University of North Carolina Athletics
Wednesday, April 2
Chapel Hill, N.C.
6 PM
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Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Pierce's Seven RBI Power Softball Past Charlotte, 11-1
April 2, 2025 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – It was a career night for senior Kiannah Pierce, who ended the game with a run-rule walk off three run home run into the night sky to cap off the 11-1 win over Charlotte.
Lexie Roberts got the game started with a bang when she slapped a leadoff triple over the left fielder's head. Two batters later Kat Rodriguez did what she's done all year, drive in runs. Her single in the first made it 1-0. Pierce kept the first inning party rolling with a two-run double into left center.
In the second inning Alex Coleman plated Bryten Burns to go up 4-0. Then Sanaa Thompson set the new single season program record for sacrifice flies with her sixth of the season to go up 5-0. Next batter was Pierce and this time she laced a two-RBI double into right center field to score Coleman and Roberts.
In the fourth, Rayna Blackwell came in to pinch hit and sent an RBI single through the left side to make it an 8-0 ball game.
After Charlotte staved off a run-rule defeated by scoring in the fifth, Pierce had enough and smacked her fourth home run of the season to run-rule Charlotte 11-1.
Lexie Roberts and Kiannah Pierce went a combined 8-8 with seven RBI, three runs, two doubles, four singles, a triple, and a home run.
UNC now turns its attention to Duke who they play on the road Friday-Sunday.
Lexie Roberts got the game started with a bang when she slapped a leadoff triple over the left fielder's head. Two batters later Kat Rodriguez did what she's done all year, drive in runs. Her single in the first made it 1-0. Pierce kept the first inning party rolling with a two-run double into left center.
In the second inning Alex Coleman plated Bryten Burns to go up 4-0. Then Sanaa Thompson set the new single season program record for sacrifice flies with her sixth of the season to go up 5-0. Next batter was Pierce and this time she laced a two-RBI double into right center field to score Coleman and Roberts.
In the fourth, Rayna Blackwell came in to pinch hit and sent an RBI single through the left side to make it an 8-0 ball game.
After Charlotte staved off a run-rule defeated by scoring in the fifth, Pierce had enough and smacked her fourth home run of the season to run-rule Charlotte 11-1.
Lexie Roberts and Kiannah Pierce went a combined 8-8 with seven RBI, three runs, two doubles, four singles, a triple, and a home run.
UNC now turns its attention to Duke who they play on the road Friday-Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Parrish, Lilly (3-1)
L: B.Bowling (9-8)
Batting:
RBI: T.Ritchie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O.Williams 1
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Sanaa 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 2
3B: Roberts, Lexie 1
HR: Pierce, Kiannah 1
RBI: Jennings, Raegan 1 ; Kat Rodriguez 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 7 ; Blackwell, Rayna 1
SF: Thompson, Sanaa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Lexie 2 ; Jennings, Raegan 1 ; Kat Rodriguez 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 2 ; Carlie Myrtle 1 ; Outlaw, Reece 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 1 ; Burns, Bryten 1 ; Horton, Sydney 1
SB: Roberts, Lexie 1
HBP: Carlie Myrtle 1
Game Leaders
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