Game Times Set For 2024 Purple-Gold World Series
October 30, 2024 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina baseball program concludes its fall practice slate this weekend with the annual Purple-Gold World Series inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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The Pirates play the first of two seven-inning intra-squad scrimmages Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m., followed by game two Saturday at 1 p.m. Admission is free of charge.
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Seniors Ryley Johnson and Jake Hunter will serve as team captains for the series and will draft their respective squads during the week. Team rosters will be announced via ECU's social media channels (X and Instagram).
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About East Carolina (2024)
• Eighth NCAA Regional appearance under Head Coach Cliff Godwin (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Hosted a regional for the fifth time since 2018.
• Won fifth-straight AAC regular season title.
• Reached the regional finals for the fifth-straight year.
• Tied for the third-most victories in a single season in program history (46).
• Notched the program's sixth straight 40-win season.
• Put 10 players on the All-American Athletic Conference Teams (third-straight season with 10 or more selections).
• Swept the AAC Player and Pitcher of the Year awards for the second time since joining the league (2021).
• Had a player named AAC Player or Pitcher of the Week nine times.
• Set the AAC single season record for runs scored (498), hits (671) and RBI (465).
• Posted single season program top 10 marks in hit by pitch (85/1st), pitching strikeouts per nine innings (10.23/2nd), RBI (3rd), pitching strikeouts (630/3rd), home runs (85/4th) and opposing batting average (.229/5th).
• Slotted in the Top 30 nationally in 12 statistical categories.
• Ranked in the various Top 25 polls every week of the season.
• Finished 12th nationally in average attendance (4,865) as well as 14th in total attendance (170,277).
• Won 12 of 14 weekend series while recording seven sweeps.
• Welcomed the two largest crowds in Clark-LeClair Stadium history (April 23/NC State/6,054) (Feb. 25/North Carolina/6,017) as well as the fourth largest (April 13/Charlotte/5,998).
• Compiled a 3.57 team GPA for the spring semester, marking the 14th-straight semester that the Pirates have posted a 3.40 or better mark.
• Captured the American Athletic Conference Baseball Team Academic Excellence Award and ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award for the ninth-straight season.
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The Pirates play the first of two seven-inning intra-squad scrimmages Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m., followed by game two Saturday at 1 p.m. Admission is free of charge.
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Seniors Ryley Johnson and Jake Hunter will serve as team captains for the series and will draft their respective squads during the week. Team rosters will be announced via ECU's social media channels (X and Instagram).
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About East Carolina (2024)
• Eighth NCAA Regional appearance under Head Coach Cliff Godwin (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Hosted a regional for the fifth time since 2018.
• Won fifth-straight AAC regular season title.
• Reached the regional finals for the fifth-straight year.
• Tied for the third-most victories in a single season in program history (46).
• Notched the program's sixth straight 40-win season.
• Put 10 players on the All-American Athletic Conference Teams (third-straight season with 10 or more selections).
• Swept the AAC Player and Pitcher of the Year awards for the second time since joining the league (2021).
• Had a player named AAC Player or Pitcher of the Week nine times.
• Set the AAC single season record for runs scored (498), hits (671) and RBI (465).
• Posted single season program top 10 marks in hit by pitch (85/1st), pitching strikeouts per nine innings (10.23/2nd), RBI (3rd), pitching strikeouts (630/3rd), home runs (85/4th) and opposing batting average (.229/5th).
• Slotted in the Top 30 nationally in 12 statistical categories.
• Ranked in the various Top 25 polls every week of the season.
• Finished 12th nationally in average attendance (4,865) as well as 14th in total attendance (170,277).
• Won 12 of 14 weekend series while recording seven sweeps.
• Welcomed the two largest crowds in Clark-LeClair Stadium history (April 23/NC State/6,054) (Feb. 25/North Carolina/6,017) as well as the fourth largest (April 13/Charlotte/5,998).
• Compiled a 3.57 team GPA for the spring semester, marking the 14th-straight semester that the Pirates have posted a 3.40 or better mark.
• Captured the American Athletic Conference Baseball Team Academic Excellence Award and ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award for the ninth-straight season.
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