University of North Carolina Athletics
Wednesday, April 19
Chapel Hill
7 p.m.
North Carolina
20-25
5
vs
1
Campbell
30-13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Softball Pushes Past Campbell, 5-1
April 19, 2023 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Carolina softball team (20-25, 8-9 ACC) earned its seventh victory in its last eight games on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over Campbell in Anderson Stadium. It's the Tar Heels' seventh straight win over the Camels (30-13) going back to the 2016 season.
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For the sixth time this season, the Tar Heels had a multi-home run outing. Bri Stubbs tallied her first long ball of the season, the second in her career, and Kiersten Licea hit a solo home run for the second game in a row.
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Lilli Backes, who has thrown 26 of Carolina's last 27 innings, tallied her twelfth win of the season with another pitching gem in the circle. In the sophomore left-hander's eleventh complete game of the season, she allowed just one run and four hits in seven innings, while tallying a career-best eight strikeouts.
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The Tar Heels got on the board early with both Stubbs' two-run home run and Licea's one-run shot to take a 3-0 lead after the first inning.
Campbell scored its only run of the game in the top of the second, hitting a two-out triple followed by an RBI double to make it 3-1.
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Carolina took a four-run advantage in the bottom of the second with RBIs from Carsyn Snead and Stubbs to go up 5-1, a cushion they help onto for the remainder of the game.Â
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Alex Brown, who went two-of-two at the plate, now has a team-best 16 multi-hit games this season. Stubbs also had two hits at the plate and a career-best three RBIs, while Carlie Myrtle and Carsyn Snead each had a pair of hits.
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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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Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram
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For the sixth time this season, the Tar Heels had a multi-home run outing. Bri Stubbs tallied her first long ball of the season, the second in her career, and Kiersten Licea hit a solo home run for the second game in a row.
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Lilli Backes, who has thrown 26 of Carolina's last 27 innings, tallied her twelfth win of the season with another pitching gem in the circle. In the sophomore left-hander's eleventh complete game of the season, she allowed just one run and four hits in seven innings, while tallying a career-best eight strikeouts.
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The Tar Heels got on the board early with both Stubbs' two-run home run and Licea's one-run shot to take a 3-0 lead after the first inning.
Campbell scored its only run of the game in the top of the second, hitting a two-out triple followed by an RBI double to make it 3-1.
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Carolina took a four-run advantage in the bottom of the second with RBIs from Carsyn Snead and Stubbs to go up 5-1, a cushion they help onto for the remainder of the game.Â
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Alex Brown, who went two-of-two at the plate, now has a team-best 16 multi-hit games this season. Stubbs also had two hits at the plate and a career-best three RBIs, while Carlie Myrtle and Carsyn Snead each had a pair of hits.
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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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Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram
Players Mentioned
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/ Softball
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/ Softball
OF/INF
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P/UTL
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballTeam Stats
Pitching:
W: Backes, Lilli (11-12)
L: SMITH, Isabella (20-8)
Batting:
2B: McDILDA, Delaney 1
3B: SWINEY, Allyiah 1
RBI: McDILDA, Delaney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SWINEY, Allyiah 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, Alex 1
HR: Stubbs, Bri 1 ; Licea, Kiersten 1
RBI: Stubbs, Bri 3 ; Licea, Kiersten 1 ; Snead, Carsyn 1
SH: Brown, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Alex 1 ; Stubbs, Bri 1 ; Licea, Kiersten 1 ; Jordan, Aneshia 1 ; Snead, Carsyn 1
SB: Jordan, Aneshia 1
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