Softball 4/20/2018 5:17:00 PM

RADFORD WELCOMES GARDNER-WEBB FOR WEEKEND SERIES

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RADFORD, Va. – Radford welcomes Gardner-Webb to Radford Softball Stadium for a three-game series, which was originally slated for March but was rescheduled due to winter weather. The series opens with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m., and 3 p.m., and features the finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.

SETTING THE STAGE

Opponent: Gardner-Webb (27-20, 8-7 Big South)
Series: Radford leads 21-10
Last Meeting: April 2, 2017 | Radford won 5-4
Location: Radford, Va. (Radford Softball Stadium)
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Radford (24-15, 6-6 Big South) bounced back with a road sweep over Norfolk State on Wednesday, where the Highlanders outscored the Spartans 15-4 in two games.
Marissa Gagliano enters with a team-best .371 batting average, which ranks seventh in the Big South.
She has a .477 on base percentage that stands at fifth in the conference. The redshirt junior leads the team with 46 hits.
Senior Maggie Rowe has tallied 14 RBIs over the last 12 games. She leads the team with 31 runs driven in and ranks inside the conference's top 10 in RBIs.
19 of her 31 RBIs have come with two outs. She has tallied 42 career two out RBIs.
Kayla Huffman (7-4) has 34 strikeouts over the last eight games she's appeared in and has fanned a combined 27 batters in the previous two Big South series.
However, Abby Morrow (15-9) leads the team in strikeouts with 74. She is now the leader in career pitching appearances at Radford with 162.
Morrow ranks seventh in the nation averaging 0.79 walks per seven innings pitched, while the team ranks 19^th with a 3.49:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Hannah Medlam is tearing it up in conference play with a .390 batting average and a team-best 16 hits.
Gagliano has scored 11 runs against Big South teams and Rowe has driven in 12.

SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB

Gardner-Webb (27-20, 8-7 Big South) enters the weekend winning seven of its last 10 contests including two series wins over Charleston Southern and Winthrop.
The Runnin' Bulldogs have a 22-11 record at home, but are 4-6 when playing on the road.
GWU has one of the top offenses in the nation and the top offense in the Big South. Hitting .315 as a team, the Runnin' Bulldogs rank 28^th in the country in that category and lead the Big South with 379 hits.
A big part of that is freshman Katie Prebble, who was recently named one of the 25 finalists for Schutt Sports/NFCA Freshman of the Year.
She ranks first in the country in home runs per game averaging one per two games played (0.48) and RBIs per game (1.41).
The freshman also leads the nation in slugging percentage (1.031), home runs (21) and RBIs (66).
The Runnin' Bulldogs boast the nation's leader in hits as Andria Booth has 77. She has scored a team-high 44 runs as well.
The Achilles heel for GWU is their pitching, which ranks second to last in the Big South.
They have given up a conference-high 400 hits, allowed 261 runs to score and opponents are hitting .314 against them.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Marissa Gagliano: SS; 5' 4"; Redshirt Junior; L/R

#22 Kayla Huffman: P; 5' 7"; Junior; R/R

#24 Hannah Medlam: OF; 5' 6"; Junior; L/R

#2 Abby Morrow: P; 5' 10"; Senior; R/R

#38 Maggie Rowe: C; 5' 4"; Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#5 Marissa Gagliano
: 5' 4"; Redshirt Junior; L/R
: SS

#22 Kayla Huffman
: 5' 7"; Junior; R/R
: P

#24 Hannah Medlam
: 5' 6"; Junior; L/R
: OF

#2 Abby Morrow
: 5' 10"; Senior; R/R
: P

#38 Maggie Rowe
: 5' 4"; Senior; R/R
: C