GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team hosts Big Ten opponent Rutgers University for a three-game weekend series starting on Friday, March 3.
 
SPARTANS ESSENTIALS
 
FRIDAY        
Who: Rutgers
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium 
When: Friday, March 3 | 1:30 p.m. 
Tickets: FREE ADMISSION for all regular season home games
Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
Saturday
Who: Rutgers
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium 
When: Saturday, March 4 | 2 p.m. 
Tickets: FREE ADMISSION for all regular season home games
Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
Sunday 
Who: Rutgers  
Where: UNCG Baseball Stadium 
When: Sunday, March 5 | 1 p.m. 
Tickets: FREE ADMISSION for all regular season home games
Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
STARTING PITCHERS 
Friday – RHP Rob Ready  (UNCG) vs. RHP Drew Conover (Rutgers)
Saturday – RHP Jay Miller (UNCG) vs. RHP Jake Marshall (Rutgers)
Sunday – TBD (UNCG) vs TBD (Rutgers)
 
LAST TIME OUT

• UNCG dominated Elon in a win on Tuesday, 10-5 and 4-1 on Wednesday
• The Spartans had three home runs in the game on Tuesday by Mitchell Smith, Dosi Jonas, and Daniel Cerda
• Caleb Cozart had a career-best start on the mound, striking out nine batters in the 4.0 innings on Wednesday
• Rowan Watt had his second home run of the season on Wednesday.

Scouting the Spartans

• UNCG is coming off two-straight wins.
• The Spartans were voted to finish third in the SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• UNCG has three players with two home runs this season: Dosi Jonas, Rowan Watt, and Dallas Callahan.
• UNCG have 10 double plays this season, which is fifth in the nation. 
• The Spartans are 20th in the nation averaging 1.11 double plays per game. 
• Luke Holland leads the Spartans with a batting average of .500 in five games played, while Zack Budzik is batting .400 (8-for-20) in five games played and Daniel Cerda is batting .394 (13-for-33) in nine games played.
• Kennedy Jones is batting .325 (13-for-40) with six runs scored and four RBI. 
• In 13.1 innings pitched, Jay Miller leads the Spartan pitching staff with a 2.03 ERA, striking out eight this season. 
• Dosi Jonas leads the team with nine of the 48 RBIs.

 
Scouting Rutgers

• Rutgers is 3-4 so far this season coming off a win against St. Joe's on Wednesday, March 1, 6-3.
• Rutgers is nationally ranked 43^rd and leading the Big Ten in sacrifice bunts.
• The Scarlet Knights are 62^nd nationally in double plays with six.
• Trevor Cohen named Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
• Cohen is leading the Scarlet Knights with a batting average .520 (13-for-25), with seven runs and eight RBIs.
• Cohen is nationally ranked 18^th in batting average.
• Drew Conover has pitched a total of eight innings with a ERA of 5.63.
• Ryan Lasko was named a Preseason All-American and is on the watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award.
• Jordan Sweeney and Chris Brito both have one home run this season.
• The Scarlet Knights have had six double plays and Sweeney has been involved in all of those.

RECORDS
This will be the first time that these two schools will face each other.