LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball (24-20, 6-6 SoCon) looks to keep its winning ways rolling but will have to go through a talented UNC Greensboro (23-16, 7-5 SoCon) group this weekend at the UNCG Baseball Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina.
 
The Keydets have won three straight Southern Conference series and can bump up over the Spartans. VMI enters the series in a three-way tie for fourth while UNCG holds the three spot in the league standings.

Game Information
Location: UNCG Baseball Stadium
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Broadcast: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

Game Schedule and Probables
Game 1 | Friday at 6 p.m.
- RHP Marcus Van Alstine (1-3, 6.49 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Shuey (4-0, 3.75 ERA)
Game 2 | Saturday at 2 p.m.
- LHP Trey Morgan (3-4, 5.52 ERA) vs. RHP Rob Ready (3-1, 3.98 ERA)
Game 3 | Sunday at 1 p.m.
- RHP Will Riley (5-2, 4.26 ERA) vs. RHP Julien Peissel (0-2, 6.17 ERA)

Last Time Out
- VMI breezed through William & Mary on Tuesday to extend their winning streak to three and have won six of their last seven, both matching their season-best
- With the victory, head coach Sam Roberts surpassed 50 career wins which makes him the fastest coach to reach 50 wins in program history
- Grayson Fitzwater crushed his way to a career-like performance, going 4-for-4 with six RBI, four runs, two doubles, and a homer
 
Keys to the Keydets
- VMI has won three straight conference series
- For five straight weeks, the Keydets stays at number one in the nation in stolen bases (145) and stolen bases per game (3.30)
- VMI also ranks in the top 25 in walks (242), hits (427), on-base % (.424), runs (342), sacrifice bunts (35), sacrifice flies (27), and BB/9 (3.37)
- Justin Starke is 18th in walks (39), 18th in runs (53), and 21st in on-base percentage (.519) in NCAA DI
- Fitzwater sits in the top 25 in RBI with a team-leading 53 RBI
- Owen Prince is 12th in sacrifice bunts (9) while Morgan is 14th in sacrifice flies (7) in the country
- Both Kazuya Jordan (25) and Ty Swaim (22) rank in the top 25 in stolen bases while Jordan produces 0.68 stolen bases per game
- Seven Keydets are hitting over .300 with 40+ hits
- Morgan has reached base in 30 straight games, a new career high, while Prince has reached base safely in 15 straight games
- VMI's pitching staff has allowed the second-fewest extra base hits against conference opponents
- With Morgan in line to start, it should be noted he ranks fourth in BB/9 (1.07) and is coming off a complete game against The Citadel
- Keydets are 17-0 when scoring 10 or more runs
 

Scouting the Spartans
- UNCG goes into the weekend with a 23-16 overall record
- Spartans are 7-5 in SoCon play, good enough for third place
- UNCG is coming off a 13-0 win over High Point
- Just like the Keydets, the Spartans have won three conference series and have won three straight
- UNCG tends to sacrifice, ranking 16th in the country in sacrifice bunts
- Spartans are quick on the base path, stealing the 19th most bases and the 18th most per game
- Caleb Cozart has significant power, breaking the single-season home run record at UNCG and ranks 11th in the nation
- Cozart also ranks fourth in runs per game and sixth in RBI
- Jake Ogden has also helped the Spartans' offense, producing a team-leading 49 hits to give him a .312 average and 16 multi-hit games
- On the mound, Rob Ready has been efficient, earning three wins with a 3.98 ERA, and has tossed two complete games this season
- Cozart enters the series with a 29-game on-base streak and an eight-game hitting streak
- As a team, UNCG is batting .326 against conference opponents
- Spartans ground into the fewest double plays against SoCon teams
- UNCG is 18-0 when scoring eight or more runs and, inversely, is 2-13 when scoring five runs or less

Series History
- UNCG leads the all-time series, 35-20
- First matchup was May 1992
- Last season's final matchup ended with a 14-8 Spartan victory, but the Keydets won the series by taking two of three at home
- VMI has visited UNCG 20 times, winning three of the last six on the road
- Keydets have been victorious in five of the last eight meetings