Powered by 25 hits and five home runs, Radford earned 9-2 and 8-0 wins over Albany and Siena on day one of the Highlander Classic presented by Comfort Inn & Suites from RU Softball Field.

The victories extended Radford’s winning streak to five games. The Highlanders will face off against Kent State in a pair of games tomorrow including the championship contest at approximately 4 p.m.

A slight change in the schedule will have the Highlanders and Golden Flashes playing back-to-back contests starting at 2 p.m. Albany and Siena will play a pair starting at 10 am.

Four home runs, two by Hope Creasy (Christiansburg, Va./Christiansburg), and a five-run third keyed Radford in its 9-2 victory over Albany in the first game.

A six-run first and a four-hit shutout by Kellie Snooks (Alsip, Ill./Marist) lifted Radford to an 8-0 five inning triumph over Siena in game two.

Along with Creasy, Nichole Beall (Culpeper/Culpeper County) and Sarah Himan (Woodbridge, Va./Hylton) homered for the Highlanders against the Great Danes.

Kristen Shifflett (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) and Meredith Moore (Roanoke, Va/Cave Spring) each recorded three of Radford’s 14 hits. It was a career-best for Moore. Beall and Himan knocked in three runs apiece, while Shifflett crossed the dish three times

Each team traded a run with one-out RBI singles in the first inning. Himan knocked in Shiffett who led off the game with a double. The Great Danes tied it as Gina Mason fisted a single into left, plating Walraven who single stole second and was sacrifice to third.

Highlighted by back-to-back home runs by Beall and Himan, Radford exploded for five runs in the second. Following an RBI double by Shifflett, Beall laced a three-run shot to leftcenter and Himan hit the next pitch over the leftfield fence for a 6-1 advantage.

Albany tallied a run in the fourth without the benefit of a hit. After loading the bases with three hit batsmen, Jessica Bergin drew a walk with two outs.

Hope Creasy got that run back with a leadoff home run, her sixth of the season, to dead center in the top of the fifth. A sac fly to center by Himan made it 8-2 in the sixth.