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| Charlottesville Regional (University of Virginia) | |
| Dates: | Friday, June 3-Monday, June 6 |
| Start Time: | 4 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Charlottesville, Va.(Davenport Field) |
| Tickets & Parking | Ticket and Parking Information |
| Live Game Coverage |  Radio: WNCT 1070 AM | ECU Pirates On Demand (Listen Live) TuneIn Radio Online (within the app search WNCT -- Beach Boogie & Blues) Television: ESPN3 |
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| Official Web Sites | East Carolina | Virginia | Bryant | William & Mary | American Athletic Conference |
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| 2016 Baseball Statistics | East Carolina | Virginia | Bryant | William & Mary |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- No. 3 seed East Carolina (35-21-1) will play top seed and regional host Virginia (38-20) on Saturday, June 4 at 4 p.m. (ET) at Davenport Field.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE REGIONAL
? ECU returns to regional play for the second-straight year under head coach Cliff Godwin ... The Pirates, who earned an at-large bid, are making their 28th regional appearance in school history and own a 31-55 all-time record ... In last year's Coral Gables Regional, the No. 2 seeded Pirates went 0-2 dropping gamed to Columbia (6-3) and FIU (2-0) ... This will be ECU's second regional appearance in Charlottesville (other 2011) where they fell to host Virginia in the regional final, 13-1 ... The Pirates are coming off an 0-2 showing in The American Baseball Championships marking the first time since 1995 (CAA) they did not record a win in their league tournament ... ECU will look to snap the longest active NCAA streak of appearing in more regionals (28) than any other team without advancing to a College World Series.
SCOUTING REGIONAL OPPONENTS
? Virginia (37-20, 19-11 ACC) will serve as a regional host site for the ninth time in program history - all within the last 13 years (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010-2014, 2016) ... UVA is making its 13th-consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament under head coach Brian O'Connor and its 16th all-time ... The 2015 National Champions, Virginia is one of five schools to compete in each of the last 13 tournaments ... After starting 20-14 this season, the Cavaliers went 17-6 down the stretch and won each of their final five ACC series.
? No. 2 seed Bryant (47-10, 26-4 NEC) rolled to the Northeast Conference championship to earn an automatic berth in the tournament as the Bulldogs became the first NEC team to claim a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament ... Ranked 20th nationally by Baseball America, Bryant will be making its third NCAA appearance in the last four years after serving as a No. 3 seed in 2013 (Manhattan, Kan.) and 2014 (Baton Rouge, La.) ... Bryant enters the NCAA Tournament with the most wins in Division I and the best run differential in the country (+4.7) ... The Bulldogs feature one of the nation's potent offenses with a .324 team batting average as five starters are batting over .300 and eight regulars are hitting at least .284.
? No. 4 seed William & Mary (29-29, 14-9 CAA) earned an automatic berth into the tournament after rallying to win the Colonial Athletic Association championship. It marks the Tribe's fourth trip to the NCAA tournament. After losing its first game in the CAA tournament, W&M bounced back to win four straight games, including rallying from an 8-1 ninth-inning deficit against top-seeded UNC Wilmington to win in 12 innings and force a second championship game against UNCW, which the Tribe won, 14-9. UVA and W&M played on March 1 in Charlottesville, with the Cavaliers prevailing, 16-8. Charley Gould leads the team in batting at .335, while Cullen Large is hitting .328.
PIRATE QUICK HITS (prior to regional)
? Evan Kruczynski, who earned First-Team All-American Conference honors in 2016, owns a 6-1 record (14-5 career) with a league second-best 1.99 ERA ... He also ranks among The American leaders in pickoffs (first/9), fewest runs allowed (t2nd), ERA (third), fewest earned runs allowed (fourth), wins (t7th), fewest walks (t8th), total strikeouts (t8th) and Ks looking (ninth) ... Friday starter, who has faced off against some of the best hurlers in the country in All-Americans Connor Jones (UVA), Andrew Lantrip (HOU) and Anthony Kay/twice (UCONN), as well as National POWs Kyle Cedotal (SE Louisiana), Jon Duplantier (Rice) and Lantrip ... Named to the Golden Spikes Midseason Award and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher-of-the-Year Watch Lists on April 20 ... Also named a semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Award on May 20 ... Tallied 12 quality starts (22 career) in 2016.
