Highlanders Sink Buccaneers, Shut Out Third Straight Big South Opponent

Saturday, October 17

Charleston, S.C.

3:00 PM

Radford University

6-7-1, 4-2-0

Charleston Southern

4-10-0, 2-4-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Radford	1	1	2
Charleston Southern	0	0	0

Game Notes

Photo by: Matthew Maldonado

Highlanders Sink Buccaneers, Shut Out Third Straight Big South Opponent

10/17/2026 5:47:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford women's soccer team has settled into a proper rhythm heading into the final stages of the regular season, as the Highlanders dispatched Charleston Southern, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon at CSU Soccer Field.

KEY FACTS

Mallory Harmison opened the scoring for the Highlanders, with the junior swinging in a corner kick to give Radford the lead in the 22nd minute.
Ava Kertgate added a second goal to give the Highlanders an added cushion in the 55th minute.
Lexi Radvanyi made six saves for her third-straight clean sheet and fourth of the season. The senior goalkeeper also moved from fifth to second in career minutes played in net in program history.
This is the first time Radford has won three-straight regular season conference games by multiple goals since Oct. 16-23, 2021 (3-0 vs. Presbyterian, 4-0 vs. Hampton, 2-0 at Charleston Southern).
This is the first time Radford has shut out three-straight conference opponents in the regular season since Oct. 15-26, 2022 (5-0 vs. Charleston Southern, 3-0 at Gardner-Webb, and 1-0 vs. High Point).
Radford will finish the weekend at least third (at best tied for second) in the Big South standings with 12 points.

PLAY BY PLAY
Kertgate logged the first shot on goal of the contest in the 10^th minute which was saved, and the Buccaneers drove the field to earn a corner kick a minute later, with nothing of relevance coming to fruiting off it. Radford won their first corner kick of the match in the 22nd minute. Harmison took it and curled it on net, and though the Buccaneers goalkeeper got a piece of it, the shot managed to get past the goal line for the opening tally.

Radvanyi made a pair of saves in the first half to keep the Highlanders on top at the break. Charleston Southern added a couple of shots to open the second, but neither were on target. Kertgate got a good look that was saved in the 52nd minute, then received a pass from Blake, dribbled through a few defenders, and scored with a great finish to make it a 2-0 game early in the second half.

The Buccaneers went to work to try and get back into it, but the Radford defense prevented any strong attacks. Over a 20-minute window in the middle of the second half, Charleston Southern added five shots, but none were on goal. Radvanyi made three saves across the final 15 minutes, securing her 18th shutout of her career.

SOHRABI QUOTABLE
"We played well today," Head Coach Ben Sohrabi said after the victory. "It wasn't always pretty, but we played effective, smart soccer. Winning on the road is difficult and to get two in a row is an accomplishment. It was a busy week, but we got three good results."

UP NEXT
Radford has a bit of a break before their next match, having a full 14-day break. The Highlanders host Presbyterian on Halloween night at 7:00 p.m. The final regular season game is free to attend at Cupp Stadium and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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