GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU will make its 30th NCAA Regional appearance and fourth in the last five years after earning a No. 1 seed in the Greenville Regional in this year’s NCAA Baseball Championships.
Monday’s selection marks the seventh time in school history the Pirates garnered the top seed in a regional (1999 – Baton Rouge, La., 2000 – Lafayette, La., 2001 – Wilson, N.C., 2004 – Kinston, N.C., 2009 – Greenville, N.C., 2018 – Greenville, N.C.) and the second consecutive year with a Top 16 overall seed with their No. 10 selection this season (No. 12 in 2018). ECU has qualified for regional competition in 16 of the last 21 seasons and four times during head coach Cliff Godwin’s five-year tenure after traveling to the Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional in 2015, Charlottesville (Va.) Regional in 2016 and hosting last year in Greenville.
The Pirates (43-15), who will host their third regional at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, will square off against No. 4 Quinnipiac (29-27) in the first round of regional play on Friday, May 31 at 6 p.m. (ET), while No. 2 NC State (42-17) will face No. 3 Campbell (35-19) at 12 noon.
In recent year the Pirates have faced two of the three clubs competing in the Greenville regional, most recently splitting a home-and-home series with Campbell (Feb. 20 and May 14) with each team winning on their home field. The Pirates and the Wolfpack have met 108 times in the two programs history with the last coming in 2017 in Raleigh. ECU and Quinnipiac have played just once, which was during the 2008 season.
Of the 64 teams announced Monday, the Pirates own a 12-6 overall record in 2019 against nine institutions: Campbell (1-1), Cincinnati (3-0), Duke (1-1), Mississippi State (0-1), North Carolina (1-0), Ole Miss (1-0), UConn (3-0), UCLA (0-3) and UNCW (2-0).
Tickets for the Greenville Regional are currently on sale via ECUPirates.com (http://bit.ly/2wiw3ls) through the ECU Athletics Ticket Office for Pirate Club members and season ticket holders only.
Beginning at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, sales open for the general public. All-session ticket books are available for $90, $72 and $60 depending on seat locations, while tickets for single sessions (games) – priced at $15, $12 and $10 – will go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. Tickets can be purchased in person or over the phone by calling (800) DIAL-ECU or (252) 737-4500 during normal business hours from Tuesday through Thursday. The ECU Athletics Ticket Office is closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.
Each of the 16 regionals features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals will be played from Friday, May 31 to Monday, June 3 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/cws, Monday, June 3 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET).
The Greenville Regional was paired with the Louisville Regional hosted by No. 7 National Seed Louisville, which also has No. 2 seed Indiana, No. 3 seed Illinois State and No. 4 seed UIC.
The 73rd College World Series (CWS) begins play Saturday, June 15, at the TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
2019 NCAA GREENVILLE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, May 31
Game 1: (3) Campbell vs. (2) NC State (12 Noon)
Game 2: (4) Quinnipiac vs. (1) ECU (6 p.m.)
Saturday, June 1
Game 3: Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 (11 a.m.)
Game 4: Winner G1 vs. Winner G2 (4 p.m.)
Sunday, June 2
Game 5: Winner G3 vs. Loser G4 (12 noon)
Game 6: Winner G4 vs. Winner G5 (6 p.m.)
Monday, June 3
Game 7: Winner G6 vs. Loser G6 (1 p.m. – IF NECESSARY)
All games will be broadcasted on ESPN3
