ELON, N.C. – Elon University baseball and No. 19 East Carolina will meet for the second time this season as the teams play a 6:30 p.m. game on Tuesday night, March 10 at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

COVERAGE
Live stats will be available for the game, and fans will be able to watch on Pirates All-Access.

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Elon	No. 19 East Carolina
R-So. RH Brian Edgington (0-0, 7.00)	Jr. LH Elijah Gill (0-1, 7.36)

THE SERIES
The Pirates (12-3) lead the all-time series 52-31-1and took the first meeting in the season's home-and-home series 7-2 on Feb. 25 at Latham Park. The Phoenix (7-9) battled back fom an early 3-0 deficit with two runs in the seventh, but then-No. 17 ECU pulled away with a four-run top of the eighth. Garrett Stonehouse finished 2-for-3 at the plate as the senior doubled, scored a run, and drove in another. Matt Oldham went 1-for-3 and picked up an RBI, Jack Roberts also posted a 1-for-3 effort, and J.P. Sponseller collected the other hit with a 1-for-4 outing. The freshman also touched home for the team's other run. Starting pitcher Ian Evans took the loss after getting tagged for three runs on seven hits. The Lockport, N.Y. native recorded one strikeout through 6.0 innings.

ABOUT EAST CAROLINA
ECU has won five in a row and is coming off a series sweep at Charlotte this past weekend. The Pirates have five starters hitting .300 or better, led by Alec Burleson with a .386 clip. Bryson Worrell follows with a .365 average, Connor Norby is right behind him at .364, Lane Hoover owns a .345 average, and Seth Caddell is batting .300. Worrell leads the team with 14 RBIs and five home runs, while Norby and Hoover have both stolen six bases in eight attempts. Junior lefty Elijah Gill (0-1) is expected to get the start in what will be a staff day for ECU.

Burleson was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .667 (10-for-15) with a home run, four RBIs and seven runs during the Pirates' sweep of Charlotte. He collected at least one hit in all four games and drove in at least one run in three contests. In all, he tallied three multi-hit, two multi-run and one multi-RBI game during ECU's 4-0 week. Burleson reached base 12 times in 19 total plate appearances (eight singles, double, home run, two walks) and extended his current hitting streak to seven games dating back to the Indiana contest on Feb. 28.

The Pirates are ranked 19th in the latest NCBWA Poll and are 24th in the latest Baseball America Poll.

ROBERTS WITH THE BIG BAT
Elon found itself trailing 8-2 midway through the eighth inning of Sunday's rubber match with Illinois. However, the Phoenix started to rally as the first three batters in the bottom of the frame walked to load the bases. After the next batter reached on an error by the Illini pitcher to score a run and keep the bags full, Roberts drove the first pitch he saw over the wall in right field, pulling the maroon and gold to within a run at 8-7. It marked his second career long ball and his first of the season. It was also the first grand slam for the Phoenix since Tyler Stanley hit one in the series finale at Towson on April 7 last season. Later in the inning, Stanley represented the tying run and advanced to third, but Elon was unable to bring him home and Illinois held on for the win.

ELON IN THE RANKINGS
Through games played on March 8, Elon ranks 31st in the nation with two shutouts and 51st with eight sacrifice flies. The team also leads the CAA with 27 doubles and 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings and is second with 72 bases on balls. Joe Sprake is tied for first in the league standings with three saves. Jared Wetherbee is second in the CAA with 27 strikeouts and 11.95 strikeouts per nine innings. Finally, Alex Iadisernia is 82nd in the country and second in the CAA in toughest to strike out (11.4).

UP NEXT
Elon hosts Western Carolina for three games this weekend. Friday's series opener is schedule for a 4 p.m. start, Saturday's Game Two will begin at 2 p.m., and the series finale on Sunday will have a 1:30 p.m. first pitch.