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2015 ECUE SOFTBALLAST CAROLINA PIRATEPIRATE S INVITATIONALOFTBALL NOTES Assistant Director: Lindy Zamora • Office Phone: 252-737-4520 Cell Phone: 909-557-4158 • Email: [email protected] PIRATE INVITATIONAL 2015 Schedule / Results Date Opponent Time / Result Friday, February 6 Oakland^ W, 7-3 Friday, February 6 Delaware State^ W, 10-0 (5 inn.) Saturday, February 7 South Carolina^ L, 2-11 5-5 5-4 9-1 Saturday, February 7 Longwood^ W, 4-3 (8 inn.) 0-0 Big East 0-0 American 0-0 ACC Sunday, February 8 Oakland^ W, 9-1 Sunday, February 8 South Carolina^ W, 1-0 Pirate Invitational Schedule of Events Thursday, February 12 Marshall% L, 4-5 (9 inn.) Friday, February 13 Bucknell% L, 2-16 (5 inn.) Saturday, February 21, 2015 Saturday, February 14 East Tennessee State% L, 8-9 11:00 a.m. - Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Seton Hall Pirates Saturday, February 21 Seton Hall# 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - Seton Hall Pirates at East Carolina Pirates Saturday, February 21 Virginia Tech# 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - Virginia Tech Hokies at East Carolina Pirates Sunday, February 22 Seton Hall# 12:30 p.m. Sunday, February 22 Virginia Tech# 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 22, 2015 Friday, February 27 vs. Central Arkansas& 11:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - Seton Hall Pirates vs. Virginia Tech Hokies Friday, February 27 vs. Maine& 1:45 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - Seton Hall Pirates at East Carolina Pirates Saturday, February 28 vs. Illinois& 10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. - Virginia Tech Hokies at East Carolina Pirates Saturday, February 28 vs. Georgia State& 12:15 p.m. Sunday, March 1 vs. Middle Tennessee& 9:00 a.m. Thursday, March 5 vs. Oregon State@ 4:00 p.m. Location: Greenville, N.C. Friday, March 6 vs. Utah@ 6:30 p.m. Stadium (Capacity): ECU Softball Stadium (1,000) Saturday, March 7 vs. Longwood@ 3:00 p.m. Live Stats: ECUPirates.com Saturday, March 7 vs. Oregon State@ 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 8 at Hawaii@ 5:00 p.m. Video Stream: ECUPirates.com Tuesday, March 10 at Hawaii@ (DH) 9:00 p.m. Saturday, March 14 vs. Iowa! 1:00 p.m. PROBABLE ECU STARTERS Saturday, March 14 at Oklahoma! 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15 vs. Iowa! 11:00 a.m. Sunday, March 15 at Oklahoma! 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 18 at Elon 6:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21 UCF* (DH) 1:00 p.m. CENTER FIELD Sunday, March 22 UCF* 12:00 p.m. #23 Meredith Mitchell • Jr. • S/R Wednesday, March 25 at UNC Wilmington (DH) 4:00 p.m. LEFT FIELD RIGHT FIELD Saturday, March 18 at Memphis* (DH) 2:00 p.m. #18 Mary-Sloan Bradford • Fr. • R/R #44 Nicole Cheek • Jr. • R/R Sunday, March 19 at Memphis* (DH) 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 3 at Houston* (DH) 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at Houston* 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 N.C. State (DH) 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 11 Tulsa* (DH) 1:00 p.m. SHORTSTOP SECOND BASE Sunday, April 12 Tulsa* 12:00 p.m. #9 Casey Alcorn • Jr. • R/R #3 Andie Johnson • RS-Sr. • R/R Wednesday, April 15 James Madison (DH) 5:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at USF* (DH) 12:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at USF* 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 23 North Carolina 5:00 p.m. THIRD BASE FIRST BASE Saturday, April 25 UConn* (DH) 1:00 p.m. #17 Karlie Smith • Fr. • R/R #19 Ali Ramirez • So. • R/R Sunday, April 26 UConn* 12:00 p.m. PITCHER Thursday, May 7 American Conference Tournament TBA #13 Ashley Cruise • Fr. • RHP Friday, May 8 American Conference Tournament TBA Saturday, May 9 American Conference Tournament TBA DESIGNATED PLAYER #14 Kacie Oshiro • So. • L/R CATCHER ^ Pirate Classic (Greenville, N.C.) ! Oklahoma Classic (Norman, Okla.) #5 Abby Wynne • RS-Sr. • R/R % Pirate Clash (Greenville, N.C.) * American Athletic Conference Game # Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) DH Denotes Doubleheader & USF Under Armour Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) All Home Games in Bold @ Hawaii Spring Fling Tournament (Honolulu, Hawaii) All Times listed are EST WWW.ECUPIRATES.COM 1 2015 ECU SOFTBALL PIRATE INVITATIONAL NOTES ECU SOFTBALL MEDIA PROTOCOL AND INFORMATION QUICK FACTS The East Carolina athletics media relations department looks forward to assisting in the coverage of Pirate softball for the 2015 season . Should you need additional information or assistance please contact the ECU Athletics Media Relations Office at (252) 737-4522 . University Information Institution . East Carolina University Credential Requests Location . Greenville, N C. Credentials for East Carolina home softball games are for working media only and are issued on a priority basis . All requests for both Enrollment . 27,000 Founded . 