Reaching NCAAs remains key…Pirates fail to complete Cinderella run in AAC title game…Houston to Host Regional; UCF and USF earn No. 2 Seeds in NCAA Baseball Championship…American Athletic Conference venue security a key topic at spring meetings this week….Coastal Carolina won’t get chance to defend national title…Season over: Gamecocks miss out on NCAA tournament…ODU left out of NCAA baseball tournament; U.Va. opens in Texas…UNC-Greensboro to play at Clemson in NCAA baseball tournament …Davidson draws tough but familiar foe for first NCAA tournament game…Brawl between Harper, Strickland colors Nats’ win…Guentzel’s goal lifts Penguins by Predators 5-3 in Game 1…Tiger Woods says medication, not alcohol, led to DUI arrest

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Woodward: Reaching NCAAs remains key Greenville Daily Reflector

The East Carolinian

• Rick Ware Racing, ECU hit the road together
• Pirates fail to complete Cinderella run in AAC title game

ECU’s season ends in AAC title game Washington Daily News

Three-star ATH Nadir Thompson releases top five 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

Houston to Host Regional; UCF and USF earn No. 2 Seeds in NCAA Baseball Championship theamerican.org

Houston Chronicle

• UH opens NCAA regional against Iowa; hosts Baylor, Aggies, too
• Get to know the Houston Regional
• UH selected as baseball regional host
• UH long snapper Byron Simpson retires from football

Houston to Host NCAA Baseball Regional uhcougars.com

Bulls Earn Two Seed In Gainesville Regional gousfbulle.com

USF baseball heads to Gainesville for region play Tampa Bay Times

Tulsa World

• Bill Haisten: A pointless delay in the renovation of TU’s football locker room
• TU offers explanation for delayed locker room renovation

American Athletic Conference venue security a key topic at spring meetings this week Orlando Sentinel

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Davidson draws tough but familiar foe for first NCAA tournament game Charlotte Observer

Tar Heels savor return to NCAA Tournament Fayetteville Observer

UNC-Greensboro to play at Clemson in NCAA baseball tournament Greensboro News-Record

Columbia (SC) The State

• Tigers ignore critics that they didn’t deserve to host regional
• Details set for Clemson baseball’s NCAA regional
• Season over: Gamecocks miss out on NCAA tournament
• Talented Gamecocks should have never been on the bubble
• Coastal Carolina won’t get chance to defend national title

ODU left out of NCAA baseball tournament; U.Va. opens in Texas Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Virginia Baseball Snubbed as NCAA Regional Host SB Nation

Georgia, App State to open season on ESPN with 6:15 p.m. kickoff on Sept. 2 Winston Salem Journal

PCC falls in second game of World Series WCTI 12