For the eighth time in school history East Carolina will be at the top of the pecking order in an NCAA baseball regional after being awarded the No. 1 seed in the Greenville Regional. The Monday announcement by the NCAA selection committee came a day after the committee selected the Pirates to host one of the 16 NCAA baseball regionals at Clark-LeClair Stadium. ECU … [Read more...]

For the sixth time in program history, East Carolina has been selected to host one of the 16 NCAA baseball regionals, the school announced on Sunday. The Pirates and three other teams to be announced by the NCAA selection committee will compete in the Greenville Regional over four days (Fri., June 4-Mon. June 7) to claim a berth in one of the eight NCAA super regionals … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — Central Florida took advantage of an East Carolina fielding mix-up in the top of the ninth to score what proved to be the winning run in a 2-1 Knights victory that knocked the No. 11 Pirates out of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday. ECU had downed UCF, 5-2, earlier Saturday to force a deciding game for a berth in the tournament … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina rolled into Semifinal Saturday in the American Athletic Conference tournament with a 12-0 win in seven innings over Memphis on Friday at BayCare Ballpark. Gavin Williams (10-0) was in control throughout for the Pirates (40-14). The junior right-hander allowed four hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts. The Tigers (18-30) had stunned ECU, … [Read more...]

CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina's games in the 2021 American Athletic Conference Tournament have started in similar fashion but an elimination game against Cincinnati on Tuesday had a better outcome for the Pirates. Connor Norby led off the bottom of the first with a home run in an 11-1 loss to Memphis on Monday and the AAC Player of the Year homered again at the top of the … [Read more...]