GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team will head to Cullowhee, N.C. for the final series of the 2022 season.
 
Thursday and Friday's games will start at 5 p.m., while Saturday will start at 2 p.m.
 
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
THURSDAY
Who: Western Carolina Catamounts  
Where:  Childress Field at Hennon Stadium | Cullowhee, N.C.
When: Thursday, May 19 | 5 p.m.
Weather: 82°/ 61° | Partly Cloudy | 20% rain
Starting Pitchers: RHP Austin Parsley vs. RHP Jacob Corn
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FRIDAY
Who: Western Carolina Catamounts  
Where:  Childress Field at Hennon Stadium | Cullowhee, N.C.
When: Friday, May 20 | 5 p.m.
Weather: 86°/ 62° | Sunny | 10% rain
Starting Pitchers: LHP Jared Mathewson vs. RHP Gavin Mortensen
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SATURDAY
Who: Western Carolina Catamounts  
Where:  Childress Field at Hennon Stadium | Cullowhee, N.C.
When: Saturday, May 21 | 2 p.m.
Weather: 82°/ 63° | Scattered Thunderstorms | 40% rain
Starting Pitchers: TBA vs. TBA
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
--The Spartans enter the weekend with a 25-27 overall record, 9-9 in the Southern Conference.
--UNCG has won its last four conference series: Samford (2-1), The Citadel (3-0), VMI (2-1), and ETSU (2-1).
--Hogan Windish continued his on-base streak at N.C. State. He now has reached base in 30 consecutive games.
--With his home run against the Wolfpack, Windish now has 12 home runs this season.
--Kennedy Jones and Pres Cavenaugh are leading the Spartans in runs with 47.
--Jones leads with 53 RBIs.
--Alex Hoppe leads the team in strikeouts with 80 this season.
 
GOING THE DISTANCE
-RHP Austin Parsley and LHP Jared Mathewson both pitch a complete game in the series against VMI.
-It was the second complete game for Parsley and the first for Mathewson.
--Mathewson struck out six batters in the 7-3 win on Sunday.
--Parsley struck out eight batters on Saturday.
 
CAREER MILESTONE TRACKER
--Jared Mathewson and Kross Robinson are nearing the 200 mark in career strikeouts.
--They both need 10 more.
 
IN THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE RANKINGS
--As a team, UNCG is ranked in the top three in eight statistical categories:

• 1^st in hits (556)
• 1^st in at bats (1,833)
• 2^nd in batting average (.303)
• 2^nd in triples (15)
• 3^rd in on-base percentage (.393)
• 3^rd in RBIs (347)
• 3^rd in doubles (104)
• 3^rd in total plate appearances (2,157)

--Individually, four Spartans lead the conference in six categories:

• Hogan Windish in batting average (.400)
• Windish in on-base percentage (.500)
• Mitchell Smith in doubles (21)
• Austin Parsley in innings pitched (87.0)
• Parsley in wins (8)
• Jared Mathewson in games started (15)

 
CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOKS
--Budzik, Windish, and Hardison are climbing the UNCG career records this season.
--Budzik moved up in the record books, adding another stolen base this season. His career total is now 47 which moves him up to tie for seventh. 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
    Zack Budzik, 2018-present.......................................................47
8. Jeff Smith, 1999-00..................................................................... 46
 
--Hardison's six doubles this season so far pushes his career total to 48 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…………………………………………………48
 
--Windish is in the top five on two record lists. With his home run last week, he moves up to fourth in career home runs with 30. 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…………………………….……………………..30
5. Cesar Trejo, 2016-18 ....................................................................... 26
 
--Windish has been hit by a pitch 35 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 CATAMOUNTS
--Western Carolina enters the series with a 26-26-1 overall record, 9-8-1 in the conference.
--They are coming off a 10-9 loss to Gardner-Webb in 10 innings.
--Pascanel Ferreras leads the team with a .360 batting average. He has 80 hits, 55 runs, 57 RBIs, and 14 home runs.
--Zach Ketterman leads the team in runs scored with 63.
--Jacob Corn has a 5.12 ERA with 41 hits and 22 earned runs.
--He has struck out 38 batters.
--Gavin Mortenson has. 5.30 ERA with 82 hits and 41 earned runs.
--He has struck out 56 batters.
 
SERIES HISTORY
-- UNCG leads the all-time series 40-37
--Western took the last meeting 7-1 on May 1, 2021.
--Hardison, Budzik, and Cavenaugh had a hit.
 
TIEBREAKER SCENARIOS
 
-Wofford earns the top seed with one win at VMI this weekend
-Mercer earns the top seed with a sweep at Samford and Wofford losing all three at VMI
-If Wofford earns the top seed, Mercer can earn the No. 2 spot with a series win
-If Samford wins the series against Mercer, the Bulldogs will earn the No. 2 seed if WCU wins two or less
-VMI can finish no worse than No. 7 with at least one win vs. Wofford this weekend
 
Potential 4-way tie
-If Mercer/Samford/ETSU/UNCG are all tied at 12-9, these are the records against teams played in the
tie:
Mercer: 6-3
Samford: 5-4
UNCG: 4-5
ETSU: 3-6
As a result, Mercer would earn the No. 2 seed; Samford would be No. 3; UNCG would be No. 4
and ETSU No. 5. WCU would fall to No. 6
-WCU can become the No. 3 seed with two wins this weekend and Samford losing two
Potential 3-way ties
ETSU-SAM-MER (12-9)
Tiebreaker records in the 3-team pod:
ETSU: 2-4
SAM: 4-2
MER: 3-3
 
UNCG-SAM-MER (12-9)
Tiebreaker records in the 3-team pod:
UNCG: 2-4
SAM: 3-3
MER: 4-2
 
UNCG-ETSU-MER (12-9 OR 11-10)
Tiebreaker records in the 3-team pod:
ETSU: 2-4
UNCG: 2-4
MER: 5-1
Mercer would earn the top seed in the pod. By way of a 2-1 series win UNCG would
earn the middle seed and ETSU would have the bottom seed.
 
UNCG-ETSU-SAM (12-9 OR 11-10)
Tiebreaker records in the 3-team pod:
ETSU: 2-4
UNCG: 4-2
SAM: 3-3
UNCG would earn the top seed in the pod; Samford would earn the middle seed and
ETSU would earn the bottom seed in the pod
 
VMI-ETSU-UNCG (9-12)
Tiebreaker records in the 3-team pod:
VMI: 1-5
UNCG: 4-2
ETSU: 4-2
VMI would earn the bottom seed; by way of a series win, UNCG would earn the top seed
in the pod and ETSU would earn the middle seed.
 
Head-to-Head Tiebreakers:
VMI-UNCG at 9-12: UNCG won the regular season series, 2-1
VMI-ETSU at 9-12: ETSU swept the season series
ETSU-UNCG: UNCG won the season series, 2-1
UNCG-SAM: UNCG won the season series, 2-1
 
UNCG-MER: Mercer won the season series, 3-0
ETSU-SAM: Samford won the season series, 2-1
ETSU-MER: Mercer won the season series, 2-1
VMI-CIT: VMI won the season series, 2-1