University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, March 5
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reese Guevarra scored the lone run for the Huskies. Kinney struck out 10 in the loss.
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After day one of the Carolina Classic, the Tar Heels improve to 6-5 while UConn falls to 6-6.
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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.
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Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
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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.
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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.
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Reese Guevarra scored the lone run for the Huskies. Kinney struck out 10 in the loss.
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After day one of the Carolina Classic, the Tar Heels improve to 6-5 while UConn falls to 6-6.
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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.
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Stay up to date with Carolina Softball by following the Tar Heels on Twitter and Instagram.
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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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RBI
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RBI
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AB
3
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H
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RBI
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AB
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R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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