Duke Rolls Past UNC Wilmington, 9-0, Wednesday

Wednesday, April 2

Wilmington, N.C.

5 p.m.

Duke University

26-12

UNC Wilmington

21-13

Duke

UNCW

Duke Rolls Past UNC Wilmington, 9-0, Wednesday

4/2/2025 8:14:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

WILMINGTON, N.C. – No. 22 Duke (26-12) rolled past UNC Wilmington (21-13), 9-0, in six innings Wednesday night at Boseman Field.

The Blue Devils' offense was led by redshirt sophomore Kairi Rodriguez, batting 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored. Graduate student Thessa Malau'ulu and senior Ana Gold each went 1-for-2 at the plate and accounted for four of Duke's nine runs.

Freshman Hailey Shuler earned her second career start and tossed 4.0 scoreless innings, surrendering the Seahawks' lone hit with a pair of strikeouts. Junior Cassidy Curd and freshman Gabriella Mike also contributed to the shutout, both working 1.0 innings of relief.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Blue Devils opened the scoring in the top of the second, connecting three straight singles to left field to plate their first run.
Junior D'Auna Jennings pushed Duke ahead again in the top of the third with a two-RBI triple to right field, scoring Gold and junior KK Mathis. Rodriguez crushed a home run to left in the following at-bat to bring in Jennings and give the Blue Devils a 5-0 lead.
Malau'ulu added another run in the top of the fourth, scoring on a sacrifice fly to left field from redshirt junior Jada Baker, to make it a 6-0 game. Malau'ulu drew a leadoff walk before advancing to third on a wild pitch and stolen base.
Duke tacked on three more runs in the top of the sixth, using a pair of RBI-singles from Gold and Baker and a groundout from junior Aleyah Terrell to stretch a 9-0 gap.
Mike sat down the final three batters in the home half to secure the run-rule victory.

NOTES

Rodriguez recorded her fourth home run of the season and seventh of her career.
Mike made her third appearance in the circle, entering the game in the bottom of the sixth.
Shuler improves to 3-0 after 10 appearances on the year.
Duke collected its 11th shutout of the season, which ranks tied for 10th nationally.
The Blue Devils are now 8-3 in run-rule games this season.

UP NEXT
Duke returns home to welcome North Carolina for a three-game conference series at Duke Softball Stadium. Friday's opener is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.

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