CONWAY – After earning their second three-game series sweep of the season versus the South Alabama Jaguars over the weekend, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels at Anderson Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Chants head into the game with a 3-0 record versus ACC opponents this season as they defeated the Pittsburgh Panthers (Feb. 22 & 23) and the Duke Devils (March 19).
 
Coastal Carolina

With the sweep, the Chanticleers improved to 29-10 overall and 9-6 in the Sun Belt.
 
Reigning Sun Belt Player of the Week junior Kassidy Smith continued her hot hitting over the weekend against the Jaguars as she batted .444 (4-for-9) with two home runs, a double, four runs batted in, and two walks.
 
The first baseman's two home runs in game two of Saturday's doubleheader put her one behind teammate Courtney Dean's conference leading 12 home runs.
 
In the last two weeks of Sun Belt play, Smith has batted .400 (6-for-15) with three home runs, six runs batted in, and six walks.
 
In the pitching department, sophomore Kaitlin Beasley-Polko added two wins, including her 14th complete game of the season, and her conference leading fourth save of the year over the weekend.
 
The Leonardtown, Md. native added two wins and continues to be one of the league's top starters in the conference as she has tallied 19 wins that is good for third, behind Louisiana's Summer Ellison's 23 and Troy's Leanna Johnson's 20.
 
On Saturday in the game two win, senior Ashley Guillette earned her 48th career win, placing fifth all-time in school history.
 
North Carolina

The Tar Heels earned their second ACC sweep of the season last weekend, downing the Virginia Cavaliers in five innings in three straight games by the score of 8-0, improving to 22-13 overall and 11-4 in conference.
 
It was an all-around performance in the three game set for North Carolina as the offense shelled out 32 hits against the Cavs and the pitchers held the opposition to a meager six hits.
 
Lead-off hitter Leah Murray went 6-for-8 in the sweep, picking up three runs, two runs batted in, and four stolen bases.
 
Murray is the third leading base stealer in the conference with 18.
 
The senior is also the second leading hitter on the Tar Heel squad, behind Kiana Ramsey (.393), with a .358 batting average and has a team-leading 22 steals.
 
The Tar Heels also features a lineup led by All-ACC Conference player Brittany Pickett. Last year, Pickett earned her all-conference award for the second time by making 37 starts in the circle and playing in 55 games overall.
 
In the circle, the junior had a record of 28-12 and posted an earned run average of 2.29.  At the plate, Pickett hit .313 with eight home runs and 25 RBI.
 
This season, the lefty continues to be effective on the rubber and at the plate. In nine starts, Pickett has a record of 7-2 in 54 innings with 50 strikeouts.
 
With only five games worth of at-bats, Pickett is 6-for-9 with three doubles and two home runs.
 
History

The Tar Heels hold a 22-4 advantage over the Chanticleers and the last time CCU earned a victory over North Carolina was on March 12, 2014 at what is now St. John Stadium. Former Chant ace Kiana Quolas threw a no-hitter to knock off North Carolina by the score of 3-0.
 
How to Follow

Fans can follow the game by logging onto ACC Network Extra with first pitch set for 4:00 p.m. Live stats can be followed by clicking on goccusports.com.
 
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