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 Turner Brown in the top of the second inning. Alec … [Read more...]

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 innings on Monday, June 1, 2009, at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Gamecocks put ECU in that … [Read more...]

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. The Gamecocks topped Ohio State 8-3 in … [Read more...]

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 to Dr. Cecil Staton, the chancellor) … [Read more...]

East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery has completed his evaluations involving spring football and shared some thoughts. Some staff changes, a new scheme and developing personnel provide anticipation for much-needed improvement on defense. "I'll start with the defensive side of the ball because I think that's where we made the most gains," Montgomery said Wednesday. "David … [Read more...]