No. 21 Blue Devils Shut Out East Carolina, 11-0, Wednesday

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Wednesday, March 26

Greenville, NC

6:00 PM

Duke University

22-12

East Carolina

18-14

Duke

East Carolina

No. 21 Blue Devils Shut Out East Carolina, 11-0, Wednesday

3/26/2025 9:15:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 21 Duke softball collected an 11-0 run-rule victory over East Carolina in five innings at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium Wednesday night.

With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 22-12 on the year while the Pirates drop to 18-14.

Junior Aminah Vega led the Blue Devils at the plate, batting a perfect 4-for-4 on the night with three runs scored. The trio of juniors KK Mathis and Aleyah Terrell and sophomore Amiah Burgess each finished 2-for-3 during the contest and combined to drive in three of Duke's 11 runs.

Juniors Cassidy Curd and Sophie Garner-MacKinnon worked the combined shut out against the Pirates. Curd earned the start and picked up the win after tossing 3.0 innings, surrendering just three hits, all singles, with a game-high five strikeouts. Garner-MacKinnon allowed only a single during her 2.0 innings of relief.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Blue Devils came out swinging in the opening frame, using base hits from Mathis and graduate student Thessa Malau'ulu and a groundout from redshirt junior Jada Baker to jump ahead 4-0.
Duke plated another run in the top of the second after stringing together a single, double and a dropped fly to stretch a 5-0 advantage.
The Blue Devils kept the pace on offense, posting back-to-back two-run frames in the third and fourth innings, highlighted by Baker's two-run blast to left-center field to pull away 9-0.
Senior Ana Gold and Mathis each drove in a run in the top of the fifth with a base hit to the center field wall and a sacrifice fly to right to round out Duke's 11 runs on the night.

NOTES

Mathis tallied her 100th career RBI in the top of the first.
Baker recorded her third home run of the season and eighth of her career.
Curd improves to 8-6 on the year after 23 appearances in the circle.
Curd and Garner-MacKinnon tossed their fourth combined shut out of the season.
Duke shifts the all-time series to 7-1, including a 4-1 record when playing in Greenville.
The Blue Devils are now 7-3 in run-rule games this season.

UP NEXT
The Blue Devils remain on the road this weekend, traveling to Louisville, Ky., for a three-game set with the Cardinals at Ulmer Stadium.

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