Tuesday, March 26
Greenville, N.C.
4:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
24-9
9
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Elon
10-21
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Elon
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East Carolina
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Pirates Sail Past Elon, 9-1
March 26, 2024 | Softball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Anna Sawyer went for 2-for-3 at the plate including hitting her first home run of the season in the fourth inning as East Carolina sailed by Elon, 9-1 in six innings, on Tuesday afternoon at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
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The bats were hot for the Pirates (24-9, 2-7 AAC) as the team tallied 10 hits on the day.
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After a slow first inning, the Pirates turned up the heat in the second, scoring their first two runs of the game. A sacrifice fly by Malea Rolle allowed Kaleigh Ayscue to score, followed by a run by Taylor Woodring to finish out the inning.
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After Elon got on the board with a solo home run, ECU tacked on two more runs in the third frame on a Morgan Johnson RBI single to score Sawyer followed by an Ayscue sacrifice fly to score Emma Jackson.
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The Pirates would go deep into their dugout in the latter innings of the game as Samantha Turnage and Kylee Schojan each notched a hit and Hannah Evans hit a single into right field that would score the game-ending run.
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Jordan Hatch (10-4) picked up the win in the circle, allowing just one hit and tossing three strikeouts.
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Up NextÂ
East Carolina is on the road this weekend to resume conference play when the Pirates visit Florida Atlantic beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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The bats were hot for the Pirates (24-9, 2-7 AAC) as the team tallied 10 hits on the day.
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After a slow first inning, the Pirates turned up the heat in the second, scoring their first two runs of the game. A sacrifice fly by Malea Rolle allowed Kaleigh Ayscue to score, followed by a run by Taylor Woodring to finish out the inning.
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After Elon got on the board with a solo home run, ECU tacked on two more runs in the third frame on a Morgan Johnson RBI single to score Sawyer followed by an Ayscue sacrifice fly to score Emma Jackson.
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The Pirates would go deep into their dugout in the latter innings of the game as Samantha Turnage and Kylee Schojan each notched a hit and Hannah Evans hit a single into right field that would score the game-ending run.
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Jordan Hatch (10-4) picked up the win in the circle, allowing just one hit and tossing three strikeouts.
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Up NextÂ
East Carolina is on the road this weekend to resume conference play when the Pirates visit Florida Atlantic beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hatch, Jordan (10-4)
L: Wells, Meredith (1-6)
Batting:
2B: Seering, Allee 1
HR: Wells, Kaitlyn 1
RBI: Wells, Kaitlyn 1
SH: Swart, Payton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wells, Kaitlyn 1
SB: Seering, Allee 1
Batting:
HR: Sawyer, Anna 1
RBI: Sawyer, Anna 1 ; Johnson, Morgan 2 ; Ayscue, Kaleigh 1 ; Evans, Hannah 1 ; Rolle, Malea 1 ; Scott, Mary-Kathryn 1 ; Turnage, Samantha 2
SH: Fittante, Joie 1
SF: Ayscue, Kaleigh 1 ; Rolle, Malea 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sawyer, Anna 2 ; Jackson, Emma 1 ; Ayscue, Kaleigh 1 ; Woodring, Taylor 1 ; Schojan, Kylee 1 ; Sutton, Logan 1 ; Anderson, Kanisha 1 ; Mason, Makenzie 1
HBP: Johnson, Morgan 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
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2
RBI
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3
R
1
H
1
RBI
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AB
2
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
dp/ph
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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