LeGette Has Historic Day As Softball Splits Doubleheader With No. 16 Virginia

Saturday, March 7

Chapel Hill, N.C.

3:00 PM

North Carolina

19-2, 3-2

#16 Virginia

21-2, 1-1

Virginia

North Carolina

Photo by: DALTON WAINSCOTT

LeGette Has Historic Day As Softball Splits Doubleheader With No. 16 Virginia

March 8, 2026 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Photo Gallery Photo Gallery 2

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Emily LeGette had a career game on Saturday afternoon as softball picked up its first ranked win in four years.

LeGette's heroics started early in game one blasting a home run to cut the Virginia lead to 3-1 in the first inning.

Virginia would extend the lead to 7-1 but the Tar Heels didn't back down. A Shelby Barbee RBI single made it 7-2, then a bases loaded walk made it 7-3. UVA scored another but then a three run homer for LeGette made it an 8-6 ball game in the fourth inning.

In the sixth Sanaa Thompson led the inning off with a homer to cut it to 8-7. A few batter later Shelby Barbee blasted one to center field to make it an 8-8 game.

In the top of the 8th inning, Virginia scored to take a 9-8 lead. In the bottom half the top of the UNC order was due up. Thompson led things off with a single and it was followed by Lexie Roberts placing a perfect bunt to set LeGette up with two runners on and no one out.

Coming into the game the only Carolina softball player to hit three home runs in a game was Haleigh Dickey, who did it twice, last happening in 2010. LeGette stepped to the plate and proceeded to put on show. She fought off four consecutive 3-2 pitches to stay alive and wait for her pitch before belting her third homer of the game, this time ending things to give UNC a massive win over No. 16 Virginia.

The performance sets new career-highs for home runs in a game and RBI with seven. It is the second most RBI in a single game only one behind Kat Rodriguez who played with LeGette at American Heritage High School.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE GAME 1

20th consecutive game with a home run
Third three home run game in program history and second player to do it
Emily LeGette's fifth walk-off hit of the season
It was the largest comeback of the season

Game two featured the same emotional swings but in the opposite direction. UNC raced out to a 5-1 lead after a LeGette sac-fly and homers from MC Eaton and Raegan Jennings got the bats rolling early on.

LeGette then hit her fourth home run of the day and pushing her RBI total to 11 on the day as well.

Virginia hung around and stayed within reach eventually tying things up in the seventh after scoring five runs in the inning.

The Cavs broke it up in the 8th putting up a six spot. UNC was able to get one back in the bottom half but fell 19-14. It was the first extra innings loss for the Tar Heels since May 5, 2023 against No. 7 Clemson.

Last season, Emily LeGette had 15 RBI. Today alone she had 11 and this week she had 15.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE GAME 2

Emily LeGette's hit streak is now at 16 games
Lexie Roberts picked up the 200th hit of her career
Despite only playing 22 games so far, LeGette is just four RBI away from entering the top 10 for a single season in program history
Kat Rodriguez set the program record for RBI in a single season, through 22 games last season she has 35. LeGette now sits at 48
Carlie Myrtle led the team with 17 home runs last season, through 22 games she had seven. LeGette now has 15
UNC matched their season home run total from last season with 55
55 homers are the most a Megan Smith Lyon led UNC team has ever hit in a single season