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UNC Greensboro

Jordan Gontram
Carlos Morales
10
Winner Charlotte CLT 31-20
5
UNC Greensboro UNCG 35-15
Winner
Charlotte CLT
31-20
10
Final
5
UNC Greensboro UNCG
35-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Charlotte CLT 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 10 11 2
UNC Greensboro UNCG 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 4

W: Madelyn, Wright (9-7) L: Byrd, Reese (11-4)

Game Recap: Softball | | Denise Archetto, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

UNCG Sets Single Season HR Record Against Charlotte

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Once a team has a goal in mind, it is hard to deter them from that vision.
 
In a tough 10-5 loss to the Charlotte 49ers, the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team did not disappoint in its final home regular-season game of 2022. Records were broken.
 
Graduate student Jordan Gontram hit her third-straight home run in as many games. This homer was her 18th of the season, which broke the previous record of 17, held by Marisa Sholtes in 2019, Katelyn Bedwell in 2014, and Lindsay Thomas in 2013.
 
With her 52nd career home run, Gontram pushed it over the edge and also assisted in breaking the UNCG single-season homer record. The previous record was 90, held by last years' team.
 
Gontram's two-run blast in the bottom of the first was the team's 91st home run and sophomore Brooklynn Maxwell's solo bomb in the bottom of the sixth made it 92.
 
Jordan on breaking two records with one swing
"It's always fun hitting home runs, but hitting one and breaking two records at once takes it up a notch! Doing it at home made it even more special. Last year we hit 90 home runs and obviously wanted to beat that this year. As this season progressed and that number kept climbing, we started to have the mindset of okay we got 90 last year, let's go for triple digits this year.
 
Brooklynn on adding a homer to the count
"I was just thinking to see the ball up and the first pitch I got was down the middle so I decided to go after it. Being a part of such a big home run hitting team is so much fun and surpassing the record from last year is awesome but I knew we had the potential to do so from the first week of the season!"

Records:
UNCG (35-15, 14-1 SoCon)
Charlotte (31-20, 10-11 C-USA)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Spartans' put up four runs in the first, including Maycin Brown's 13th double of the season to drive in Makenna Matthijs and Delaney Cumbie.
  • UNCG fended off the 49ers through the top of the fifth.
  • Charlotte chipped away, scoring six runs on five hits in the fifth and then four runs on four hits in the top of the sixth.
  • Two of the nine hits included two-run homers from Bailey Vannoy and Lindsey Walljasper.
NOTES
  • The Spartans have hit at least one home run in 42 games this season.
  • This was the 26th game this season with two or more home runs.
  • Maxwell was the only Spartan with two hits, swinging 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
  • Gontram and Brown each had two RBI.
  • Grace Loftin doubled for the 13th time this season.
Gontram on the team effort
"We know hitting home runs is one of the things we do best and it's really not just a couple of us hitting them, it's something that everyone in the lineup is capable of so that's fun to see everyone contribute to that record throughout the season!"
 
PITCHING RECORDS
Reese Byrd: L, 11-4
Madelyn Wright: W, 9-7
 
HISTORY VS. CHARLOTTE
Charlotte still leads the series 44-35.   

ON DECK
The Spartans travel to Alabama this weekend for its final Southern Conference (SoCon) series against Samford with the regular season title on the line. On Saturday, the two teams will face off at 2:00 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. CST and follow that with a second game. On Sunday, the first pitch will be at 2:00 p.m. EST / 1:00 p.m. CST.


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