GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Fans of East Carolina University baseball and softball fans will be able to follow many of the Pirates' games throughout an expanded area of eastern North Carolina for the 2003 season as a result of a new arrangement with local ESPN Radio affiliates.

The new broadcast plans were unveiled Monday by the Pirate Sports Network.

Over 30 ECU baseball games will be carried by three stations: WGHB (1250 AM) in Farmville/Greenville, WRUP (97.9 FM) in New Bern/Morehead City, and WSTK (910 AM) in Jacksonville. Included on the broadcast schedule are every game of ECU's Conference USA road series and complete postseason coverage of the C-USA and NCAA Tournaments.

Dan Eberhard, who called play-by-play for selected games on the network last season, takes over that role full-time for 2003 and will be joined by guest commentators throughout the season.

ECU softball will receive radio coverage for 14 home games on the same three Pirate Sports Network affiliates.

Fans outside the eastern North Carolina listening area will again be able to follow baseball games via ECUpirates.com. Live, streaming audio of all Pirate baseball broadcasts will be available exclusively on the Pirates' official web site. In addtion, for a second consecutive season, a majority of ECU's home and away games--including many of those not being broadcast--will have a live, official statistics and play-by-play feed available on ECUpirates.com.

Following is the complete, tentative broadcast schedule for ECU baseball and softball.

Pirate Sports Network

2003 Softball Broadcast Schedule (tentative and subject to change
Feb. 12 North Carolina (doubleheader)
Feb. 21 Fordham
Feb. 21 Saint John's
Feb. 22 Fairfield
Feb. 22 Delaware
Feb. 23 TBA
Mar. 13 Elon (doubleheader)
Mar. 15 Charlotte (doubleheader)
Apr. 9 UNC Wilmington(doubleheader)
May 4 Saint Louis

2003 Baseball Broadcast Schedule (tentative and subject to change)
Feb. 14 Western Carolina
Feb. 19 NC State
Feb. 28 Delaware
Mar. 11 UNC Wilmington
Mar. 14 at Houston
Mar. 15 at Houston
Mar. 16 at Houston
Mar. 21 Charlotte
Mar. 26 at UNC Wilmington
Mar. 28 Cincinnati
Apr. 2 Duke
Apr. 4 at South Florida
Apr. 5 at South Florida
Apr. 6 at South Florida
Apr. 9 at Duke
Apr. 11 Memphis
Apr. 16 North Carolina
Apr. 18 at TCU
Apr. 19 at TCU
Apr. 20 at TCU
Apr. 23 at North Carolina
Apr. 25 at Louisville
Apr. 26 at Louisville
Apr. 27 at Louisville
Apr. 30 at NC State
May 2 Southern Miss
May 9 UAB
May 15 at Tulane
May 16 at Tulane
May 17 at Tulane
May 21-25 C-USA Tournament
May-June NCAA Postseason Play