ECU Travels To Duke For Tuesday Matchup

Tuesday, March 1

Durham, N.C.

4:00 P.M.

East Carolina University

Duke

March 01, 2022 | Baseball

Game: 8
Date:	March 1, 2022
Time:	4 p.m. (EST)
Location:	Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park)
Game Program:	Baseball Gameday #1
Live Game Coverage:	Radio: 94.3 FM The Game AACNX (Tuesday) Varsity Network: Online (LEARFIELD)
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina (2-5) returns to action Tuesday when it travels to Duke (4-3) for a midweek matchup at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. (EST) and will be streamed on ACCNX.

The Pirates, who have made 31 NCAA Regional appearances, won their second-straight American Athletic Conference regular season title with a league-best 20 wins, hosted the Greenville Regional (sixth in program history) for the third consecutive year in 2021 after earning a No. 13 National seed and advanced to the Vanderbilt Super Regional. ECU finished ranked in all six national polls (Collegiate Baseball/No. 12, D1Baseball/No. 12, Perfect Game/No. 12, Baseball America/No. 13, NCBWA/No. 13 and USA Today/No. 13) in 2021 after posting a 44-17 overall record.

ECU returns 25 players including Freshman All-America selections C.J. Mayhue (2020), Zach Agnos (2021) and Josh Moylan (2021) along with AAC All-Conference performers Jake Kuchmaner (2019) and Bryson Worrell (2021). In all, the roster consists of 13 freshmen, 19 sophomores, five juniors and five seniors.

The 2021-22 recruiting class consists of three infielders (Quinn Allen, Landon Howard and Jacob Jenkins-Cowart), two outfielders (Carter Cunningham and Luke Nowak), two catchers (Ayden Edwards and Ryan McCrystal) and nine pitchers (Merritt Beeker, Charlie Hodges, Jake Hunter, Jordan Little, Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Erik Ritchie, Ben Terwilliger, Jaden Winter and Trey Yesavage).

IT'S MUSTACHE MARCH
As the calendar turns to a new month, the East Carolina baseball team (players, coaching staff and support staff) will once again participate in Mustache March to raise money and awareness for ALS Research and the Jim "Catfish" hunter chapter. This year, the Pirates will team up with the Pitt Community College (PCC), Memphis and Michigan baseball programs to help fight and strikeout ALS with a goal of raising $10,000. Click here to donate.

As most of Pirate Nation knows, the ECU Baseball program has been greatly affected by ALS as former head coach and ECU Hall of Famer Keith LeClair was diagnosed with ALS while coaching in 2001. The Pirates continue to follow the mission, vision and characteristics that made Coach LeClair such a tremendous leader, father, friend and coach. Current PCC Head Coach Tommy Eason coached under LeClair from 1998-2005, Michigan Head Coach Erik Bakich and Assistant Head Coach Nick Schnabel both played for LeClair and were teammates of ECU skipper Cliff Godwin from 1999-2000.

Starting Tuesday, March 1 and running through the end of the month, the Pirates will grow mustaches to continue raising money for ALS research which over the last four years has raised over $36,000. With the additional support from ECU Dowdy Student Stores, the four-year total has eclipsed $57,000 in total donations.

INDIVIDUAL QUICK HITS (prior to series)

