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Softball Drops NC State Matchup
March 26, 2022 | Softball
Junior Kianna Jones hit her sixth home run of the season, her second home run of the weekend, while freshman Alex Brown hit her first collegiate long ball.
The Tar Heels also turned their first triple play of the season in the top of the seventh inning.
Notables:
- Prior to this weekend, the most runs scored in a UNC-NC State game was 22, a record set on April 16, 1977. The Tar Heels and Wolfpack have had back-to-back 23 run games
- Carolina has had back-to-back games with five doubles, matching the team's season-best
- Bri Stubbs recorded a team-best three hits on the day, her sixth multi-hit game of the season. The junior outfielder already has 30 hits on the season, matching her total hits from 2021.
- Alex Brown set a new career-best of four RBIs. She has had back-to-back multi-hit games.
- This was the second game of the season with two Carolina home runs (last time was Sara Jubas/ Taylor Greene at Virginia Tech on 3/19/2022)
- NC State set a program-record with nine home runs in the game
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Aisha Weixlmann (9-5)
L: George, Hannah (9-2)
Batting:
2B: Kaylee Lambrecht 1 ; Alaina Smith 1
HR: Kaylee Lambrecht 1 ; Logan Morris 2 ; Randi Farricker 1 ; Taylor Johnson 2 ; Libby Whittaker 2 ; Alaina Smith 1
RBI: Kaylee Lambrecht 2 ; Logan Morris 5 ; Randi Farricker 1 ; Michele Tarpey 1 ; Taylor Johnson 2 ; Libby Whittaker 2 ; Alaina Smith 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaylee Lambrecht 3 ; Logan Morris 2 ; Randi Farricker 1 ; Taylor Johnson 2 ; Libby Whittaker 3 ; Brittany Jackson 1 ; Alaina Smith 3
HBP: Michele Tarpey 1 ; Brittany Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: Stubbs, Bri 1 ; Jubas, Sara 1 ; Greene, Taylor 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 2
HR: Brown, Alex 1 ; Jones, Kianna 1
RBI: Jubas, Sara 2 ; Brown, Alex 4 ; Jones, Kianna 1
SH: Brooks, Skyler 1 ; Perkins, Katie 1
SF: Jubas, Sara 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stubbs, Bri 2 ; Jubas, Sara 1 ; Greene, Taylor 1 ; Snead, Carsyn 1 ; Brown, Alex 1 ; Jones, Kianna 2
CS: Middleton, Destiny 1
HBP: Greene, Taylor 1
