Who: Charlotte 49ers (19-6)
Where: Charlotte, N.C. | Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium
When: Tuesday, March 15 | 4:00 p.m.
Tickets: Free Admission
Listen | Live Stats

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team hits the road for three games with a single game tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15 against the Charlotte 49ers with a start time of 4:00 p.m.

The 49ers are currently ranked 25^th in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and are receiving votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll. Charlotte recently dropped out of the D1Softball Poll.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Junior Maycin Brown was tabbed SoCon Player of the Month for February.

• .415 batting average
• 17-for-41 at the plate
• 2 home runs
• 5 doubles
• 7 hits
• 9 runs
• 7 RBI
• 1 error, .975 fielding percentage
• .683 slugging percentage
• .510 on-base percentage

PLAYERS/PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Junior Morgan Scott was most recently selected SoCon Pitcher of the Week on March 14.

• 2-0 week
• 14.0 innings
• 13 hits allowed
• 1.00 ERA
• 15 strikeouts
• 10 strikeouts against Saint Francis (Pa.), 12^th time with double-digit strikeouts

Senior Delaney Cumbie was tabbed SoCon Player of the Week on March 7 after helping UNCG to a 3-2 week.

• .429 batting average
• 3 home runs
• 7 hits
• 5 RBI
• 1 error, .970 fielding percentage
• 1.063 slugging percentage
• .524 on-base percentage

Junior Blayke Batten led the way for the Spartans during their five-game week. She earned UNCG's second Player of the Week award on Feb. 28.

•  .412 batting average
• Double, two triples, two home runs
• 7-for-17 at the plate
• 5 runs, 7 RBI
• 1.059 slugging percentage
• .412 on-base percentage
• No error, 12 putouts

Graduate student Jordan Gontram earned the first SoCon Player of the Week award for the Spartans announced on Feb. 21.

• .636 batting average
• two home runs
• 7-for-11 at the plate
• 5 RBI
• 1.273 slugging percentage
• .636 on-base percentage

NATIONAL RANKINGS

• The second NCAA Division I Ratings Power Index (RPI) came out and UNCG is 65^th.
• UNCG is ninth in the nation with 37 home runs.
• UNCG is also eighth in the nation averaging 1.61 home runs per game.
• Morgan Scott is second in hit batters (2), third in innings pitched (90.2), 19^th in victories (9), and 27^th in strikeouts (87)
• Scott is fourth in innings pitched (76.2)
• Delaney Cumbie is ninth in hit-by-pitch per game (0.42).

#1 IN SOCON RANKINGS

• Batting average (.275)
• Home runs per game (1.61)
• Scoring (5.57)
• Slugging percentage (.514)
• WL percentage (.652)

A DECADE OF COACHING
Janelle Breneman enters her 10^th season at the helm of the Spartans with a 284-177. The Blue & Gold have accumulated a record of 15-8 this season, to bring Breneman's record to 299-185, one win from 300.
 
OUT OF THE PARK
The Spartans have recorded at least one home run in 19 of the 23 games played this season.
 
UNCG has had 12 games with two or more home runs. The Spartans have had four games with three home runs. There has been one game with a season-best four home runs.
 
Four Spartans have tallied five home runs each, including graduate student Makenna Matthijs, graduate student Jordan Gontram, junior Blayke Batten, and senior Delaney Cumbie.
 
Grace Loftin is second on the team with four home runs, while Maycin Brown, Samantha Lagrama, and Hannah Kincer have three each. Brooklynn Maxwell and Jessie Shipley each have two homers.
 
SPARTANS' LAST TIME OUT

• UNCG blanked Delaware State on Sunday 8-0 in five innings for the first shutout of the season.
• Freshman Reese Byrd struck out five in the win and recorded her first-collegiate no-hitter.
• This was the 13^th no-hitter in program history and first one since February 24, 2018 when Stephanie Bryden '19, current volunteer assistant coach, defeated Virginia 8-0 in five innings.
• UNCG totaled four home runs in the victory posting a season best.
• Two homers came from Lagrama and two came from Cumbie.
• Matthijs, Batten, and Gontram each recorded a double, while Batten and Gontram tallied a RBI each.

SCOUTING CHARLOTTE

• The Charlotte softball team was chosen as the preseason favorites in Conference USA.
• Senior catcher Bailey Vannoy was named to the Preseason All-Conference team as well as Preseason Player of the Year.
• Infielders Kourtney Gremillion and Cori Henderson were named to the Preseason All-Conference team.
• Last year, head coach Ashley Chastain led the squad to their most successful season with a 31-19 overall record and claimed the Conference USA East Division.
• Currently, Vannoy leads the team with a .444 batting average, 36 hits, three triples, nine home runs, and 21 RBI.
• In 62.1 innings pitched, Lindsey Walljasper leads the staff with a 2.36 ERA and a 7-2 record. She has struck out 52 batters.
• Amelia Wiercioch is second with 53.2 innings tossed and a 2.74 ERA and a 6-2 record.
• As a team, the Charlotte 49ers have hit 28 homers.

HISTORY VS. CHARLOTTE

• Charlotte 49ers lead the series 43-34.
• In 2021, UNCG defeated the Charlotte 49ers 10-2 on April 28, but fell to them on April 14, 11-4.