UNCG Releases 2013 Baseball Schedule

The schedule features 11 contests against teams that qualified for the NCAA Regionals in 2012, including NC State which advanced to a Super Regional. Samford was selected to the Tallahassee Regional while College of Charleston, East Carolina and defending SoCon champion Appalachian State participated in the Atlanta, Chapel Hill and Charlottesville Regionals respectively.

"The schedule sets up well for our team this year," head coach Link Jarrett said. "We are playing five teams that qualified for a NCAA regional last season and have nine different leagues represented in nonconference play. One of our goals is to provide Spartan fans with high quality, exciting baseball to watch and our schedule goes a long way in doing that."

UNCG opens the year Feb. 15-17 with a series against Army before welcoming UNC Asheville to the UNCG Baseball Stadium Feb. 19 for its first midweek game of the season. The homestand continues Feb. 22-24 as the Spartans entertain Dayton. UNCG will also host Albany (March 1-3) and Marist (March 8-10) for three-game series while taking on Lehigh (March 12) and Rhode Island (March 13) in midweek tilts. A trip to East Carolina (March 5) serves as the lone road game during the season-opening stretch before UNCG opens SoCon play at home March 15-17 against Elon.

After beginning league play, the Spartans will head to ACC power NC State (March 19) then return home the next day to battle Princeton. UNCG travels out of the state for the first time March 22-24, squaring off with Wofford. The Spartans will then return to the UNCG Baseball Stadium for five games, including a three-game set with league foe Georgia Southern (March 28-30).

April begins with the Spartans hosting North Carolina Central on the first day of the month before making the short trek to Winston-Salem a day later to battle Wake Forest. In terms of league play, UNCG travels to College of Charleston (April 5-7) and Davidson (April 19-21) while hosting Appalachian State (April 12-14) and Western Carolina (April 26-28). The Spartans also play at Duke (April 9) and host the Demon Deacons (April 16) and Aggies (April 30).

UNCG wraps up the regular season in the first part of May, taking road trips to Samford (May 3-5) and Furman (May 10-12) and welcoming The Citadel (May 16-18) to Greensboro for the final series of conference play. The Spartans will also close their season series against Duke (May 14) with a game at the UNCG Baseball Stadium.

The Southern Conference Championship is scheduled for May 22-26 at Fluor Field, home of the South Atlantic League's Greenville Drive, in Greenville, S.C. The winner captures the league's automatic berth to one of 16 NCAA regionals.

2013 UNCG Baseball Schedule

Feb. 15 vs. Army, 4 p.m.; Feb. 16 vs. Army, 2 p.m.; Feb. 17 vs. Army, Noon; Feb. 19 vs. UNC Asheville, 4 p.m.; Feb. 22 vs. Dayton, 4 p.m.; Feb. 23 vs. Dayton, 2 p.m.; Feb. 24 vs. Dayton, 1 p.m.; March 1 vs. Albany, 4 p.m.; March 2 vs. Albany 2 p.m.; March 3 vs. Albany, 1 p.m.; March 5 at East Carolina, 5 p.m.; March 8 vs. Marist, 4 p.m.; March 9 vs. Marist, 2 p.m.; March 10 vs. Marist, 1 p.m.; March 12 vs. Lehigh, 4 p.m.; March 13 vs. Rhode Island, 4 p.m.; March 15 vs. Elon*, 6 p.m.; March 16 vs. Elon*, 2 p.m.; March 17 vs. Elon*, 1 p.m.; March 19 at NC State, 6 p.m.; March 20 vs. Princeton, 7 p.m.; March 22 at Wofford*, 6 p.m.; March 23 at Wofford*, 3 p.m.; March 24 at Wofford*, 1 p.m.; March 26 vs. North Carolina A&T$, 6 p.m.; March 28 vs. Georgia Southern*, 6 p.m.; March 29 vs. Georgia Southern*, 6 p.m.; March 30 vs. Georgia Southern*, 2 p.m.; April 1 vs. North Carolina Central, 6 p.m.; April 2 at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.; April 5 at College of Charleston*, 6 p.m.; April 6 at College of Charleston*, 6 p.m.; April 7 at College of Charleston*, 1 p.m.; April 9 at Duke, 6 p.m.; April 12 vs. Appalachian State*, 6 p.m.; April 13 vs. Appalachian State*, 2 p.m.; April 14 vs. Appalachian State*, 1 p.m.; April 16 vs. Wake Forest, 6 p.m.; April 19 at Davidson*, 6 p.m.; April 20 at Davidson*, 2 p.m.; April 21 at Davidson*, 1 p.m.; April 24 at Campbell, 6 p.m.; April 26 vs. Western Carolina*, 6 p.m.; April 27 vs. Western Carolina*, 2 p.m.; April 28 vs. Western Carolina*, 1 p.m.; April 30 vs. North Carolina A&T, 6 p.m.; May 3 at Samford*, 7 p.m.; May 4 at Samford*, 3 p.m.; May 5 at Samford*, 2 p.m.; May 10 at Furman*, 6 p.m.; May 11 at Furman*, 4 p.m.; May 12 at Furman*, 1 p.m.; May 14 vs. Duke, 6 p.m.; May 16 vs. The Citadel*, 6 p.m.; May 17 vs. The Citadel*, 6 p.m.; May 18 vs. The Citadel*, 2 p.m.; May 22-26 at Southern Conference Championship (Greenville, S.C.)

* Southern Conference Game

$ Played at Newbridge Bank Park (Greensboro, N.C.)