East Carolina University’s baseball team will take a break from American Athletic Conference opponents this week, hosting the University of North Carolina at Wilmington tonight at 6:30 p.m for its Paint it Black game, then Wofford College tomorrow night at the same time.
Newly ranked No. 12 ECU (20-6, 4-2 AAC) is riding high after its comeback 2-1 series win against now No. 25 Wichita State University (19-6, 1-2 AAC). Entering tonight’s game, the Pirates hold the best overall record in the conference at 20-6 and are in a three-way tie for the best AAC record with the University of South Florida (20-9, 4-2 AAC) and the University of Houston (17-11, 4-2 AAC) at 4-2.