Big South Softball Series Summary - March 27-29
Radford, Winthrop and USC Upstate all picked up Big South series wins during the weekend, with the Highlanders and Eagles collecting sweeps.
Radford wins series over Presbyterian, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - Radford 5, Presbyterian 0
Game 2 - Radford 10, Presbyterian 2
Game 3 - Radford 12, Presbyterian 9
Notables -- Dakota Redmon twirled a shutout and drove in two runs to help lift Radford in the 5-0 series-opening victory ... The Highlanders offense combined for 22 runs in Saturday's two wins to secure the series sweep over Presbyterian.
Winthrop wins series over Charleston Southern, 3 games to 0
Game 1 - Winthrop 7, Charleston Southern 5
Game 2 - Winthrop 11, Charleston Southern 1
Game 3 - Winthrop 5, Charleston Southern 3
Notables -- This was the Eagles' first road sweep in league play since 2022 at Gardner-Webb ... Winthrop has won six straight after back-to-back conference series sweeps ... It is the first time since the 2008 season that the Eagles have swept back-to-back Big South series.
USC Upstate wins series over Longwood, 2 games to 1
Game 1 - USC Upstate 9, Longwood 0
Game 2 - USC Upstate 9, Longwood 5
Game 3 - Longwood 10, USC Upstate 1
Notables -- The Spartans clinched the series on Saturday with a run-rule shutout in game one, and overcoming the Lancers' four-run first inning in game two ... In Sunday's finale, Maggie Chapin fired her first career no-hitter to lift Longwood in the series finale. Chapin (9-9) struck out five, walked four and hit one batter, using 100 pitches for the Lancers' first no-hitter since since Sydney Backstrom did it to Gardner-Webb, 7-0, on May 1, 2022 in Farmville.