No. 11 East Carolina and Wichita State earned opening day wins in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Friday, February 16. 

Not only did No. 11 East Carolina open its campaign with a commanding 16-2 victory over Rider, but Parker Byrd, who had part of his right leg amputated following a boating accident in 2022, made his collegiate debut in the eighth inning and became the first NCAA Division I student-athlete to play in a game with a prosthetic leg.

Wichita State poured on 18 runs and got a strong start from Caden Favors to roll past Little Rock 18-5 in the 2024 season opener. The win is the first in the tenure of first-year head coach Brian Green and snaps WSU's five-game losing skid in season openers dating back to a win in 2018 against McNeese. The 18 runs are the most Wichita State has scored in a season opener since 1991, when the Shockers beat Saint Louis, 28-4.
 

	February 16, 2024
	Away	Home	Location	Links
	Wichita State 18	Little Rock 5	Little Rock, Ark.	Box Score
	Florida Atlantic 11	Vanderbilt 12	Nashville, Tenn.	Box Score
	Kennesaw State 12	UAB 7	Birmingham, Ala.	Box Score
	Rider 2	East Carolina 16	Greenville, N.C.	Box Score
	Virginia Tech 10	Charlotte 0	Charlotte, N.C.	Box Score
	Memphis 5	Jacksonville State 6	Jacksonville, Ala.	Box Score
	UT Arlington 10	UTSA 9	San Antonio, Texas	Box Score
	UConn 2	South Florida 1	Tampa, Fla.	Box Score
	Notre Dame 3	Rice 1	Houston, Texas	Box Score
	Northwestern 9	Tulane 0	New Orleans, La.	Box Score

All 10 teams are back in action on Saturday, February 17. The full schedule can be found here.