1907 media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least 24 hours in advance to Lindy Zamora, Assistant Nickname . .. Pirates Director of Athletics Media Relations . Spouses, dates, children and non-workers are not permitted inside the press box . Credentials Colors . Purple and Gold will be mailed if time permits, otherwise they will be left at will call in front of the ECU Softball Stadium . Requests from weekly Affiliation . NCAA Division I Conference . American Athletic newspapers and radio stations will be accepted only from those attending the games in a working capacity and will be filled on Home Field (Capacity) . .ECU Softball Stadium (1,000) a space available basis . The ECU athletics media relations office reserves the right to revoke or deny working media credentials to Chancellor . Dr . Steve Ballard any individual or organization at any time for any reason . All credentials are the property of East Carolina University and must be Athletics Director . .. Jeff Compher Senior Woman Administrator . Shelley Binegar surrendered upon request . Athletics Department Phone . 252-737-4600 Ticket Office Phone . 252-737-4500 Photographers Website . ECUPirates com. Photographer credentials are limited . Accredited photographers may work along the first and third base lines only . Contact any Coaching / Support Staff member of the ECU Athletics Media Relations staff for information on designated areas at the ECU Softball Stadium . Head Softball Coach . Beth Keylon-Randolph (Tennessee Tech, 1995) Record at East Carolina (Seasons) . .. 49-51 (2) Career Record (Seasons) . 651-166 (13) Radio Interim Head Coach . Steve Jaecks (Loma Linda, 1980) ECU will grant broadcasting rights to the official radio outlet of the visiting team . For phone lines, contact the ECU athletics media Record at East Carolina (Seasons) . .. 5-4 (1) relations office at least one full week prior to the contest scheduled for broadcast . Interim Assistant Coach . Keli Harrell (East Carolina, 2007) Graduate Assistant Coach . Alex Fieldhouse (East Carolina, 2014) Game Operations . Mallory Bryson PARKING Strength Coach . Blaine Kinsley Media parking is available behind the first base line at Clark-LeClair Stadium in the parking lot area next to the ECU Soccer Stadium Athletic Trainer . Jen Rangelova Equipment Manager . Matt Holt on a first-come, first-served basis . Media overflow parking will be in the “W” parking lot located along side the access road between Softball Office Phone . 252-737-1428 the Cliff Moore Practice Facility heading up to Clark-LeClair Stadium or heading towards the Ward Sports Medicine Building . Media Press Box Phone . 252-737-4470 members will park closer toward the baseball stadium inside the fence on the grass . Softball Quick Facts 2014 Overall Record . 28-20 Player and Coach Interviews Home Record . 16-6 East Carolina practices are open to the media and public . Players and coaches are available for interviews every day at the conclusion Road Record . 6-9 Neutral Sites Record . 6-5 of practice . Practice times vary from week to week and media members wishing to attend practice and wish to conduct coach or Conference USA Record (Finish) . 14-10 (6th) player interviews should contact Lindy Zamora in the ECU athletics media relations office at least 24 hours in advance . On game days, Conference Tournament Results . 1-1 East Carolina players and interim head coach Steve Jaecks will be made available to the media outside the team’s dugout, following a Postseason . N/A Players Returning / Lost . 10 / 7 brief cooling off period . The ECU locker room will remain closed . Pitchers Returning / Lost . 3 / 2 Newcomers . 7 Press Box Services Program History On game day, rosters, game notes, lineups, media guides and statistics are available in the press box . Media requiring a phone line All-Time Record . 1326-717-5 (1984-Present) should contact the media relations office at least 72 hours in advance . Conference Championships . 9 Regular Season / Tournament . 4 / 5 NCAA Tournament Appearances . 4 (1999, 2008, 2010, 2011) Follow the Pirates NCAA Tournament Record . 5-8 Behind the scenes coverage of East Carolina Softball can be found on Twitter (@ECUSoftball) all season . Detailed scoring updates will be tweeted on game day from the Pirates’ scoreboard account (@ECUScoreboard) . Exclusive content can also be found on Facebook Athletics Media Relations Staff and the official website of East Carolina Athletics, www .ECUPirates .com . Primary Office Phone . 252-737-4522 Assistant AD/Media Relations . Tom McClellan Director of Media Relations . Malcolm Gray EAST CAROLINA PRACTICE / GAME SCHEDULE Associate Director of Media Relations . Jody Jones Assistant Director of Media Relations . Adam Miller The East Carolina softball schedule is listed below for media purposes only . However, the schedule is subject to change . Please contact Assistant Director of Media Relations (SB Contact) . Lindy Zamora Lindy Zamora, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations, for interview and photography requests for practice . Zamora’s Office Phone .