Beating UNC never gets old.
After taking two of the three during the regular season, Duke squared off with its bitter North Carolina rivals again in the quarterfinals of the ACC Softball Tournament on Thursday. The Blue Devils earned a bye after finishing No. 2 in the league standings, while UNC finished 10th but pulled off a mini-upset over 7-seeded Clemson to earn the matchup against Duke.
Things didn’t start out great for Duke, and it was a back-and-forth affair until Duke totally overwhelmed UNC with an offensive explosion.
A big 6th inning catapults Duke to a run-rule win over North Carolina
UNC took an early 2-0 lead in the 1st inning, but Duke answered with a four-spot in the 2nd. Adelyn Matthews hit an RBI single to cut the lead to one, and then Jessica Oakland smacked a bases-loaded double that scored three and gave Duke a 4-2 lead…