Radford Athletics 4/19/2021 4:20:00 PM

Radford Roundup: April 19-April 26

RADFORD, Va. – Welcome to the Radford Roundup, where fans can find out all the information they need on upcoming Radford Athletics events taking place between Monday, April 19th and Monday 26th.

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BASEBALL | SOFTBALL | LACROSSE | MEN'S GOLF | WOMENS TRACK & FIELD

BASEBALL

at Longwood - Tuesday, Apr. 20, 6 p.m.
vs. High Point - Friday, April 23, 6 p.m. | Saturday, Apr. 24, 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. (DH)
Where: Longwood: Farmville, Va. | Buddy Bolding Stadium // High Point: Radford, Va. | Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium
Series: Longwood: Radford leads, 21-17 // High Point: High Point leads, 37-35
Records: Radford (15-14, 9-10 BSC) | Longwood (11-21, 4-14 BSC) | High Point (11-16, 9-11 BSC)
Links: Found on the schedule page HERE

The Highlanders won the series over Winthrop this weekend after dropping the first game of the series. In the final two games of the series, Radford outscored the Eagles, 17-5.
Garrett Matheny tallied seven RBIs in the series, while Will Harless had a 1.692 on-base plus slugging percentage and went 6-for-10 through three games.
Greg Duncan tossed a seven-inning complete game in the second game of the series. He only allowed six hits, with one unearned run en route to his fourth win of the season.
Longwood enters with an 11-21 record and is led by freshman Eliot Dix with a .362 batting average and 30 RBIs.
High Point will travel to Radford for the weekend series. Cole Singsank leads the team with a .337 batting average, while Peyton Carr's 22 RBIs are a team-high and his five home runs are tied for tops on the team.
The Panther's Friday night starter, Grey Lyttle, leads the team with 47.0 innings pitched and has 56 strikeouts, while holding opponents to a .212 batting average.

SOFTBALL

Tuesday, April 20th | at Virginia – 6 p.m.
Friday, April 23rd | vs. Presbyterian – 1/3 p.m. (DH)
Saturday, April 24th | vs. Presbyterian - 12 p.m.
Where: Virginia: Charlottesville, Va. | Palmer Parl // Presbyterian: Radford, Va. | Radford Softball Stadium
Series: Virginia: Radford leads, 7-5 // Presbyterian: Radford leads, 25-8
Records: Radford (14-24, 7-5 BSC) | Virginia (13-25) | Presbyterian (12-14, 4-11 BSC)
Links: Found on the schedule page HERE

Radford sits in fourth place of the Big South standings and will have a big week to make up some ground with a three-game weekend series hosting Presbyterian after a midweek tilt at Virginia.
The Highlanders tallied 23 hits in the Longwood series last week and was able to pick up a win on Tuesday evening to even up the series.
Talia Douglas went 4-for-8 in the three games with three doubles and five RBIs.
Virginia is led by Abby Weaver with a .328 batting average, while Katie Goldberg had a team-high 34 hits with 23 RBIs.
Rebecca Clark leads Presbyterian offensively with a .321 batting average, while Haley Haselden has a 2.06 ERA with 73 strikeouts through 85.0 innings. Jenna Greene has a team-high 81 strikeouts through 69.2 innings pitched.

LACROSSE

Wednesday, April 21st | vs. Presbyterian – 5 p.m.
Where: Radford, Va. | SORC
Series: Radford leads, 3-1
Records: Radford (4-11, 3-2 BSC) | Presbyterian (4-8, 1-3 BSC)
Links: Found on the schedule page HERE

The Highlanders had a tough week last week and will look to rebound in their regular season finale against Presbyterian on Wednesday.
Radford has already clinched their spot in the postseason but their opponent still is not locked up.
Ava Goeller was the team's highest goal scorer last week with four goals against Campbell and one of the team's four goals against High Point. She also caused a turnover, picked up three ground balls, and won five draw controls over the two matches.

MEN'S GOLF

at Big South Championships - Sunday, April 18th - Wednesday, April 21st
Where: Ninety Six, S.C.
Host Institution: Big South
Links: Found on the schedule page HERE

Radford moves onto its final tournament of the season at the Big South Championship, which has already finished play through the first round.
Patrick Gareiss (73-70-70, -3) was the top performing Highlander at the Wofford Invitational last week, finishing tied for 7th out of all competitors
Bryce Corbett (78-71-66, -1) also performed well for Radford, finishing second on the team and tied for ninth amongst all competitors.
Through the first round of the Big South tournament the Highlanders are currently in third place with Hunter Duncan leading the team so far tied for fifth overall at 2-under.

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

at Aggie Invitational - Saturday, April 24th
Where: Greensboro, N.C.
Host Institution: North Carolina A&T
Links: Found on the schedule page HERE

Radford is back in action for its fifth competition this week, this time at the Aggie Invitational hosted by North Carolina A&T.
Last week the Highlanders had a long day with multiple record book appearances in a single-day invitational at James Madison.
The biggest mark of the day came in the 3k where Rachel Millirons set a new program record with a 9:56.54 time. MegAnne Gilmore also set a personal record in the same event, putting herself eighth all-time in the record book.
Rachel Werking added to her impressive outdoor season so far with a season best in the 1500m which ranks sixth in program history.
On the field side of competition there wasn't a lack of program-best times either. Maddie Wright and Makayla Jones put their names in the record book with their marks in the javelin throw.

Stay tuned for the next Radford Roundup which will feature events from Monday April 26th through Monday May 3rd.

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