Friday, March 20
Chapel Hill, N.C.
8:00 PM
University of Louisville
15-7, 2-2
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at
11
North Carolina
19-3-1, 5-2
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2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
8th innning8
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HitsH
ErrorsE
Louisville
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0
1
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0
0
0
0
1
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2
North Carolina
1
0
3
2
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2
11
13
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Photo by: Nicole Finch | Louisville Athletics
Cards Lose Opener at No. 9 North Carolina
March 20, 2026 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of Louisville baseball team took an 11-1 loss in eight innings at No. 9 North Carolina on Friday night in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Louisville (15-7, 2-2 ACC) has now lost the opener in both of its ACC series this season. The Cardinals will look to bounce back in similar fashion to last week when they won the final two games against Notre Dame.
The series continues Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
After the Cardinals went quietly in the first on Friday, North Carolina (19-3-1, 5-2) got a two-out RBI single to start the scoring.
Kade Elam jumpstarted the Cards in the third with a leadoff double into the left-centerfield gap. Alex Alicea bunted him up to third and Lucas Moore hit a groundball on the infield that scored Elam to tie the game.
Louisville then loaded the bases with consecutive walks and a hit by pitch, but a fielder's choice ended the scoring threat.
The Tar Heels answered right back though. UNC plated three runs in the bottom half of the third and two more in the fourth and never surrendered the lead.
The Cardinals were limited to just two hits on Friday night, their lowest total of the season.
Ethan Eberle (2-1) suffered his first loss of the year. The southpaw gave up four runs on seven hits over three innings.
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Louisville (15-7, 2-2 ACC) has now lost the opener in both of its ACC series this season. The Cardinals will look to bounce back in similar fashion to last week when they won the final two games against Notre Dame.
The series continues Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.
After the Cardinals went quietly in the first on Friday, North Carolina (19-3-1, 5-2) got a two-out RBI single to start the scoring.
Kade Elam jumpstarted the Cards in the third with a leadoff double into the left-centerfield gap. Alex Alicea bunted him up to third and Lucas Moore hit a groundball on the infield that scored Elam to tie the game.
Louisville then loaded the bases with consecutive walks and a hit by pitch, but a fielder's choice ended the scoring threat.
The Tar Heels answered right back though. UNC plated three runs in the bottom half of the third and two more in the fourth and never surrendered the lead.
The Cardinals were limited to just two hits on Friday night, their lowest total of the season.
Ethan Eberle (2-1) suffered his first loss of the year. The southpaw gave up four runs on seven hits over three innings.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jason DeCaro (5-1)
L: Eberle, Ethan (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Elam, Kade 1
RBI: Moore, Lucas 1
SH: Alicea, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Elam, Kade 1
SB: Rose, Zion 1
HBP: Crain, Griffin 1 ; Nugent, Jimmy 1
Batting:
2B: Owen Hull 1 ; Tyler Howe 1
HR: Cooper Nicholson 1
RBI: Macon Winslow 1 ; Owen Hull 3 ; Colin Hynek 2 ; Rom Kellis V 1 ; Tyler Howe 2 ; Cooper Nicholson 2
SF: Colin Hynek 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gavin Gallaher 3 ; Erik Paulsen 3 ; Macon Winslow 2 ; Owen Hull 1 ; Tyler Howe 1 ; Cooper Nicholson 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
0
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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