GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team earned an 8-4 victory over the Longwood Lancers in non-conference action on Tuesday night at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

It was UNCG's 20th victory of the season, marking the 33rd time reaching the 20-win plateau in the program's 35-season history.

The Lancers got on the board first in the opening frame when James Nelson hit a three-run home run over the wall in right-center. The Spartans answered with Jacob Budzik hitting into a fielder's choice to score a run with the bases loaded. Then Brantley Truitt scored from third in the next at-bat on a wild pitch. After one inning, Longwood led UNCG by one, 3-2.

UNCG grabbed its first lead with four runs on two hits during the third inning. Truitt drove in the first run when he hit a sacrifice fly to left-center to score Jeremy Wolf from third. Budzik then hit a double off the top of the wall to score Luke Jenkins from second before Jacob Dilley homered to left-center in the following at-bat to make it 6-3 Spartans.

Jenkins hit a sacrifice fly to center in the fourth, which pushed the Spartans' lead to 7-3 once Jose Perez jogged home from third.

Parker Wight added another one for the Spartans to make it a five-run lead, 8-3, when he hit a no-doubt solo home run out to right in the sixth inning.

Longwood managed to score one more run during the eighth inning to shave the deficit down to 8-4, but it was all the Lancers could manage as Sam Murchison pitched the ninth to lock down the victory for UNCG.

PITCHING RECORDS:
Dylan Smith: W, 2-0
Jake Chadwell: L, 1-2

NOTES:

• Dylan Smith made his first collegiate start and earned the win.
• Smith's line: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB & 5 K.
• Colucci pitched two shutout innings in relief with one strikeout.
• Rob Ready and Murchison also pitched in relief.
• Dilley's home run was his sixth of the season.
• Wight's home run was his team-leading ninth of the year.
• The Spartans led in hits, 7-6, stolen bases, 2-1, walks, 8-3, and extra-base hits, 3-1.

RECORDS:
UNCG: 20-30, 8-10 SoCon
LWU: 11-38, 5-16 Big South

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The Spartans will welcome in Western Carolina for a SoCon series to close out the regular season from Thursday to Saturday at UNCG Baseball Stadium.

Game times for the series are scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday before a 2:00 p.m. first pitch to conclude the series and regular season on Saturday. Friday will be the Spartans' Senior Day as UNCG's 10 seniors will be recognized with a ceremony 30 minutes prior to first pitch.

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