CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Campbell's softball team (38-16) lost a back-and-forth affair to Radford (41-14) by a 9-5 score on Friday, May 15 on the second day of the Chapel Hill Regional in the NCAA Tournament. With the loss, the Camels' 2009 season has ended.

Radford's biggest blow of the game came off the bat of freshman Leigh Godfrey to give RU the 6-5 advantage in the sixth inning. The home run was Godfrey's second blast of the game.

Radford scored first with two runs in the first inning. Kristen Shifflett was hit by a pitch, moved to second on an infield pop out and came in to score on Nicole Beall's single up the middle. Beall moved to second on the attempted throw home, took third on a steal and came in to score on the throwing error by the Campbell catcher on the steal attempt.

The Camels wasted a leadoff single by junior Robin Leathers in the bottom of the frame. Leathers started the inning by pushing a single into left field. She then took second on the fielding error by the Radford left fielder, but was stranded as the next three were retired in order.

CU scored three in the second. Freshman Christina Melton was hit by a pitch to start the inning and moved all the way to third on senior Karlie Love's double. Sophomore Keeli Michael then reached on a fielding error from the second baseman in which pinch runner Brittani Hubbard was tagged out as she strayed a bit off second. Junior Brittany Stanley followed with a single up the middle to score Melton from third. Lizzie Goldbach, who had been inserted to run for Stanley, stole second. On the play the trail runner Michael stole home and scored. Leathers drove in the third run of the inning with her single up the middle to plate Goldbach from second.

Radford took advantage of two Campbell errors to tie the game up in the third. Lauren Williams reached on a fielding error by the CU second baseman. Leigh Godfrey pushed a single through the box to move Williams to third on the play. Godfrey took second on the attempted play at third. With Sarah Himan at the plate, Williams was then tagged out on a missed bunt attempt. On the play Godfrey wisely took third. Godfrey would scamper home on the next play as the batted ball from Himan went through the Campbell third baseman's legs.

In what was shaping up to be quite the back-and-forth affair, Taylor McGee punched a single over the shortstop's head to start the Campbell third. After a strike out, Love unloaded on a Kellie Snooks offering and deposited it deep over the right field wall, where it banged high off the lightstand and gave CU a 5-3 advantage.

RU tied the game up with back-to-back home runs from Godfrey and Shifflett to start the fifth inning. It was the second time in the last three games that the duo has hit consecutive home runs for Radford.

CU threatened in their half of the fifth when Love banged a double off the wall. Michael followed with a single up the middle to move Love to third. Kelley was reinserted into the game to pitch for Radford and quickly retired the first two she faced. After issuing an intentional walk to Leathers, she struck out Katie Hinton to end the inning.

In the sixth Radford quickly capitalized on the change in momentum with Godfrey hitting her second home run of the day and eighth blast of the season to give RU the 6-5 lead.

The Highlanders added three insurance runs in the seventh. Shannon Keefe hit a two-run blast and Jessica Everhart scored from third on a wild pitch to make the final score 9-5.

The loss went to Melton (8-7), who allowed a run in her two innings of work. Chelsea Kelley (25-8) earned the victory for Radford.

Love lead the offensive charge for Campbell with three hits and a home run.

Notes: Karlie Love hit her 16th home run of the season, which places her second all-time at Campbell for home runs in a single season...the 80 wins that Campbell accumulated over the last two season is tied for the second most ever recorded over any two-year period of time in softball at CU....Campbell ended the season with a school-record 81 home runs.