Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

No. 11 ECU takes down No. 3 Duke; AAC Baseball goes 4-0 on Tuesday…Newly confident, Tulane looking forward to rematch with LSU…NC State beats UNC 8-3 in Duel at DBAP…Concussions force USF lineman Grant Polk to give up football…Former Tennessee QB Quinten Dormady to transfer to UH…In timeline released Tuesday, NC State details its response to federal hoops probe…With ‘Monday Night Football’ in play, why Greg Olsen wants clarity on future with Panthers…In a playoff plot twist, Capitals’ familiar script ends with a double-OT win…Ford Mustang coming to NASCAR Cup Series for first time in 2019

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Pirates bounce back at Duke Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Tops No. 3 Duke In Midweek Contest, 9-2
• Hunter Roberts Tabbed AAC Female Track Athlete Of The Week
• Gameday: Softball Set To Challenge North Carolina In Chapel Hill

Pirates win big in ACC country Greenville Daily Reflector

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 12 ECU routs No. 9 Duke in midweek baseball showdown 
• ECU downs Duke 9-2 in college baseball action

April 17 11 p.m. sports: ECU bounces back from back weekend, tops Duke WCTI 12

Agnos, (11) East Carolina rolls past (3) Duke, 9-2 WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 12 ECU pounds No. 9 Duke 9-2 to snap two-game skid
• ECU’s Dorthea Forbrigd takes second at American Championship, Pirates tie for second in team race

Duke suffers first midweek setback, falls to ECU WRAL SportsFan

247 Sports

• ECU takes Top 15 matchup over Duke
• ECU 9, Duke 2: How it looked from the dugouts

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• No. 11 ECU takes down No. 3 Duke; Baseball goes 4-0 on Tuesday
• Memphis duo, ECU and Wichita State take home honors
• Three American Softball Teams Face Stiff Competition on Tuesday Night
• Records Fall as No. 23 Houston Takes Team Title, Wichita State’s Torgerson Captures Individual Crown
• Tennis Championship Preview: UCF Women, Memphis Men Enter As Top Seeds

 

Tampa Bay Times

• Concussions force USF lineman Grant Polk to give up football
• A closer look at USF’s on-campus stadium survey

Versatile UCF standout Otis Anderson wows new coaching staff Orlando Sentinel

Hartford Courant

• UConn Men Fill Out Roster With Grad Transfer Kassoum Yakwe
• Kevin Ollie Has Hearing At UConn, Written Response is Next Step

Newly confident, Tulane looking forward to rematch with LSU New Orleans Advocate

Aching LSU tries for season sweep of Tulane New Orleans Times Picayune

The SMU players and position groups that improved the most this spring, according to Sonny Dykes and Rhett Lashlee Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis’ Jackson Dillon on fighting his way back after two…
• Tigers’ tight end Robinson to transfer

Former Tennessee QB Quinten Dormady to transfer to UH Houston Chronicle

Here are 10 recruits who might fill Wichita State’s final two spots for 2018 Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL SportsFan

• NC State beats UNC 8-3 in Duel at DBAP
• NCSU, UNC duel at the DBAP
• Avent: I think it’s a tribute to the state of college baseball in North Carolina
• Fox: It’s a credit to our fanbase and our rivalry
• In timeline released Tuesday, NC State details its response to federal hoops probe
• Swofford expects ‘substantive’ findings from Rice commission

Raleigh News and Observer

• How a Wilmington sports agent factored into the probe of NC State and Dennis Smith Jr.
• NC State’s Randy Woodson, Debbie Yow release statements on FBI investigation
• NC State baseball tops UNC in ‘Duel at the DBAP’
• NC State’s Avent: ‘You live for this’

Winston Salem Journal

• Swofford on basketball’s troubles: ‘We’ll come out better’
• Moore staying in NBA Draft, won’t return to Deacons
• Deacons rally from down eight, win in 11th
• Visiting N.C. Central defeats App State
• Successful spring has WSSU looking toward the summer

 

Williford, Vandross promoted in U.Va. men’s hoops assistant coaching roles Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

• Freshman pitchers struggle as South Carolina rallies but falls to Presbyterian
• No. 14 Clemson baseball falls to No. 24 Georgia as recent struggles continue
• Dabo Swinney on Steve Spurrier returning to coaching: ‘I love it’
• What Chris Silva’s NBA decision could mean for South Carolina

NCAA tables proposal to allow redshirts to play in up to 4 football games, could vote in June al.com

Immediate impact: Ranking the football graduate transfers (it’s not all about the quarterbacks) The Mercury News