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Radford RAD 8-14
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Winner NC State NCSU 11-17
Radford RAD
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Final
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NC State NCSU
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Radford RAD 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 7 11 1
NC State NCSU 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 8 10 2

W: A. Weixlmann (3-5) L: Greene, Chloe (1-4)

Softball
Rob Simmons

Game Recap: Softball |

Radford Comes Up Just Short in Heartbreaker at NC State

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Radford softball program was back in action for the first time in over a week on Wednesday against a tough ACC foe N.C. State. Radford got off to a hot start in the contest with a six-run third inning, but it wasn't enough as NC State clawed back in the 8-7 final.

Radford started the game down 2-0 after a first-inning home run but wouldn't back down. In the third inning the bats got going in a big way with six runs. Emily Smith started the inning with a double and after a single by Laura Thompson, the Highlanders only trailed 2-1.

A bunt single by Lexie Roberts put two runners on and Kari Shedrick singled to load the bases. Cori McMillan wasted no time laying down a bunt of her own with a squeeze opportunity. Thanks to a throwing error, Thompson was able to score and Radford had two runners in scoring position in a 3-2 game. After a wild pitch, Radford built on its first lead of the game 4-2.

Rachel Smith kept the line moving with a triple, her fourth of the season, scoring McMillan and making it 5-2. Right where the inning started, Emily Smith singled up the middle to score Rachel Smith and balloon the lead all the way to 6-2.

After a pair of runs scored in the bottom of the third, freshman Chloe Greene came in to pitch relief and kept the Highlanders in the lead. Radford got an insurance run in the fourth inning thanks to a two-out single by Rachel Smith that scored Lexie Roberts.

Leading 7-4, the Highlanders fell victim to a pair of defensive miscues that allowed the Wolfpack to gain some momentum. Tied at seven-all headed into the bottom of the seventh, N.C. State struck at the first pitch they saw for a walk off home run in the 8-7 final.

UP NEXT
The Highlanders focus moves to Big South play where the team starts on the road at Winthrop this weekend. After a doubleheader on Saturday, Radford and Winthrop will square off on ESPNU Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play RAD NCSU
NCSU BOT 1st K. Pavlick homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-2); R. Murray scored. 0 2
RAD TOP 3rd THOMPSON, L. singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); SMITH, E. scored. 1 2
RAD TOP 3rd SHEDRICK, K. singled up the middle, RBI (1-2); ROBERTS, L. advanced to second; THOMPSON, L. scored. 2 2
RAD TOP 3rd MCMILLAN, C. singled, bunt, RBI (0-0); SHEDRICK, K. advanced to second, advanced to third on the throw; ROBERTS, L. advanced to third, scored on an error by p, unearned. 3 2
RAD TOP 3rd MCMILLAN, C. advanced to second on a wild pitch; SHEDRICK, K. scored on a wild pitch, unearned. 4 2
RAD TOP 3rd SMITH, R. tripled to right field, RBI (3-0); MCMILLAN, C. scored, unearned. 5 2
RAD TOP 3rd SMITH, E. singled up the middle, RBI (1-2); SHARPE, F. advanced to second; SMITH, R. scored, unearned. 6 2
NCSU BOT 3rd L. Whittaker homered to right field, 2 RBI (3-1); M. Inscoe scored. 6 4
RAD TOP 4th SMITH, R. singled up the middle, RBI (3-2); MCMILLAN, C. advanced to second; ROBERTS, L. scored. 7 4
NCSU BOT 5th H. Haislip singled to left field, RBI (0-0); H. Goodwin advanced to second; K. Pavlick scored, unearned. 7 5
NCSU BOT 6th M. Marbury homered to right center, RBI (1-1). 7 6
NCSU BOT 6th L. Whittaker singled to shortstop, out at second 1b to 2b, RBI (0-2); K. Pavlick advanced to third; G. Wilson scored. 7 7
NCSU BOT 7th H. Goodwin homered to center field, RBI. 7 8

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