? Jimmy Boyd picked up the series clinching wins against Houston, Memphis and UCF in league action ... Out dueled NCBWA National POW Seth Romero working a career-high 8.2 innings and was one out shy of a CG SHO (two-out error) in a 5-1 win, where he was named AAC and CollegeSportsMadness POW ... Picked up second league player-of-the-week honors on May 23 ... Has worked into the seventh inning in seven of 14 starts (eighth inning twice) ... Struck out a season-high eight batters against Houston ... Recorded eight quality starts (UVA, Rice, JAX, HOU, UCONN, CIN, USF, UCF) ... Ranks among The American leaders in wins (t3rd), opposing batting average (eighth), innings pitched (ninth) and fewest runs allowed (11th), ERA (11th), .
? Jacob Wolfe is 6-3 on the season with a 2.44 ERA in 15 starts ... Tossed first career complete game at UCONN (5/8) with a personal-best nine strikeouts ... Worked into the seventh inning in six times ... Two-time AAC Pitcher-of-the-Week (2/29, 5/9) ... Has 17 career quality starts (8 in 2016) and 11 career wins ... Ranks among The American leaders in starts (t2nd), pickoffs (t2nd), ERA (sixth) and wins (t7th).
? Dwanya Williams-Sutton was named First-Team All-American Conference ... Became first Pirate since Brian Cavanaugh (2005) to lead a conference in batting average (.382/Conference USA) with his .372 average during the regular season ... He also led the league in slugging (.601) and on-base percentage (.463), while ranking fourth in triples (4) ... Currently batting a league-best .368, while also leading in slugging (.587) and on-base percentage (.465) ... Named The American and CollegeSportsMadness Player-of-the-Week on May 23 ... Two-time league honor roll selection (2/29, 5/9) ... Team leader in home runs with five (JAX, Elon, UCONN/twice, UCF) ... Has 20 extra-base hits on the season (11/2Bs, 5/3Bs, 5 HRs) ... Tallied six game-winning RBI on the season with four coming in The American.
? Travis Watkins earned Second-Team All-American Conference honors ... Team co-captain that is batting .314, which ranks sixth in The American ... Also ranks among league leaders in on-base percentage (fifth), hits (ninth) and doubles (t9th) ... Leads ECU in doubles (14), runs (37), while standing second in RBI (32) and third total bases (89) ... Has three home runs on the year ... Laced three doubles at Memphis (4/16), which hadn't been done since 2011 (Trent Whitehead) ... Picked up a pair of GW-RBI at UCF pushing his season total to five and career total to 13 ... At least one hit in 46 of 56 games ... Thrown out 18 base stealers behind the plate ranking third in The American ... 2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist and four-time Watch List candidate (2013-16).
? Turner Brown is batting .287 with three HRs, 31 RBI and 26 runs scored ... Stands eighth in The American in on-base percentage (.387) ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (2/22) ... Delivered game-winning hit (walk-off) against SE Louisiana (3/4) with a two-RBI single in the ninth ... Belted home runs against Longwood, NC State and USF ... Registered second career game-winning RBI at UCONN (5/7) in ECU's 11-9 series clinching win ... Has tallied 13 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games.
? Parker Lamm is batting .286 on the season ... Tied for fourth in the league with nine sac bunts ... Named to AAC Honor Roll (4/18) after batting .538 with eight RBI at Memphis ... Recorded at least one hit in 38 of 52 games where he has an official at-bat, while reaching base in 43 contests.
? Eric Tyler is a two-time AAC Honor Roll selection (3/28 & 4/4) ... Batting .297, which is tied for fourth on the team ... Leads the club with 34 RBI, while ranking second in home runs (4) and total bases (90) ... First career multi-HR game vs. JAX (3/26) setting an ECU & AAC single-game record with 8 RBI ... Personal-best four hits vs. UNCW (3/29).
? Joe Ingle is the overall league leader in saves (12) and tied for first in American action (seven) ... Named AAC Honor Roll (4/25) ... Career-high 4.0 IP with 7 Ks vs. Elon (4/5) in a win ... Fanned career-high nine vs. Maryland (3/6) ... Owns a 5-3 record with a 4.11 ERA in 30 games, the latter tied for second in The American ... Recorded 20 career saves, which is fourth all-time at ECU ... Two-time NCBWA Stopper-of-the-Year Watch List (2015-16) ... 2015 NCBWA Freshman All-America selection ... Named to 2015 American Baseball Championships All-Tournament Team ... Has allowed 15 of 36 inherited runners to score (41.7 pct).
? Kirk Morgan tied for fourth on the team with a .297 average ... Laced a three-RBI double at UCF in game two of the series, which tied his career-high ... Tallied five multi-hit and four multi-RBI games this season ... Driven in six runs in his last four games.
? Davis Kirkpatrick has started three games (Monmouth, High Point, North Carolina) and while making nine relief appearances ... The right-hander has appeared in 12 games posting an 0-3 record with a 5.18 ERA ... Sat out 2015 recovering from Tommy John surgery.
