CHATTANOOGA, TENN. – The top-seeded UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team cruised to a 19-4 five-inning victory over the fourth-seeded Wofford Terriers on Friday morning at Frost Stadium in a quarterfinal game of The 2026 Southern Conference (SoCon) Tournament.
With the win, UNCG reached the 40-win mark for just the second time in Head Coach
Janelle Breneman's 14 seasons at UNCG and only fourth time in program history.
UNCG's 19 runs set a new SoCon Tournament record, surpassing the previous mark of 15 set by College of Charleston against Appalachian State in 2003. It also marks the Spartans' highest-scoring game since defeating Mercer, 19-1, on March 27, 2022.
The Spartans also set a new SoCon Tournament record with 19 RBI. The previous record of 12 had been reached five times, most recently by Mercer against Samford last year.
The combined 23 runs between the two teams established another SoCon Tournament record, breaking the previous mark of 21 set by ETSU and Western Carolina in 2025.
In the fourth inning, UNCG scored 15 runs, which set a new SoCon Tournament record for runs scored in a single inning. The previous record was 13, set by College of Charleston against Appalachian State in 2003.
The Spartans' 15-run margin of victory also set a new tournament record, surpassing the previous mark of 14, where College of Charleston (15) won over Appalachian State (1) in 2003.
UNCG's 15-run inning was its highest-scoring inning since March 2, 2025, when the Spartans scored 10 runs in the second inning of a 16-4 victory over Elon.
The Spartans finished with 17 hits, marking their 23
rd game this season with double-figure hits. It is the most hits since Feb. 16, 2025, when UNCG had 18 against Toledo.
Macy Michael went 2-for-3 with two runs, four RBI and a home run. Her homer in the fourth inning marked the 100
th hit of her collegiate career.
The Spartans are now 40-17 overall and the Terriers are 34-18 overall.
- Both teams tallied a hit in the first inning, but neither side was able to push across a run.
- Brooklyn Shroyer tallied three of her eight strikeouts in the first inning.
- Following another scoreless inning for both teams, UNCG strung together four hits to score four runs in the bottom of the third.
- After a walk and back-to-back singles, Nya South drove in the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 advantage.
- Then, Laney Deane crushed the sixth pitch of her full-count at-bat down the left field line over the wall for a three-run homer. This was her 16th blast of the season, giving UNCG a 4-0 lead.
- A quick one-two-three fourth inning for Shroyer led to an explosive inning for the Spartans in the latter half.
- UNCG strung together 12 hits in the bottom of the fourth for 15 total runs, which totaled 34 min and 42 seconds.
- Both Macy Michael and Avery Bouquin hit three-run homers in the offensive domination, tallying their 13th and sixth home runs of the season, respectively.
- Wofford was able to push across four runs off three hits in the top of the fifth, but the Spartans were able to claim the 19-4 win after Rhyann Jones got the Terriers to strike out and then fly out. This was the Spartans' 13th run-rule win of the season.
PITCHING RECORD
Brooklyn Shroyer: W, 19-6
Natalya Salo: L, 11-4
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The Spartans will face the winner of game 6 – No. 2 Samford versus No. 3 Western Carolina in a semifinal contest tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at Frost Stadium.
