GREENVILLE — East Carolina had its highest run production of the season thus far in an 18-4 series-clinching win over Maryland at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday. The Pirates (15-4), ranked No. 17 in the March 12 USA Today coaches poll, got a 5-for-5 day from Brady Lloyd as sophomore right-hander Chris Holba started and improved to 5-0. Lloyd scored the game's first run … [Read more...]
BaseballECU takes 4-0 win over Terps
GREENVILLE — Trey Benton and Ryan Ross combined for a shutout as No. 17 East Carolina defeated Maryland 4-0 on Friday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The duo totaled 12 strikeouts as the Pirates improved to 14-4. In their first game back from absences due to injuries, Bryant Packard and Turner Brown drove in all of ECU's runs. “I didn’t think Trey looked comfortable … [Read more...]
General NewsECU turns to Dave Hart
Former East Carolina, Florida State, Alabama and Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart has been named special advisor to ECU chancellor Cecil Staton to provide guidance to Staton regarding athletics and to head up the search for a head basketball coach. The university announced the appointment in a press release Thursday afternoon. In the wake of an agreement last week by … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates get walk-off win
GREENVILLE — Andrew Henrickson hit a sacrifice fly to left field that scored pinch runner Dwanya Williams-Sutton with two out in the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday to give No. 17 East Carolina a 2-1 win over Elon at Clark-LeClair Stadium. A bloop double down the right-field line by Jake Washer got the Pirates started in the ninth. Williams-Sutton came in to run and he went … [Read more...]
BaseballVCU shuts out Pirates
GREENVILLE — Connor Gillispie, Michael Dailey and Benjamin Dum of Virginia Commonwealth combined for a three-hit shutout in s 3-0 nonconference win over No.17 East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday. Paul Witt had a two-run single for the Rams (9-8) in the top of the fifth. Josh Simon added an RBI single in the sixth. Gillispie went three innings and yielded one … [Read more...]