Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Pirates Seek to Improve AAC Tourney Seed vs UConn on Sunday…UConn’s Josh Carlton, Isaiah Whaley Primed For ‘Homecoming Game’ At ECU…ECU Claims Series Win Over Western Carolina, 8-2…ECU Dethroned By Cincinnati At The American Championships…Women’s Basketball Outlasted at Houston…Pirates ready to see what Herring can do this spring…Sports, health care vital to ECU’s future, system leader tells trustees…No. 5 UC gears for showdown with No. 19 Wichita…Wichita State’s expectation for showdown in Cincinnati: “Our manhood will be tested” …South Carolina holds on to upset No. 10 Auburn, 84-75…Canes’ Wards, father and son, share a special moment on the ice…The Olympics have waited 114 years for Ester Ledecka

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pirates win game, series Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• GAMEDAY: ECU Returns Home To Face UConn
• ECU Claims Series Win Over Western Carolina, 8-2
• ECU Dethroned By Cincinnati At The American Championships
• Women’s Tennis Sweeps Doubleheader
• Women’s Basketball Outlasted at Houston
• ECU To Make Puerto Rico Classic Debut
• ECU Downs Saint Joseph’s, 3-1

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates host UConn today
• Pirates, pitchers hold strong again
• Sports, health care vital to ECU’s future, system leader tells trustees

Hartford Courant

• UConn’s Josh Carlton, Isaiah Whaley Primed For ‘Homecoming Game’ At ECU
• Everything You Need To Know About UConn Men At East Carolina

WNCT 9

• ECU wins fourth straight by dropping St. Joseph’s
• Pirates claim series over Western Carolina

WITN 7

• ECU tops Western Carolina 8-2 to start the season 2-0
• ECU Downs Saint Joseph’s 3-1
• Houston rolls past ECU 97-81, drops Pirates to 14-12

ECU baseball swinging hot bats and high school wrestling state championship coverage WCTI 12

The East Carolinian

• ECU lacrosse falls in its first ever road game
• Pirates defeat Western Carolina on Opening Day
• Pirates go 2-0 in opening day of Pirate Invitational

247 Sports

• ECU clinches series with win over Western Carolina
• ECU 8, WCU 2 (Game 2): How it looked from the dugout
• Pirates ready to see what Herring can do this spring

Rivals.com

• Pirates Top Western Carolina 8-2 in Game Two on Saturday
• Pirates Seek to Improve AAC Tourney Seed vs UConn on Sunday

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Teams go 7-2 on Saturday
• Houston And Cincinnati Win 2018 American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships
• Houston Climbs to 20 Victories, Joins Cincinnati and Wichita State in Win Column
• Memphis Collects Second Straight Road Win, Holds Off Tulane, 68-63
• Davis’ Double-Double Leads UCF Past Short-Handed SMU

The Associated Press

• Memphis holds off Tulane in 68-63 win
• Davis has double-double; UCF tops short-handed SMU 52-37

No. 5 UC gears for showdown with No. 19 Wichita Cincinnati Enquirer

Wichita State’s expectation for showdown in Cincinnati: “Our manhood will be tested” Wichita Eagle

Orlando Sentinel

• A.J. Davis helps UCF basketball hold SMU to season-low scoring during 52-37 win
• UCF women are chasing key hoops home win over rival USF

Takeaways: SMU’s offense disappears in 52-37 loss to UCF Dallas News

New Orleans Advocate

• Green Wave can’t get over hump, falls to Memphis
• Ross Massey sharp, Tulane rallies past Wright State for second straight win

Memphis pulls out 68-63 win at Tulane Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston Chronicle

• UH baseball bounces back, defeats Holy Cross 7-1
• Leading scorer Rob Gray works through shooting funk as Cougars…

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC picks off Louisville, makes it five in a row
• Extra rest pays off in fifth straight ACC win for Tar Heels
• Rare NC State win in Winston-Salem highlights Wolfpack’s progress
• Road Warriors: NC State never trails after halftime in ACC win at Wake Forest

A familiar chord: Wake Forest stumbles again with common traits Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech dominates at Georgia Tech, rolls to 20-point victory
• Major blowout of the Miners: ODU blitzes Texas-El Paso on a record-setting night

Charlotte 49ers come within 3 seconds and one shot of snapping their losing streak Charlotte Observer

Columbia The State

• Top 10 toppled: Gamecocks knock off SEC-leading Auburn
• Bruce Pearl: Frank Martin ‘classy’ for what he did after devastating Auburn injury
• Clemson holds off William & Mary to clinch series
• Patience, pitching pay off in South Carolina’s first win of 2018 season
• No. 11 Clemson, No. 12 Duke to be without key players for ACC showdown

The Associated Press

• South Carolina holds on to upset No. 10 Auburn, 84-75
• No. 14 North Carolina tops Louisville 93-76
• Azubuike leads No. 13 Kansas past No. 20 West Virginia 77-69
• Yante Maten leads Georgia to upset of No. 18 Tennessee
• No. 2 Michigan St. rallies from 27 down, beats Northwestern
• Big East showdown: No. 3 Villanova 95, No. 4 Xavier 79