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UNC Wilmington uses one big -- really big -- inning to eliminate East Carolina

North Carolina-Wilmington only need to score in one inning Sunday to keep its NCAA tournament run going.

It helped that the Seahawks pounded eight hits to score nine runs in that one huge inning.

Trailing East Carolina before a five-hour, nine-minute weather delay hit, UNC-Wilmington scored nine runs in the fifth inning off ECU's bullpen and held on to shock the top-seeded Pirates, 9-7, in the Greenville Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The No. 12 national seed, East Carolina (44-18) saw its season end on its home field. The Pirates became the fifth national seed eliminated in the regionals, joining No.