East Carolina Selected To Charlottesville Regional
May 29, 2023 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina baseball team will make its 33rd NCAA Regional appearance after earning an at-large bid to the Charlottesville Regional in the 2023 NCAA Baseball Championship which will be held at Davenport Field inside Disharoon Park.
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The Pirates will square off with regional No. 3 seed Oklahoma (31-26) in a first-round contest at 7 p.m. Friday while top seed Virginia will face No. 4 seed Army West Point at Noon. ECU's game against the Sooners will air live on ESPN2. The Pirates have never faced Oklahoma or Army on the diamond but are 24-30 against the Cavaliers in the teams' all-time series. East Carolina hosted Virginia in the 2022 Greenville Regional, winning a 4-2 decision to advance to the regional final. The Pirates also knocked off the Cavaliers in the 2016 Charlottesville Regional on a Travis Watkins walkoff three-run home run that sent ECU to the regional final where it defeated William & Mary to advance to the Lubbock Super Regional.
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East Carolina has qualified for regional competition in 19 of the last 24 seasons (regionals were not contested in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and seven times during head coach Cliff Godwin's eight-year tenure after traveling to the Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional in 2015, Charlottesville (Va.) Regional in 2016 and hosting the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 NCAA Greenville Regionals.
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The Charlottesville Regional is paired with the Conway Regional hosted by No. 10 overall seed Coastal Carolina. That field also includes No. 2 seed Duke, No. 3 seed UNCW and No. 4 seed Rider.
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The Pirates, who won their fourth-straight American Athletic Conference regular season crown before advancing to the title game of the AAC Baseball Championship, holds a 45-17 overall record and have registered 40 wins in a campaign for the fifth-straight year. East Carolina also put a program single season record 11 players on the various all-conference teams while Danny Beal, Carter Cunningham, Josh Moylan and Jacob Starling were tabbed to the AAC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team.
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Of the 64 teams announced Monday, the Pirates own a 10-10 overall record in 2023 against nine institutions: Campbell (0-3), Charlotte (1-0), Duke (0-1), George Mason (3-0), Indiana (1-0), NC State (1-1), North Carolina (2-1), Tulane (2-2) and UNCW (0-2).
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Each of the 16 regionals features four teams in a double-elimination format. The regionals will be played from Friday, June 2 to Monday, June 5 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/mcws, Tuesday, June 6 at 10 a.m. (ET). The Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 16, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
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The Pirates will square off with regional No. 3 seed Oklahoma (31-26) in a first-round contest at 7 p.m. Friday while top seed Virginia will face No. 4 seed Army West Point at Noon. ECU's game against the Sooners will air live on ESPN2. The Pirates have never faced Oklahoma or Army on the diamond but are 24-30 against the Cavaliers in the teams' all-time series. East Carolina hosted Virginia in the 2022 Greenville Regional, winning a 4-2 decision to advance to the regional final. The Pirates also knocked off the Cavaliers in the 2016 Charlottesville Regional on a Travis Watkins walkoff three-run home run that sent ECU to the regional final where it defeated William & Mary to advance to the Lubbock Super Regional.
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East Carolina has qualified for regional competition in 19 of the last 24 seasons (regionals were not contested in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and seven times during head coach Cliff Godwin's eight-year tenure after traveling to the Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional in 2015, Charlottesville (Va.) Regional in 2016 and hosting the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 NCAA Greenville Regionals.
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The Charlottesville Regional is paired with the Conway Regional hosted by No. 10 overall seed Coastal Carolina. That field also includes No. 2 seed Duke, No. 3 seed UNCW and No. 4 seed Rider.
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The Pirates, who won their fourth-straight American Athletic Conference regular season crown before advancing to the title game of the AAC Baseball Championship, holds a 45-17 overall record and have registered 40 wins in a campaign for the fifth-straight year. East Carolina also put a program single season record 11 players on the various all-conference teams while Danny Beal, Carter Cunningham, Josh Moylan and Jacob Starling were tabbed to the AAC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team.
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Of the 64 teams announced Monday, the Pirates own a 10-10 overall record in 2023 against nine institutions: Campbell (0-3), Charlotte (1-0), Duke (0-1), George Mason (3-0), Indiana (1-0), NC State (1-1), North Carolina (2-1), Tulane (2-2) and UNCW (0-2).
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Each of the 16 regionals features four teams in a double-elimination format. The regionals will be played from Friday, June 2 to Monday, June 5 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/mcws, Tuesday, June 6 at 10 a.m. (ET). The Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 16, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
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