GREENSBORO, N.C. –The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team is set for the 2022 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament tomorrow at 4 p.m.
 
The Spartans were originally scheduled to play the winner of the No. 5 ETSU / No. 8 Citadel game on Thursday at 3:30 but due to the threat of inclement weather, they will now play tomorrow at 4 p.m.
 
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
WEDNESDAY
Who: No. 5 ETSU or No. 8 The Citadel
Where:  Fluor Field | Greenville, S.C.
When: Wednesday, May 25 | 4 p.m.
Weather: 78°/ 68° | Cloudy | 20% rain
Starting Pitchers: TBA vs. TBA
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SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
--The Spartans are coming off a weekend series sweep over the Western Carolina Catamounts.
--The sweep was the fifth consecutive conference win for the Spartans this season.
--UNCG has won 14 of its last 18 contests.
--Dallas Callahan has caught 23 runners trying to steal a base, the most in the conference.
--Zack Budzik leads the team with 138 assists this season. He also has 68 putouts.
 
POSTSEASON AWARDS
--The Spartans had six players earn spots on the SoCon Coaches and Media All-Conference teams.
--Hogan Windish was named the coaches Player of the Year, while Alex Hoppe was named the unanimous Pitcher of the Year.
--Windish and Hoppe also earned spots on the first team as well.
--Austin Parsley, Mitchell Smith, Pres Cavenaugh, and Kennedy Jones were named to the All-SoCon Second Team.
--Jones was named to the All-Freshman Team.
 
GOING THE DISTANCE
-RHP Austin Parsley and LHP Jared Mathewson both pitched
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 Austin Parsley are nearing the 200 mark in career strikeouts.
--Mathewson needs four more, while Parsley needs 16 more.
 
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
--As a team, UNCG is ranked in the top 100 in 11 statistical categories:

• 11^th in hits (600)
• 17^th in batting average (.307)
• 36^th in doubles (114)
• 43^rd in triples (16)
• 45^th in on-base percentage (.396)
• 58^th in doubles per game (2.07)
• 59^th in runs (393)
• 62^nd in triples per game (0.29)
• 83^rd in scoring (7.1)
• 96^th in shutouts (2)
• 98^th in sacrifice bunts (22)

--Hogan Windish is ranked in six categories:

• 26^th in batting average (.392)
• 28^th in on-base percentage (.495)
• 34^th in slugging percentage (.707)
• 74^th in doubles per game (.37)
• 81^st in doubles (18)
• 100^th in hits per game (1.45)

--Alex Hoppe is ranked in five categories:

• 18^th in hits allowed per nine innings (6.00)
• 26^th in ERA (2.43)
• 49^th in strikeouts per nine innings (11.57)
• 67^th in victories (7)
• 93^rd in WHIP (1.1)

--Austin Parsley is also ranked in five categories:

• 6^th in games started (15)
• 10^th in victories (9)
• 15^th in complete games (2)
• 20^th in walks allowed per nine innings (1.34)
• 31^st in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.86)

--Kennedy Jones is ranked in six categories:

• 35^th in hits per game (1.53)
• 58^th in triples (4)
• 65^th in RBIs per game (1.14)
• 70^th in triples per game (.08)
• 91^st in hits (75)
• 96^th in RBIs (56)

--Mathewson is second in games started (16) and 62^nd in complete games (1).
--Mitchell Smith is ninth in doubles (23) and 11^th in doubles per game (.45).
--Zack Budzik is 82^nd in sacrifice flies (5).
--Pres Cavenaugh is 58^th in triples (4) and 75^th in toughest to strikeout (9.8)
 
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 eight doubles this season so far pushes his career total to 50 which makes him tied for fifth. Below are the top five.
1. Joey DeAngelis, 1991-94.............................................................60
2. Dominic Pattie, 1995-98.............................................................52
3. Jeremy Purcell, 1997-00.............................................................51
 *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................51
5. Ryan Gordon, 2000-04 ............................................................... 50
 Tonka Maynor, 1991-94.................................................................50
 Greg Hardison, 2017-present………………………………………..50
 
--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 31. 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………………..……………………..31
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. Hogan Windish, 2018-present……………………………………….…36
4. *Trevor Edwards, 2009-13 ............................................................... 35
5. Nicky Phillips, 1994-97...................................................................... 30