Terps To Battle ECU On Opening Day

Feb. 9, 2006

TERPS OPEN SEASON AT EAST CAROLINA

Maryland opens the 2006 season with a three-game series against East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. Feb. 10-12. The Terps trail the all-time series, 4-10, and have not beaten the Pirates since 1992. The teams last met Feb. 13, 2000 when ECU clipped the Terps, 5-4, in extra innings. The Pirates have won five of the last six matchups between the schools.

The last time the Terps opened a season against East Carolina was 1976. Maryland traveled to ECU for a two-game set, dropping both contests. That year the Terps finished 19-14 and 8-4 in the ACC.

All three games this weekend will be broadcast online by WMUC Sports at www.wmucsports.com. Mark Leff will be in the booth calling each game. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

SCOUTING THE PIRATES

East Carolina is coming off a 35-26 season in which the team finished fourth in Conference-USA and earned a seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Pirates return 15 letterwinners from their 2005 squad, including sophomore pitchers T. J. Hose and Shane Mathews. Last season, Hose finished 7-4 with a 4.43 ERA and 69 strikeouts. Mathews was named to the conference All-Freshman team in 2004 before using a medical redshirt last year (Tommy John surgery).

In C-USA's preseason coaches poll, East Carolina has been picked to finish sixth in the league. The Pirates open the year with 15 straight home games before finally hitting the road Mar. 10 for a three-game set with Cal St. Fullerton.

The Pirates are coached by Billy Godwin, who is in his first season with the program. He was previously the head coach at Louisburg (N.C.) Junior College for seven years (1999-2005), where his teams compiled an overall record of 262-85.

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