The North Carolina softball team continued to find its form on Sunday, sweeping a doubleheader against Fairfield and Georgetown to close out the Carolina Classic at Anderson Softball Stadium.
The Tar Heels’ two wins — by scores of 6-4 and 8-0, respectively — gave UNC (8-6) a 4-0 record for the weekend, the first weekend the team finished with a winning record.
In the day’s first game, Fairfield (0-4) took an early lead with two runs in the top of the first inning, but the Tar Heels fought back with runs in each of the first three innings to establish a 4-2 lead.
Sophomore Sydney Matzko held the Stags in check for two quick innings, but Fairfield's two-out, two-run double in the fourth inning evened the score at 4-4. Matzko was then replaced by Kendra Lynch, who drilled a solo home run over the right-center field wall to give UNC a lead it would not relinquish.
Against Georgetown, Lynch rode her momentum to another dominant performance.
In her ninth start of the season, the righty threw five shutout innings, allowing just five hits and walking none to take the win over the Hoyas (2-9).
Georgetown pitcher Samantha Giovanniello held the Tar Heels without a hit for the first three innings, but UNC’s bats came alive in the bottom of the fourth.
North Carolina added eight runs in the fourth, as Jill Ferraro and Berlynne Delamora each contributed RBI singles. The final blow came off Lynch’s bat once again on a three-run home run driven over the left field fence, giving UNC an 8-0 lead to force a run-rule victory in the fifth inning.
