GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team travels to Lexington, Virginia for Southern Conference (SoCon) three-game series against VMI starting Friday, March 31^st.
 
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Who: VMI
Where: Gray-Minor Stadium
When: Friday, March 31 | 1 p.m. (Note Time Change)
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Who: VMI
Where: Gray-Minor Stadium
When: Saturday, April 1 | 2 p.m. 
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Who: VMI
Where: Gray-Minor Stadium
When: Sunday, April 2 | 1 p.m. 
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Last Time Out

• UNCG fell to NC State in a mid-week match-up, 6-2.
• GC Jarman was the only Spartan with multiple hits swinging 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and a stolen base. 
• Kennedy Jones, Mitchell Smith, Dallas Callahan, and Braylen Hayes each had a hit. 

Scouting the Spartans

• The Spartans are 13-12 in regular season play and 2-1 in SoCon play.
• UNCG is second in the conference in double plays (22), sacrifice flies (15), and double plays per game (0.88).
• Nationally, the Spartans are 22^nd  in double plays, 23^rd  in sacrifice flies, 33^rd in stolen bases (45), 37^th in hit by pitch (42), 41^st in double plays per game, 42^nd in stolen bases per game (1.80), and 78^th in hits (243).
• Jarman is nationally ranked 12^th and leading the conference in sacrifice files (4). Dosi Jonas is third in the conference and 61st nationally with three sacrifice files.
• Zack Budzik is batting .345 (30-for-87) in 23 games played with 18 RBIs, six doubles, and one triple.
• Jones is batting a .350 to lead the Spartans (36-for-103), with 20 RBIs, four home runs, and four doubles.
• In 37.0 innings pitched, Jake Wolf has a 3.41 ERA with 18 strikeouts and just 19 runs allowed. He is 1-2 on the mount with one save.
• Caleb Cozart and Jones are the only Spartans with four home runs. Rowan Watt, Smith, and Jonas have three home runs, and Callahan has two home runs.
• Seven Spartans have double-figure RBI, with Smith leading the team with 23 of the 146 RBIs.

Scouting VMI

• VMI has a record of 14-12 so far this season, with a 1-2 SoCon mark. The Keydets defeated Wofford, 9-6, in 11 innings for their lone conference win. 
• VMI is currently on a three-game losing streak, coming off a 9-7 loss against Virginia Tech.
• VMI is leading the conference in doubles (68), doubles per game (2.62), hits (269), sacrifice flies (16), slugging percentage (0.498), stolen bases (103), and stolen bases per game (3.96).
• Nationally VMI is first in stolen bases, second in stolen bases and doubles, and fifth in doubles per game (2.62) and sacrifice bunts (24), 16^th in sacrifice flies, 17^th in batting average, and 24^th in hits (269).
• Trey Morgan is leading the conference in base on balls (24), and base on balls per game (0.92).
• Cole Jenkins is leading the conference with 10 doubles and is 38^th in the nation.
• Ty Swaim is nationally ranked among the top 50 in six categories: fifth in stolen bases with 19, 11th with 0.73 stolen bases per game,12th in runs (34), 38^th with 1.31 runs per game, and 50th in hits (38), 
• Cole Garrett is third in the nation in sacrifice bunts (7).
• Justin Starke is 14th nationally with 17 stolen bases, and 54^th in the nation and second in the conference in total bases with 67.

Series History
 
UNCG went 2-1 in the series last season. The Spartans won 12-1 and 7-3, while the Keydets won 3-1. UNCG holds the all-time record 34-18.