Friday, April 8
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Cards Power Past North Carolina in Series Opener
April 08, 2022 | Softball
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville defeated North Carolina 9-4 in the teams' ACC series opener Friday evening at Ulmer Stadium. Saturday's game time has been moved to 3 p.m. due to rain and cold temperatures in the forecast.
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Taylor Roby struck out four in a complete game effort to get the win in the circle. The redshirt senior helped her own cause with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate which included a two-run home run and a double. Graduate senior catcher Kendall Smith went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs to help lead the Cardinals at the plate. Seven of Louisville's nine hits fell in for extra bases with home runs by Roby and Smith and doubles from Roby, Carmyn Greenwood, Dylann Cravens, Korbe Otis and Vanessa Miller.
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North Carolina (19-19, 4-9 ACC) jumped to an early lead with an unearned run in the first.
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The Cardinals (20-15, 4-6) quickly answered in the home half of the inning when Carmyn Greenwood drew a leadoff walk and Roby followed with a towering shot over the left field fence for her team-best 13th homer of the season.
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Louisville used three hits to put up a four-spot in the second. Miller led off the home half of the inning with a double and came home on Ally Alexander's RBI single. Jenna Servi earned a walk and Alexander stole third to set up Greenwood's two-run double. Smith's sacrifice fly would plate Greenwood to extend the lead to 6-1
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The Tar Heels countered with two runs in the third behind Taylor Green's two-run double which made the score 6-3.
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The Cards got the runs back in the fourth after Roby delivered a two-out double and was lifted for pinch runner Sydney Bickel to set the table for Smith who hammered a shot over left field for her ninth homer of the season.
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Once again, North Carolina responded, this time with an RBI double by Sara Jubas, bringing the score to 8-4.
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Louisville's offense continued in the fifth when Cravens led off with a double and eventually scored on a groundout by Miller.
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Roby (10-5) surrendered four runs, three earned and gave up eight hits to get the win in the circle.
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Hannah George (10-4) took the loss, giving up six earned runs on four hits in one inning. Kiannah Pierce and Destiny Middleton helped pace the Tar Heels at the plate with two hits apiece while Skyler Brooks scored a pair of runs.
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NOTES:
- Taylor Roby connected on her team-best 13th homer of the season, extending her career total to 38. She is currently tied for second with Megan Hensley (2016-19) and Chelsea Bemis (2008-11) on Louisville's all-time list and needs four more to tie Courtney Moore (2004-07) who owns Louisville's home run record with 42.
- Roby needs one more home run to match her career-best season total of 14 – set in the 2021 season.
- Dylann Cravens has reached safely in 14 straight games and is on a six-game hitting streak.
- The Cardinals turned a double play in Friday's game when Carmyn Greenwood's throw from left field after a fly ball caught a Tar Heel runner off of first base in the fourth inning. It marks Louisville's 18th double play of the season, surpassing last year's total and standing seventh on the program's all-time list. The record is 25 set in the 2019 season.
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Taylor Roby struck out four in a complete game effort to get the win in the circle. The redshirt senior helped her own cause with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate which included a two-run home run and a double. Graduate senior catcher Kendall Smith went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs to help lead the Cardinals at the plate. Seven of Louisville's nine hits fell in for extra bases with home runs by Roby and Smith and doubles from Roby, Carmyn Greenwood, Dylann Cravens, Korbe Otis and Vanessa Miller.
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North Carolina (19-19, 4-9 ACC) jumped to an early lead with an unearned run in the first.
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The Cardinals (20-15, 4-6) quickly answered in the home half of the inning when Carmyn Greenwood drew a leadoff walk and Roby followed with a towering shot over the left field fence for her team-best 13th homer of the season.
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Louisville used three hits to put up a four-spot in the second. Miller led off the home half of the inning with a double and came home on Ally Alexander's RBI single. Jenna Servi earned a walk and Alexander stole third to set up Greenwood's two-run double. Smith's sacrifice fly would plate Greenwood to extend the lead to 6-1
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The Tar Heels countered with two runs in the third behind Taylor Green's two-run double which made the score 6-3.
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The Cards got the runs back in the fourth after Roby delivered a two-out double and was lifted for pinch runner Sydney Bickel to set the table for Smith who hammered a shot over left field for her ninth homer of the season.
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Once again, North Carolina responded, this time with an RBI double by Sara Jubas, bringing the score to 8-4.
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Louisville's offense continued in the fifth when Cravens led off with a double and eventually scored on a groundout by Miller.
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Roby (10-5) surrendered four runs, three earned and gave up eight hits to get the win in the circle.
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Hannah George (10-4) took the loss, giving up six earned runs on four hits in one inning. Kiannah Pierce and Destiny Middleton helped pace the Tar Heels at the plate with two hits apiece while Skyler Brooks scored a pair of runs.
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NOTES:
- Taylor Roby connected on her team-best 13th homer of the season, extending her career total to 38. She is currently tied for second with Megan Hensley (2016-19) and Chelsea Bemis (2008-11) on Louisville's all-time list and needs four more to tie Courtney Moore (2004-07) who owns Louisville's home run record with 42.
- Roby needs one more home run to match her career-best season total of 14 – set in the 2021 season.
- Dylann Cravens has reached safely in 14 straight games and is on a six-game hitting streak.
- The Cardinals turned a double play in Friday's game when Carmyn Greenwood's throw from left field after a fly ball caught a Tar Heel runner off of first base in the fourth inning. It marks Louisville's 18th double play of the season, surpassing last year's total and standing seventh on the program's all-time list. The record is 25 set in the 2019 season.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Roby, Taylor (10-5)
L: Hannah George (10-4)
Batting:
2B: Sara Jubas 1 ; Taylor Greene 1
RBI: Sara Jubas 2 ; Taylor Greene 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Skyler Brooks 2 ; Sara Jubas 1 ; Destiny Middleton 1
SB: Destiny Middleton 1
CS: Sara Jubas 1
Batting:
2B: Greenwood, Carmyn 1 ; Roby, Taylor 1 ; Cravens, Dylann 1 ; Otis, Korbe 1 ; Miller, Vanessa 1
HR: Roby, Taylor 1 ; Smith, Kendall 1
RBI: Greenwood, Carmyn 2 ; Roby, Taylor 2 ; Smith, Kendall 3 ; Miller, Vanessa 1 ; Alexander, Ally 1
SF: Smith, Kendall 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greenwood, Carmyn 2 ; Roby, Taylor 1 ; Bickel, Sydney 1 ; Smith, Kendall 1 ; Cravens, Dylann 1 ; Miller, Vanessa 1 ; Alexander, Ally 1 ; Servi, Jenna 1
SB: Alexander, Ally 1
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