GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team finishes its seven-game road stint heading to Johnson City, Tennessee to finish regular season conference play against ETSU, from May 18th- 20th. Following the final series, the Spartans will head to the Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament, from May 24th-28th in Greenville, S.C.
At the conclusion of the three-game series, UNCG will learn its fate in the SoCon Tournament. Currently, there are multiple scenarios of where UNCG could be seeded in the tournament.
SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: ETSU
Where: Thomas Stadium | Johnson City, Tennessee
When: Thursday, May 18 | 5 PM
Live Stats
Who: ETSU
Where: Thomas Stadium | Johnson City, Tennessee
When: Friday, May 19 | 2 PM
Live Stats
Who: ETSU
Where: Thomas Stadium | Johnson City, Tennessee
When: Saturday, May 20 | 1 PM
Live Stats
Last Time Out
- UNCG traveled to Ohio State and fell in all three games.
- Dallas Callahan had his 100th career hit at UNCG during the Sunday, May 14th game.
Scouting the Spartans
- The Spartans are 21-30 overall and 8-10 in SoCon play.
- UNCG is leading the conference in double plays (53) and double plays per game (1.04).
- Nationally, the Spartans are third in double plays per game, fourth in double plays, 86th in stolen bases (68) and shutouts (2), and 91st in stolen bases per game (1.33).
- Kennedy Jones leads the Spartans with a .354 batting average (73-for-206) with 12 doubles, one triple, and 126 total bases.
- Jones is 70th nationally in hits (73).
- Jones, Dosi Jonas (.327), and GC Jarman (.305) are the three Spartans batting over .300.
- Jonas is second in the conference in slugging percentage (0.707), and third in home runs per game (0.33).
- Nationally, Jonas is 61st in slugging percentage, 91st in home runs per game.
- On the mound, 10 different Spartans have at least one win with Matt Kemp leading the way with a 4-3 record and one save in 30.2 innings pitched.
- Luke Thomas leads the pitching staff with two saves, and he is one of five Spartans who have at least one save on the mound.
- Jonas leads the Spartans with 14 home runs, while Jones has hit 13. Caleb Cozart, Mitchell Smith, and Dallas Callahan have hit six each. Rowan Watt, Cerda, and Zack Budzik have hit four home runs each, and Bradley Bott has two.
- 10 Spartans have double-figure RBI, with Jonas leading the team with 44 of the 276 RBIs.
- Three Spartans have double-figures double plays with Jarman being part of 42 of the 53 double plays.
Scouting ETSU
- ESTU are 23-26 overall this season and 8-10 in the conference.
- The Bucs are coming off a series win against VMI last weekend, where ETSU won two games.
- They have won 3 of their last four games.
- The Bucs are leading the conference in shutouts (5).
- Nationally, ETSU is 12th in shutouts, 50th in batting average (0.299), and 89th in hits (504).
- Cameron Sisneros is leading the Bucs with a .387 batting average (75-for-194) with 17 doubles, 14 home runs, and 50 RBIs.
- Sisneros is leading the conference in toughest to strike-out (8.4).
- He is nationally 56th in batting average (0.387) and hits (75), 59th in total bases (134) and hits per game (1.53).
- Within the 77.2 innings pitched Nathanial Tate has a 4.29 ERA to lead ETSU.
- Tate also leads the conference and is nationally fifth in complete games (3).
- Derek McCarley has three out of the five saves to lead the team.
- Nine Bucs have double-digit RBIs with Sisneros having 50 of the 293 total RBIs.
Series History
UNCG leads the all-time series 37-19, with the Spartans taking the series in the 2022 season. Winning the second two games, 15-2 and 16-11 in Greensboro, N.C.
On Deck
The Spartans head to the Southern Conference Tournament in Greenville, South Carolina at Fluor Field starting May 24th.