Softball Drops Midweek Match to Charlotte

Tuesday, April 6

Chapel Hill, N.C.

5 PM

North Carolina

10-13

Charlotte

18-8

Charlotte

North Carolina

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 6, 2021 | Softball

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CHAPEL HILL – Although the Tar Heels threatened with runners in scoring position in the seventh, North Carolina fell to Charlotte 11-4 in Chapel Hill on Tuesday evening.

Charlotte jumped to an early six-run lead by the second inning. The Tar Heels managed to bring it within two thanks to a two-run home run by Brittany Pickett and heads up base-running by Skyler Brooks and Campbell Hutcherson that caused the 49ers' infield to scramble. However, Charlotte's momentum continued with five unanswered runs to earn the midweek win.

Carolina scattered six hits throughout the game while Pickett led the Tar Heels with two RBI for her second multi-RBI game of the season. Charlotte's Bailey Vannoy and Madelyn Wright both had three-hit games.

Katie Grace Olinger struck out one in 3.1 innings to take the loss and fall to 0-3 on the season. Charlotte's Wright earned the win in 4.0 innings while Lindsey Walljasper picked up the save.

North Carolina (10-13, 6-7 ACC) hosts Virginia at home for a four-game series, starting Friday with a 4 p.m. doubleheader at Anderson Stadium. Charlotte improves to 18-8 on the season.

How it Happened
» Charlotte's Bailey Vannoy led off the game with a home run.
» The 49ers extended their lead to six on five runs, six hits and an error in the second as Gaby Katz entered to pitch.
» UNC jumped on the board as Kiannah Pierce drew an RBI-walk in the second.
» Pickett cut Carolina's deficit in half with a moonshot to center in the third, plating two on her third home run of the season.
» Taylor Greene caught her seventh runner stealing in the fourth.
» Carolina plated one run in the fourth on four bunts: two for singles and two sacrifices. Savvy base running allowed for Hutcherson to cross the plate on Brook's bunt-single, cutting UNC's deficit to two.
» However, Charlotte batted around in the sixth, plating five runs on three hits and an error, to extend the lead to seven.
» Despite drawing two walks in the seventh, Carolina was unable to convert.
» Winning pitcher: Madelyn Wright (8-1) // Losing pitcher: Katie Grace Olinger (0-3) // Save: Lindsey Walljasper (2)

Notable
» Freshman Brooke Miller made her collegiate pitching debut in the sixth inning.
» Carolina split innings among four pitchers: Katie Grace Olinger, Gaby Katz, Alyssa Stanley and Brooke Miller.
» Tonight's 11-4 decision marks Carolina's first loss to Charlotte at home since 1997.

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