GREENVILLE — Texas-San Antonio clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season championship with an 8-5 win at East Carolina on Friday night. The Pirates had won the previous five AAC regular season titles. The teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. ECU (27-22, 11-11 AAC) rallied from an 8-1 deficit with four runs in the eighth … [Read more...]

WICHITA — An outfield error put the leadoff man at second base in the bottom of the ninth and Wichita State capitalized with a walk-off single through the left side by Jaden Gustafson for an 8-7 win over East Carolina on Sunday. The Shockers took the American Athletic Conference series, 2-1. ECU slipped to 27-21 overall and 11-10 in the AAC going into a league series at … [Read more...]

WICHITA —Ethan Norby was dominant for seven and two-thirds innings before Colby Wallace closed the door for East Carolina in a 6-1 American Athletic Conference win at Wichita State on Saturday. Norby (6-4) was perfect through five innings as the Pirates (27-20, 11-9 AAC) evened the series at 1-1 with the deciding game Sunday at 2 p.m. The sophomore left-hander was … [Read more...]

WICHITA —Wichita State didn't score after the second inning on Friday night but an early 5-0 advantage was sufficient for a 5-4 win over East Carolina in the opening game of an American Athletic Conference series. The Pirates (26-20. 10-9 AAC) scored four runs in the seventh and will look to even the 3-game set on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Shockers (14-30, 6-13 AAC) lived up … [Read more...]

ELON — East Carolina held Elon scoreless over the last seven innings for a 4-2 nonconference road win on Tuesday night. Bradley Zayac, Jackson DiLorenzo (3-1) and Brad Pruett combined to limit the Phoenix to four hits and one earned run with two walks and 11 strikeouts over nine innings. "Our pitching was great," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the Pirate radio network. … [Read more...]