ECU Club Baseball top seed in World Series

ECU Club Baseball team (Contributed photos)

The East Carolina University Club Baseball team has advanced to the National Club Baseball Association World Series starting May 22 at Brooks Stadium in Paducah, Kentucky.

The ECU Club Baseball Pirates defeated Ohio University 6-5 May 10 to claim the 6-5 Mid Atlantic Regional Championship for the second straight year. With the tournament victory, the Pirates earned the top seed for the National Club Baseball Association World Series.

Ohio University’s potential tying runner was tagged out at home in the May 22 ECU Club Baseball win.

ECU heads into the NCBA World Series 34-2 overall on the season, which includes a current 31-game winning streak. The purple and gold also claimed the Mid Atlantic South Conference championship with a perfect 15-0 conference record.

In the 2014 World Series, the top-seeded Pirates were upset in a first round game in Tampa before clawing back to the national semi-final game before being eliminated.

World Series games begin on May 22 with the Pirates first game at 7:30 p.m. at eighth-seeded Iowa State.

The full field for the NCBA World Series includes:

• #1 East Carolina University
• #2 University of Texas
• #3 Florida State University
• #4 Arizona State University
• #5 Penn State University
• #6 University of Oregon
• #7 University of Illinois
• #8 Iowa State University

The ECU Club Baseball wins celebrates the May 22 win.