Softball Shut Out By North Carolina
April 07, 2005 | Softball
A one-out single by Erin Dudley and a two-out intentional pass to Casey Testa set the stage for Young, who homered to the opposite way over the right field wall.
Despite being limited to only two hits, East Carolina (43-12) had multiple opportunities to score, but left the bases loaded three times and stranded a total of 11 runners in the game. Paige Baggett singled in the second inning as did Leigh Savoy in the third to account for ECU's two hits.
Sophomore Keli Harrell (20-10) scattered five hits over seven innings and struck out three, yielding two of those five hits in the sixth.
Junior Crystal Cox (12-12) earned the victory for the Tar Heels (25-20), striking out seven batters in a complete game effort, while walking eight.
East Carolina returns to action on Saturday, April 9, at the Longwood Invitational with a trio of games. The Pirates are scheduled to face UNC Wilmington, Longwood and Radford during the round robin portion of the tournament. The championship round will be held Sunday on the campus of Longwood College in Farmville, Va.
