GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team is set for a weekend series with the Davidson Wildcats this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after an eight-year hiatus.
The Spartans will head to Davidson on Friday for a game at 6 p.m. UNCG will turn around and welcome them to Greensboro on Saturday at 3 p.m. The series will close out in High Point at Truist Stadium, home of the High Point Rockers, for the first of two neutral site games for the Spartans this season. The first pitch for Sunday is set for 2 p.m.
Tickets for the neutral site game can be purchased at the link below. They are $7 online if purchased ahead of time. They will be $10 at the gate.
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
FRIDAY
Who: Davidson Wildcats
Where: Wilson Field | Davidson, N.C.
When: Friday, March 25 | 6 p.m.
Weather: 65°/ 42° | Partly Cloudy | 10% rain
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SATURDAY
Who: Davidson Wildcats
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Saturday, March 26 | 3 p.m.
Tickets: Free Admission
Concessions: Behind home plate
Weather: 56°/ 35° | Cloudy | 20% rain
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SUNDAY
Who: Davidson Wildcats
Where: Truist Point Stadium | High Point, N.C.
When: Sunday, March 27 | 2 p.m.
Tickets: Trusit Point Stadium Tickets ($7 online | $10 at gate)
Weather: 56°/ 32° | Mostly Sunny | 0% rain
Live Stats
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
--The Spartans enter the weekend with a 10-11 overall record.
--As a team, the Spartans are ranked in the top 100 nationally in nine categories: 22
nd in hits (223), 42
nd in double plays (16), 50
th in stolen bases (32), 62
nd in batting average (.293), 68
th in triples (5), 69
th in stolen bases per game (1.52), 69
th in double plays per game (0.76), 70
th in shutouts (1), 89
th in runs (135).
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Austin Parsley leads the conference and is fourth nationally with four wins this season.
--He is tied for first on the team with 32 strikeouts.
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Alex Hoppe also has 32 strikeouts.
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Jared Mathewson leads the conference in innings pitched with 34.1. Parsley follows with 31.1.
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Greg Hardison and
Hogan Windish sit in the top five in the SoCon in batting average. Hardison is fourth with a .397 while Windish is fifth with a .392 average.
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Kennedy Jones and Windish are tied for fifth in the SoCon in RBIs with 22.
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Zack Budzik is in the top 10 in the conference in stolen bases. He is tied for eighth with seven this season.
--Head coach
Billy Godwin is 34 wins away from 400 career wins. He needs one more to reach 50 at UNCG.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
--Davidson enters the weekend with a 17-3 overall record.
--Their three losses come from Lehigh to open the season and two against Columbia.
--They are currently on a nine-game win streak.
--Ryan Wilson leads the Wildcats with a .458 batting average.
--He has 27 hits at 59 plate appearances.
--Michael Carico leads the team with six home runs this season.
-- Trevor Candelaria has 25 RBIs and 30 hits, which leads the Wildcats.
--Nolan DeVos has pitched 30.0 innings and has an ERA of 0.60.
--He is seventh in the nation in ERA.
--He has allowed two earned runs this season.
--DeVos also leads the team with 50 strikeouts.
--Gabe Levy has five saves this season.
SERIES HISTORY
--The Spartans lead the all-time series 35-28.
--Davidson took the last matchup in April of 2014 with a 7-6 final after 11 innings.
--The Wildcats won on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11
th.