LIVE UPDATES: Virginia Tech Softball vs Charlotte 49ers

From our own Kaden Reinhard

No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies (33-5, 11-1 ACC) will be riding high into the midweek matchup against the Charlotte 49ers (20-21, 8-7) with a 13-game win streak.

That mark is good enough to have the second-longest active win streak, trailing behind the MAAC program, the Marist Red Foxes.

This will be the nineteenth contest for these two squads, dating back to 1997. Game two of a doubleheader in March 1998 started the Niners' 21-year, 12-game losing streak against the Hokies.

Since the turn of the decade, Charlotte has had the Hokies' number, clean sweeping Tech in the last three contests.

The 49ers are in their first season with new head coach Courtney Breault, after she has spent the last 10 years being an assistant coach at both Furman and Clemson. Breault was a part of the Tigers team when they would make back-to-back Super Regional appearances in 2022 and 2023.

With Breault's 10-year coaching career alongside her four-year college career spent playing at Arkansas and Nebraska, she will bring a ton of experience to this Niners squad, which made an appearance in the NCAA tournament last year.

Tonight's lineup👏 pic.twitter.com/lOcwYJmkjr
— Virginia Tech Softball (@HokiesSoftball) April 8, 2025

First Inning

Both sides went up and down the order as the we head into the second.

Second Inning

The Hokies caught fire thanks to a Peck solo shot that propelled the Hokies into a 1-0 lead, the Hokies then put Lynch on second and a Martin single sent Lynch home. Tech leads 2-0.

Third Inning

Both sides found momentum as each squad puts a runner on, however a respective groundout and flyout end both sides' streak.

Fourth Inning

Charlotte halved the lead thanks to a Teagan Ritchie homer, however Bre Peck makes history.

BRE PECK👑

Bre Peck is now the program's all-time home run leader!!#Hokies🥎 pic.twitter.com/FpKEgBDRVh
— Virginia Tech Softball (@HokiesSoftball) April 8, 2025

That wasn't the end of the scoring, McMillan tallied a three-run homer to extend the Tech lead to five. Hokies up 6-1 heading into the fifth.

Fifth Inning

Charlotte was able to tack on two more runs to take the Tech lead to three. However, the home squad were able to notch a further three runs to make it a 9-3 game as the sixth gets underway.