OPENING PITCH
Score: Queens NC 0, North Carolina 8 (6 inn.)
Records: Queens (11-23, 3-9 ASUN) | North Carolina (29-9, 8-7 ACC)
Location: Anderson Stadium (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

THE SHORT STORY
Despite holding the Tar Heels scoreless in four out of six innings, The Queens University of Charlotte softball team was held without a hit in an 8-0 loss at North Carolina on Wednesday night at Anderson Stadium. The Tar Heels used a four-run first inning to set the tone before adding four more runs in the sixth to secure the run-rule victory.

BY THE NUMBERS

• North Carolina totaled 7 hits and drew 3 walks
• The Tar Heels scored in two innings, including a 4-run first and a 4-run sixth
• Queens pitching allowed 8 runs (8 earned) on 7 hits with 3 walks over 5.2 innings
• North Carolina starter Kenna Raye Dark struck out 8 while throwing a complete-game shutout

TOP PERFORMERS

• Addison Kluck took the loss for Queens, working 5.2 innings and allowing 8 runs
• Sanaa Thompson paced North Carolina with a home run and 4 RBI
• Raegan Jennings drove in 3 runs with a double in the first inning
• Lindsay Lumsden added a pinch-hit, 2-RBI double in the sixth inning

HOW IT HAPPENED
North Carolina jumped out quickly in the bottom of the first, stringing together a walk, a single, and a hit-by-pitch before Raegan Jennings delivered a three-run double to make it 4-0.

Queens settled in defensively after the opening frame, holding the Tar Heels scoreless through the middle innings while working through competitive at-bats and several balls in play on defense.

The Royals' pitching effort kept UNC off the board in innings two through five, but the Tar Heels broke through again in the sixth with a pair of extra-base hits, including a two-run double and a two-run home run, to close out the game via run rule.

UP NEXT
Queens will face Jacksonville back home this weekend.

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