? Garrett Brooks is batting .306 (third on team) with 11 doubles ... The senior co-captain has started 42 of 56 games posting a .991 fielding percentage (113 putouts, 1 error) ... Scored 25 runs while driving in 18 ... Tallied nine multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Riding a four-game hit streak entering regional play ... Currently ranks ninth on ECU's all-time games played (214).
? Charlie Yorgen extended his consecutive start streak to 161 games (started in 2014) vs. Memphis (5/26) ... Tallied career-best four hits vs. the Aggies (2/23) ... Ranks second in The American with 14 sac bunts ... Stands sixth on ECU's all-time assists list with 464.
? Bryce Harman is tied for second on the team with four home runs (18 career) ... Tallied 12 extra base hits (7 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs) ... Driven in 23 runs and scored 25 ... Ranks second on ECU's all-time putouts list (1,300) trailing only Randy Rigsby (1,592 from 1995-98) ... Tallied eight multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Registered four game-winning RBI in 2016 (10 in career).
? Sam Lanier appeared in 30 games (all out of the bullpen) tying Ingle for the second-most relief appearances in The American ... Owns a 1-1 record with a 3.18 ERA ... Picked up lon win at UCF (5/21) working 1.2 scoreless frames ... Tossed a career-high 4.2 innings of shutout relief against Memphis in the American Baseball Championships ... Tallied a career-best six strikeouts in that game, while allowing just one hit ... Worked an inning or more 12 times, while recording two or more strikeouts six times ... Has allowed 16 of 40 inherited runners to score (40.0 pct).
? Matt Bridges owns a 2-1 record with a 3.58 ERA in 23 appearances ... Notched first collegiate win at UCONN (5/6) with a scoreless inning of relief ... Second win came a week later vs. USF (5/13) with another scoreless outing (two-thirds of an inning) ... Tossed a career-high three innings at Memphis (4/16) with four strikeouts en route to his first career save ... Worked a full inning of relief in 20 of 23 outings (2.0-plus IP eight times) ... Tallied multiple strikeouts on 10 occasions ... Has allowed 7 of 20 inherited runners to score (35.0 pct).
? For the first time since Feb. 29th, the Pirates were not nationally-ranked on May 16... ECU had been ranked in the polls 11-straight weeks until it posted a 1-3 record (May 13-18) ... They first entered the polls after a road series win over No. 4 Virginia (Feb. 26-28) - the first over a Top 5 program since 2002.
? ECU's starting pitching boasts a 2.68 ERA ... Allowed 117 runs (92 earned) with 212 Ks to 79 BBs in 308.2 innings ...The bullpen has surrendered 110 runs (96 earned) with 196 Ks to 93 BBs in 190.2 innings for a 4.53 ERA ... Allowed 63 of 139 inherited runners to score (45.3 percent).
ECU IN CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL
Friday: Win vs. No. 2 Bryant, 9-1
SATURDAY PROBABLE STARTERS
Saturday: RHP Jimmy Boyd (7-5, 2.65 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Jones (11-1, 2.29 ERA)
OTHER PROBABLE ECU STARTERS
LHP Jacob Wolfe (6-3, 2.44 ERA)
ECU'S HISTORY ON THE DIAMOND
? In its storied history, the Pirates won the 1961 NAIA National Championship, have claimed 24 conference titles (13 regular season/ 11 tournament), made 28 NCAA Regionals and advanced to three Super Regionals (2001, 2004 and 2009).
GODWIN AT A GLANCE
? Cliff Godwin, who was named the 16th head coach in school history on June 25, 2014, was a four-year letterwinner for the Pirates from 1998-2001 ... He has been a part of nine NCAA Regionals and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach ... Godwin guided the Pirates to a 40-win season, an American Athletic Conference Tournament title and a berth in the Coral Gables Regional -- its first NCAA Regional since 2012 -- in his first year at the helm ... Named 2015 AAC Coach-of-the-Year and was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame in January of 2016 ... Currently owns a 74-43-1 overall record (.632 percentage) as a head coach ... Third fastest coach to reach the 50-win plateau, which he did in 75 games (Earl Smith and Dr. Gary Overton did it in 65 games) ... As a player, he helped former ECU skipper Keith LeClair's teams post a 169-76 four-year ledger, including 46-plus wins in each of his final three seasons (16-16 in '99, 46-18 in '00 and 47-13 in '01) ... ECU won a pair of CAA Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Regionals every season from 1999 to 2001 ... The Pirates were the top seed in their regional all three years, including a No. 7 national seed in 2001 where they advanced to the Super Regional round before being eliminated by Tennessee.
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