ECU wins baseball series at Cincinnati…Pirates Whip Cincinnati 14-3 as Godwin Picks 100th ECU Victory…After record-setting run of receivers, ECU will rely on committee for catches in 2017…Report: Seahawks high on Zay Jones if he falls in the 2nd round…Gamecocks still discussing 2019 ECU game …Tulane loses its first AAC series with a 12-2 loss to No. 12 Houston Sunday…Healthy Benkert eager to lead turnaround for U.Va. football …Rain washes out NASCAR Cup race at Bristol; they’ll try again Monday…Strasburg to go on paternity leave

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett: Scott ups his game after coach’s challenge
• Baseball: Pirates take first AAC series

ecupirates.com

• ECU In Eighth Place After American Championship Opening Round
• East Carolina Drops Series Finale At Houston, 2-1
• ECU Wins Series At Cincinnati, 14-3 (8 Innings)
• 800-Meter School Record Falls As Track And Field Wraps Up Duke Invite

Big innings pave way for Pirates  Greenville Daily Reflector

Purple-Gold Scrimmage ends in tie Washington Daily News

247 Sports

• Projecting East Carolina’s Post-Spring Depth Chart: Offense
• ECU takes first AAC series of 2017

WITN 7

• ECU wins baseball series at Cincinnati
• ECU softball falls at Houston 6-4

Report: Seahawks high on Zay Jones if he falls in the 2nd round Field Gulls

Pirates Whip Cincinnati 14-3 as Godwin Picks 100th ECU Victory Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UCF, East Carolina, Houston and USF Win Conference Series
• USF Leads American Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship After 18 Holes
• USF Wins American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship
• Tulsa, Houston, and USF score conference wins

Tulane loses its first AAC series with a 12-2 loss to No. 12 Houston Sunday New Orleans Times Picayune

Connor Wong blasts 3 homers in UH’s win over Tulane Houston Chronicle

Duquesne forward Isiaha Mike announces transfer to SMU  Dallas News

TU Sports: Hurricane game at USF moved up to Nov. 16  Tulsa World

Philly.com

• Temple’s home football game with Navy will be Nov. 2
• Four quarterbacks get their chance in Temple spring game

Rod Walker: Transfer QB Jonathan Banks finding his way as he soaks up new playbook  New Orleans Advocate

Orlando Sentinel

• Three things we learned from UCF football’s spring game
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton shows improvement during spring game

USF men’s tennis team wins 4th consecutive AAC crown Tampa Bay Times

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke’s Frank Jackson declares for NBA draft, won’t hire agent
• 2017 NFL draft: How UNC’s Mitch Trubisky could end up as the No. 1 pick
• Northwestern’s NCAA bid cut the ‘Forgotten Five’ down to four – Jacobs

Columbia The State

• On the heels of the two best seasons in program history, USC is a basketball school
• Alabama’s Nick Saban says he can never get over loss to Clemson. The hard part is …

Healthy Benkert eager to lead turnaround for U.Va. football Hampton Roads Daily Press

ODU pounds Southern Miss, get first road series win over ranked team since 2000  Norfolk Virginian Pilot