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Softball Hosts Boston College To Open ACC Play
March 10, 2022 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Carolina softball team returns home on Friday at 3 p.m. to open Atlantic Coast Conference play, hosting Boston College at Anderson Softball Stadium. The Tar Heels will play a doubleheader on Friday against the Eagles, before finishing the three-game series with a 12 p.m. Sunday matchup. Admission is free.
The original schedule to play one game on each Friday, Saturday and Sunday was changed on Thursday due to forcasted inclement weather.
For those unable to those unable to attend in person, Friday's doubleheader will also air live on the ACCNX, while Sunday's game will be on the ACC Network.
Carolina is coming off a 3-2 week, earning victories overVillanova, UNCG and UConn, but falling to No. 19 Michigan and No. 12 Oregon.
In that five-game stretch, junior Bri Stubbs batted a team-best .600, going 9-of-15 at the plate with five doubles, four RBIs, plating seven runs, drawing three walks and slugging .933%.
In the circle, Hannah George went 2-0, while Talia Hannappel earned her second save of the season.
Notables:
Up Next:
The Tar Heels host UNCW on March 15 at 6 p.m.
Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
The original schedule to play one game on each Friday, Saturday and Sunday was changed on Thursday due to forcasted inclement weather.
For those unable to those unable to attend in person, Friday's doubleheader will also air live on the ACCNX, while Sunday's game will be on the ACC Network.
Carolina is coming off a 3-2 week, earning victories overVillanova, UNCG and UConn, but falling to No. 19 Michigan and No. 12 Oregon.
In that five-game stretch, junior Bri Stubbs batted a team-best .600, going 9-of-15 at the plate with five doubles, four RBIs, plating seven runs, drawing three walks and slugging .933%.
In the circle, Hannah George went 2-0, while Talia Hannappel earned her second save of the season.
Notables:
- The Tar Heels are 24-1 all-time against Boston College in Anderson Stadium
- Boston College's sole win in Chapel Hill was March 11, 1989
- Carolina has won the last nine matchups against the Eagles, dating back to May 12, 2016
- The Tar Heels are 11-4 in the first ACC game of the season in the past 15 seasons
- Carolina has won 14 of the last 15 conference-opening series
- Bri Stubbs currently ranks No. 4 in the ACC in walks (13) and No. 10 in on base percentage (.521)
- Sara Jubas ranks No. 10 the conference with seven doubles this season
- Hannah George (7-0) is one of just five pitchers in the conference without a loss this season
- Talia Hannappel already has two saves this season, tied for the most of any pitcher in the conference
- Stubbs has 23 hits this season, just seven hits shy of her 30 hits in 2021. She drew four total walks her first two seasons. She already has a team-best 13 this season
- Statistical category leaders this season - batting average: Stubbs (.404), runs: Stubbs (15), hits: Stubbs (23), RBI: Jubas (15), doubles: Jubas (7), slugging: Stubbs (.544), on-base percentage: Stubbs (.521)
Up Next:
The Tar Heels host UNCW on March 15 at 6 p.m.
Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
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