ECU To Host Virginia In Fall Exhibition On Oct. 6th
August 30, 2018 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU baseball team will play host to Virginia in an exhibition contest on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium fifth-year head coach Cliff Godwin announced Thursday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. (ET) and admission is free to all spectators.
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Godwin and his staff are currently guiding the Pirates through a four-week period of conditioning drills and individual workouts before embarking on a six-week, full-squad practice which begins Thursday, Sept. 27. ECU will scrimmage every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium leading up to its annual Purple-Gold World Series that will be held Nov. 2-4 (times to be determined) and is also free of charge to fans.
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The Pirates, who began fall the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 20 welcomed in 10 new members to the program that consist of two infielders (Thomas Francisco and Ryder Giles), three outfielders (Lane Hoover, Christian Jayne and Christian Smallwood), a pair of two-way players (Connor Norby and Stephen Wilmer) and three pitchers (Evan Odum, Garrett Saylor and Carter Spivey).
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ECU returns 23 letterwinners, including USA Collegiate National Team members Jake Agnos and All-American Bryant Packard, Freshman All-America selections Spencer Brickhouse (2017) and Alec Burleson (2018) as well as 2018 AAC All-Tournament honorees Turner Brown and Jake Kuchmaner. In all, the roster is made up of nine freshmen, eight sophomores, 10 juniors and seven seniors.
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During his four years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to three NCAA Regional berths (2018 Greenville Regional host), a Super Regional appearance, two American Athletic Conference Tournament titles and a 154-91-1 (.628) overall record. Eight players have earned All-America status, seven were NCAA All-Regional selections, 12 took home all-conference honors (11 first-teamers), 11 were selected as American Player-of-the-Week, while six were drafted by Major League Baseball teams.
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Godwin (hitting) and UVA Head Coach Brian O'Connor (pitching) teamed up this summer as members of the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team coaching staff that posted a 15-4 record that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba.
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Godwin and his staff are currently guiding the Pirates through a four-week period of conditioning drills and individual workouts before embarking on a six-week, full-squad practice which begins Thursday, Sept. 27. ECU will scrimmage every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium leading up to its annual Purple-Gold World Series that will be held Nov. 2-4 (times to be determined) and is also free of charge to fans.
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The Pirates, who began fall the fall semester on Monday, Aug. 20 welcomed in 10 new members to the program that consist of two infielders (Thomas Francisco and Ryder Giles), three outfielders (Lane Hoover, Christian Jayne and Christian Smallwood), a pair of two-way players (Connor Norby and Stephen Wilmer) and three pitchers (Evan Odum, Garrett Saylor and Carter Spivey).
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ECU returns 23 letterwinners, including USA Collegiate National Team members Jake Agnos and All-American Bryant Packard, Freshman All-America selections Spencer Brickhouse (2017) and Alec Burleson (2018) as well as 2018 AAC All-Tournament honorees Turner Brown and Jake Kuchmaner. In all, the roster is made up of nine freshmen, eight sophomores, 10 juniors and seven seniors.
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During his four years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to three NCAA Regional berths (2018 Greenville Regional host), a Super Regional appearance, two American Athletic Conference Tournament titles and a 154-91-1 (.628) overall record. Eight players have earned All-America status, seven were NCAA All-Regional selections, 12 took home all-conference honors (11 first-teamers), 11 were selected as American Player-of-the-Week, while six were drafted by Major League Baseball teams.
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Godwin (hitting) and UVA Head Coach Brian O'Connor (pitching) teamed up this summer as members of the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team coaching staff that posted a 15-4 record that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba.
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