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6
The Citadel CIT 27-29
7
Winner UNCG UNCG 29-27
The Citadel CIT
27-29
6
Final
7
UNCG UNCG
29-27
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
The Citadel CIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6 13 1
UNCG UNCG 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 8 0

W: Hoppe, Alex (8-2) L: Ben Hutchins (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jesika Moore, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Spartans Walk off Bulldogs in First Game of SoCon Tournament

GREENVILLE, S.C.- Pres Cavenaugh's bottom of the ninth heroics pushes the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team past The Citadel, 7-6, in its first game of the 2022 Southern Conference Tournament on Wednesday night.  
 
This was Cavenaugh's second walk-off in his career. The first was the Spartan's combined no-hitter against Fairfield in 2020.  
 
SPARTANS INTERVIEWING SPARTANS WITH BRADLEY BOTT
Bott: "Gritty win for the Spartans today. Take me through the win."
Cavenaugh: "We were down 6-3 going into the ninth inning. We were a little down, I'm not going to lie. GC [Jarman] gets on, [Zack] Budzik gets a hit, Caleb [Freeman] gets a walk and then we set the table for the top of the lineup. People came through when we needed them to."
Bott: "Huge walk-off hit. I've been a part of two walk-offs here at UNCG, both by Pres Cavenaugh. Talk to me about that feeling."
Cavenaugh: "Like I said earlier, I'm at a loss for words. I don't even know what to say. I'm just glad we won."
 
RECORDS
UNCG: 29-27, 13-9 (SoCon)
The Citadel: 27-29, 5-17 (SoCon)


HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Hogan Windish, the 2022 Coaches Player of the Year, got the Spartans on the board first with a 418-ft solo home run over the left-field wall in the first inning.
  • UNCG added two more runs on a two-run double from Zack Budzik.
  • The game was scoreless until the top of the eighth when The Citadel added five runs to take the 5-3 lead.
  • The Citadel added another run in the top of the ninth to grow the lead to 6-3.
  • GC Jarman lead the bottom of the ninth off by reaching first base on a hit by pitch.
  • Budzik singled and Caleb Freeman walked to load the bases with no outs.
  • Kennedy Jones doubled and cleared the bases to tie the game at six.
  • Cavenaugh doubled to right field to score Jones and win the game.
  • Austin Parsley earned his 16th start of the season.
  • He pitched 7.0 innings, allowed eight hits, and struck out five batters.
  • Alex Hoppe also relieved him and pitched the final 2.0 innings.
  • He struck out one batter.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Windish hit his 14th home run of the season.
  • Jarman led with two hits and two runs scored.
  • Seven Spartans recorded a hit.
  • Windish was intentionally walked twice.
 
FINAL WORDS FROM COACH GODWIN
"I just told our kids going into the bottom of the ninth inning, we haven't walked-off all year and I knew we were due and we could definitely score three runs with our offense. I give a lot of credit to Jarman for taking a hit by pitch, and Budzik for coming up with a hit. The seven, eight, and nine spots had great at-bats to set the table for that. Kennedy and Pres, who were both hitless up to that point, delivered in a big way. It was awesome. It's the kind of thing you have to have to advance and win. I'm really proud of our kids and how they battled back."
 
UPCOMING
UNCG continued the tournament with No. 1 seeded Wofford on Friday morning at 9 a.m.
 
   
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