" Virginia has won every game since its opening weekend loss to Arkansas. The Cavaliers have a quality pitching tandem in Courtney Layne and Eden Bingham. North Carolina provides the power at the plate, though, blasting 41 homers and holding a .397 team batting average. This will likely be Virginia’s toughest test since its loss to Arkansas in early February, while this conference series will be the Tar Heels’ first top-25 test of the season. This will be a fun measuring stick test for both teams heading into conference play." And this from D1 Softball: Virginia vs. North Carolina — Virginia enters this series riding a 20-game winning streak, tied for second-longest in the nation. The Cavaliers lost their season opener to Arkansas in lopsided fashion, then haven’t lost since. UNC played a significantly-easier schedule during the non-conference portion of their own year, but put together a winning streak of their own to kick things off. This is already UNC’s second series of ACC play – they took the series from Boston College 2-1 a week ago – and the key to the weekend could be the Tar Heel offense vs. UVA’s solid, sturdy pitching staff.