Gameday: East Carolina Set For Wednesday Doubleheader At UNCW

Games 34-35: at UNCW
Date \\\ Time	March 29, 2017 \\\ 4 and 6:30 p.m.
Coverage	Live Stats \\\ Live Video (Free)
Location	Wilmington, N.C. (Boseman Field)
Official Web Sites	East Carolina \| UNCW
2017 Statistics	East Carolina \| UNCW
Social Media	@ECUSoftball \| East Carolina Softball (Instagram) \| @ECUScoreboard (in-game updates) \| #ECUndaunted

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Continuing a non-conference series that enumerates nearly 100 games, the East Carolina softball team travels south to Wilmington for a doubleheader against in-state opponent UNCW. Game one from Boseman Field is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start.

The teams met in Greenville last season for a single contest, resulting in a 4-3 victory for the visiting Seahawks. Despite the setback, ECU still leads the series by a wide 79-18 margin – including a 38-9 mark in Wilmington.

East Carolina began American Athletic Conference play last weekend, dropping two of three at Memphis. After the Tigers out-scored the Pirates 13-3 in the first two games, the Purple and Gold responded with a 4-0 victory in the finale. Senior RHP Lydia Ritchie limited Memphis to just two hits over 5.1 innings in the win while senior outfielder Ciara Ervin notched her first home run of the campaign.

Senior outfielder Ali Ramirez is batting .341 to lead an ECU offense that is hitting .267 collectively. Junior infielder Meredith Burroughs and redshirt junior catcher Alex Mycek also check in above .300 at .326 and .310 respectively. The Pirates lead the AAC in slugging percentage (.468), runs scored (181), RBI (163), doubles (42), home runs (41), total bases (393) and walks drawn (126).

Individually, East Carolina boasts several players who lead the conference in various statistical categories – senior outfielder Kacie Oshiro (doubles/9), senior outfielder Ali Ramirez (hit by pitch/9), Mycek (home runs/10, walks/23) and Burroughs (home runs/10, total bases/64, sacrifice flies/4).

About UNCW
The Seahawks swept Drexel last weekend to improve to 21-6-1 overall and 16-3 at Boseman Field. UNCW bats .299 as a team with 37 doubles, three triples and 19 home runs. Lauren Moore paces the group with a .359 batting average while Rachel Willis checks in with a .342 average as well as seven doubles, three home runs and 25 runs scored. Peyton Jordan is the ace of a Seahawk pitching staff that owns a collective 1.99 earned run average. She tossed a no hitter against the Dragons over the weekend to earn CAA Pitcher of the Week accolades. Jordan boasts a 1.03 ERA, 80 strikeouts and a .169 batting average against.

RPI Check
ECU ranks 104 in the latest release of the NCAA RPI. UNCW landed at 120 this week.

Up Next
East Carolina returns home this weekend for a three-game AAC series against UCF. Friday's series opener is set for 6 p.m. at the ECU Softball Stadium.

Gameday: East Carolina Set For Wednesday Doubleheader At UNCW

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Players Mentioned

Meredith Burroughs

Ciara Ervin

Alex Mycek

Kacie Oshiro

Ali Ramirez

Lydia Ritchie

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