Pirate Brew 2/8: Rank Count: 5

The baseball team received its fifth ranking, and two athletes earned preseason honors.

Good morning. Yesterday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and we celebrated everyone from student-athletes, to coaches and staff. Scroll around and see how we honored our women here.

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

⚾️ Preseason honors for two
📈 Ranked No. 12
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Triple Threat. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Baseball America’s Preseason All-America First, Second and Third Team lists all came out, and we have a Pirate on each of them. Trey Yesavage made the first team for the NCBWA and the second team for BA. Jacob Starling made the third team on the NCBWA poll.

🔼 Another Ranking. The ECU baseball team is now in five Preseason National Rankings. USA Today/Coaches Poll is the newest of the handful. They placed ECU at No. 12 in its top 25 poll.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Can you Math?

Let's see if you know what the women's basketball team's overall win percentage is.

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

For more information on how you can support ECU Student Athletes through Team Boneyard, please email Doug Gomes at [email protected] or visit the Team Boneyard website.

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…

🏴‍☠️ Mouzzon is Movin’. The American Athletic Conference named Melicia Mouzzon the AAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week. This is the first weekly honor of her career.

🏴‍☠️ Important Times. ECU women’s basketball hosted its Black History Day game, and head coach Kim McNeill talked about why it is so important to her. Listen here.

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Thursday 2/8

🥎 Softball at Charleston Southern @ 5pm ET

Friday 2/9

👟 Track & Field Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
🥎 Softball vs. Saint Joseph’s/Cleveland State @ 10am/12:30pm ET

Saturday 2/10

👟 Track & Field Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
🥎 Softball vs. Saint Joseph’s/College of Charleston @ 10am/3pm ET
🥍 Lacrosse vs. Queens @ 12pm ET | Live Stats
🎾 Women’s Tennis at George Washington @ 12:45pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Charlotte @ 2pm ET | Watch | Live Stats
🏀 Men’s Basketball at UTSA @ 4pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Sunday 2/11

🥎 Softball vs. Cleveland State @ 11am ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: .619! 13 wins/21 total games.

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Thursday, y’all!