GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team will take on the North Carolina A&T (N.C. A&T) Aggies in a non-conference weekend series from Friday to Sunday at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

The crosstown rivalry between the Spartans, who are 7-9, and Aggies, who are 3-11, will begin on Friday with a 4:00 p.m. first pitch. A food truck will be in attendance for Friday's series opener at UNCG Baseball Stadium.
 

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE SPARTANS

• UNCG earned a 12-10 back-and-forth victory over High Point on the road on Tuesday night at Williard Stadium.
• The Spartans hit a single-game season-high four home runs in the contest.
• Jacob Budzik led the team with four RBI.
• Jeremy Wolf and Trey Truitt tied for the team lead with three hits each.
• All three of Trey Truitt's hits went for extra bases, including two doubles and a home run.
• Five Spartans finished the game with multiple hits.
• Luke Holland led with a pair of walks.
• UNCG had the edge in walks, 7-6, and hits, 14-12.
• The 14 hits for UNCG marked a new season-high.
• Hunter Shuey, now 1-1 this season, picked up the win in relief before Danny Thompson Jr. earned his third save of the season in the ninth.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS

• The Spartans own an overall record of 7-9 to begin the season.
• UNCG faced four consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents, amounting to eight straight games from Feb. 18-March 4 and 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.
• UNCG is tied for 20th in the country with two shutouts this season and also ranks 25th nationally in sacrifice bunts (12) and 27th in walks allowed per nine innings (3.50).
• Sam Murchison leads the Spartans in total strikeouts with 28, which ranks 48th nationally.
• Jay Miller is second on the team with 27 punchouts. He struck out 10 batters on March 1 vs. Pitt, marking a new career-high.
• Left-handed pitcher Noah Chapman is third on the Spartans with 25 strikeouts.
• Right-handed reliever Danny Thompson Jr. ranks 24th in the nation with three saves this season.
• Murchison leads UNCG in wins with a 3-1 record, which, based on victories, stands tied for 20th in NCAA Division I.
• The Spartans set a new season-high for runs (13) on March 2 vs. Pitt at home.
• Senior outfielder Trey Truitt leads the Spartans with a .327 (16-for-49) batting average backed by a team-high five doubles. He hit two doubles and a home run last time out at High Point.
• Wolf is second on the Spartans with a .320 (16-for-50) batting average. He doubled and tripled for UNCG in last Sunday's series finale vs. Radford.
• Senior outfielder Zachary Walsh and freshman Parker Wight are tied for the team lead with each having a pair of homers.
• Wight and Luke Holland are tied for lead with eight RBI each.
• Wight and Trey Truitt pace the team with 24 total bases.
• 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 Rob Ready (SP), Trey Truitt (DH), Holland (OF) and Grant Aycock (RP), who were named to the first team, while Shuey (SP) and Thompson Jr. (RP) rounded out the list on the second team.
• Chapman is also back 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 Southern Conference (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 NORTH CAROLINA A&T

• The Aggies hold an overall record of 3-11 to begin the season.
• N.C. A&T is coming off its seventh straight loss, falling 14-2 on the road against NC State on Tuesday night in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• The Aggies have been led offensively by Tyler Smith so far, who is batting .321 (17-for-53) with three doubles, a triple and two home runs.
• The Aggies are 29th in the country, averaging 0.43 triples per game.
• JT Taylor is second on the team with a .304 (14-for-46) average backed by the team's best slugging percentage (.609). He is also eighth in NCAA Division I with three triples this season.
• Gavin Sentell and Angel Ortiz have held it down on the mound for the Aggies.
• Sentell owns the team's best ERA at 4.20 with an opponent batting average of .268 in 15 innings of work so far.
• Ortiz leads the Aggies with 17 strikeouts in 17.2 innings pitched. He leads the team with a 2-2 record.
• N.C. A&T was voted to finish 10th out of the 12-team Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) after finishing last season at 11th in the league with a 9-17 mark in CAA play. The Aggies finished the year 25-28 overall.
• Head Coach Ben Hall is in his 10th year at the helm of the Aggies baseball program.

SERIES HISTORY VS. N.C. A&T
The Spartans are 47-12 all-time when facing the Aggies. However, the series has been more even as of late, with both sides trading wins back-and-forth during the previous six meetings.

In one game against each other last season, N.C. A&T prevailed by a final score of 3-2 in 11 innings at World War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro.

PURCHASE UNCG GEAR
Click here for your one-stop shop for all of your official UNCG merchandise! From apparel to accessories, there is something for everyone!

UP NEXT
The Spartans will host New Mexico State next Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. at UNCG Baseball Stadium before welcoming in UConn for a three-game weekend series from Friday to Sunday.

All regular season baseball home games are free admission. The concessions at UNCG Baseball Stadium are now open. Bringing in outside food is not permitted and pets are not allowed into the stadium.