On a record-setting night for the East Carolina softball program, the Pirates picked up a doubleheader sweep of Longwood by scores of 8-0 (five innings) and 7-4 at Lancer Field.
The Pirates pounded out four home runs during the twinbill to set the single-season program record of 59. That mark is also the single-season standard for the American Athletic Conference.
East Carolina won its sixth-straight game, marking the longest such winning streak since the 2014 squad also captured six victories in a row.
Emily Watson scattered three hits and struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings to record her ninth shutout of the season and fuel Tulsa to a 3-0 win and season sweep of RV/- Oklahoma State on Wednesday evening at Collins Softball Complex.
In front of a season-high crowd of 815, the Golden Hurricane (30-13) won their fourth straight game and notched their 16th consecutive season of at least 30 victories. Watson (21-3) finished with double-digits strikeouts for the eighth time in her last nine starts, while Tulsa scored all the runs it would need with three in the first inning