Memphis scored five unanswered runs – all in the final three frames – and held off a late East Carolina rally to take game one of the three game Conference USA series 6-5 Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Ben Fultz capped off a five-run ninth inning with a three-run walk-off home run lifting East Carolina (21-20) to an 8-5 win over Elon (22-21) Tuesday night in non-conference action at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
After surrendering touchdowns on two of the first three offensive possessions, the Pirate defense turned up the intensity and bounced back to produce a solid performance as East Carolina completed its spring practice period with the Purple-Gold Game Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
Courtney Smith threw her seventh complete game of the season and Kristi Oshiro hit a three-run home run to lead ECU to a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Memphis Saturday.
The East Carolina University Department of Athletics announced Friday the official launch of its Celebrating 50 Years of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Campaign.
East Carolina completed the weekday practice portion of its spring schedule in warm and humid conditions Wednesday inside the Cliff Moore Complex, working for two hours under partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low-80s.
East Carolina’s softball team (18-25) saw its four-game winning streak snapped in an 8-0 defeat to No. 25 North Carolina (34-15) in five innings on Wednesday. The Pirates were limited to one hit and three base runners in the contest.
Ryan LaGrange collected a season-high four hits and drove in three runs helping No. 25 UNC Wilmington to a season sweep of East Carolina, 7-2, Tuesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
East Carolina junior Drew Reynolds was named Conference USA Pitcher-of-the-Week after picking up both victories in the series win at Tulane the league office announced Monday.
Shane Carden completed 19-of-22 passes for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns to spearhead the offensive effort, while the defense tallied 15 tackles for lost yardage during East Carolina's second intra-squad scrimmage of the spring Saturday.
East Carolina's contest against defending Conference USA champion Tulsa on Nov. 9 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium has been selected as the Pirates' 2013 Homecoming tilt.
East Carolina's Travis Watkins is one of 15 catchers added to the official watch list for the 2013 Johnny Bench Award presented by BaseballSavings.com and the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission on April 9.
Tarran Senay's two-RBI lazy single in the sixth propelled No. 19 NC State (25-10) to a 2-0 victory over East Carolina (15-18) Tuesday night inside Doak Field at Dail Park in non-conference action.
Zech Lemond tossed 3.2 scoreless innings of relief and Michael Aquino doubled home a pair of runs in the seventh lifting Rice to an 8-7 series win over East Carolina Sunday.
