The East Carolina University softball team split its first two games of the season with a 4-0 win against St. John’s University and a 0-3 loss against the University of South Carolina in the first day of the Felsberg Invitational hosted by Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
The Pirates started the tournament with a pitching duel against St. John's. The first run of the game did not come until the sixth inning, when senior infielder Meredith Burroughs’s run batted in (RBI) single scored freshman outfielder Tyler King. ECU followed the 1-0 lead with a 3-run seventh inning to put them up 4-0.