GREENVILLE, N.C.-Ellis Lowe clubbed three hits to become Campbell's all-time leader in the category, as Campbell fell 7-4 at East Carolina Tuesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Lowe, a senior infielder, came into Tuesday's contest second all-time with 267 career hits, two behind Kent Cox's (1993-96) school record, and notched three base hits to claim the program crown. The San Diego, Calif. native is also on the verge of setting multiple other program records, including at-bats, runs scored, doubles, runs batted in and total bases.

Campbell jumped out to an early lead in Tuesday's game against the Pirates, as Alan Denman and Tyler Hutchinson drove in Jimmy Brenneman and Lowe, who picked up the game's first hit, the 268^th of his career with a drive up the middle.

ECU's Zach Wright, who ended the game with five RBI on a 2-for-4 night, put the Pirates on the board in the second with a RBI double, and Mike Ussery evened the contest at 2-all with his one-out sacrifice fly two batters later.

After the Camels went down in order in the top half of the third, Wright struck again for the Pirates, sending the first pitch he saw over the leftfield wall for a grand slam.

With the Pirates on top 6-2, Jake Smith came on in relief for the Camels, sitting down 9-of-11 Pirates over the next three innings, and allowing only three hits. In the bottom of the sixth, Campbell answered with a run when Lowe plated Brenneman, tying the CU all-time mark.

The Camels pulled within two in the seventh when Hutchinson scored on a Bryce Grady sacrifice fly, 6-4.

Lowe reset the all-time Campbell record in the eighth, belting the first pitch he saw into left, the 270^th of his career.

The Pirates added another tally in the eighth, going up 7-4 on a John Wooten bases loaded walk.

Shawn Armstrong picked up the win for ECU, moving to 1-0 in the early going, working 6.0 innings while giving up three earned runs on four hits with four strikeouts. Jake Harris picked up the save for the Pirates with 1.0 inning of work, his first of the season.

Matt Marksberry took the loss for Campbell, falling to 0-1 on the season, scattering four hits with six runs, all earned, four walks and three punch outs. Smith bridged the gap to Colin Parker, who worked 2.0 innings with one run on two hits, recording five walks and three strikeouts.

Lowe (3-for-4) and Hutchinson (2-for-4) both collected multi-hit games for Campbell. Brenneman and Cameron Nelson also picked up hits in the loss.

The Camels will be back in action this weekend, beginning Atlantic Sun play in Kennesaw, Ga. The Owls will host CU on Friday at 6 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m.