Box Score

Wilmington, N.C. – Hampton got home runs from Tesara Liggins, Maggie Wolfe and Jennifer Gonzales, but UNC – Wilmington’s Carley Hughes hit three of her own and drove in six runs to lead the Seahawks to a 10-6 victory over the Lady Pirates (4-1) who suffered their first loss of the season.

The Lady Pirates used three hits and an error to score a run in the top of the third, but the Seahawks responded with five in the bottom half of the inning to take command. A double, an error and a walk loaded the bases for UNCW and Hughes promptly cleared them with a grand slam off of Jada Jeffries.

UNCW added three more runs in the fourth off of new Hampton pitcher Ashley Weissenbach thanks to solo shots from Meghan Murray, Lindsay Styons and Hughes.

Trailing 8-1 heading into the top half of the sixth the Lady Pirates scored with a two-run double by Angela Balser. Hampton then went on to add three more runs in the seventh behind a leadoff home run by Liggins and back-to-back blasts from Wolfe and Gonzales. However, the Lady Pirates could not draw any closer.

Lisa White (1-1) pitched six and a third innings, striking out six to earn the win for UNCW, while Jeffries (2-1) suffered her first loss of the season for Hampton. The freshman was touched up for five hits and five runs in three innings.