Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Friday, April 4
Greenville, N.C.
6 p.m.
Florida Atlantic
at
East Carolina
Photo by: Jessica Marshall Vernof/FAU Athletics
Owls Close Out Road Stretch with Weekend Series at ECU
4/3/2025 9:27:00 AM | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C.  – Florida Atlantic baseball starts a weekend series with East Carolina on Friday night in Greenville, North Carolina. First pitch between the Owls (20-9, 2-4) and the Pirates (20-10, 6-0) is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ESPN+. Saturday's middle game will get underway at 4 p.m. Sunday's finale begins at 1 p.m. This will be the Owls' first trip to the 5,000-seat Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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OWLS IN REVIEW
- The Owls got back on the winning track with an 8-3 victory over FGCU on Tuesday in Fort Myers.
- The Owls finished with 11 hits, led by two each from Jake Duer and Brando Leroux.
- All nine position players recorded at least one hit.
- Zach Kilby earned his first win as an Owl with five solid innings on the mound.
WHO'S HOT
- Marshall Lipsey doubled and walked on Tuesday to extend his reached-base streak to 27 games.
- Duer has multiple hits in 16 of 29 games. He had a single and a double in the win over FGCU.
- Dylan Murphy had a two-RBI single on Tuesday – his second consecutive game with a run-scoring hit.
- Trey Beard was named to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watchlist on Thursday. The sophomore is second in Division I with 62 strikeouts.
THE OPPONENT
- ECU is fresh off midweek wins over UNCW and Elon on Tuesday and Wednesday.
- The Pirates have swept the first two conference weekends against Memphis and Rice.
- Projected Friday night starter Ethan Norby is second to Beard in the AAC in strikeouts (60).
OPPONENT HISTORY
- The Owls and the Pirates met in Boca Raton for the first time in a decade last season.
- ECU took two of three and leads the all-time series 4-3.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Owls will return to their home field for the first time in three weeks when Memphis visits the FAU Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 11.Â
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