GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball is set to face Triad rival No. 6 Wake Forest on Tuesday, February 21 with a first pitch slated for 4 p.m.
        
Who: No. 6 Wake Forest
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium 
When: Wednesday, February 21 | 4 p.m. 
Tickets: FREE ADMISSION for all regular season home games
Food Trucks will also be available during the game.
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Last Time Out

• The Spartans hosted CAA opponent Northeastern for a three-game series to begin the season.
• The Huskies opened the series with an 11-0 victory on Friday.
• UNCG earned its first win of the season on Saturday with a score of 7-6.
• Both teams battled until the end in a tight contest, where the Huskies came out on top, 12-9, on Sunday.
• Over the three games, Daniel Cerda went 6-for-10 to lead the Spartans with a .600 batting average.
• Zack Budzik went 4-for-12 with a team-best five RBIs this weekend. 

Scouting UNCG Spartans

• The Spartans were voted to finish third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Kennedy Jones and Mitchell Smith were voted to the Preseason All-Conference first team.
• Jones was named to the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. 
• Dallas Callahan was voted to the Preseason All-Conference second team. 
• UNCG has only had two errors within the three games played.
• The Spartans have three double plays already this season.
• Cerda leads the Spartans with a batting average of .600.
• Hunter Shuey has an ERA of 0.00 pitching a total of 5.0 innings to start the series.
• Julien Peissel, Grant Aycock, Luke Thomas, and Jay Miller all had their first collegiate appearances on the mound this past weekend.

Scouting Wake Forest Demon Deacons

• Wake Forest is coming off a 4-0 weekend beating Youngstown State, 9-3 and 18-3, and Illinois 8-1 and 10-1.
• The Demon Decans are ranked No. 4 in Perfect Game, No. 6 in D1Baseball.com, No. 6 in Collegiate Baseball, No. 6 in NCBWA, No. 8 in Baseball America, and No. 10 in USA Today Coaches Poll. 
• Nick Kurtz and Adam Cecere were the only two players in the nation to launch four home runs during open weekend.
• Danny Corona and Kurtz lead the Demon Decans with a .500 batting average.
• Ben Shenosky, and Joe Ariola both saw the mound for the first time in their collegiate careers this past weekend.  
• Among the nation, the Demon Deacons are leading the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (15.9), and win loss percentage (1.000). 
• They are ranked in the top 25 in the nation in 14 categories. 
• Wake Forest is leading the ACC in base on balls, hit batters, home runs, home runs per game, runs, sacrifice flies, slugging percentage, strikeout-to-walk ratio, strikeouts per nine innings, and win-loss percentage. 

On Deck

The Spartans continue the seven-game home stand by hosting Notre Dame for a three-game series, February 24 through February 26, slated for 4 p.m., 2 p.m., and 1 p.m., in respective order. 
 
SERIES HISTORY

• Wake Forest leads the all-time series 46-16
• The Demon Deacons defeated UNCG twice last season.