Chapel Hill lost against Riverside-Durham back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Chapel Hill Tigers suffered a tough 24-7 loss at the hands of the Riverside-Durham Pirates. Chapel Hill has not had much luck with Riverside-Durham recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Alexandra Dye and Silvia Tellez-Flores stepped up to the plate in a big way. Dye scored a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Tellez-Flores scored a run while going 2-for-4. Rachel Penzner was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
On Riverside-Durham's side, Juleah Somers was a major factor no matter where she played. She tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Somers was even better at the plate, scoring five runs while going 3-for-6.
In other batting news, Nehir Volkan was a standout: she went 5-for-6 with a home run, three stolen bases, and six RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Paisley Russell, who got on base in all six of her plate appearances with five runs, three RBI, and a triple.
Chapel Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Riverside-Durham, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.
Chapel Hill has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Carrboro at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Riverside-Durham, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Enloe at 4:00 p.m. on April 3rd.
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