University of North Carolina Athletics
North Carolina
23-9
#22 Arizona State
28-9
Softball Uses Gem From Frost And Five Homers To Split Doubleheader
March 28, 2026 | Softball
Game one saw the Tar Heels respond to a leadoff home run from the Sun Devils with an Emily LeGette two run home run to take a 2-1 lead. After that though the Arizona State took over and ended up winning 15-3.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: UNC 3, No. 22 Arizona State 15
- Emily LeGette belted her 18th home run of the year moving into fourth in single season program history
- The LeGette homer was the 70th home run of the season for the Tar Heels
- Sanaa Thompson's home run extended her hit streak to 14 games and on-base streak to 17
- Lexie Roberts extended her on-base streak to 14 games and hit streak to six games
Game two featured a lineup change; Shelby Barbee moved to short for the first time in her career and Michele Tarpey moved to third base for the first time this season.
The lineup change brought some some pop with the Tar Heels scoring seven runs in the second inning which featured back to back homers from Shelby Barbee and MC Eaton.
Eaton's home run was her 10th which gave UNC its fourth hitter with double digit home runs which has only happened once (2015) in program history before now.
Rayna Blackwell belted a homer in the third for her sixth of the season.
Kendall Frost was outstanding, throwing a complete game while striking out six Red Fox hitters allowing just one earned run.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: UNC 12, Marist 2
- Lexie Roberts extended her on base streak to 15 games and hit streak to seven
- Sanaa Thompson extended her on-base streak to 18 games, but her hit streak was snapped
- Emily LeGette picked up her 60th RBI of the year to move to 4th most in single season program history
- This was the 11th game with at least 3 home runs for Carolina
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brown, Kenzie (7-3)
L: Maxton, Carly (6-3)
Batting:
2B: Schepp, Emily 1 ; Ho-Ching, Tiare 1 ; Swan, Samantha 1
HR: Mejia, Ashleigh 2 ; Pond, Kaylee 1
RBI: Ho-Ching, Tiare 1 ; Mejia, Ashleigh 8 ; Swan, Samantha 1 ; Avila, Yazzy 1 ; Pond, Kaylee 2 ; Ulrich, Brooklyn 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Schepp, Emily 1 ; Ho-Ching, Tiare 2 ; Mejia, Ashleigh 2 ; Brown, Ryan 2 ; Swan, Samantha 1 ; Avila, Yazzy 2 ; Pond, Kaylee 3 ; Ulrich, Brooklyn 2
CS: Schepp, Emily 1
HBP: Brown, Ryan 1 ; Avila, Yazzy 1 ; Pond, Kaylee 3
Batting:
2B: Eaton, MC 1
HR: LeGette, Emily 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 1
RBI: LeGette, Emily 2 ; Thompson, Sanaa 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LeGette, Emily 1 ; Roberts, Lexie 1 ; Thompson, Sanaa 1
SB: Roberts, Lexie 1
