Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, April 22, 2018

ECU Brooms Memphis To Move Into First Place in the AAC..Holba stays perfect as ECU picks up win…Softball evens series with 3-2 victory over AAC leader USF…Pirate lacrosse falls on the road at Michigan, 16-9…Bulls edge Knights to even series…NBA playoffs: Russell Westbrook makes a promise for Game 4; Wolves win; Pelicans sweep Blazers…Kyle Busch pulls away at Richmond for 3rd Cup win a row

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: ECU takes two, completes sweep Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Completes Doubleheader And Series Sweep At Memphis
• No. 11 ECU Wins Series Opener At Memphis, 5-1
• ECU Evens Series With 3-2 Victory Over AAC League Leader USF
• Pirates Fall At Michigan To Open Road Trip

ECU posts identical 4-2 road wins Greenville Daily Reflector

Holba stays perfect as ECU picks up win Washington Daily News

WNCT 9

• East Carolina completes sweep at Memphis with pair of 4-2 wins
• Pirate lacrosse falls on the road at Michigan, 16-9

WITN 7

• ECU completes sweep at Memphis
• ECU evens series with 3-2 victory over AAC leader USF

ECU at Memphis Baseball Saturday WCTI 12

ECU wins both games of doubleheader to complete sweep of Memphis 247 Sports

ECU Brooms Memphis To Move Into First Place in the AAC Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU, Tulane clinch series on Saturday
• Home Teams Prevail in Three of Four Softball Contests Saturday
• USF, Tulane To Battle For American Men’s Championship Sunday
• Tulsa Wins Third American Women’s Tennis Title In Four Years

Bearcats land ‘mismatch nightmare’ Cincinnati Enquirer

Baseball: Bulls edge Knights to even series Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF honors 2017 national championship team with new signs, rings
• UCF newcomer Greg McCrae steals show at Knights’ spring football game

 

Tulane crushes ETSU in doubleheader New Orleans Advocate

 

Hardaway’s former players adjust without him Memphis Commercial Appeal

Trey Cumbie, Houston down No. 24 Wichita State 3-1 Houston Chronicle

 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State baseball downs Duke for seventh straight ACC series win
• Maroon defeats Gray, 43-37 in North Carolina Central spring game
• Why wouldn’t Joel Berry be glad he stayed at UNC for 4 years?
• Why ex-Gators coach took six-figure loss on Florida home

 

‘Ron’s ready.’ How Charlotte 49ers’ new basketball coach is driven by his life story Charlotte Observer

Columbia The State

• Mason Rudolph is in the business of proving people wrong. He’s ready to do it again
• The secret ingredients to South Carolina’s recruiting approach
• South Carolina pounces on LSU early to nab SEC series win over ranked foe
• Gamecocks win all-sport rivalry series with Clemson
• The latest on USC basketball’s security review mandated by SEC after Missouri controversy

Appalachian State wins series finale against Louisiana-Monroe Winston Salem Journal