The American Athletic Conference had two outstanding pitching performances out of the state of North Carolina on Friday, March 7.
Charlotte's Blake Gillespie tossed the second no-hitter in program history, as the 49ers shutout JMU, 5-0. East Carolina's Ethan Norby struckout a conference single-game record 19 batters, as the Pirates defeated No. 24 Coastal Carolina, 7-0.
Gillespie only allowed one runner from a walk, who was promptly thrown out trying to steal by Logan Poteet, as he faced the minimum number of batters possible to join Ronnie Honeycutt as the only pitchers in program history to throw a no-hitter.