UNC Tops No. 8 Georgia for Fourth Ranked Win

Wednesday, March 13

Athens, Ga.

6 PM

North Carolina

12-9

Georgia

24-4

North Carolina

Georgia

Photo by: Georgia Athletics

March 13, 2019 | Softball

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CHAPEL HILL – Limiting the highest scoring offense in the nation to one run, North Carolina downed No. 8 Georgia, 3-1, on the road Wednesday night at Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Ga.

Throwing her seventh complete game of the season, Brittany Pickett shutdown the powerhouse offense to a mere four hits, striking out a season-high, nine batters. The win marks Carolina's fourth top-25 win of the season. UNC improves to 12-9 while Georgia falls to 24-4

"Brittany did a great job with her pitches," head coach Donna J. Papa said. "Her off-speed was working really well. To keep Alyssa DiCarlo from doing anything up at the plate and shutout six of seven leadoff batters – that's huge for us. It stops momentum. We did a lot of good things. It was a grind. It was a really good team win. Our hitters were very patient and had quality at-bats. We did all the things we needed to do. We played solid defense. Brittany pitched outstanding. I'm really proud of what the team did today. They stayed the course, stayed with our plan and just kept attacking."

Key Moments
» Despite a leadoff double, Brittany Pickett dished out three strike outs to retire the Bulldogs in the first.
» Pickett battled through an eight-pitch at bat to strikeout the Bulldogs' Alyssa DiCarlo.
» Kristina Burkhardt broke up the no hitter with a single down the right line in the fourth.
» The Tar Heels took a three-run lead in the sixth on one hit and quality at-bats. Destiny DeBerry reached on an error, Leah Murray put down a bunt single and Kiani Ramsey drew a walk to load the bases. Delamora took the pitch in her arm for the RBI-HBP and a 1-0 Carolina lead. Ramsey came around to score on a wild pitch before Lexi Godwin drew an RBI-walk to finalize the inning's scoring.
» Georgia's Savanna Sikes put the Bulldogs on the board with a solo-shot to left in the bottom of the seventh.
» Winning pitcher: Brittany Pickett (6-4) // Losing pitcher: Kylie Bass (6-1)

Noteworthy
» Berlynne Delamora drew her 116th career walk in the second inning. She is now five away from tying the program record.
» Delamora inked her name in the Carolina record book with her 33rd career hit-by-pitch in the sixth inning.
» Brittany Pickett struck out a season high of nine batters.
» With the wins over No. 9 South Carolina and No. 8 Georgia, Carolina has defeated two top-10 teams in a season for the first time in program history. The win also marks UNC's fourth of the year. The last time Carolina had four or more ranked wins in the regular season was 2010.

Up Next
Carolina returns home to host Boston College Friday through Sunday at Anderson Stadium.

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