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VIEW FROM THE EAST
Adjustments the new normal for Pirates
College football is in an unprecedented phase of inactivity due to efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus. East Carolina coach Mike Houston and staff are doing their best to cope, continuing to recruit and develop players despite unanticipated limitations. Houston conducted a teleconference on Tuesday. “We hope we can get out on the… [ More… ]
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COLLEGE SPORTS NEWS
ECU athletics on hold
East Carolina was scheduled to take on Memphis in the American Athletic Conference basketball tournament in Fort Worth, TX, on Thursday at 10 p.m., but that event was canceled Thursday morning. Numerous conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament were called off in attempts to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In addition, it was… [ More… ]
Baseball News
Pirates’ winning streak ends on walk-off homer
WILMINGTON — Matt Suggs hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give UNC-Wilmington a 5-2 win over No. 19 East Carolina on Wednesday night. Suggs was 0-for-4 in the nonconference contest before connecting with the first pitch from Ryder Giles (0-1) and sending it over the fence in left center. A… [ More… ]
Baseball News
ECU rallies past Elon
GREENVILLE — East Carolina overcame a 3-0 Elon lead to top the Phoenix, 7-4, on Tuesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The visitors went up 3-0 in the second with the help of a 2-run homer by Adam Spurlin. The Pirates, ranked as high as No. 19 nationally, got a run with two out in the… [ More… ]
Baseball News
ECU completes sweep at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE — East Carolina took a 4-1 win at Charlotte on Sunday to complete a 3-game sweep of the 49ers. Jake Kuchmaner started and went five innings in improving to 4-0. Alec Burleson went 2-for-4 with a home run. Matt Bridges turned in two and two-thirds scoreless innings for his second save. Burleson’s blast to… [ More… ]
Basketball News
Knights down ECU, 94-62
ORLANDO — Central Florida outscored East Carolina 24-12 over the last 10 minutes of the first half and pulled away to a 94-62 American Athletic Conference win on Sunday. The Pirates finished the regular season 11-20 overall and 5-13 in the AAC. The Knights (16-14, 7-11) were led by 23 points from Darin Green Jr.… [ More… ]
Baseball News
Pirates down 49ers, 15-5, to clinch series
CHARLOTTE — Seth Caddell hit a 2-run homer in the first inning to put No. 22 East Carolina ahead to stay and set the tone for a series-clinching 15-5 win at Charlotte on Saturday. The Pirates (11-3) go for a 3-game sweep of the 49ers (8-7) on Sunday at noon. ECU outhit the hosts, 18-11,… [ More… ]
Baseball News
Pirates take opener at Charlotte, 14-4
CHARLOTTE — East Carolina took the opener of a 3-game series at Charlotte, 14-4, on Friday as winning pitcher Alec Burleson went 3-for-3 and scored three runs. The Pirates (10-3), ranked as high as No. 22 nationally, had 17 hits. Burleson, a junior left-hander, went five and two-thirds innings on the mound as he improved… [ More… ]
Baseball News
Pirates limit Liberty to one hit in 11-0 win
GREENVILLE — Five East Carolina pitchers combined for a 1-hitter in an 11-0 nonconference win over Liberty on Wednesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. ECU took the lead on a 3-run homer by Bryson Worrell in the bottom of the first. That was enough support as Trystan Kimmel, Cam Colmore, Garrett Saylor, Dylan Lawson and Elijah Gill… [ More… ]
Baseball News: KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC
Pirates pound Panthers
GREENVILLE — East Carolina closed the Keith LeClair Classic on Sunday with a 13-1 win over High Point as Bryson Worrell hit two home runs. Lane Hoover and Connor Norby each had three singles after the Pirates had struggled with offensive production in earlier losses in the event to Indiana and Ole Miss. ECU (8-3)… [ More… ]
Baseball News: KEITH LECLAIR CLASSIC
Ole Miss edges Pirates
GREENVILLE — East Carolina had the tying run in scoring position with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday, but a ground out sealed a 2-1 win for Ole Miss in the Keith LeClair Classic. The No. 13 Rebels (9-1) meet Indiana (6-2) on Sunday at 11 a.m in a matchup… [ More… ]