UNCG to induct nine members into hall of fame Saturday
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) athletics department will induct eight former student-athletes and a coach into the Athletics Hall of Fame on January 28, 2023.
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) athletics department will induct eight former student-athletes and a coach into the Athletics Hall of Fame on January 28, 2023.
UNCG alumna Ellen Griffin ’40 will be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Griffin was a pioneer in women’s golf and helped form the Women’s Professional Golf Association, the forerunner of the LPGA.
A penalty shootout defeated Stanford 3-1 and brought the Spartans closer than ever before to an NCAA Division I Championship. They go on to play No. 13 Indiana in the next round on Saturday, December 3.
Emma Malone started the last seven games as goalie for the women’s soccer team. But while she blocks her opponents at the net, she’s on the offense and blazing straight ahead for her elementary education degree.
A record-setting crowd filled the UNCG Soccer Stadium to cheer on the team while they played Indiana on Saturday. The game ended in a 2-0 defeat, their final push in a historic run for a NCAA Division I Championship.
For the first time in Division I history, men’s soccer made the Elite 8 of the NCAA Division I Championship. They will play Indiana here at home. Tickets are available now to watch and send lots of Spartan pride their way.
The Spartans will continue on to the third round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. UNCG will travel across the country to face No. 5 Stanford on Sunday, November 27. The Sweet 16 game will be played in Stanford, California at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium.
The Spartans received the No. 12 seed and a first-round bye. UNCG will host either Wake Forest University or Ohio State University in the second round on Sunday, November 20.
The No. 7 team now goes on to the 2022 NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament after defeating the Mercer Bears, 2-1, on Saturday night. With the win at UNCG Soccer Stadium, the Spartans extended its unbeaten streak to 9-0-1 at home, the first undefeated season at home since 2002.
Caroline Blair ’06 has worked in newsrooms from New York to Georgia – writing, reporting, and producing fact-based news stories.