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Join Gardner-Webb for a Night with the Charlotte Knights

Charlotte Knights Truist Field

Discounted Tickets Available to GWU Students, Alumni, Employees and Friends

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Join the Gardner-Webb University family at The Charlotte Knights on Friday, April 14. Gardner-Webb Cheerleaders, the Sound of the Springs Marching Band, Bo the Mascot and more will be at Truist Field to support The Knights as they take on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

The gates open at 6 p.m. with the first pitch at 7:04 p.m. Gardner-Webb’s own Big South Champion Football Coach Tre Lamb is set to throw out the first pitch.

A fireworks show will be held at the end of the game. The Charlotte Knights, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, is a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team in the International League. Truist Field is located at 324 S. Mint St., Charlotte, N.C.

Discounted tickets are available to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends at this link.

Gardner-Webb University is North Carolina’s recognized leader in private, Christian higher education. A Carnegie-Classified Doctoral/Professional University, GWU is home to nine colleges and schools, more than 80 undergraduate and graduate majors, and a world-class faculty. Located on a beautiful 225-acre campus in Boiling Springs, N.C., Gardner-Webb prepares graduates to impact their chosen professions, equips them with the skills to advance the frontiers of knowledge, and inspires them to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others. Ignite your future at Gardner-Webb.edu.

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