RADFORD, Va. – Radford's Jessie Marvin limited Norfolk State softball to just one hit as the Spartans fell to the Highlanders by a 7-1 score on Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference game at the Radford Softball Stadium.
 
In a game delayed several hours due to weather, NSU was unable to get anything going on offense, scoring its only run on a bases-loaded walk. Radford finished with nine hits, scoring six of its seven runs between the fifth and sixth innings.
 
Due to the later start following the weather delay, the teams did not play the second game of the doubleheader.
 
The Spartans (19-15) got their lone run in the fifth after they loaded the bases with one out, including their only hit of the game, a single by junior Lily Potter. Freshman Yrral Davis drew a walk to make it 1-1, but the Highlanders got out of the inning when Potter was thrown out at home on a fly out to center.
 
Radford (17-29) broke it open with four runs in the bottom half of the fifth, three on Madison Canady's bases-clearing double. The Highlanders added two more runs in the sixth on Riley Oakes' two-run single.
 
Marvin (9-14) allowed just the one earned run with four walks and five strikeouts in all seven innings. NSU sophomore Alexis Robinson (5-6) was tagged with the loss after giving up seven hits and six runs, four earned, in five innings.
 
The two teams finish out the series on Wednesday with a doubleheader beginning at 12 p.m. Those will mark the last games for the Spartans before next week's MEAC Tournament.