Carolina Downs Virginia for Second ACC Sweep

Sunday, April 7

Chapel Hill, N.C.

12 PM

North Carolina

21-13, 10-4

Virginia

16-20, 5-9

Virginia

North Carolina

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 7, 2019 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Game 1 Box Score Game 2 Box Score

CHAPEL HILL – Limiting the Cavaliers to four hits in 10 innings, the Tar Heels downed Virginia, 8-0 in both games of Sunday's doubleheader to clinch their second sweep of the season.

The Tar Heels tallied 18 hits Sunday vs. UVA, highlighted Lexi Godwin's grand slam in game one. Both Megan Dray and Brittany Pickett homered in the series finale to total six extra-base hits on Sunday.

The Tar Heels outscored Virginia, 24-0 in the series to mark the first time program history that Carolina did not allow a run in a three-game ACC series (beginning in 2005). This is the first time that UNC did not allow a run in three straight games since 2014.

Carolina returns to action at 4 p.m. Tuesday to host Coastal Carolina and 6 p.m. Wednesday to host Liberty. The Tar Heels improve to 22-13, 11-4 in the ACC while UVA falls to 16-21, 5-10 in conference.

Game One (W, 8-0 in five)
» Leah Murray struck her 200th hit to lead off the game.
» In the second inning, Megan Dray drew a leadoff walk before Brittany Pickett doubled down the right line for a 1-0 lead.
» Carolina scored seven runs on three hits in the fourth. Dray led off with a single to right in the fourth and Pickett walked. Berlynne Delamora doubled the score with an RBI-single up the middle. Zoë Goodman drew a walk to load the bases. A pair of RBI-walks by Campbell Hutcherson and Hannah George upped the score to four. Lexi Godwin finalized the inning's scoring with a grand slam to left for her first career home run.
» Winning pitcher: Brittany Pickett (13-7) // Losing pitcher: Allyson Frei (5-11)

Game Two (W, 8-0 in five)
» Carolina kept things rolling in game two with four runs on six hits in the first. Kristina Burkhardt and Ramsey each drove in a run before Dray slugged her second home run of the weekend to make it 4-0.
» Despite a leadoff walk, Abby Settlemyre turned a double play to end the second.
» In the second, Hutcherson reached second on a Virginia miscue. Destiny DeBerry singled and Goodman drew a walk to load the bases. Poised to add to their total, the Tar Heels left three on the bags as a pair of Aly Rayle strikeouts ended the inning.
» On her sixth at-bat of the season, Pickett cleared the center field fence for her second home run of the year.
» Delamora made a Sports Center top-10 play in the fourth as she snagged a line drive and threw out the runner at second from her knees.
» With the bases loaded, Dray tacked on a sixth UNC run on a sac-fly to left in the fourth.
» Virginia threatened in the fifth, loading the bases on a hit, fielder's choice and walk. However, an infield fly and clutch strikeout by Hannah George ended the frame.
» Two walks and a fielder's choice loaded the bases for Carolina in the fifth. Back-to-back RBI singles by Murray and Burkhardt finalized the Tar Heels' third 8-0 win of the weekend.
» Winning pitcher: Hannah George (8-4) // Losing pitcher: Aly Rayle (6-6)

Noteworthy
» Pickett struck out Lacy Smith twice – UVA's average, slugging percentage, hits and home runs leader.
» Murray tallied her 200th career hit in game one.
» Delamora reset the career walks record to 123 in game two.
» Four Tar Heels had multi-hit games in the series finale: Murray (3), Burkhardt (2), Ramsey (2) and Pickett (2).

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