Pirate Brew 5/9: First Round Win

The softball team won its round one game of the American Athletic Conference Championships.

Good morning. Softball is moving on to round two of the Conference Championships! They will play the winner of the Memphis vs. North Texas game today at 1 p.m. ET.

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🥎 Softball beat UAB
⚾️ Yesavage earns weekly honors
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 First Dub. The softball team won its first game in the American Athletic Conference Championships. The Pirates had revenge against UAB and shut them out 4-0. ECU had seven hits and no errors. Anna Sawyer went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Kanisha Anderson hit an inside-the-park home run. Addy Bullis picked up the complete game win in the circle.

🔼 Honor #1. The American Athletic Conference named Trey Yesavage to this week’s Honor Roll. Yesavage pitched seven innings in Friday’s game against South Florida. He only allowed five hits and one run. He struck out 11 batters and had an ERA of 1.29.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Rankings. A new week calls for a new ranking!

What is the highest ranking ECU baseball received this week?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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ICYMI

We like our Brew hot n’ fresh. But we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

🏴‍☠️ Honor #2. The American Athletic Conference named Justin Wilcoxen to the weekly Honor Roll. The catcher had four hits and three RBIs last weekend in the three-game series against South Florida. He also scored four runs. See his stats here.

🏴‍☠️ Great Play. In Wednesday’s softball game against UAB, Anna Sawyer had a great catch to rob the Blazers of a big hit. See it here.

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday 5/9

🥎 Softball AAC Championship vs. Memphis/North Texas @ 1pm ET

Friday 5/10

🥎 Softball AAC Championship vs. TBA @ TBA
👟 Track and Field American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Tulane @ 7:30pm ET | Live Stats

Saturday 5/11

🥎 Softball AAC Championship vs. TBA @ TBA
👟 Track and Field American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Tulane @ 7:30pm ET | Live Stats

Sunday 5/12

👟 Track and Field American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball at Tulane @ 2pm ET | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 6th!

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Thursday, y’all!