GREENVILLE — East Carolina's first game in the 16th annual Keith LeClair Classic was suspended in the middle of the sixth inning Friday and is scheduled to be resumed on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The ninth-ranked Pirates and Utah were tied at 4 when the contest was halted due to rain. Wright State topped Western Carolina, 5-3, in the first game of the event on Friday. ECU … [Read more...]

East Carolina is set to host the 16th annual Keith LeClair Classic in the stadium that bears the former Pirate baseball coach's name. The schedule had been adjusted due to the forecast of rain later today. Western Carolina, LeClair's alma mater, and Wright State will open play at 11 a.m. The ninth-ranked Pirates will take on Utah approximately 45 minutes after the first game … [Read more...]

The difference between a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old might not seem very dramatic in most situations, but East Carolina coach Courtney Oliver has discovered that in college softball the gap between freshmen and sophomores is wide indeed. With seven Pirates in their second year on the team, the sophomores make up the largest chunk of ECU’s roster, and four of those players … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Eighth-ranked Houston made 35 of 57 field goal attempts (61.4 percent) in a 99-65 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Cougars got 26 points from Corey Davis Jr. in improving to 27-1 overall and 14-1 in the AAC. Fabian White Jr. scored 16, Armoni Brooks tallied 12 and Nate Hinton added … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored three runs in the first inning and stopped a two-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over Elon on Wednesday afternoon. Gavin Williams (1-0) started and went five innings. He allowed four hits and two runs (both earned) while walking five and striking out six. Williams picked off a pair of runners at first in the fourth. Trey Benton relieved … [Read more...]