SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wrapping the 2024 regular season, USC Upstate baseball heads on the road for its final weekend series, travelling to UNC Greensboro for a three-game set in the first-ever meeting on the diamond between the two Spartans. The series which begins Thursday also marks the second time in the last three seasons Upstate's final regular season series has been on the road against a non-conference foe.
Weekend Series
May 16-18, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. / 6:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (33-20; 16-8 Big South) vs. UNC Greensboro (31-18; 15-6 SoCon)
UNCG Baseball Stadium | Greensboro, N.C.
How They Stack Up
Records: USC Upstate (33-20; 16-8 Big South); UNC Greensboro (31-18; 15-6 SoCon)
Series: First Meetings
Last Five Meetings: First Meetings
Probable Starting Pitchers
USC Upstate | UNC Greensboro
Game One: LHP
Jagger Jefferis (5-1; 3.92 ERA) | RHP Hunter Shuey (6-1; 3.55 ERA)
Game Two: LHP
Henry Proger (6-3; 3.91 ERA) | RHP Julien Peissel (3-2; 4.99 ERA)
Game Three: To Be Announced | To Be Announced
Players to Watch
USC Upstate: Hitting 20 home runs through 53 games, redshirt junior rightfielder
Koby Kropf enters the final weekend of the 2024 regular season as the Big South Conference leader in home runs, ranking 22
nd in the NCAA in the category. His total—a Division I era (2007-pres.) single-season record—sits one home shy of tying the overall program single-season record and ranks as a top 10 season total in Big South history. Overall, Kropf sports a slash line of .355/.441/.740 entering the UNC Greensboro series with 64 RBI and 51 runs scored.
UNC Greensboro: Holding the Spartans' single-season home run record with 22 homers on the season, senior infielder Caleb Cozart enters the weekend series leading the SoCon and ranking 13
th in the NCAA. He also leads UNC Greensboro with 72 RBI, 60 runs, 38 walks, .795 slugging percentage, and 136 total bases. Cozart has also made four appearances on the mound, tossing 10.2 innings for the Spartans.
Up Next for the Spartans
As the regular season comes to a close, Upstate turns its attention to the Big South Conference Baseball Championship set for May 23-25 at Truist Point in High Point, N.C. The Spartans await determination of their seeding but begin play at the Championship next Thursday.
Tickets on Sale for Sparty's Ball – Saturday, May 18
Support USC Upstate Athletics at Sparty's Ball, the largest fundraiser of the year for the Upstate Athletic Fund. The UAF impacts current and future generations of Spartans, developing champions on the field, building scholars in the classroom, and preparing leaders for life. Presented by the Sports Medicine Institute, a division of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Sparty's Ball features live and silent auction items, delicious food from Cribbs Catering, beverages, and live entertainment from Under the Sun, and held at a
new location, Indigo Hall in downtown Spartanburg. Come dressed in your Spartan best—cocktail attire is required. For details and tickets, log onto
www.upstatespartans.com/spartysball.
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