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Audio: Brian Bailey
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  The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest
this week was
ECU volunteer
assistant coach
Frankie Everitte
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Pirates rally past Albany |
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GREENVILLE — East
Carolina came back from an
early 2-0 deficit to move
above .500 for the season
with a 5-3 win against
Albany at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The Great Danes (1-5) took a
2-0 lead in the top of the
second before the Pirates
scored twice in the bottom
of the third. ...
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BASKETBALL |
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ECU breaks through on the
road |
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ORLANDO, FL — Terry Whisnant
made a 3-pointer from the
right side with 1:04 left
for a 66-64 East Carolina
lead and the Pirates made
enough free throws down the
stretch on Saturday
afternoon at Central Florida
to nail down their first
road win of the season,
71-66. ...
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates start fast in 14-3
win |
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GREENVILLE — East
Carolina scored six times in
the first inning and had
three more multi-run frames
in a 14-3 win over Albany at
Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Saturday. The Pirates (4-4)
have a chance to climb over
.500 as the three-game
series is scheduled for
completion with a 1 p.m.
game today. ...
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BASEBALL |
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Pirate pitchers shut down
Albany |
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GREENVILLE — Evan
Kruczynski pitched seven
innings without allowing
Albany a run as East
Carolina took a 5-1 win at
Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Friday. The Pirates were
scheduled to play in the
Irish Classic in Cary but
that event was canceled due
to snow in central North
Carolina. The Great Danes
were enlisted for a
three-game series to fill
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FOOTBALL |
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Evaluation simple on QB
situation |
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 The
East Carolina quarterback
situation will get a lot of
Dave Nichol's attention in
the offseason with the exit
of Shane Carden, who started
for most of the last three
seasons and recently took
part in the NFL combine
after a record breaking
college career and a couple
of conference offensive
player of the year awards.
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BASKETBALL |
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UConn rallies again |
In a game that
progressed similarly
to an earlier
American Athletic
Conference matchup,
Connecticut was too
much for East
Carolina in the
second half on
Wednesday night
before a black-out
crowd of 6,856 in
Williams Arena at
Minges Coliseum.
The 2014 NCAA Tournament
champions overcame a 33-24
halftime deficit to top the
Pirates 60-49 as Ryan
Boatwright scored 16 points.
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Pictured: Terry
Whisnant attempts a
shot in the paint
against UConn on
Wednesday night.
(Photo by W.A.
Myatt) |
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Next: ECU at UCF |
Saturday, 12 pm
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The Season
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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The weather has certainly thrown a curve ball at the East Carolina
baseball season so far.
There has yet to be one of those “beautiful day for baseball” type days.
In fact, the weather has been much more suited for duck hunting than
diamond watching.
Still, the Pirates battle on and now stand over .500 for the first time
this season.
East Carolina took care of business this past weekend, sweeping past
Albany in the three-game series.
The Pirates
completed the sweep with a 5-3 win in Sunday’s game in
the worst weather conditions to date.
The game was delayed by about an hour and was played in rain all
afternoon. The ‘liquid sunshine’ came down all day, from a light drizzle
at times to a steady downpour.
“Today was probably the worst of the conditions because it was raining
and it was cold outside,” said first-year Pirate coach Cliff Godwin.
“But both teams had to play in it and we fought through it. We won and
got a sweep and that was huge.”
Godwin knows he has a depth problem on this team, but I think he is
turning that into a positive.
“I think the neat thing about this team is that a lot of people get to
play and you never know when you’re going in the game,” Godwin
explained. “A lot of people have helped us out.”
Next up on the Pirate schedule is the first of two matchups against
North Carolina State. There were originally three matchups with the
Wolfpack on the slate this season, but the pairing of the teams in the
USA Baseball-Irish Classic was wiped out by weather this past weekend.
More than perhaps anyone, Cliff Godwin knows the importance of the
matchups against the in-state schools, especially those from Raleigh and
Chapel Hill.
“I mean it’s a rivalry game,” said Godwin. “For me to sit down and say
that us playing N.C. State doesn’t mean anything to the people in
eastern North Carolina, I’d be lying to you. It means something. I’m
looking forward to it because it will bring out the best competition on
both sides.”
Today's game was moved up to a 3 p.m. start because of the threat of
more bad weather.
The Pirates will send right-hander Jimmy Boyd (1-1, 5.06 ERA) to the
mound against Wolfpack right-hander Johnny Piedmonte (0-0, 0.00 ERA).
Luke Lowery leads the Pirates in home runs with four. Lowery agrees that
this is a rivalry game that should provide a little added juice to the
players.
“They’re an instate rival,” Lowery said. “We know a bunch of guys on
their team and some of us like me have been playing them for three
years. Last year, we split with them so this (time) we want to come out
on top, but for us it’s just another game and we’re going to go out
there and compete.”
It’s the start of a five-game week for East Carolina. Old Dominion is
set to come to Greenville on Wednesday and Monmouth is due in town for a
three-game series starting Friday.
All of this, of course, is WEATHER PERMITTING.
Godwin looks forward to making his first road trip as the ECU coach. He
also took time out to reminisce about Tuesday’s opponent.
“I told Coach (Elliott) Avent on the phone that my last at bat ever on
Harrington field was a home run on senior night against N.C. State,”
said Godwin. “It’s a very good memory, but no, it was always a very hard
fought game and very competitive always.”
Now Godwin looks to make more memories against the Wolfpack starting
tonight.
BB
