On this exact day three weeks ago, UNC-Greensboro snapped the North Carolina softball team’s 11-game winning streak. On Wednesday, UNC got its revenge.
The Tar Heels (27-8, 8-2 ACC) shut out the Spartans (20-14, 3-0 SoCon) in a 2-0 rematch.
What happened?
First-year lefty Brittany Pickett began the game by striking out two of the first four batters she faced. She set the stage for Leah Murray, who hit a lead-off single for UNC on the team’s first at-bat of the game.
The sophomore right fielder promptly stole second, and senior Kendra Lynch hit her 44th RBI of the season to bring Murray home.
UNC’s 1-0 lead remained untouched for the next two innings. Both teams went three up three down in the second, and North Carolina went three up three down again in the third.
The Spartans had a chance to make some noise in the top of the fourth, when two singles put runners on second and third. But sophomore pitcher Sydney Matzko forced a groundout on the next at-bat and blocked UNCG’s scoring bid.
The bottom of the fourth saw the game’s only other score. Sophomore third baseman Berlynne Delamora lead off for North Carolina. Her first swing was a miss.
Her second connected. The ball just snuck over Anderson Stadium’s left-field wall, and the Tar Heels had doubled their lead.