NASHVILLE — There will be 63 moments in the NCAA Tournament such as the one East Carolina experienced with a 4-1 loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday. It is that time when aspirations must be reconciled with the reality that a season is over. For ECU, the pain is compounded by the fact that the Pirates are yet to reach the College World Series in 30 tries. ECU was playing in its … [Read more...]

Cliff Godwin's success at East Carolina and his Southeastern Conference connections have made him a coach of interest in LSU's search for a successor to Paul Mainieri. Godwin was an assistant at LSU from 2006 to 2008. D1Baseball.com has reported that former Oregon State coach Paul Casey has moved to the top of the field of candidates to replace Mainieri after Florida … [Read more...]

NASHVILLE — East Carolina will try again to get going offensively in game two of its Super Regional at Vanderbilt on Saturday after the Pirates took a 2-0 loss to Kumar Rocker and the Commodores on Friday. ECU (44-16) was limited to three hits, but Gavin Williams turned in a strong performance in a duel with Rocker. "It was a really well-pitched game by two studs," said … [Read more...]

NASHVILLE, TN — Staff aces Gavin Williams of East Carolina and Kumar Rocker of Vanderbilt are listed as the probable starters for the best-of-three Super Regional that gets started at noon today at the Commodores' Hawkins Field. It will be a strength-on-strength matchup unless the 60 percent chance of rain causes coaches Cliff Godwin or Tim Corbin to hold their premier … [Read more...]

East Carolina is scheduled to start its Super Regional at Vanderbilt on Friday at noon. Pirates coach Cliff Godwin was all right with the game time during a Zoom conference on Tuesday. "It's much better this year than it was two years ago," Godwin said. The Pirates had to win twice on Monday, June 3, 2019, in the Greenville regional before traveling to Louisville for a … [Read more...]