HAMPTON, Va. (Mar. 9, 2026) … The Hampton Pirates head up Interstate 64 on Tuesday to tangle with the nationally-ranked Virginia Cavaliers in a non-conference softball contest at 4 p.m. at Palmer Park

The game will have live stats and be streamed on ACC Network Extra and you can find that here.
 
ABOUT HAMPTON
The Pirates enter after dropping  a three-game series against Campbell to open CAA play at home.

Carmynn Bonner leads the team in batting average at .491. Last weekend against Campbell she was 6-for-10 and matched her career-best going 4-for-4 in game three. In the CAA she is second in average, fourth in OBP (.525), fifth in OPS (1.223) and ninth in hits (23) and doubles (5).

Bonner, a preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA pick, has six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games through the first month of the season.

Ava Lester leads the Pirates on the mound with a 2.58 ERA as she sports a 2-1 record. Lester has thrown 21.2 innings and struck out 19 while walking five.

ABOUT VIRGINIA
The Cavaliers are ranked 16^th nationally by D1 softball.com and USA Today/Coaches Association poll.

Virginia entered its weekend series with North Carolina on a 20-game winning streak that was the second longest active streak nationally at the time. That streak hit 21 after a 7-3 win on Friday, but was snapped the next day in an 11-9 eight-inning loss. The Cavaliers rebounded with a wild 19-14 win in eight innings to split a Saturday doubleheader.

Third baseman Bella Cabral had four hits in game two to pace a 20-hit onslaught for the Cavaliers. She is second on the team in average at .461 trailing Macee Eaton who is hitting .462.

As a team, the Cavaliers are batting .338 and holding opponents to a .206 average through 24 games. They have outscored opponents 181-to-77 through 24 games. Courtney Layne leads Virginia on the mound sporting an 8-1 record with a 1.25 ERA.

SERIES VS. UVA
The Cavaliers lead the all-time series 5-2 with Hampton. These teams played three times in the 2019 season with one in a tournament at Elon (Virginia 2-0) and twice to close the season in Charlottesville with the Cavaliers winning 5-2 and 8-0. Hampton defeated Virginia in a doubleheader at home in the 2018 season winning 8-3 and 3-2 on March 6, 2018.

NEXT UP
Hampton visits Stony Brook for a three-game CAA series starting Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.