University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Takes On NC State In An ACC Series This Weekend
April 16, 2015 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Tar Heels will travel to Raleigh this weekend for an ACC series against NC State. The series will begin with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. and will conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
UNC (31-10, 13-3) has won six straight heading into this series with the Wolf Pack and currently sits in second place in the ACC.
Kristen Brown, the Carolina single-season home run record holder, leads the ACC and ranks sixth in the nation with 18 home runs so far in 2015. Amber Parrish is right behind her with 16, coming in at 17th nationally. Brown also leads the ACC in RBIs with 56, another UNC single-season record, and is again followed by Parrish with 48.
Scouting the Pack
NC State comes into this weekend with a record of 25-17, 9-6 in conference play. The Pack is currently in fifth place in the ACC behind Louisville, Notre Dame, UNC and Florida State. '
State is led by Renada Davis who is batting .378 with a .685 slugging percentage.
UNC and NC State have met on 38 occasions, the most recent coming in the first round of the 2014 ACC Tournament where the Tar Heels defeated the Wolf Pack 8-4. The two teams are dead even at 19-19 all-time