Eighth-year head coach Cliff Godwin stands third on ECU's all-time wins list with 260 victories ... Prior to the start of the season, his current win percentage of .665 is tied for fifth among active head coaches at four-year schools ... He passed his college coach and ECU Hall of Famer Keith LeClair (212) on March 8, 2020 with a 4-1 win at Charlotte in the series finale.
Senior Nick Logusch will make his first career start for ECU on Tuesday ... In 23 career games, he owns an 0-2 record with a 5.09 ERA ... The right-hander has struck out 30 while walking 13 in 17.2 career innings.
For the third-straight year, senior Jake Kuchmaner was penciled into the weekend rotation ... In two starts, he owns an 0-1 record with a 1.69 ERA where he has allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits in 10.2 innings ... As a Pirate, he is 17-7 with a 3.82 career ERA over 49 appearances (39 starts) ... The lefty has worked 195.2 innings with 158 strikeouts to 51 walks ... A First-Team All-AAC selection in 2019, he tossed the 31st perfect game in NCAA DI history at Maryland on March 17.
Freshman Jake Hunter made his collegiate debut against Bryant (2/20) as the Sunday starter ... In two weekend starts, he sports a 0-0 record with a 1.23 ERA … The right-hander combined on a 5-0 shut out against North Carolina (2/27) tossing 3.1 scoreless frames with three punch outs ... Became the first true freshman to start a game opening weekend since Trey Benton (2017) at Ole Miss.
Junior Carter Spivey had a career outing against North Carolina (2/27) where he tossed 4.1 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts (both career-highs) ... In three outings, which included a start at Campbell, he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and has struck out 13 while walking one in 7.1 total frames.
Sophomore C.J. Mayhue was tabbed as a preseason All-American (third-team) by NCBWA ... Prior to the season opener, he earned inclusion on the NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List for the second consecutive year ... At ECU, he has appeared in 46 games (all relief) posting a 5-1 record with eight saves ... Owns a 2.59 ERA and has struck out 104 batters while walking 30 over 73.0 innings ... Blew first save opportunity of the season against Bryant (2/19) allowing two runs over three innings.
Junior Lane Hoover leads the team with a .455 batting average ... During his four years at ECU, he has started 99 of 118 games posting a .313 batting average with a home run, eight doubles and 42 RBI.
Sophomore Alec Makarewicz enters the Duke contest having reached base safely in 6-of-7 games ... He is tied for third on the team in hits (six) and second in RBI (three) ... Belted his seventh career home run in the 10th inning against the Bulldogs in a 5-4 loss.
Sopohmore Justin Wilcoxen has started 5-of-6 games played behind the plate ... Currently third on the team with a .389 batting average and has tallied at least one hit in four-straight contests ... Registered his second career multi-hit and first multi-RBI game vs. UNC (2/27), while hitting his first career home run.
Freshman Jacob Jenkins-Cowart posted his first career multi-hit and multi-RBI game in the Pirates 5-0 shut out win against the Tar Heels (2/27) ... Having appeared in four games (two starts) he owns a .444 batting average with three RBI.
Sophomore Skylar Brooks has appeared in a team-high five games (all relief) where he owns an 0-1 record with one save and a 3.00 ERA ... Fanned seven batters while walking one in three innings ... Notched first career save vs. UNC (2/27) working two-third of an inning striking out both batters he faced ... Currently he is second nationally in appearances trailing only UNC's Shawn Rapp (six).
Sophomore Josh Moylan entered the 2022 season as a preseason All-AAC selection by Perfect Game ... As a rookie, he earned inclusion on three Freshman All-America squads and was a First-Team All-AAC selection (DH) byt the leagues head coaches ... He has appeared in 66 career games (64 starts) and owns .290 career batting average with six home runs and 40 RBI.
Sophomore Zach Agnos earned First-Team Freshman All-America accolades in 2021 by Collegiate Baseball and was tabbed as a second-team all-league pick by the leagues head coaches ... In his time at ECU, he has started all 85 games played where he is batting .255 with six home runs, 18 doubles and 54 RBI.
Junior Ryder Giles has started 135 of 140 games played at shortstop since stepping on campus in 2019 ... Last year he led the team with 16 total sacrifices (15 sac hits) where he ranked second nationally … Currently stands third all-time in the Pirate annuals with 35 sacrifices … Registered nine multi-hit and four multi-RBI games.

TEAM QUICK HITS (prior to game)

ECU opened its 88th season of collegiate baseball (1932-42, 1946-present) against Bryant (Feb. 18) falling 10-2 ... The Pirates were swept for the third time during opening weekend play under Godwin (others: vs. UVA/2015 and at Ole Miss/2017) ... Last time ECU was swept at home was in 2019 against Houston.
Ten new Pirates made their debuts during the weekend series against Bryant ... Six came from the mound, while four were used in the batting order or as a reserve.
The Pirates have made a regional appearance in 17 of the last 22 seasons, including five of six under Godwin (2015, '16, '18, '19, '21) - no post-season in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Heading into this week's action, ECU has been ranked or received votes in at least one national poll for 63-straight weeks (began in 2018 preseason).
Heading into the season, ECU has five potential two-way players on its roster ... Dubbed #2WayU by Godwin, the players are Zach Agnos, CJ Boyd, Skylar Brooks, Cam Clonch and Ryder Giles.

PROBABLE STARTERS (2022 stats)
Tuesday: RHP Nick Logusch (0-1, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Cooper Stinson (0-0, 9.00 ERA)

GODWIN AT A GLANCE
Cliff Godwin, who was named the 16th head coach in school history on June 25, 2014, was a four-year letterwinner for the Pirates from 1998-2001 … He has been a part of 12 NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach … During his seven years at the helm of the program, Godwin has guided ECU to five NCAA Regional berths (2018, 2019 and 2021 Greenville Regional host), three Super Regional appearances and a pair of American Athletic Conference Regular season and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns while posting a 260-135-1 (.658) overall record … Sixteen players have earned All-America status, while 15 were NCAA All-Regional selections, 23 were named all-conference (18 first-teamers) and 14 were drafted by Major League Baseball teams … A three-time AAC Coach-of-the-Year selection (2015, 2019, 2021), Godwin was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 … In 2018, he completed a summer stint on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team staff that posted a 12-3 record that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba … As a player, he helped former ECU skipper Keith LeClair's teams post a 169-76 four-year ledger, including 46-plus wins in each of his final three seasons (46-16 in '99, 46-18 in '00 and 47-13 in '01) … ECU won a pair of CAA Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Regionals every season from 1999 to 2001 … The Pirates were the top seed in their regional all three years, including a No. 7 national seed in 2001 where they advanced to the Super Regional round before being eliminated by Tennessee.