Pitt Opens ACC Play at North Carolina

Pitt Panthers (10-10, 0-0 ACC)
at North Carolina Tar Heels (18-4, 0-0 ACC)
March 7-9, 2025
Chapel Hill, N.C. · Anderson Stadium
ACCNX

SCHEDULE
Friday, March 7 – 5 p.m. (ACCNX)
Saturday, March 8 – 2 p.m. (no broadcast)
Sunday, March 9 – 12 p.m. (ACCNX)

QUICK HITS

The Pitt Panthers open ACC play against the North Carolina Tar Heels on Friday, March 5 at 5 p.m. The Panthers trail the all-time series, 17-13, against the Tar Heels.
Freshman Gwen Sparks tossed her first-career complete-game shutout over Cal Poly (2/28), striking out a season-high seven batters while allowing just one hit and three walks in 25 batters faced.
Sparks, a 6-2 right-handed pitcher out of Notre Dame High School (OH) leads the Panthers with a 2.71 (16 ER / 41.1 IP) with 31 strikeouts in 12 appearances (six starts).
Sophomore Ahmari Braden is tied for second in the ACC with nine stolen bases and is 9-for-10 on stolen base attempts this season.
Braden leads the Panthers in batting average (.360), hits (18), on-base percentage (.407), stolen bases (9), triples (1), and is second in runs scored (11).
Kaitlyn Brannstrom has started all 20 games at first base this season after transferring from Grand Canyon. She leads the team and is tied for eighth in the ACC with 13 walks.