GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) softball team will face Longwood in a midweek game in Farmville, Virginia, at Bank of the James Park with a first pitch slated for 4:00 p.m.

Currently, the Spartans are 34-14 overall and 11-4 in The Southern Conference (SoCon) and the Lancers are 15-27 overall and 8-7 in the Big South.
 

Wednesday, April 23
Opponent: Longwood
Where: Farmville, Va. | Bank of the James Park
Time:  4:00 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT FOR THE SPARTANS

• UNCG won its fourth SoCon series of the season after taking two games from ETSU at UNCG Softball Stadium.
• The Spartans won 6-0 in game one, fell 3-1 in game two and then bounced back with a 3-1 victory on Sunday.
• In the circle, Jorde Chartrand tossed 13.0 innings last week with one complete game and a 2-0 record.
• She struck out 14 batters, including matching her season high of nine batters in the shutout over the Buccaneers.
• Macy Michael swung .455 at the plate, swinging 5-for-11 with two runs scored, one double, one home run and three RBI.
• Chartrand, Meredith Harwood, Jessie Shipley, Laney Deane, Hadley Gardner and Grace Loftin each tallied one home run this week.

RUNDOWN ON THE SPARTANS

• UNCG is nationally ranked in the top 25 in home runs (9^th/74), home runs per game (12^th/1.54), RBI (22nd/284) and slugging percentage (24th/.547).
• Kaylyn Belfield is leading the Spartans with a .420 batting average and has successfully stolen 12-of-14 bases.
• Loftin is leading the Spartans with 57 hits, swinging .385 at the plate in 48 games played with a team-high 46 RBI. She also paces the team with 13 doubles, three triples and 12 home runs.
• Nationally, she is 32^nd in total bases (112), 63^rd in doubles, 84^th in hits and 85^th in home runs.
• Shipley and Gardner are second on the team with 10 homers each. Michael and Chartrand each have eight homers, while Rylie Williams has seven home runs.
• Chartrand and Samantha Beck each have nine doubles and are second on the team.
• Along with Loftin, nine other Spartans have double-figure RBI, with nine totaling 20 or more. Chartrand is second on the team with 33 RBI and Shipley is third with 32 RBI.
• Chartrand leads the pitching staff with 81 strikeouts and a 1.72 ERA. She is 10-5 when in the circle with six complete games and three saves in her 114.0 innings pitched.
• She has kept batters to a .202 batting clip in her 25 appearances and 18 game starts.
• Chartrand's ERA is nationally ranked 22^nd, while her 4.97 hits allowed per seven innings is 37^th in the nation.
• Salem Ward is second on the pitching staff with a 2.78 ERA and 80 strikeouts. She has a 12-5 record this season with five complete games and three saves in 110.2 innings of work.
• Ward earned SoCon Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 17 after going 4-0 in the Spiro Invitational.
• Gardner earned SoCon Player of the Week, while Chartrand was tabbed SoCon Pitcher of the Week after the Spartans' 4-0 weekend at the CSU Round Robin.
• This season, the Spartans have walked off in six games: vs. Toledo (16-14), Iona (5-3), Fairfield (4-2), Radford (2-1), Wofford (2-1 and 9-8).
• The Spartans are leading the SoCon in eight categories, including home runs, home runs per game, RBI per game, RBI, scoring, slugging percentage, total runs and total sacrifice flies.
• Head Coach Janelle Breneman earned her 400^th win at the helm of the Spartans following a 7-2 win over Saint Francis on Feb. 16.
• UNCG was chosen to finish second in the SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Spartans received one first-place vote.  
• Loftin was named to the SoCon Preseason First Team, while Betsy Eatmon and Chartrand were voted to the Preseason Second Team.
• The Spartans concluded the 2024 season 33-26 overall and 13-8 in the SoCon.
• It was the fifth-straight season with 30 or more wins.
• It was also the ninth year with 30 or more wins under the direction of Breneman, who is in her 13^th year with the Blue & Gold.
• The Spartans reached the SoCon Championship game for the sixth-straight year in 2024, excluding the COVID 2020 shortened season, falling to Chattanooga in the double elimination game.
• UNCG added four freshmen and two transfers.

RUNDOWN ON LONGWOOD

• In 2024, Longwood went 19-33 overall and 11-7 in the Big South.
• Longwood was voted to finish second in the Big South Preseason Poll and earned one first-place vote.
• Sophia Knock was named Preseason Player of the Year and voted to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
• Pitchers Maggie Chapin and Cierra Gawryluk were also voted to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
• The Lancers will play Queens in a doubleheader on Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, before hosting the Spartans.
• Longwood leads the Big South in hit batters (16), team strikeouts per seven innings (5.44) and total sacrifice bunts (25).
• Maggie Chapin is 44^th in the nation and leads the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.9).
• Maryanna Guy was selected Big South Player of the Week, while Sophia Pisacano was named Freshman of the Week on March 31.
• Brooke Bennett earned Big South Player of the Week on April 7.
• Bennett is leading the team with a .337 batting average.
• Maggie Hiatt is pacing the team with 25 RBI, eight home runs and 10 doubles.
• Avery Drake has successfully stolen 12 of 15 bases this season.
• In 84.0 innings tossed, Chapin has struck out 95 batters, has a 4.58 ERA and a 7-11 record with six complete games.

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UP NEXT 
The Spartans will travel to Macon, Georgia, to face SoCon foe Mercer in a three-game series this weekend. The Spartans and Bears will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1:00 p.m. and then a single game on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at Sikes Field.