GREENVILLE — East Carolina swept an American Athletic Conference series with Rice to win its fifth straight regular-season championship in the league. The teams played a doubleheader Friday with ECU winning, 15-5, in eight innings in the first game before rallying for a 6-4 triumph in the nightcap. The Pirates (40-13, 19-8 AAC) will open play in the AAC Tournament on … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — With dominant pitching from Trey Yesavage, No. 13 East Carolina defeated Rice, 8-2 ,on Thursday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium to maintain a 1-game lead over second-place Texas San Antonio. Jacob Jenkins-Cowart and Justin Wilcoxen hit 3-run homers for ECU. The Pirates improved to 38-13 overall and 17-8 in league play in snapping a 5-game losing streak. The … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS — Connor Rasmussen had a lackluster season as a freshman at East Carolina in 2023. But the former Pirate got the game-winning RBI for Tulane on Sunday with a single that brought in Jackson Linn in the bottom of the 10th for a 10-9 American Athletic Conference win for the Green Wave, who completed a 3-game sweep of ECU. Linn hit two home runs as the Pirates, … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS — Matthias Haas hit two of Tulane's three home runs in a 7-3 series-clinching American Athletic Conference win over No. 6 East Carolina on Saturday night. Haas' solo shot in the sixth broke a tie at 2 and put the Green Wave (28-23, 12-11 AAC) ahead to stay. Teo Banks had an RBI single in the sixth for a 4-2 lead. ECU (37-12, 16-7) lost its fourth in a row but … [Read more...]

NEW ORLEANS — Tulane scored the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a hit batter with the bases loaded Friday night for a 6-5 American Athletic Conference win over No. 6 East Carolina After a 10-game winning streak, the Pirates (37-11, 16-6 AAC) have dropped three straight. ECU looks to get back on track in a matchup with the Green Wave (27-23, 11-11 AAC) on … [Read more...]