High Point scored three runs in both the ninth and tenth innings to win the series opener with Radford, 13-10, at Dedmon Center Park on Friday afternoon.

The Panthers (16-14, 3-1 Big South) pounded out 17 hits in the win while Radford (7-17, 0-4) finished with 15 hits but committed five errors. HPU held a 6-2 lead early in the game before having to make their late inning surge.

Junior Randy Schwartz went a blistering 5-for-6 at the plate to lead High Point driving in five runs including the game winner in the 10th. Schwartz recorded a pair of doubles and a homerun on the day. Chris Norwood, who played for the first time in two weeks, had a pair of RBIs on a 3-for-5 day. Alfie Wheeler went 3-for-6 and Bill Manion was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI for the Panthers.

High Point opened the scoring in the first inning when Robby Kuzdale, who reached on a leadoff double extending his team-best hit streak to 15 games, scored on a Radford error. A pair of RBI singles by Manion and Schwartz gave HPU three runs in the first frame. Manion's single scored second baseman Jeff Cowan and Schwartz's drove in Manion.

RU responded in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs. Steve Mignogna hit a lead-off triple to extend his Big South Conference leading 17-game hitting streak. Two batters later Nate Toth drilled a two-run home run to left-center field.

The Panthers got one back in the third when designated hitter Norwood singled up the middle, scoring Schwartz who reached on a double. They extended their lead to 6-2 in the top of the fourth when Billy Alvino doubled home Manion and Schwartz followed by doubling home Alvino.

The Highlanders closed back within one with a three-run fifth. After a lead-off ground out, five of the next six RU batters picked up a hit. Mignogna, Corey Greene, Jeff Cooper, Alex Gregory and designated hitter Tom Neiman each had a single for Radford with Mignogna, Greene and Toth all scoring.

A solo shot to centerfield by Gregory in the bottom of the seventh tied the game at six, but High Point retook the lead in the eighth on an RBI single down the left field line by Manion that drove in Wheeler.

Radford took its first lead of the game in the bottom of the eighth when Mignogna hit a two-run homer to left centerfield, scoring Rocky Weiss. RU scored again three batters later when Nick Minter hit an RBI single to drive in Greene. Gregory followed with a single that drove in Toth to give RU a 10-7 lead.

High Point rallied with three runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game, starting with a homerun by Schwartz, his sixth of the season. Norwood then scored on a single by Wheeler and pinch runner Anthony Bell scored on a sacrifice bunt by Kuzdale.

After plating three runs to extend the game, the Panthers tallied three more in top of the tenth to earn the come from behind, extra inning victory. Schwartz singled up the middle with runners on scoring both Manion and Cowan to retake the lead for HPU.

HPU's Glenn Jones (1-1) earned the victory in throwing 1.1 innings of relief allowing no hits, no runs and no walks. Radford's Josh Eason (0-1) took the loss in 0.2 innings pitched. Eason started the day at second base and then entered as Radford's pitcher in the ninth.

The teams will continue the three game conference series Saturday at 1:00 pm.