Feb. 4, 2010

IRVING, Texas - The East Carolina baseball team will make a minimum of two appearances on national television this season, according to an announcement by Conference USA Thursday.

CBS College Sports will air the Pirates' April 24th game against Rice at 3 p.m. EDT at Reckling Park. On Friday, May 21 the Pirates play host to Houston at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium for their second televised game of the season, at 8 p.m. EDT.

C-USA officials also announced that the 2010 Baseball Tournament Championship Game will be a live broadcast on CBS College Sports on Saturday, May 29.

The Pirates made four television appearances last season, splitting a home doubleheader against Southern Miss on CBS College Sports, while dropping both games of the Chapel Hill Super Regional to North Carolina on ESPNU and ESPN.