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Tar Heels Rout Campbell In Record Fashion
May 14, 2009 | Softball
May 14, 2009
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CHAPEL HILL --- North Carolina scored 16 runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to a record-setting 21-2 win over Campbell Thursday afternoon on the first day of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional at Anderson Stadium. UNC (46-11) established NCAA Championship records for runs in an inning (16), total runs (21) and margin of victory (19) in winning their NCAA opener for just the second time in eight trips to the tournament. Alyssa Francona knocked in four runs in the first, including a three-run home run off the scoreboard in left center.
Christine Knauer opened the record-breaking first inning with a slap single over third base before stealing second and scoring on a pair of wild pitches by Campbell starter Brittany Stanley (19-5). After a pair of walks and an error, Ally Blake singled to right to score Kelsey Green.
Whitney Allen then grounded to short with the bases loaded, but Amanda Miller's throw home struck Emily Troup between second and third to score two more. Francona then delivered her first home run of the season to make it 7-0, but the Tar Heels were just getting started.
Campbell pitcher Katie Woodcock relieved Stanley following the Francona blast, and quickly allowed four runs on a Danielle Spaulding RBI groundout, a two-run double by Brittany McKenney and an Troup single. Stanley returned to the circle after the Troup RBI and was touched up for four more runs, highlighted by two-run singles from Constance Orr and Breanna Brown.
The Camels (38-15) got a pair of runs back in the top of the second on back-to-back home runs by Christina Melton and Taylor McGee, but we never able to make any more of a dent in the historic deficit.
UNC scored two more in the third on a Dani Wheeler RBI walk and another RBI groundout from Spaulding. The Tar Heels then added three more in the fourth on Brittany Robinson's three-run shot, her third of the season.
Orr (4-1) pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief of Spaulding to get the win in the circle for Carolina. She entered the game with two on in the third and induced a double-play ground ball off the bat of Karlie Love that ended the inning.
The 16-run first inning broke Arizona's nine-year-old record of 12 that the Wildcats scored against Nebraska in the 2000 tournament, while the 21 runs eclipsed the 19 Alabama scored against Tennessee Tech in 2007.
With the victory, Carolina advances to the winner's bracket to face No. 6 national seed Georgia, a 3-1 winner over Radford in Thursday's first game. Game time for the UNC-Georgia tilt is set for 1 p.m. Friday, while Campbell and Radford will meet in an elimination game at 3:30.
