East Carolina had hoped to be named as a top eight national seed for the 2019 NCAA baseball tournament. The Pirates ended the season with an RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) of 5. That was better than national seeds (5) Arkansas with a 6 RPI, (3) Georgia Tech with an 8 RPI, (7) Louisville with a… [ More… ]
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Special Photo Feature
Pairings Party Gallery
WNCT-TV captured this collection of photographs during ECU’s Regional Pairings Party at Sup Dogs on Monday. The Pirates were slotted with a #10 seed in the NCAA tournament and will host North Carolina State, Campbell and Quinnipiac at Clark-LeClair Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
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Pirates aim for AAC tourney and beyond
East Carolina wrapped up its record-setting regular season on a down note, falling to Memphis 10-9 on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. While the final game didn’t go the Pirates’ way, most of the rest of the season most certainly did. The Pirates set a new American Athletic Conference regular season record by going 20-4 in… [ More… ]
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American champs get fitting welcome home
It may have been Sunday night and it may have been close to 11 p.m., but it didn’t matter. East Carolina baseball fans were out late to welcome their Pirates home. ECU took two out of three from Wichita State over the weekend. The 6-1 win on Friday clinched the Pirate’s first ever American Athletic… [ More… ]
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Pirates on the cusp
With still two weeks to go in the regular season, East Carolina is on the cusp of a first-ever regular season title in the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates are now a gaudy 16-2 in league play after sweeping Cincinnati on the road this weekend. When the dust had settled around the league Sunday afternoon,… [ More… ]
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Pirates ascend to Top Ten
The East Carolina baseball team faced exams and five big games in what could have been a most trying week. On the field, the Pirates had just short of a perfect week. They breezed past every test until the final game. Tulane would salvage the final game of this past weekend’s series in a thrilling… [ More… ]
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Pirates in the driver’s seat in conference race
East Carolina swept No. 18 Connecticut this past weekend to run its league mark to 11-1 through four series in 2019. Unfortunately, if you’re following the national rankings, the sweep didn’t do all that much for ECU. The Pirates are ranked as high as 11th nationally by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. ECU is 12th… [ More… ]