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ECU Pirates Are Headed To Coastal Carolina's Regional In Conway, South Carolina

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The American Athletic Conference champion East Carolina baseball team will make its 35th NCAA Regional appearance after assignment to the Conway Regional which will be held at Spring Brooks Stadium and hosted by No. 13 national seed Coastal Carolina.

The Pirates are slated square off with regional No. 2 seed Florida (38-20) in a first-round contest at 12 p.m. Friday, May 30, while the Chanticleers will face No. 4 seed Fairfield at 6 p.m. ECU's game against the Gators will air live on ESPN2.

East Carolina has faced all three of its regional foes, holding a 7-10 record against Coastal Carolina, an 0-4 mark versus Florida and a 27-5 advantage over Fairfield. The Pirates, as the national No. 8 seed, hosted the Chanticleers in the 2022 Greenville Regional, defeating the visitors 13-4 in the final to advance to the Super Regional round.

ECU has qualified for regional competition in 21 of the last 26 seasons (no tournament in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic) and nine times (seven consecutive) during head coach Cliff Godwin's 11-year tenure after traveling to the Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional in 2015, Charlottesville (Va.) Regional in 2016 and 2023, Conway (S.C.) Regional in 2025 and hosting in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024.

The Conway Regional is paired with the Auburn Regional hosted by No. 4 overall seed Auburn. That field also includes No. 2 seed NC State, No. 3 seed Stetson and No. 4 seed Central Connecticut State.

The Pirates, who won their fourth AAC Tournament title Sunday with an 8-2 victory over Tulane at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, hold a 33-25 overall record entering regional action. Freshman outfielder Braden Burgess, who played second base during the league tourney, was named the event's Most Outstanding Player while Walker Barron, Jack Herring, Austin Irby, Sean Jenkins, Ryley Johnson, Colby Wallace and Dixon Williams were also tabbed to the All-Tournament Team.

Of the 64 teams announced Monday, the Pirates own a 2-9 overall record in 2025 against five institutions: Coastal Carolina (1-2), Duke (0-1), North Carolina (0-3), NC State (0-1) and UTSA (1-2).

Each of the 16 regionals features four teams in a double-elimination format. The regionals will be played from Friday, May 30 to Monday, June 2 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.NCAA.com/mcws, Tuesday, June 3 by 10 a.m. (ET). The Men's College World Series begins play Friday, June 13, at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.