UNC Softball
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Softball.
UNC Softball Beats NC State To Clinch ACC Tournament Berth
UNC Softball claimed a spot in the 2025 ACC Softball Tournament by taking down NC State 2-1 on Thursday at Anderson Softball Stadium (
Highlights). Carolina took a 2-0 lead in the first inning courtesy of Carlie Myrtle who roped a single to right center which brought home Sanaa Thompson and Kat Rodriguez. She now sits at 51 RBI on the season. (
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Carolina Softball Rolls To 5-0 Win At UNCW
Carolina softball rolled to a 5-0 win where they allowed just three hits in its first win at UNCW since 2011 (
Highlights). In the top of the second inning, lightning stuck and for the next hour and twenty minutes the game was delayed. When the game resumed, Britton Rogers went right back to work. The senior finished pitching 5.1 scoreless innings. (
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UNC Softball Clinches Big Series Over Georgia Tech With 8-3 Win
UNC Softball slugged its way to the series win against Georgia Tech with an 8-3 win on Sunday (
Highlights). The victory gave Carolina its 50th victory against the Yellow Jackets and they improved to 6-4 in the last ten matchups. Nikki Harris came out of the bullpen after 4.3 innings of pitching by Kenna Raye Dark and picked up her first save this season. (
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Kat Rodriguez Walks It Off As UNC Softball Tops ECU In Extra Innings
UNC Softball completed a four-run comeback in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night against ECU (
Highlights). Trailing 4-0 after after five innings, the Tar Heels looked to do something they've only done once this season: come back from a deficit after the fifth inning. Kat Rodriguez's ninth-inning walk-off single drove in Grace Jackson to seal the win, 7-6. (
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Video: Carolina Insider - Interview With UNC Infielder Kat Rodriguez
Jones Angell from the
Tar Heel Sports Network and Adam Lucas of GoHeels.com sit down for a conversation with UNC Softball infielder Kat Rodriguez, who currently leads the nation in runs batted in, to discuss her big statistical season, the team's success, her first season in Chapel Hill, and more.
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Sun Apr 6, 2025
Carolina Insider Podcast: Basketball, Football Updates; No-Hitter; Makayla Paige, Kat Rodriguez Join
Transfer portal season is in full swing for UNC Basketball while Football nears the end of spring practice (7:55). Kat Rodriguez, the nation's leader in RBI, from North Carolina softball joins (30:43), as does Makayla Paige, UNC's NCAA Champion in the 800m (47:41). Plus: Tar Heel baseball gets its no-hitter (1:01:28).
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Fri Apr 4, 2025
UNC Softball’s Kiannah Pierce Finds Joy After Long Recovery
Kiannah Pierce stood on first base sobbing uncontrollably. Fall ball games usually don’t elicit such strong emotions, but Pierce had every reason to let the tears flow. The UNC senior outfielder had endured more than two years of pain and anguish stemming from a concussion suffered during practice, getting hit by a car, and mourning the loss of her father. (
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Kiannah Pierce's Seven RBI Power UNC Softball Past Charlotte, 11-1
It was a career night for senior Kiannah Pierce, who ended the game with a run-rule walk-off three-run home run into the night sky to cap off UNC Softball's 11-1 victory over the Charlotte 49ers on Wednesday (
Highlights). Pierce and Lexie Roberts went a combined 8-8 with seven RBI, three runs, two doubles, four singles, a triple, and a home run. (
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UNC Softball Sweeps Doubleheader Against Syracuse
UNC Softball swept the doubleheader against Syracuse, winning the first game 11-6 (
Highlights) and the second game 10-9 (
Highlights). Game one opened with a Carlie Myrtle RBI single that scored Lexie Roberts to go up 1-0. Syracuse responded with a three-run home run. But, a theme that would continue throughout the day, UNC punched back. (
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Eight-Run Seventh Inning Powers UNC Softball Past UNCG, 15-5
North Carolina softball picked up a win over UNCG in big fashion on Wednesday night. Riding a eight run seventh inning to a 15-5 win over the Spartans (
Highlights). Entering tonight, UNC had scored five runs all season in the seventh inning. Then tonight happened. The first nine batters for the Tar Heels reached base and they put an eight spot up. (
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