GREENVILLE, N.C. – No. 16 national seed and host East Carolina begins its run in the 2024 NCAA Greenville Regional Friday afternoon when it faces off with regional No. 4 seed and Missouri Valley Conference Tournament champion Evansville at 1 p.m. inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Following the East Carolina-Evansville bout, No. 2 seed Wake Forest (38-20) takes on No. 3 seed and Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament champion VCU (37-21) at 6 p.m.
Jacob Jenkins-Cowart(Southeast Guilford High School/Greensboro, N.C.): Named to 2024 All-AAC First Team … Earned AAC Player of the Week honors Feb. 19 and May 19 … Has started all 58 games at right field … Leads the club in both multi-hit (26) and multi-RBI (18) efforts … Hit .500 (6-for-12) with six runs scored, five RBI, three doubles, two home runs and a pair of stolen bases in the Rider series … Posted at least two hits in every game of the series with then No. 15 North Carolina, rapping out three hits and driving in two runs in Sunday’s 10-9 walkoff victory … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBI and a home run at Old Dominion … Logged three hits and drove in three runs against Southeastern Louisiana … Notched two hits and drew two walks in the 12-4 win at NC State … Registered two hits, three runs scored and three RBI in the win over Old Dominion … Posted three hits and four RBI at William & Mary … Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI in the Memphis series opener … Tallied three hits, two runs scored and four RBI in the Tulane series finale … Hit .500 (7-for-14) with five runs scored, 11 RBI, a double, three home runs and a 1.714 OPS in the Rice series … Registered five hits and four runs scored in the two AAC Tournament semifinal contests versus Wichita State.
*****Jenkins-Cowart batting .343 overall, with 12 HRs/73 RBI/18 Doubles…*****
Bristol Carter(Northwest Guilford High School/Summerfield/Greensboro, N.C.): Named to the 2024 AAC All-Freshman Team … Has started 44 games in left field and one in center … Provided the walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth in ECU’s 10-9 win over then No. 15 North Carolina that clinched the series in front of a record Clark-LeClair Stadium crowd of 6,017 … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, a triple and an RBI in the series opener at Liberty … Notched two hits, two runs scored and two RBI in the series opener against Columbia … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the 14-10 victory at UTSA … Logged two hits and drove in two runs in the Florida Atlantic series finale … Posted a career-high three RBI in the win over Elon … Produced a pair of multi-hit performances in the Charlotte series … Clubbed a two-run home run in the top of the 13th at William & Mary as part of a three-hit performance … Notched a career-high four hits in the middle game of the Memphis series.
*****Carter batting .350 overall with 2 HRs/31 RBI…*****
Head Coach Cliff Godwin: Owns 394 career victories and is second on the East Carolina career coaching wins list … Has been part of 15 NCAA Regional and two College World Series teams at the Division I level as an assistant coach and head coach … Guided ECU to eight NCAA Regional berths (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024 Greenville Regional host), four Super Regional appearances, five-straight American Athletic Conference regular season titles and three AAC Tournament crowns while posting a 394-185-1 (.680) overall record
++++++++++Also we have from N.C. State:
Jacob Cozart from Wesleyan Christian Academy for the Wolfpack batting .292, with 16 HRs/42 RBI….
Win Scott from Ragsdale HS as a pitcher for the Wolfpack in relief going 10 innings, allowing 10 runs, on 8 hits, with 8 BB/10 Ks….
Jacob Halford from Northern Guilford HS for the Wolfpack in relief on the mound going 2 1/3 innings, giving up 4 runs on 3 hits, with 1 BB/0 K…
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State, the No. 10 national seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, opens its 34th NCAA Tournament appearance on Friday night against Bryant (36-19).
The top-seeded Wolfpack will face off against the fourth-seeded Bulldogs at 7 p.m.
++++++++++CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Hosting its 12th NCAA regional in the past 18 seasons, No. 4 seed North Carolina opens postseason play against Northeast Conference Champion LIU on Friday, May 31, at 6 p.m.
Pitcher Jake Knapp, from Page HS is with the North Carolina Tar Heels, but no games from Knapp this season…
++++++++++Duke Blue Devils vs. UConn at Norman, Oklahoma at 6pm…
Tyler Albright, from Grimsley HS, batting .222 on the season for the Blue Devils…