CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina avoided a 10th straight loss to Houston as the No. 15 Pirates eliminated the No. 18 Cougars with a 12-1 win in seven innings in the American Athletic Conference semifinals at Robin Roberts Field on Friday. ECU (42-16), the fourth seed for the event, will meet third-seeded Connecticut (35-19-1) on… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball: AAC Championships
View from the East
Coach Mo cites defensive progress
East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery has completed his evaluations involving spring football and shared some thoughts. Some staff changes, a new scheme and developing personnel provide anticipation for much-needed improvement on defense. “I’ll start with the defensive side of the ball because I think that’s where we made the most gains,” Montgomery said Wednesday. “David… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball: AAC Championships
Cougars top ECU, 5-3
CLEARWATER, FL — Two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted top-seeded Houston to a 5-3 win over East Carolina in the American Athletic Conference tournament at Spectrum Field on Thursday. It was the first loss of the event for the Pirates (41-16) and their fourth of the season to the Cougars (36-22).… [ Continue Reading ]
Audio Feature
Cliff Godwin Postgame
East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin spoke with reporters after the 4th-seeded Pirates fell to top seed Houston 5-3 in an American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament matchup on Thursday in Clearwater, FL. The outcome set up a semifinal rematch between the teams today with a spot in this weekend’s championship game on the line. (Recorded by… [ Continue Reading ]
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The Bradsher Beat
LeClair Lunatics invade Florida
It’s possible that junior Davis Searcy, who grew up in Pitt County and is both the president of the Minges Maniacs and one of the founding members of the LeClair Lunatics, has seen as many East Carolina sporting events as any fan his age. But he has never seen anything quite like the American Athletic… [ Continue Reading ]
Baseball: AAC Championships
Big 8th enables ECU win
CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina overcame a power surge by Tulane’s Grant Witherspoon for a 6-5 victory in the winners’ bracket in the American Athletic Conference tournament on Wednesday at Robin Roberts Field. The game was scheduled to be played at adjacent Spectrum Field on Thursday but was moved up due to the forecast of… [ Continue Reading ]
Postgame Audio Feature
Pirates discuss comeback
Turner Brown, Spencer Brickhouse, Coach Cliff Godwin and Jake Agnos talked about East Carolina’s comeback win over Tulane on Wednesday in an American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament winners bracket matchup. (Recorded by Brian Bailey)
Baseball: AAC Championships
ECU takes tourney opener
CLEARWATER, FL — East Carolina overcame an early 3-0 deficit against Central Florida on Tuesday for an 8-4 win in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference baseball tournament at Spectrum Field. The Pirates improved to 40-15 as Andrew Henrickson went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Henrickson had a three-run double in the seventh to… [ Continue Reading ]
Postgame Audio Feature
Big day for Drew
Drew Henrickson talked about his big day at the plate after helping East Carolina defeat Central Florida in the opening game of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. Henrickson went 3-for-4, including a double and triple, and had 4 RBIs as the 4th-seeded Pirates advanced to a Wednesday winners bracket game against No.… [ Continue Reading ]
From the Anchor Desk: AAC Tournament
Award-laden Pirates get down to business
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 ]
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 ]