University of North Carolina Athletics
Wednesday, April 2
Chapel Hill, N.C.
6 PM
North Carolina
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Charlotte
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Charlotte
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North Carolina
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Photo by: ANTHONY SORBELLINI
Pierce's Seven RBI Power Softball Past Charlotte, 11-1
April 2, 2025 | Softball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – It was a career night for senior Kiannah Pierce, who ended the game with a run-rule walk off three run home run into the night sky to cap off the 11-1 win over Charlotte.
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Lexie Roberts got the game started with a bang when she slapped a leadoff triple over the left fielder's head. Two batters later Kat Rodriguez did what she's done all year, drive in runs. Her single in the first made it 1-0. Pierce kept the first inning party rolling with a two-run double into left center.
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In the second inning Alex Coleman plated Bryten Burns to go up 4-0. Then Sanaa Thompson set the new single season program record for sacrifice flies with her sixth of the season to go up 5-0. Next batter was Pierce and this time she laced a two-RBI double into right center field to score Coleman and Roberts.
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In the fourth, Rayna Blackwell came in to pinch hit and sent an RBI single through the left side to make it an 8-0 ball game.
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After Charlotte staved off a run-rule defeated by scoring in the fifth, Pierce had enough and smacked her fourth home run of the season to run-rule Charlotte 11-1.
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Lexie Roberts and Kiannah Pierce went a combined 8-8 with seven RBI, three runs, two doubles, four singles, a triple, and a home run.
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UNC now turns its attention to Duke who they play on the road Friday-Sunday.
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Lexie Roberts got the game started with a bang when she slapped a leadoff triple over the left fielder's head. Two batters later Kat Rodriguez did what she's done all year, drive in runs. Her single in the first made it 1-0. Pierce kept the first inning party rolling with a two-run double into left center.
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In the second inning Alex Coleman plated Bryten Burns to go up 4-0. Then Sanaa Thompson set the new single season program record for sacrifice flies with her sixth of the season to go up 5-0. Next batter was Pierce and this time she laced a two-RBI double into right center field to score Coleman and Roberts.
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In the fourth, Rayna Blackwell came in to pinch hit and sent an RBI single through the left side to make it an 8-0 ball game.
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After Charlotte staved off a run-rule defeated by scoring in the fifth, Pierce had enough and smacked her fourth home run of the season to run-rule Charlotte 11-1.
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Lexie Roberts and Kiannah Pierce went a combined 8-8 with seven RBI, three runs, two doubles, four singles, a triple, and a home run.
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UNC now turns its attention to Duke who they play on the road Friday-Sunday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Parrish, Lilly (3-1)
L: B.Bowling (9-8)
Batting:
RBI: T.Ritchie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O.Williams 1
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Sanaa 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 2
3B: Roberts, Lexie 1
HR: Pierce, Kiannah 1
RBI: Jennings, Raegan 1 ; Kat Rodriguez 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 7 ; Blackwell, Rayna 1
SF: Thompson, Sanaa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Roberts, Lexie 2 ; Jennings, Raegan 1 ; Kat Rodriguez 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 2 ; Carlie Myrtle 1 ; Outlaw, Reece 1 ; Pierce, Kiannah 1 ; Burns, Bryten 1 ; Horton, Sydney 1
SB: Roberts, Lexie 1
HBP: Carlie Myrtle 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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H
4
RBI
7
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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