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ACC in RPIVT- 5 SOS 7Clemson 14 SOS 16Duke- 20 SOS 136FSU- 25UVA- 40UL-41GT 42NC St- 57ND-61UNC- 68Virginia Tech (18-3-1, 6-0) vs Louisville (16-8, 0-3)VT #3 in country with 44 HR’sSwept Louisville IN LouisvilleLouisville coming off of an impressive W vs Arizona on Tuesday of last week5-3 victory, couple HR’s from Vanessa Miller and Bailee RichardsonAlyssa Zabala went 7 complete, scattered 3 runs, 5 k’s, 11GB’sGame 1 (DH on Saturday)VT 11-1Lindsay Grein in the circle, just 1 hit 0 ER in 5IPAlyssa Zabala (10-2) only made it 1.2 IP… Surprising no HR’s or xtra base hits w/ 11 hits, showing VT can win in other waysGame 2 10 innings! -- crazy how same teams can play, same day, and turn around and a completely diff game5-2 VTAll VT runs were from HR’ssolos by Bre Peck, Emma Ritter & 3run shot by Cori McMillan in top 10th to go aheadMazzarone started- 5.1 IP, 4h, 2 r (none earned)Lemley in relief went 4.2-- 0 ER, 0 BB & 11 K’sLouisville didn’t score an earned run on the day, putting pressure on defense to make mistakes, but have to find some ownership of scoring their own runsVT committed 2 errors in each gameGame 34-3 VTLate inning comeback run from Louisville, cut shortScored all 3 ER’s off Lemly in her relief in the 6&7th but still came up one run shortVT threw Grein, Mazzarone and LemleyHuge advantage to be able to pitch by committee in game 3UNC (19-4, 2-1) vs Virginia (15-7, 3-3)UNC’s Sanaa Thompson .557 and Alex Coleman .556 #1  in country in BA.400 team BA is #2 in country behind Texas at .401#1 in country in SB at 75 (2nd place is IU at 62)Virginia’s Madison Harris is #4 in the country in ERA with a .31 earned run averageGame 1, 0-3 VirginiaEden Bigham continues to show us she is the real deal7IP, 3BB, 6K’s 0 runs, against the top offensive team coming into the weekendUVA offense same names leading the way Jade Hylton and Leah BoggsGame 2, 4-1 UNC (DH)Alex Coleman, Sanaa Thompson and Abby Settlemyer with multi hit gamesLead off Coleman, as she goes this team goes. UVA pitch by committeeUNC’s Kenna Raye Dark, faced just 3 above the minimum-- not overpowering, no strikeouts or walks--she lets teams put it in play and if defense is solid behind her she can put her team in a position to win. Game 3 (DH) 6-1UNC’s offense opened up- Alex Colman 2-3, HR’s by Sanna Thompson and Autumn OwenEden Bigham did get the start, gave up 6 BB’s Britton Rogers looked solid for UNC, i think fatigue started to be an issues in late innings saw BB’s go up and had to be relieved in the 7thUNC’s defense looked solidNC State (14-8, 1-5) vs GT (18-7, 6-0)-GT #2 in country with 48 HR’s-Matched last season's HR total (48 HR’s in 53 games), current 48 HR’s in 25 games.-GT didn’t commit an error on the weekend-T3 in country in double plays with 15- defense secures championshipsGame 1, 4-1 GT 11 inningsGT Sophia Voyles looked great in the circleNo hitter until the 7th, and Taylor Ensley hit solo shot to tie itGT defense was big this game, 0 errors, closing doors of potential ralliesNC State 4 errorsInscoe and Weixleman held their own in the
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