The Radford softball team dropped the final game of its Big South Conference series against Charleston Southern on Sunday, falling by an 8-1 decision.
Hunter Mundy had a single to extend her streak of reaching base to 18 straight games, while Brittany Wratchford doubled and scored the lone Highlanders’ run. Marissa Gagliano totaled two of the team’s six hits.
Charleston Southern’s Jade Gandara and Cheyenne Gandara combined for six of the team’s eight RBIs, with the former going 3 for 4 with four RBIs.
The Buccaneers (20-27, 5-7) took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, taking advantage of an error with an RBI single by Jade Gandara. Cheyenne Gandara followed with a two-run homer, her seventh of the season. CSU made it 4-0 in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Stevi Johnson and Jade Gandara.
Radford (18-17, 4-5) broke up Cheyenne Gandara’s shutout in bottom of the inning as Wratchford hit a one-out double over the left-fielder, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a throwing error.
However, the Buccaneers came back with two in the top of the sixth on a two-run single by Jade Gandara and capped the scoring with two more in the seventh.
Kayla Huffman took the loss for the Highlanders, allowing four runs – three earned – on seven hits in five innings. She struck out five and walked one. Cheyenne Gandara struck out four with one walk in the compete-game win.
Radford continues its home stand this afternoon with a non-conference doubleheader against Western Carolina, with the first game set for 3 p.m.
— Courtesy of RU Athletics
