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...]

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.) … [Read more...]

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 league play. “Lots of people have asked me to … [Read more...]

If athletics are the front porch of a university, as we’re often told, and football is the most visible sport in most schools’ athletic department, then East Carolina's curb appeal has been sorely lacking in recent years because of the image portrayed by Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. It’s not that the facility wasn’t functional. It certainly served a purpose when the Pirates were … [Read more...]

Bonesville’s Brett Friedlander captured this collection of photographs during a recent ECU-conducted media tour of the under-construction TowneBank Tower and other upgrades on the south side of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]