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Winner Winthrop WINTHROP 29-21
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Radford RAD 29-25
Winner
Winthrop WINTHROP
29-21
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Final
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Radford RAD
29-25
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Winthrop WINTHROP 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 14 3
Radford RAD 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 1

W: Powell, Megan (16-11) L: REDMON, D. (16-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

Eagles Outlast Top-Seeded Radford In Extra Innings At Big South Championship

Eagles Face Spartans With Winner Advancing To Title Game

Clinton, S.C. – A 7th inning rally led to an extra innings victory as fourth-seeded Winthrop knocked of top-seeded Radford 7-4, Thursday afternoon on day two of the 2025 Big South Conference Championship.

GAME INFORMATION
RECORD: (4) Winthrop (29-21, 10-8 Big South) | (1) Radford (29-25, 14-4 Big South)
WINTHROP LEADERS: Megan Powell (W, ER, 2BB, 4K / 4-6, R, 2 RBI, 2B) | Emma Jackson (3-3, 3R, RBI, 2BB, HBP) | Katie Beck (2-6, 2B, 2 RBI) | Peyton Bryden (2-6, R, RBI, HR)
WHAT HAPPENED
  • Winthrop struck first as Peyton Bryden led off the second inning with a home run to left
  • Eagles doubled their lead to 2-0 in the third as Emma Jackson drew a one out walk and scored from first on a double to right by Megan Powell
  • Radford got on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Rachel Smith reached on an infield single to short to set the table
  • Cassi Barbato followed with a single up the middle as Smith raced around to get to third on the play and Barbato moved over to second
  • After a ground out to short, Harrison hit a slow grounder to second to score Rachel Smith from third
  • Powell came into pitch and after loading the bases got a grounder to short as Grayson Buckner came home for the force out
  • The Highlanders grabbed the lead as Emily Smith hit a pitch off the end of the bat that dropped in front of Tia Beckham in left field to plate to and grab a 3-2 lead
  • Eagles had a chance to tie the game in the fifth inning as Jackson was hit by a pitch with two outs and then moved over to third on a single to right by Powell
  • The threat ended as Beckham grounded out to the pitcher
  • In the top of the seventh, Buckner led off with a single up the middle and then sacrificed over to second by Madelyn Miller
  • Two batters later Jackson came through with a single up the middle, scoring Buckner to tie the game
  • Jackson moved over to second on the play when the throw went to home and then scored a go-ahead run on a single by Powell to left field
  • Radford tied the game in the bottom of the seventh as Amanda Lee led off with a double down the left field line to set the table
  • With two outs, Lee scored on a flare to right field by Kelley Feigen
  • Eagles started the 10th inning with back-to-back singles by Jackson and Powell
  • Katie Beck followed with a single down the left field line as Jackson raced around third trying to score the go-head run but was thrown out in a close play at home plate
  • Bryden came through with a single to right with two outs to load the bases but the Eagles were unable to take advantage
  • In the bottom of the 10th inning Radford got a one out single by Bossler and she moved to second on a ground out but Powell forced a pop up to end the inning
  • Eagles kept battling and it paid off in the top of the 11th inning as Buckner led off with a shot past the first baseman for a single
  • Tabitha Perry sacrificed Buckner to second to get the go-ahead run in scoring position
  • Emma Jackson followed with a single to left to put runners at the corners
  • Powell came up and hit a grounder to the left side that was fielded by the third base and a throw home got Buckner out on the force play
  • The catcher tried to turn two as Powell raced up the line and her throw airmailed the first baseman into right field which allowed Emma Roberson to score for a 5-4 lead
  • Tia Beckham put the Eagles up by two runs with a single through the left side that scored Jackson and then Beck doubled to left to drive in Powell for a three run cushion
  • Lee led off the bottom of the 11th for Radford and singled through the hole at short but Powell recorded three straight outs including the final out coming on a foul out as Perry made the touch catch near the fence to clinch the win
  • Powell tossed 7.2 innings of relief to earn her 16 win of the season as she allowed one run on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts
EXTRA BASES
  • This game tied the longest game in a conference tournament game for the Eagles, matching the 11-inning loss to Liberty (5-4) in the 2001 conference tournament
  • The Eagles batted .412 with runners in scoring position and .353 with two outs
  • The home run by Bryden gave the Eagles 47 for the season, which is tied for 6th most in a single-season
  • Powell extended her streak of reaching base to seven games as she finished the day with a career-high four hits
  • Beckham's RBI in the 11th gave her 40 for the season, becoming the 12th player in program history with 40 or more RBI in a single-season
  • The 14 hits for the Eagles tied a season-high, which they did against Norfolk State on Mar. 7
  • This season the Eagles are now 5-2 in extra innings
  • Beck has moved within two RBI of tying Tessa Thomas for the most by a Winthrop freshman in a single-season
  • The last two meetings between Winthrop and Radford in the conference tournament have totaled 21 innings as the Eagles won 4-3 in 10 innings in 2019
ON DECK
Eagles advance to the first game of the day on Friday, May 8 to face third-seeded USC Upstate at 12 p.m. and the winner of the game will advance to the title game of the Big South Championship.
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