GREENSBORO, N.C.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team fell to the ETSU Bucs, 5-2, in the series opener on Friday afternoon in UNCG Baseball Stadium.
 
Sam Murchison, Jake Wolf, and Camden Noble combined for eight strikeouts. Murchison led the trio with six.
 
In the fifth inning, Kennedy Jones singled to the second baseman, but an error on the throw would allow Zack Budzik to score from first base for the Spartan's first run.
 
Pres Cavenaugh doubled to the right-center gap in the eighth inning. A single from Mitchell Smith drove Cavenaugh home for the Spartan's second run.
 
FINAL WORDS FROM COACH GODWIN
"I thought they played better than we did. They beat us in all phases. They pitched better; they swung the bat better. We just lost. We have to come out tomorrow and try to even the series."
 
RECORDS
UNCG: 23-26, 7-9 (SoCon)
ETSU: 28-17, 9-7 (SoCon)


BY THE NUMBERS

• Smith hit his 20^th double of the season in the sixth inning and stretched his hit streak to 10 games.
• He and Cavenaugh led the team with two hits.
• Cavenaugh also hit a double and stretched his hit streak to six games.
• Hogan Windish stretched his consecutive on-base streak to 27 games. 

UPCOMING
UNCG will continue its series with ETSU tomorrow at 2 p.m. RHP Austin Parsley will start on the mound for the Spartans, while the Bucs will send RHP Hunter Loyd.
 
Prior to the game, head coach Billy Godwin and Athletics Director, Brian Mackin, will honor the 2022 senior class of 11. The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m.



 

Budzik scores from first on a throwing error by the Bucs!

E5 | UNCG 1, ETSU 4#LosMuchachos pic.twitter.com/dRCsDlFkgo

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A 6-4-3 double play ends the inning and holds the Bucs. #LosMuchachos pic.twitter.com/IQJiGyMSyN

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Yes, Hogan caught that ??#LosMuchachos pic.twitter.com/REZR91f10y

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