GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG softball team (26-16, 3-3 SoCon) hosts Furman (22-22, 3-6 SoCon) Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17, at the UNCG Softball Stadium. The first 100 fans in attends will receive a green UNCG softball t-shirt as part of the softball team's promotion to raise awareness for kidney disease. All three games will be streamed live on the SoCon Digital Network with UNCG's Parker Southern and Luke Martin on the call.

April 16 will be this year's charity game in which the softball program will be collecting donations for Tracy's Transplant Trust, cash and checks will be accepted as well as online donations here. Tracy Self, the sister of UNCG's strength and conditioning coach Kelly Self, is currently battling end stage kidney failure and is in the process of getting a kidney transplant. Additionally, Tracy will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for Saturday's doubleheader.

The Spartans and Paladins are tied 35-35 in the all-time series although Furman is 8-4 against UNCG since head coach Janelle Breneman took over the Spartans program in 2013. Last time the two met UNCG defeated Furman May 3, 2015, 3-2, to take the regular season series 2-1.

UNCG is coming off a 1-0 loss to Elon on the road. The Spartans streak of 12-straight games with at least one home run ended in the midweek loss where each team tallied just three hits apiece.

Last weekend the Spartans used back-to-back walk-off victories to win their first SoCon series of the season over Mercer two games to one.

Fans not in attendance can follow all the action live on the SoCon Digital Network or by following live stats at UNCGSpartans.com.

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