Wednesday, March 5
Greenville, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
vs
Michigan
Pirates Set For Midweek Matchup With Michigan On Wednesday
March 04, 2025 | Softball
| Game 19: Michigan | |
| Coverage | Mar. 5 (5 p.m.) /// Watch | Live Stats |
| Venue | Max R. Joyner Family Stadium |
| Statistics | East Carolina | Michigan |
| Social Media |  @ecu_softball (Twitter) \\\ Instagram \\\ #WeBelieve |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina is set to welcome Michigan to Max R. Joyner Family Stadium for a midweek showdown Wednesday evening ahead of the start of American Athletic Conference play this weekend.
The game is slated for a 5 p.m. start and will be streamed via ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Brittany Hoyt (analyst) on the call.
ECU went 2-2 at the Tiger Invitational hosted by Clemson last weekend, run ruling Lafayette twice and falling short to Clemson and Indiana. Anna Sawyer had an impressive week at the plate for ECU, slashing numbers of .667/1.000/.778 and recorded a hit in five of ECU's six games last week, including three multi-hit games, to earn AAC Honorable Mention. Kanisha Anderson continues her hot start to the season, leading the Pirates at the plate with a .520 batting average and the slapper has recorded three triples already this season (14th in NCAA). Morgan Johnson has returned to form in the past week for ECU, hitting four home runs and recording nine RBI last week. The Pirates' offense has started to heat up with the long ball as nine of the team's 20 home runs came in their six games played last week.
Scouting the Wolverines
Michigan (13-6) has a date with North Carolina on Tuesday evening before facing the Pirates and the Wolverines are led at the plate by Lauren Putz's .377 batting average and 17 RBI. Lauren Derkowski is Michigan's ace in the circle with a 1.78 ERA, 60 strikeouts and three shutouts for a 5-3 record.
Series History
Michigan leads the all-time series with East Carolina 5-0 and Wednesday will mark the first meeting between the two programs that is not at a neutral site. The last time these two teams met was on Feb. 21, 2009 when Michigan won 1-0 at the Seminole Classic.
Up Next
East Carolina travels to San Antonio to get American Athletic Conference play started, facing UTSA on Friday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina is set to welcome Michigan to Max R. Joyner Family Stadium for a midweek showdown Wednesday evening ahead of the start of American Athletic Conference play this weekend.
The game is slated for a 5 p.m. start and will be streamed via ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Brittany Hoyt (analyst) on the call.
ECU went 2-2 at the Tiger Invitational hosted by Clemson last weekend, run ruling Lafayette twice and falling short to Clemson and Indiana. Anna Sawyer had an impressive week at the plate for ECU, slashing numbers of .667/1.000/.778 and recorded a hit in five of ECU's six games last week, including three multi-hit games, to earn AAC Honorable Mention. Kanisha Anderson continues her hot start to the season, leading the Pirates at the plate with a .520 batting average and the slapper has recorded three triples already this season (14th in NCAA). Morgan Johnson has returned to form in the past week for ECU, hitting four home runs and recording nine RBI last week. The Pirates' offense has started to heat up with the long ball as nine of the team's 20 home runs came in their six games played last week.
Scouting the Wolverines
Michigan (13-6) has a date with North Carolina on Tuesday evening before facing the Pirates and the Wolverines are led at the plate by Lauren Putz's .377 batting average and 17 RBI. Lauren Derkowski is Michigan's ace in the circle with a 1.78 ERA, 60 strikeouts and three shutouts for a 5-3 record.
Series History
Michigan leads the all-time series with East Carolina 5-0 and Wednesday will mark the first meeting between the two programs that is not at a neutral site. The last time these two teams met was on Feb. 21, 2009 when Michigan won 1-0 at the Seminole Classic.
Up Next
East Carolina travels to San Antonio to get American Athletic Conference play started, facing UTSA on Friday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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