GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team is set to head to Charleston, S.C. for a three-game series against The Citadel Bulldogs this weekend.
 
The times continue to be the same on the weekends with Friday set for 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
FRIDAY
Who: The Citadel Bulldogs
Where:  Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C.
When: Friday, April 29 | 6 p.m.
Weather: 76°/ 64° | Mostly Sunny | 0% rain
Tickets: Ticket Link
Starting Pitchers: LHP Jared Mathewson vs. RHP Devin Beckley
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SATURDAY
Who: The Citadel Bulldogs
Where:  Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C.
When: Saturday, April 30 | 2 p.m.
Weather: 78°/ 65° | Partly Cloudy | 0% rain
Tickets: Ticket Link
Starting Pitchers: RHP Austin Parsley vs. RHP Cameron Reeves
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SUNDAY
Who: The Citadel Bulldogs
Where:  Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park | Charleston, S.C.
When: Sunday, May 1 | 1 p.m.
Weather: 79°/ 67° | Partly Cloudy | 20% rain
Tickets: Ticket Link
Starting Pitchers: RHP Austin Koehn vs. LHP Fisher Paulsen
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
-- The Spartans enter the contest with a 17-24 overall record, 2-7 in the Southern Conference.
--Hogan Windish leads the conference with a .395 batting average.
--Sam Murchison led the way for the Spartan's pitching, striking out five batters last night against Campbell.
--Austin Parsley and Jared Mathewson lead the conference in innings pitched. Parsley has 63.1 while Mathewson has 61.1 innings.
--Parsley also leads the conference with six wins.
--Alex Hoppe has allowed the fewest hits, runs, and home runs in the conference this season. He has allowed 18 runs on 34 hits and only one home run.  
--Mitchell Smith is tied for third in the conference in doubles with 14 this season.
 
CAREER MILESTONE TRACKER
--Jared Mathewson and Kross Robinson are nearing the 200 mark in career strikeouts.
--Mathewson is 20 away.
-- Robinson needs 10 more.
 
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
--As a team, the Spartans are ranked in the top 100 in eight categories: 12^th in hits (443), 24^th in batting average (.303), 50^th in triples (12), 61^st in doubles (80), 64^th in triples per game (0.29), 73^rd in runs (280), 77^th in on-base percentage (.386), and 92^nd in doubles per game (1.95).
--Kennedy Jones is the only Spartan ranked in the top 100 in five categories: 26^th in RBIs per game (1.29), 38^th in hits per game (1.57), 48^th in RBIs (45), 85^th in doubles per game (0.37), and 97^th in batting average (.372).
--Parsley and Hoppe are ranked in four categories.
--Parsley is sixth in games started (11), 28^th in walks allowed per nine innings (1.43), 29^th in victories (6), and 43^rd in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.70).
--Hoppe is 22^nd in strikeouts per nine innings (13.10), 66^th in strikeouts (66), 70^th in hits allowed per nine innings (6.75), and 98^th in victories (5).
--Mathewson is the highest-ranked Spartan nationally coming in at second in games started with 12.
--Of the three categories Windish is ranked, he is in the top 50. He is 26^th in on-base percentage (.500), 29^th in batting average (.398), and 38^th in slugging percentage (.707).
--Smith joins Jones on the list for doubles per game with 0.38, which puts him 76^th in the nation. He is 77^th in doubles with 14.
--KJ Wells is 63^rd in pitching appearances with 20.
--Zack Budzik is 84^th in sacrifice flies with four this season. 
--Price King is now in the top 100 in pitching appearances. He has 19 which put shim at 98^th.
 
CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOKS
--Budzik, Windish, and Hardison are climbing the UNCG career records this season.
--Budzik has 46 stolen bases in his career which puts him tied for eighth. Below are the 5^th – 8^th.
5. Ryan Gordon, 2000-04 ...............................................................61
6. Shane Schumaker, 2000-01 ....................................................... 54
7. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00............................................................. 47
8. Jeff Smith, 1999-00..................................................................... 46
    Zack Budzik, 2018-present.......................................................46
 
--Hardison's four doubles this season so far pushes his career total to 46 which moves him up to the seventh-place spot. Below are the 3^rd – 7^th.
3. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00.............................................................51
 *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................51
5. Ryan Gordon, 2000-04 ............................................................... 50
 Tonka Maynor, 1991-94.................................................................50
7. Greg Hardison, 2017-present……………………………………46
 
--Windish is in the top five on two record lists. With his two home runs last week, he moves up to fourth in career home runs with 27. Below are the top five.
1. *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................. 39
2. Tim Giles, 1994-96.......................................................................... 38
3. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00.................................................................. 37
4. Hogan Windish, 2018-present………………………………………..27
5. Cesar Trejo, 2016-18 ....................................................................... 26
 
--Windish has been hit by a pitch 34 times in his career, putting him fourth in the UNCG record books. Below are the top 5.
1. Chris Barker, 2010-11....................................................................... 40
2. Greg Feltes, 2005-08 ........................................................................ 37
3. *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................... 35
 Hogan Windish, 2018-present……………………………………….…35
5. Nicky Phillips, 1994-97...................................................................... 30
 
 
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
--The Citadel enters the weekend with a 22-18 overall record, 2-7 in the conference.
--They are coming off an 11-5 over Winthrop on Tuesday.
--The Citadel scored six runs in the eighth inning to win the game.
--Dillion Morton led the team with three hits and two RBIs.
--Ryan McCarthy leads the team in runs (40), hits (48), home runs (7), and stolen bases (19).
--The Bulldog's two conference wins came against VMI and Western Carolina.
--Reeves leads the Bulldogs pitching in strikeouts with 59. Beckley follows with 58 and Paulsen has 43.
--Beckley has the lowest ERA with a 2.87.
 
SERIES HISTORY
-- The Spartans hold a 40-36 all-time series lead.
--UNCG currently holds an 11-game win streak against The Citadel.
--The Spartans took the last matchup last April with a final of 14-1.
--Windish went 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
--Hoppe pitched 5.0 innings and struck out four.