GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team takes on the Campbell Fighting Camels on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in a non-conference game at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

UNCG enters the week 18-21 overall with a 7-2 mark in The Southern Conference (SoCon) while Campbell carries a 16-23 mark with a 7-8 record in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA).
 

LAST WEEK FOR THE SPARTANS

• UNCG fell two games to one in a non-conference weekend series against USC Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, from Thursday to Saturday.
• The Spartans fell 10-5 in game one of the series on Thursday night before tying Friday night's game in the ninth inning and winning 4-3 in 15 innings. USC Upstate took the series on Sunday with an 18-13 come-for-behind victory over UNCG.
• Prior to the series at USC Upstate, UNCG faced Elon on the road last Tuesday, falling 4-0 at Latham Park.
• Sophomore Brantley Truitt led the Spartans offensively last week, batting .500 (10-for-20) with two doubles and three RBI.
• Junior Branton Jernigan had the clutch hit, a pinch-hit triple on Friday night to tie it in the ninth and force extras by scoring Luke Jenkins from first.
• Sophomore catcher Jacob Dilley homered twice on Saturday. He led the team with two home runs and 13 total bases last week.
• Junior infielder Jeremy Wolf paced the team with five RBI last week.
• Senior right-handed pitcher Danny Thompson Jr. got UNCG out of a jam in the seventh inning of Saturday's game and pitched through the 13th inning for a career-high 6.1 innings pitched. He allowed just two hits, one run, one walk and struck out nine.
• Thompson Jr. pitched in relief of senior Sam Murchison, who went 6.2 innings with seven hits, two runs, two walks and eight strikeouts.

SCOUTING UNCG

• The Spartans own an overall record of 18-21 with a 7-2 mark in the SoCon for first in the league standings.
• UNCG is off to a solid start in the SoCon, clinching back-to-back series wins in the league while on the road at VMI and ETSU before sweeping a series against Wofford two weekends ago at home.
• UNCG stands at 30th in the country with three shutouts this season, 32nd in strikeout-to-walk-ratio (2.52), 35th in walks allowed per nine innings (3.67) and 48th in sacrifice bunts (24).
• A threat to steal, UNCG also ranks 53rd nationally in stolen bases (73) and stands at 56th in stolen bases per game (1.87).
• Jay Miller, Murchison and Thompson Jr. lead the Spartans in total strikeouts with 60, which ranks second in the SoCon and 75th nationally.
• Thompson Jr. also ranks 86th in the nation with four saves this season.
• Sophomore southpaw Noah Chapman is fourth on the Spartans with 53 strikeouts.
• Murchison leads UNCG in wins with a 5-3 record, which, based on victories, stands 87th in NCAA Division I.
• The Spartans posted a season-high for runs (13) a third time this season on Saturday at USC Upstate in the 18-13 setback in Spartanburg.
• UNCG previously plated 13 runs on March 29 at VMI in a 13-12 victory as well as on March 2 vs. Pitt in a 13-11 win at home.
• When scoring 10 or more runs this season, UNCG is now 4-1.
• Wolf leads the Spartans with a .324 (47for-145) batting average and 30 runs scored. He is also second on the team with 17 RBI.
• Freshman Parker Wight leads UNCG with eight home runs and 23 RBI.
• Junior outfielder Luke Holland is tied for second on the team with Dilley at four home runs.
• UNCG faced four consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents earlier in the season, amounting to eight-straight games from Feb. 18-March 4. The Spartans went 3-5 during the stretch.
• The Spartans opened the eight straight games against ACC foes with an upset over then-No. 13 Wake Forest at home, 4-0, on Feb. 18.
• The Spartans were voted to finish first in the 2025 SoCon Preseason Coaches' Poll.
• Senior right-handed pitcher Rob Ready was named one of two SoCon 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), Trey Truitt (DH), Holland (OF) and Grant Aycock (RP), who were named to the first team, while Hunter Shuey (SP) and Thompson Jr. (RP) rounded out the list on the second team.
• Chapman is back as well after being named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team in 2024.
• 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.
• UNCG captured its third SoCon Regular Season Championship behind a conference record of 15-6 in 2024.
• 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.
• UNCG led the SoCon a season ago in ERA (5.19), fewest runs allowed (297) and lowest opponent batting average (.267).
• 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 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 CAMELS

• Campbell is riding a 16-23 overall record and stands in a three-way tie for seventh in the CAA with a 7-8 league record.
• The Fighting Camels are coming off a two-games-to-one series loss at William & Mary over the weekend.
• After winning the first game of the series, 5-4, on Friday, Campbell dropped 8-5 and 15-14 (10 innings) decisions on Saturday and Sunday in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Dalen Thompson is holding it down offensively for Campbell, batting .320 (48-for-150) this season.
• Andrew Schuldt is second on the team with a .301 (41-for-136) average, but leads the team in home runs (9), RBI (43), doubles (10) and total bases (78).
• The Fighting Camels rank 15th nationally with a total of 86 plunked batters this season.
• Additionally, Campbell stands at 29th in stolen bases (86) and averages 2.21 stolen bases per game for 31st in the country.
• Mason Smith and Jake Murray have pitched the bulk of the innings for Campbell this season.
• Smith owns a 5.53 ERA in 40.2 innings pitched and a .268 opponent average.
• Murray possesses a 6.05 ERA in 41.2 innings with a .229 opponent average.
• The Fighting Camels were voted to finish fourth in the CAA Baseball Preseason Poll.
• Campbell finished last season with a 31-22 overall record and 12-15 mark to tie for seventh in the CAA.
• Head Coach Chris Marx is in his first season at the helm of Campbell's baseball program.

SERIES HISTORY VS. CAMPBELL
The Spartans are 8-6 in the all-time series against the Camels. The last time the two faced each other was during the 2022 season with two games, including one at home and one on the road.

After UNCG won 9-5 in the first game on March 15, 2022, in Greensboro, Campbell secured the second game in Buies Creek, North Carolina, 11-7, on April 27, 2022.

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UP NEXT
The Spartans will pack their bags to resume the conference schedule with a weekend series in Macon, Georgia, against the Mercer Bears from Friday to Saturday. First pitches for the SoCon series are scheduled for 6:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. at OrthoGeorgia Park.