Pirates’ baseball sweeps UCF

Sophomore Alec Burleson during a previous baseball game.The East Carolina University baseball team has started off conference play the right way as it completed the sweep against the University of Central Florida with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.

Getting wins early in conference play can make all the difference down the stretch. A team doesn’t want to be reliant on certain teams winning or losing to improve their positioning in the conference standings.

“It’s huge,” head coach Cliff Godwin said. “Especially against a really good opponent like UCF. The message before the game was 2-1 versus 3-0 is a big swing. Our first two years here as the coaching staff we sat in hotels and restaurants having…