David Lucroy Named C-USA Pitcher-of-the-Week

Redshirt Freshman Tossed A Two-Hit Complete Game Shutout Against Monmouth

IRVING, Texas March 11, 2013 – East Carolina’s David Lucroy has been named Conference USA Pitcher-of-the Week following his two-hit complete game shutout against Monmouth the league office announced Monday. This is Lucroy’s first weekly honor and the first for the Pirates in 2013.

David Lucroy

Lucroy won his second-straight start, improving to 2-1 on the season after helping ECU to a series win over Monmouth. The rookie right-hander struck out a career-high 12 batters in a complete game, two-hit shutout against the Hawks on March 10. Lucroy retired 27 of 31 batters faced, including 16 in a row from the third to eighth innings. He retired 20 of the final 21 batters he faced, giving up a two-out single in the eighth to a pinch hitter, who laced a two-hopper just out of arms length from Chase McDonald at first base.

To go along with his 12 punch-outs, Lucroy recorded two fly ball and 13 groundouts on 106 pitches. He posted the first complete game shutout by a Pirate since Seth Maness’ 4-0 gem against Southern Miss back at the 2011 Conference USA Championship.

On the season, Lucroy boasts a 1.33 ERA in three starts (four appearances) where he has allowed three runs on seven hits with 24 strikeouts in 20.1 innings.

Lucroy and the Pirates (9-5) will be back in action on Tuesday, Mar. 12 when they play host to Old Dominion at 5 p.m. (ET). ECU will then hit the road for a midweek matchup against Campbell (Mar. 13) before heading down south to Florida for a three-game series against Jacksonville (Mar. 15-17).