as Chiles delivered again with two outs, fouling off a pitch with two strikes before poking a two-run single back up the middle. Burns and Bishton started the inning with singles and moved up a base on a groundout to set up it for Chiles.
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However, the Buccaneers collected 11 of their hits over the final three innings, scoring one run in both the fourth and fifth before the game-deciding sixth, which came against freshman reliever Haley Hutchins. Kayla Huffman started the game and Abby Morrow pitched three-plus innings of relief.
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Radford continues a busy week with a non-conference doubleheader at Marshall on Wednesday. RU is also scheduled to travel to Winthrop for a three-game series at the end of the week.
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HUFFMAN NAMED PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Earlier on Monday, freshman Kayla Huffman was announced as the Big South Pitcher of the Week for games played Mar. 14-20. Huffman posted complete-game victories in both of her appearances during the week, while posting a 0.50 ERA to earn her first career individual honor. Huffman held East Carolina to five hits on Wednesday, before notching a one-hitter at Charleston Southern on Sunday. She totaled nine strikeouts with just one walk.
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For the latest on Radford Athletics, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Highlander Happenings.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PILGRIM, A. (5-3)
L: Hutchins, Haley (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Yow, Marissa 1 ; Chiles, Nia 1
3B: Medlam, Hannah 1
RBI: Mantel, Becky 1 ; Medlam, Hannah 1 ; Chiles, Nia 3
SH: Medlam, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Burns, Casey 1 ; Bishton, Kayla 2 ; Medlam, Hannah 1 ; Chiles, Nia 1
Batting:
2B: MATSUMOTO, A 1 ; GANDARA, J. 1 ; VANADA, L. 1 ; BARO, S. 1
HR: MCPHERSON, B 1
RBI: GANDARA, J. 1 ; BERGMANN, S. 1 ; JOHNSON, S. 1 ; VANADA, L. 2 ; BARO, S. 1 ; MCPHERSON, B 1 ; EMBERSON, C. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MATSUMOTO, A 3 ; GANDARA, J. 1 ; JOHNSON, S. 1 ; VANADA, L. 1 ; KULLNAT, A. 1 ; MCPHERSON, B 1
SB: MATSUMOTO, A 2 ; JOHNSON, S. 1
CS: GANDARA, J. 1
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