Softball Welcomes Campbell For Wednesday Midweek

Wednesday, April 19

Chapel Hill

7 p.m.

North Carolina

Campbell

April 18, 2023 | Softball

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – After earning their third Atlantic Coast Conference series victory of the season this past weekend against Syracuse, the Carolina softball team (19-25, 6-8 ACC) returns home to host Campbell Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Anderson Stadium.

The matchup will be broadcasted on ACC Network with Alex Loeb as play-by-play and Cat Osterman as the analyst.

Wednesday is mental health awareness night for the Tar Heels.

SERIES BREAKDOWN
Overall: Carolina leads the series 64-14
In Chapel Hill: Carolina leads 32-7
In Buies Creek: Carolina leads 27-6
Neutral Site: Carolina leads 5-1

SERIES BREAKDOWN

Campbell is 30-12 on the season with a 11-3 record in the Big South conference
The Camels have five players hitting above .300, led by Madison Gillespie who is hitting .370 with just seven strikeouts in 92 at-bats. Alyssa Henault has a team-best 44 hits, while Allyiah Swiney has batted in a team-best 26 runs.
In the circle, Isabella Smith has pitched 174 innings which leads the Big South by more than 15 innings. She has the second-best ERA (1.69), second-lowest opposing batting average (.186), second-most strikeouts (184), most wins (20) and saves (3) in the conference
Campbell ranks first in the Big South in batting average (.297), second in pitching (2.32 ERA) and seventh in fielding (.952 fielding percentage)

NOTABLES

Alex Brown is on an eight-game hitting streak and Abby Settlemyre has reached base in 12 straight games
Brown has a team-best 15 multi-hit games, followed by Skyler Brooks, Bri Stubbs and Abby Settlemyre who each have 12 multi-hit games apiece
Brooks and Campbell outfielder Madeleine Whiteley played travel ball together in Texas for the Texas Blaze
Brooks is a perfect 12-of-12 in stolen base attempts this season

UP NEXT:
The Tar Heels travel to NC State this weekend, April 21-23, for a three-game series with the Wolfpack.

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