Softball Heads South For Three-Game Series At Clemson

Friday, March 15

Clemson, S.C.

6 p.m.

North Carolina

Clemson

Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI

March 14, 2024 | Softball

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Carolina softball team (20-4, 2-1 ACC) heads south for the first ACC road test of the season, a three-game series at Clemson.

The Tar Heels will play at 6 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. on Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sunday. The first two games of the series will stream on ACCNX, while the series finale will air on ACC Network.

Carolina is coming off its first ACC series win of the season last weekend, a 2-1 series victory over Virginia in Chapel Hill.

SERIES BREAKDOWN
vs. Clemson (18-6, 2-1 ACC)
Series: Clemson leads the series 8-0
Last time: The Tigers walked off UNC, 2-1, in eight innings in the first round of the ACC Tournament at Notre Dame in 2023

NOTABLES:

The Tar Heels hold the top-2 batting averages in the country: No. 1 Alex Coleman (.579) and No. 2 Sanaa Thompson (.547)
Coleman also ranks No. 1 in hits (44) and on-base percentage (.640) and No. 2 in stolen bases (20) in the NCAA
Isabela Emerling ranks No. 7 in the NCAA in RBIs (34) and leads the ACC in both RBIs and home runs (9)
As a team, North Carolina leads the country in batting average (.403) and stolen bases per game (3.17/game) and ranks No. 8 scoring (7.71 runs/game)
Britton Rogers enters the weekend with a 8-0 record, which is the third-most wins of any ACC pitcher
With 51 career stolen bases, Skyler Brooks is just one stolen base shy of ranking in the top-10 in program history
Clemson softball coach John Rittman was an associate coach under Carolina head coach Megan Smith Lyon at Kansas in 2015 and 2017