Joe Dooley has been working with the under-18 national team, but will begin to get an idea next week how his developing group of Pirates will shape up for his first season back on the East Carolina sideline. Dooley returned in early April to a program he guided to a 57-52 record from 1995-96 to… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina vaulted into the national rankings in February after taking two of three games from North Carolina in a multi-site series. The Pirates remained among the country’s elite during an exceptional season. ECU (44-18) was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in a regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium that included lengthy delays from Mother Nature… [ Continue Reading ]

GREENVILLE — A fragmented NCAA regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium ended for top-seeded East Carolina on Sunday night with a 9-7 loss to fourth-seeded UNC-Wilmington. The Seahawks (39-22) scored all nine of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. ECU (44-18) finished the season as the visiting team in the regional for the second… [ Continue Reading ]

ORIGINAL STORY: East Carolina and UNC-Wilmington were waiting out an electrical storm on Sunday evening in the Greenville regional of the NCAA baseball tournament. The game went into a lightning delay with two out in the bottom of the fourth and ECU holding a 3-0 lead. The Pirates went ahead on a two-run single by… [ Continue Reading ]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina is looking at repeating history to make it out of the regional it is hosting as the No. 1 seed. In 2009, the Pirates had to beat South Carolina twice in order to advance to the Super Regional round. Devin Harris was the hero in a decisive 10-9 win in 10… [ Continue Reading ]

GREENVILLE — A two-run homer by Connor Litton in the bottom of the first helped light the offensive fuse for East Carolina in a 16-7 NCAA regional win over UNC-Wilmington at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday night. The top-seeded Pirates (44-16) will meet second-seeded South Carolina (33-24) in the winners bracket on Saturday at 5 p.m.… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery has made appearances at Pirate Club functions this spring, bringing an optimistic message to that supportive element of the fan base. “‘Finally,’ is kind of the message,” Montgomery said. “There has been a lot of great things to happen for us. The first thing is Dave Hart (special athletics advisor… [ Continue Reading ]