University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, March 5
Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Greene Homers For Walk-Off Win Over UConn
March 5, 2021 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL – Coming down to the eighth inning on an 0-1 pitch, junior Taylor Greene slugged her second home run of the season for North Carolina's extra-inning, come-from-behind, 3-1 win over UConn on Friday evening at Anderson Stadium.
Carolina's Brittany Pickett and Payton Kinney of UConn maintained a scoreless game through the sixth inning. The Huskies jumped on the board first with a solo-shot in the sixth. However, the Tar Heels capitalized on a UConn miscue to knot the game at 1-1 in the seventh as Kristina Burkhardt crossed the plate. With the international tie breaker in effect and Greene up to bat, the junior smashed a two-run home run to right field for the 3-1 win in the eighth inning.
Greene had a day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a single, double and home run. Tallying double-digit strikeouts for the fourth time this season, Pickett fanned 11 in her fifth win of the season. Kayla Baptista and Burkhardt each recorded a hit in the win.
Reese Guevarra scored the lone run for the Huskies. Kinney struck out 10 in the loss.
After day one of the Carolina Classic, the Tar Heels improve to 6-5 while UConn falls to 6-6.
The Tar Heels resume the Carolina Classic Saturday at 1:30 p.m. vs. South Carolina and 4 p.m. vs. Elon Saturday at Anderson Stadium.
Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
Carolina's Brittany Pickett and Payton Kinney of UConn maintained a scoreless game through the sixth inning. The Huskies jumped on the board first with a solo-shot in the sixth. However, the Tar Heels capitalized on a UConn miscue to knot the game at 1-1 in the seventh as Kristina Burkhardt crossed the plate. With the international tie breaker in effect and Greene up to bat, the junior smashed a two-run home run to right field for the 3-1 win in the eighth inning.
Greene had a day at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a single, double and home run. Tallying double-digit strikeouts for the fourth time this season, Pickett fanned 11 in her fifth win of the season. Kayla Baptista and Burkhardt each recorded a hit in the win.
Reese Guevarra scored the lone run for the Huskies. Kinney struck out 10 in the loss.
After day one of the Carolina Classic, the Tar Heels improve to 6-5 while UConn falls to 6-6.
The Tar Heels resume the Carolina Classic Saturday at 1:30 p.m. vs. South Carolina and 4 p.m. vs. Elon Saturday at Anderson Stadium.
Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pickett, Brittany (5-2)
L: KINNEY (3-4)
Batting:
HR: GUEVARRA 1
RBI: GUEVARRA 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GUEVARRA 1
SB: JAMES 1 ; ZATYK 1
CS: ZATYK 1
Batting:
2B: Greene, Taylor 1
HR: Greene, Taylor 1
RBI: Greene, Taylor 2
SH: Licea, Kiersten 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Burkhardt, Kristina 1 ; Stubbs, Bri 1 ; Greene, Taylor 1
CS: Baptista, Kayla 2
Game Leaders
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