GREENVILLE — After stumbling in its regional opener, East Carolina made a run through the losers bracket that culminated with a two-game sweep of Campbell on Monday at Clark-LeClair Stadium for the regional championship. ECU advanced in the NCAA Tournament by beating the Camels 10-3 in the afternoon and 12-3 in the nightcap. The Pirates (47-16) may have even regained … [Read more...]

Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs as ECU handily defeated Campbell in back-to-back games at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Monday, June 3, 2019, to claim the NCAA Greenville Regional title and advance to a best-of-three Super Regional series against host Louisville next weekend with a berth in the College World Series at stake. (Click any image … [Read more...]

Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs as ECU eliminated both N.C. State and Quinnipiac in a pair of NCAA Regional games at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville on Sunday, June 2, 2019. The victories advanced the Pirates to Monday's championship round against Campbell. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]

Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs during No. 1 seed ECU's loss to fourth seed Quinnipiac in an opening round game of the NCAA Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville on Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]

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 9 RPI, and (8) Texas Tech with an 11 RPI. Add in the Pirates strength of … [Read more...]