ECU Hosts Wichita State In Final Home Series

Games 50-52: Wichita State at East Carolina
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Venue	Max R. Joyner Family Stadium \| Greenville, N.C.
Statistics	East Carolina \| Wichita State
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – With just a few weeks remaining before the American Athletic Conference Softball Championship, East Carolina welcomes Wichita State to Max R. Joyner Family Stadium for a three-game set.

Sunday's finale, which has been moved up to 11 a.m. to accommodate the Shockers' travel plans, will stream live via ESPN+.

The Pirates are currently sixth in the AAC standings while WSU is second, trailing league leader UCF by one game. The Shockers host the Knights next weekend in a series that could determine the regular season champion.

ECU got back in the win column Tuesday with a 9-1 run-rule victory over N.C. Central in Greenville. Taudrea Sinnie paced the offensive efforts with a 3-for-3 effort while Sydney Griggs notched the first two base hits of her career and scored a run as well as driving in one. Chandley Garner added two hits and two RBI. Jordan Hatch was the victorious pitcher, tossing five innings and allowing just one run on two hits. She also struck out a career-high nine batters.

East Carolina is hitting .264 as a team with 63 doubles, 13 triples and 21 home runs while the pitching staff sports a 4.40 earned run average and has struck out 219 batters against 165 walks in 323 innings of work. A total of five Pirate batters have recorded at least 30 hits as Faith Jarvis leads the group with 48. She has also tallied team-high totals in runs scored (31) and stolen bases (20). Logyn Estes has tossed a squad-high 73.2 innings with a 4.09 ERA and 42 strikeouts.

The Competition
Wichita State (28-13, 10-2 AAC) has won eight-straight games and have swept Houston and Memphis in their last two league series. The Shockers outscored Memphis 43-4 in a trio of five-inning victories at home last weekend, notching a big 19-0 win in the finale. Wichita State ranks second nationally in home runs per game, on base percentage and slugging percentage while also slotting third in batting average. Individually, Sydney McKinney leads all of NCAA Division I in batting average (.490) while Addison Barnard is tops in home runs per game (0.63)

The Wichita State Series
Wichita State leads the series with East Carolina by a 7-3 margin. The Shockers took three of four from the Pirates last season in Wichita. WSU's only appearance in Greenville was back in 2018 when the Shockers won two of three at the then-named ECU Softball Stadium.

Looking Ahead
East Carolina wraps up regular season play next weekend with a three-game series at Tulsa.

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Players Mentioned

Logyn Estes

Chandley Garner

Sydney Griggs

Jordan Hatch

Faith Jarvis

Taudrea Sinnie

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