Tar Heels Begin Two Week Road Trip with a Stop at Pittsburgh

Friday, April 16

Pittsburgh, Pa.

5 PM

North Carolina

Pittsburgh

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 14, 2021 | Softball

Game Notes

By: Sarah Sessoms

CHAPEL HILL – Carolina begins an eight-game road trip with four games over the weekend versus the Pitt Panthers at Vartabedian Field.

Friday night begins the series with a 5 p.m. first pitch in the Steel City. A double header on Saturday, the Heels will face off against the Panthers at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The series will wrap up on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Three of the four games will be broadcast on the linear ACC Network, Friday night, Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday. The other game, Saturday at 1 p.m., will be streamed on ACCNX.

The Tar Heels enter the weekend 12-15 overall, 8-9 in ACC play, while Pittsburgh comes into the weekend 10-25 with a 5-20 record in league play.

Recently for Carolina
This past weekend at Anderson stadium in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels split the series 2-2 against the Virginia Cavaliers. On Sunday in the double header, Carolina went on to win 11-6 in the first leg, but not clinch the series, Wahoos dropping the second game, 8-5. Home runs by Dominique Monteon and Brittany Pickett also propelled North Carolina to a 7-3 victory on Saturday of the series.

» Carolina upped its season total to five triples with two on Saturday.
» Snapping their five-game losing streak on Saturday, the Tar Heels' nine hits were the most since March 6 vs. Elon (12 hits).
» Campbell Hutcherson recorded her first home run of the season and first since March 1, 2020 on Sunday versus the Hoos
» Gabby Katz logged her first career win in the circle for the Tar Heels

About Pittsburgh
Entering the weekend with a 10-25 record and a five-game losing streak, the Pitt Panthers most recently dropped all four games in the series versus NC State. In the finale game, Pitt recorded three hits on the day, by senior Morgan Batesole, senior LoLo Sanchez and sophomore EC Taylor.

Up Next
Carolina continues their swing on the road with four games against Duke, April 23-25, before a week off.

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