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4
Eastern Kentucky EKU 5-4
5
Winner Radford RAD 7-3
Eastern Kentucky EKU
5-4
4
Final
5
Radford RAD
7-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 9 0
Radford RAD 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 5 8 0

W: Morrow, Abby (5-1) L: REYNOSO, S. (1-2)

8
Winner Radford RAD 8-3
0
Akron AKR 1-10
Winner
Radford RAD
8-3
8
Final
0
Akron AKR
1-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Radford RAD 3 0 0 3 1 1 8 9 0
Akron AKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

W: Huffman, Kayla (2-1) L: NEWLAND (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

SOFTBALL PUTS ON OFFENSIVE SHOWCASE IN FRIDAY SWEEP



MACON, Ga. – The offensive display was like no other in the opening day of the Black & Orange Challenge as the Radford softball team accumulated 13 runs on 17 hits – eight extra base hits – leading to a 5-4 win over Eastern Kentucky and an 8-0 six inning victory over Akron.
 
Marissa Gagliano led the way for Radford (8-3) with four hits on the day and three runs scored, while Hunter Mundy added to the offensive firepower with four hits of her own, four RBIs and a home run. Freshman Brianna Mills had her best day at the plate during her young career driving in four runs over two games.
 
GAME ONE
The Highlanders used the long ball to score five runs in a row leading to a 5-4 comeback victory over Eastern Kentucky.
 
The Colonels (5-4) took an early 3-0 lead midway through the third using five hits to score three runs. However, the Highlanders answered in the bottom half of the inning as Brianna Mills hit a moon shot to right center field to cut the deficit to two. Radford was not done scoring in the inning as Marissa Gagliano, who reached on a one-out triple, was driven in on a Sofia Tapia groundout to second base.
 
Radford tied the game at three in the fourth inning with another leadoff home run. This one came off the bat of Maggie Rowe. The next inning, Mills continued the hot hitting with a leadoff single to left field. She moved to third on a Gagliano double with one out. Mundy found some open space through the left side, which plated Mills and gave Radford the 4-3 lead.
 
Talia Douglas got in on the home run action with her third of the season and the Highlanders' third of the game. Her leadoff solo shot gave Radford an insurance run and put the score at 5-3.
 
EKU had the tying run at first with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Johnkyria Alston flied out to right field for the final out of the game.
 
Abby Morrow (5-1) picked up the win and another complete game. She gave up four runs on nine hits and three strikeouts. She only allowed one walk through the seven innings.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  Six different Highlanders recorded at least one hit in the opener. Gagliano and Mills led the way with 2-for-3 performances.
•  Mills scored two runs against the Colonels and recorded her first collegiate home run.
•  Tapia, Mundy, Rowe and Douglas each had one hit in the contest. The quadrant also had four of the five RBIs.
•  Rowe and Douglas had the other two dingers for the Highlanders.
•  All of Radford's home runs came with no-outs and nobody on base. Each home run was hit leading off an inning.
•  Morrow pitched another complete game and earned the win for Radford.
•  The Highlander defense committed no errors and recorded 21 putouts.
 
GAME TWO
Kayla Huffman (2-1) was the story in the nightcap pitching a six inning complete game shutout. She only allowed two hits and struck out six, while only facing 19 batters in the 8-0 win over Akron (1-10).
 
The Highlander bats came alive against the Zips and were alive early. Radford used three hits to score three runs in the top of the first. Sofia Tapia, Hunter Mundy and Brianna Mills each recorded a hit in the inning, while Mills was responsible for two of the three RBIs in the inning.
 
Radford hung another crooked number on the Zips in the fourth inning as Mundy cleared the bases with a three-run blast to left center field with one out. The home run gave Radford a 6-0 edge.
 
Marissa Gagliano drove in her lone run of the game in the sixth inning scoring Sienna Williams, who reached on a fielder's choice. The run gave Radford a 7-0 lead until the eighth run came in the top of the sixth. Mills drove in her third run of the game with a groundout to second base that scored pinch runner Callie Morgan.
 
Huffman entered in the bottom of the sixth and shutdown the Zips in order. It was her fourth time retiring the Akron batters in order.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  Radford went 6-for-18 (.333) with runners on base and 4-for-11 (.364) with runners in scoring position against Akron.
•  The top three hitters in the batting order had multi-hit games for Radford, led by Mundy with a career-high tying three hit performance.
•  Gagliano and Tapia had two hits each while the trio scored two runs apiece.
•  Mundy and Mills were responsible for six of the eight runs driven in. Gagliano and Douglas had the other two.
•  Mills and Hannah Medlam had one hit against the Zips. Radford outhit Akron 9-2.
•  Kayla Huffman was on her "A" game in the final game of the day. She only allowed two hits and struck out six batters.
•  The win against Akron is the second straight game the Highlanders have not committed an error. Radford is 3-0 in games when not committing an error.
 
QUOTABLE
"Tonight's game wrapped up a great day of softball for our team. We had errorless defense, consistency at the plate and great pitching in the circle, which all lead to two good team wins."
 
UP NEXT
Radford looks to sweep the field at the Black & Orange Challenge, which concludes on Saturday with a game against Drexel at 9:30 a.m., and ends with a contest against host Mercer at 4:15 p.m.

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