ROCK HILL, S.C. - Radford scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to complete a 9-1 win over No. 4 Charleston Southern Friday, May 13 in the Big South Softball Championship presented by Musco Sports Lighting in Rock Hill, S.C.

Top-seeded Radford (36-20) advances to face Coastal Carolina Friday at 3 p.m. with a spot in the championship game on the line. The Buccaneers end their season with a 25-33 record.

Kimberly Hobbs (14-15) broke the CSU single-season record with her 146th strikeout during Saturday's game. She allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings, while Hayes Holdsworth yielded four runs on four hits in relief. Stephanie Dameron and Kellie Snooks combined for a three-hitter, with Snooks improving to 1-3 on the season.

Megan Lombard went 2-for-3 for the Buccaneers, while Kristin Kelleher hit a solo home run, her second of the season.

Four Highlanders registered multiple base hits. Shannon Keefe hit 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI. Kristen Shifflett hit 2-for-3, scored three runs and hit a homer, while Nichole Beall added a home run.

Radford struck first with a two-out rally in the bottom of the first inning. Hobbs struck out Nichole Beall for the second out, but Taylor Cunningham followed with a single. Cunningham stole second and then scored on a single by Keefe for a 1-0 RU advantage.

Kelleher blasted a 2-2 pitch over the fence in center field to knot the game at 1-1 in the top of the third. Lombard singled up the middle, leading to a pitching change as Snooks replaced Dameron. Snooks got the final two batters to fly out.

Shifflett homered the center on the first pitch she saw in the third inning, and Radford reclaimed the edge at 2-1. The final two batters popped out for the final two outs of the inning.

Radford extended its lead to two runs at 3-1 on a fourth-inning solo shot by Keefe. Michelle Beall then singled, and Hobbs hit Vicki Madden with a pitch. With runners on second and third, Lauren Williams grounded out for the third out.

Michelle Beall bolstered RU's lead with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning, and Radford led 5-1 after five frames. The Bucs managed one hit in the sixth before Radford come to bat.

The Highlanders scored four runs on four hits off of Holdsworth in the bottom of the sixth, with Michelle Beall singling in the game-ending run.

CSU concludes its season with a 25-33 record. The team recorded a program-record-tying 10 wins in Big South play, and also notched a CSU-high in single-season strikeouts individually and as a team. The Bucs will look to build on momentum gained from this season.