East Carolina opens play in the 2018 American Baseball Tournament at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, FL. The game was originally scheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The threat of bad weather moved the game by six hours for the earliest of starts for this ECU baseball team. Monday was a… [ Continue Reading ]
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Insights from Brett
Pirates do some trolling ahead of the posteason
East Carolina’s baseball regular season was a resounding success, regardless of how you define success. Coach Cliff Godwin and his young Pirates not only shooed away the ghosts of last year’s disappointment by winning 39 games against a brutally difficult schedule and spent most of the past two months ranked in or around the nation’s… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball: AAC Championships
Pirates, Knights set for rematch
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships will get underway Tuesday with a 3 p.m. game between fourth seed East Carolina (39-15) and No. 5 seed Central Florida (35-19) at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, FL. The Pirates will be joined in their half of the bracket by top-seed Houston (33-21) and No. 8 seed Tulane… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball
Huskies take series with doubleheader split
STORRS, CT — Host Connecticut rebounded from a 6-3 loss in the first game of a doubleheader Friday against East Carolina to claim the American Athletic Conference series two games to one with a 4-2 win in the second contest. The series was compacted due to the threat of inclement weather Saturday. ECU, ranked No.… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball
Huskies take series opener, 3-2
STORRS, CT — Connecticut handed East Carolina sophomore right-hander Chris Holba (9-1) his first loss of the season as the Huskies topped the Pirates 3-2 on Thursday afternoon at J.O. Christian Field. UConn, ranked as high as No. 22, improved to 31-17-1 overall and 13-9 in the American Athletic Conference. No. 9 ECU slipped to… [ Continue Reading ]
The Bradsher Beat
Women’s track and field sets new benchmark
The margin between the second place East Carolina Pirates and the third place Cincinnati Bearcats at the American Athletic Conference Women’s Track and Field Championship was a half of a point. Put another way, the difference maker in ECU’s top team result ever in the American was less than the difference between an eighth and… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
‘Inside source’ gave star QB the lowdown on ECU
Bryan Gagg utilized an inside source when considering a football scholarship offer extended by the East Carolina Pirates in early February. A 6-foot-3, 205-pound quarterback from Bradenton, Florida, Gagg was first noticed by ECU wide receivers coach Keith Gaither while Gagg was participating in spring practice with the Braden River High Pirates in April 2017.… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball
Pirates get over four-run hump
GREENVILLE — Campbell scored six runs in the top of the sixth for a 7-3 lead at No.9 East Carolina on Tuesday night, but the Pirates answered with six runs in the bottom of the frame on the way to a 12-7 nonconference victory. Christian Jones had a three-run home in the big frame for… [ Continue Reading ]
From the Anchor Desk
A day to remember in more ways than one
Exceptional Community Baseball League Day with East Carolina is always one of the best days of the season. This year it was made even better as it was preceded by Sunday’s 6-5 walk-off win for ECU, which puts the Pirates squarely in the conversation of a host’s roll in the upcoming NCAA baseball regionals. The… [ Continue Reading ]
Special Photo Feature
Big day at the ballpark
After they pulled off a thrilling walk-off win over Cincinnati Sunday afternoon, the East Carolina Pirates stuck around Clark-LeClair Stadium for another special outing as they hosted their annual exhibition with the Exceptional Community Baseball League. All photos courtesy of ECU Athletics/Savanna Elkins.
Insights from Brett
Lacrosse program building for the long haul
It’s hard to get excited about a 2-15 record. And Amanda Barnes certainly isn’t doing any celebrating. But she’s also anything but disappointed about the performance of her East Carolina women’s lacrosse team during its inaugural season. Despite all the losses, including a 21-8 setback at the hands of Duke in the final game two… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball
Pirates seize thrilling series clincher
GREENVILLE — East Carolina came back from a 5-0 deficit after five innings to score three times in the bottom of the ninth for a 6-5 American Athletic Conference win over Cincinnati at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Sunday. Connor Litton hit a two-run single to right to give the Pirates the series, 2-1, on ECU’s Senior… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball
Pirates muscle up, even series
GREENVILLE — After being victimized by the long ball Friday night, No. 10 East Carolina hit five home runs in a 13-6 win over Cincinnati on Saturday to even the American Athletic Conference series at 1-1. The deciding game is Sunday at 1 p.m. Spencer Brickhouse was 3-for-4 with a pair of fence-clearing blasts and… [ Continue Reading ]