CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 19 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a midweek non-conference matchup with No. 11 North Carolina on Tuesday, April 16, with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ACCNX or fans can listen live on WRNN 99.5 Hot Talk.
 
ROTATION
Tuesday, April 16
CCU - RHP Oliver Ellison (3-0, 4.56 ERA) vs. UNC - RHP Olin Johnson (1-0, 3.29 ERA)
 
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the week 24-11 on the season and 9-6 in Sun Belt play.
• Coastal has hit 61 home runs on the season with Blake Barthol leading the team and is 28th in the NCAA with 14 bombs while Zack Beach has added 13 blasts.
• Sam Antonacci leads the team with a .409 batting average, 35 walks, and hit-by-a-pitch 17 times to get the offense started from the top of the lineup. He has reached base safely at least once in every game played this season.
• Defensively, the Chanticleers are fourth the NCAA and lead the Sun Belt Conference with 38 double plays turned.
• Cameron Flukey leads the team with 55 strikeouts, has four starts on the season and 12 appearances. He has given up 17 runs on 27 hits with just 18 walks.
• Oliver Ellison will get the start versus the Tar Heels is 3-0 on the year and has allowed just 12 runs in nine appearances with three starts.
 
ABOUT THE TAR HEELS
• North Carolina enters play at 29-7 overall and 14-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and have won three straight games.
• The Tar Heels have won 27 consecutive home games, setting a new school record with a 10-3 ACC win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish last Sunday.
• The UNC pitching staff has allowed 30 home runs and has struck out 308 opposing batters and issued 145 free bases. Batters are hitting just .253 against the Tar Heels.
• UNC's Matthew Matthijs leads the team with an 11-2 record with a team high 20 appearances. Matthijs has a 3.27 ERA and allowed 15 runs over 33.0 innings with 27 hits and 34 strikeouts.
• Tuesday's starter Olin Johnson is 1-0 on the year with a 3.29 ERA in 13.2 innings of work. Opponents are hitting .281 against the right-handed pitcher, who has allowed 11 runs on 16 hits.
• North Carolina is hitting .313 and has blasted 63 home runs, 10 triples, and 66 doubles for 294 RBIs.
• Casey Cook (.363) leads the Tar Heels at the plate. Cook is the only batter hitting over .360 and leads the team with 51 RBIs.
• Parks Harbor and Vance Honeycutt lead the Tar Heels with 12 home runs, while Cook and Luke Stevenson trail with 10 long balls.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY WITH NORTH CAROLINA
• The Chanticleers trail 47-22 in the overall series versus UNC on the diamond, with Coastal Carolina winning the last meeting 8-6 on the road in May 2023.
• CCU has a 14-33 record versus the Tar Heels on the road but is 8-13 at home, it is the 70th time the two programs will meet on the diamond.
• Coastal has a two-game winning streak against North Carolina from March 2023 to May 2023. The Chanticleers have won back-to-back games five times throughout the series
• The Chants and Tar Heels first played in Conway, S.C., in March 1987 with Coastal winning 6-5 in the first ever meeting.
• Coastal and UNC are 5-5 in the last 10 meetings but the Chants have won the last two games.
 
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