Davidson Guides No. 15 Duke Past North Carolina Friday

Friday, March 17

Chapel Hill, N.C.

1 p.m.

Duke University

22-5, 0

North Carolina

10-17, 0

DUKE

North Carolina

Davidson Guides No. 15 Duke Past North Carolina Friday

3/18/2023 12:39:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 15 Duke softball (22-5, 5-2 ACC) defeated North Carolina (10-17, 1-3 ACC), 9-7, on Friday afternoon to open its three-game weekend series at Anderson Stadium.

Junior Claire Davison led the team on a crucial two-out rally in the top of the sixth, plating two runs to push the Blue Devils ahead, 9-7. The Lakewood Ranch, Fla., native finished the night batting 3-for-4 with two RBI and recorded her seventh multi-hit game of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Blue Devils took a quick lead in the opening frame after a two-run blast from junior Kelly Torres put the team ahead, 4-0.
North Carolina responded right back in the bottom half with four runs of their own to even the score, 4-4.
Davidson sparked the offense again in the third when a hard-hit ball up the middle landed her on second and moved over on a base hit from junior Francesca Frelick.
North Carolina's Makenna Raye Dark walked the next two batters to push another Duke run across and senior Gisele Tapia extended the lead further with an RBI-single to score Frelick.
The Tar Heels once again fought back, tallying a run in the bottom of the third and the fourth, to make it 6-6.
Duke plated three runs on a pair of hits from Davidson and freshman Aminah Vega to round out its nine runs the top of the sixth inning.
Freshman Cassidy Curd pitched her way out of the final frame to leave the bases loaded with the go-ahead run at the plate.

NOTES

The 9-7 victory marked Duke's first road win over North Carolina in program history.
Graduate student Deja Davis played her 200th career game, earning a starting position in 186.
Davidson and Torres each tallied two RBI on the night, their 17th and 19th of the season, respectively.
Junior Jala Wright earned her 10th start in the circle and worked 5.0 innings to move to a 5-2 ledger on the season.

UP NEXT
Duke and North Carolina continue the three-game series on Saturday afternoon. The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Wright, Jala (5-2)

L: MaKenna Raye Dark (2-3)

S: Curd, Cassidy (1)

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Batting:

2B: Gold, Ana 1 ; Vega, Aminah 1 ; Davidson, Claire 1

HR: Torres, Kelly 1

RBI: Jackson, Kamryn 1 ; Tapia, Gisele 1 ; Gold, Ana 1 ; Torres, Kelly 2 ; Vega, Aminah 1 ; Davidson, Claire 2

SH: Jennings, D'Auna 1 ; Tapia, Gisele 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Davis, Deja 1 ; Jennings, D'Auna 1 ; Tapia, Gisele 1 ; Gold, Ana 1 ; Torres, Kelly 2 ; Vega, Aminah 1 ; Davidson, Claire 1 ; Frelick, Francesca 1