Vega Guides No. 18 Duke Series Victory Over North Carolina

Sunday, April 12

Chapel Hill, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

31-12, 15-3

North Carolina

30-11, 9-9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Duke	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	8	12	1
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	0

Aminah Vega home run at North Carolina April 12, 2026

Vega Guides No. 18 Duke Series Victory Over North Carolina

4/12/2026 3:44:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A multi-home run outing from senior Aminah Vega helped guide the Duke offense to an 8-2 victory in the series finale against North Carolina Sunday afternoon at Anderson Stadium.

The Blue Devils (31-12, 15-3 ACC) secured their sixth conference series of the season and fifth straight series over the Tar Heels (30-11, 9-9 ACC).

Vega finished 3-for-4 at the plate while driving in three runs to reach the 200-career RBI milestone. Graduate student Tyrina Jones, senior D'Auna Jennings and freshman Adelyn Matthews also tallied long balls during the contest to account for four of Duke's eight runs.

Senior Cassidy Curd was strong in the circle, holding the Tar Heels scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning. She tossed her ninth complete game of the season, surrendering just two runs, one earned, off six hits. Curd collected a game-high six strikeouts and improved to 14-2 on the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first two frames went scoreless until the Blue Devils broke through in the top of the third. Matthews opened the scoring, coming home on a wild pitch after doubling to right center and moving up on Jennings' infield single. Vega followed with a two-run home run to right field to put Duke in front, 3-0.
Back-to-back home runs from Matthews and Jennings added to the lead in the top of the fifth. Jones followed with the third home run of the inning, a two-run shot to center field to stretch the gap to 7-0.
North Carolina answered with a pair of runs in the bottom half, using three hits and a Blue Devil error to make it a 7-2 ball game.
Vega added an extra insurance run in the top of the seventh with her second home run of the game to pull away 8-2.
The Tar Heels put together a late push, loading the bases on a pair of walks and a base hit but Curd retired the final batter on a swinging strikeout to strand all three runners and seal the 8-2 victory.

NOTES

Jennings and Vega extended their hitting streaks to a team-high 15 games.
Vega tallied the fourth multi-home run game of her Blue Devil career.
Jones recorded her third home run of the weekend and 17th of the season. She homered in three consecutive games for the first time in her career.
Duke recorded its third game with five or more home runs this season.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils return home to host No. 9 Tennessee at Smith Family Stadium Wednesday, April 15. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m., and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

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