GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team is set to begin the 2025 season, hosting the Creighton Bluejays on Friday with a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m. before the series finale on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

All regular season baseball home games are free admission. Concessions will not be open for this series and outside food is permitted aside from alcohol. Once concessions open, outside food will not be permitted.
 

 
PRESEASON HONORS

• The Spartans were voted to finish first in The Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• UNCG collected three first-place votes and 40 points to finish on top of the SoCon's Preseason Poll. Samford was a close second, receiving three-place votes and 38 points.
• Senior right-handed pitcher Rob Ready was named one of two preseason pitchers of the year by the league. The other was Michael Harpster of ETSU.
• In addition, a total of six Spartans were recognized on Preseason All-SoCon Teams. They were Ready (SP), Grant Aycock (RP), Luke Holland (OF) and Trey Truitt (DH), who were named to the first team, while Hunter Shuey (SP) and Danny Thompson Jr. (RP) rounded out the list on the second team.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS

• The Spartans are coming off a historic season where they posted an overall record of 33-21, marking their 19th 30-win campaign in the program's 34-season history. Additionally, UNCG captured its third SoCon Regular Season Championship behind a conference record of 15-6.
• UNCG led the SoCon a season ago in ERA (5.19), fewest runs allowed (297) and lowest opponent batting average (.267).
• Entering the SoCon Tournament as the top seed for the first time since 2018, UNCG ended the 2024 campaign with losses to Wofford, 5-2, and ETSU, 10-7, at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
• A plethora of impactful student-athletes are returning from last season's team, including Ready, Aycock and Shuey who all earned postseason and recent preseason honors from the SoCon.
• Additionally, sophomore southpaw hurler Noah Chapman is back after being named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team in 2024.
• The Spartans' baseball roster is made up of 38 student-athletes, including 23 returners, eight newcomers and seven transfers.
• Head Coach Cody Ellis is in his second year at the helm of the UNCG baseball program after leading the Spartans last season, who were projected to finish sixth in the conference, to a regular season championship.
• He was named the 2024 SoCon Coach of the Year and had an interim tag removed following the season on May 28.
• Ellis has been at UNCG since he was first hired as an assistant coach in the fall of 2022, leading the charge in recruiting and as the outfield coach before being promoted to interim head coach in January 2024 and head coach in May 2024.

SCOUTING THE BLUEJAYS

• Creighton is coming off a 35-17 overall record from the 2024 season, which included a 7-13 record in BIG EAST conference games.
• The Bluejays stop in Greensboro will mark the first of 11 games on the road to start the new season.
• Two of Creighton's three projected starting outfielders were recognized in D1Baseball's Top 100 Outfielders List, released on Feb. 5. Senior Nolan Sailors was slated as No. 46, while junior Teddy Deters came in at No. 90.
• Sailors led the Bluejays with a .355 average last season and hit .309 in league play. He collected 71 hits, 18 stolen bases and 55 RBI. He also had the second most home runs with seven, smacked 14 doubles and three triples.
• In his first year as a Bluejay last season, Deters closed the season hitting .305 with a team best 10 home runs and 48 RBI. He was a perfect 9-for-9 on the base baths and also belted 14 doubles and four triples. He led Creighton with 35 walks as well as a .569 slugging percentage.
• Creighton Baseball Head Coach Ed Servais will be in the dugout for his 22nd and final season with the Bluejays this year before Associate Head Coach Mark Kingston will takeover for the 2026 season.

SERIES HISTORY VS. THE BLUEJAYS
This weekend's series will mark the first-ever meetings between the Spartans and Bluejays.

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UP NEXT
The Spartans will take on the No. 14 Wake Forest Demon Deacons next Tuesday at UNCG Baseball Stadium with first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m.