Gameday: Softball Entertains Wichita State In Final Home Series

Games 49-51: Wichita State
Series Schedule	April 27 \\\ 6:00 p.m. \\\ Live Stats \\\ Watch (Free) April 28 \\\ 2:00 p.m. \\\ Live Stats \\\ Watch (Free) April 29 \\\ Noon \\\ Live Stats \\\ Watch (Free)
Location	Greenville, N.C. (ECU Softball Stadium)
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU softball team wraps up its 2018 home schedule this weekend when American Athletic Conference newcomer Wichita State visits Greenville for a three-game set. The teams will play at 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Noon Sunday.

The Pirates will recognize their four-member senior class of Meredith Burroughs, Alex Mycek, Rebecca Perrell and Karlie Smith before Sunday's series finale.

ECU is 22-26 overall after knocking off in-state foe NC State 2-1 at home Wednesday for its second win over the Wolfpack in the last three seasons. Freshman Ashleigh Inae provided the game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh inning as part of a two-hit, two-RBI performance at the plate. Junior Ashley Weingartz also tallied a pair of hits while freshman Erin Poepping tossed her seventh complete game of the campaign, allowing just one earned run and striking out five NCSU batters.

The Pirates are 7-8 in AAC play, sitting just two games back of Wichita State (9-6) for second place in the conference standings with six to play. USF, whom the Purple and Gold handed its first series loss in league play last weekend, owns the top spot in the standings with a 10-5 record.

ECU is hitting .238 as a team with 41 doubles, two triples and 35 home runs. Freshman outfielder Tyler King paces the unit with a .292 batting average and has rapped out a team-high 47 hits as well as six doubles and two triples. In the circle, the Pirates sport a collective 3.45 earned run average with freshmen Erin Poepping and Whitney Sanford combining to throw 249.2 of ECU's 321 innings. The duo has struck out 139 batters between them and boasts respective 3.36 and 3.61 ERAs.

About Wichita State
The Shockers enter the weekend having won their last four games after sweeping UCF and defeating then No. 19 Oklahoma State at home last week. Wichita State has been swinging for power recently, recording 12 home runs in its last four games. The Shockers are hitting .316 as a team in conference play and out-scored the Knights 24-12 last weekend. Wichita State leads the American Conference in slugging percentage, doubles, home runs and total bases. Mackenzie Wright is batting .393 as one of five Shockers who are hitting at least .300 this season. In the circle, University of Northern Iowa transfer LHP Bailey Lange has thrown a team-high 154.2 innings and has struck out 164 batters against 61 walks with a 3.17 earned run average. Collectively, Wichita State owns a 3.60 team ERA with opposing hitter batting .254 off of the unit.

The Series
Wichita State won the only previous meeting between the programs by a 3-0 score back on March 20, 1999 at a neutral site in Rock Hill, S.C.

Up Next
The Pirates end the regular season next weekend with a trip to UCF for a three-game AAC series.

Gameday: Softball Entertains Wichita State In Final Home Series

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