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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupMonday, May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Tulane loses to ECU 6-1, swept for first time in four years of AAC play…UCF Edges ECU 4-3 In Regular Season Softball Finale…ECU Ends Season With Lacrosse Loss At Duke…Joe Dooley to retain Ken Potosnak on ECU’s staff…Cincinnati clinches series at Wichita State; ECU, Memphis and Houston collect Sunday wins…Georgia Southern honors NFL player killed by drunken driver …Jason Day wins the Wells Fargo Championship…‘Shut out.’ How Tiger Woods ‘missed them all’ in a bad week at Quail Hollow…Kevin Harvick dominates at The Monster Mile…NBA playoffs: Warriors, Rockets on verge of West finals meeting, but Chris Paul isn’t looking ahead…N.H.L. Playoffs: Golden Knights and Lightning Advance

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • Insights from Brett
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  • Baseball
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ecupirates.com

  • No. 12 ECU Completes Sweep Of Tulane, 6-1
  • No. 12 ECU Claims Series Win At Tulane, 8-3
  • No. 12 ECU Takes Series Opener At Tulane, 9-5
  • ECU Ends Season With Lacrosse Loss At Duke
  • UCF Edges ECU 4-3 In Regular Season Softball Finale
  • UCF Downs ECU 9-3 To Clinch Final Regular Season Series
  • Softball Falters At UCF In Series Opener, 3-1

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • ECU golf is balanced, confident in Austin
  • ‘Boring golfer’ has big potential
  • Pirates finish off Wave
  • ECU claims Tulane series
  • Pirates put away Tulane in opener

New Orleans Advocate

  • Tulane loses to ECU 6-1, swept for first time in four years of AAC play
  • Tulane can’t solve ECU starting pitcher, falls 8-3 to lose series
  • Tulane baseball loses opener to ECU 9-5

Tulane drops series to No. 12 ECU with consecutive losses New Orleans Times Picauyune

The East Carolinian

  • ECU baseball sweeps Tulane
  • ECU softball ends regular season with 4-3 loss to UCF

WNCT 9

  • Pirates complete sweep of Tulane
  • Pirates swept by Knights in regular season finale

WITN 7

  • No. 12 ECU takes down Tulane 6-1 to complete weekend sweep
  • Burleson shines as No. 12 ECU tops Tulane 8-3 to win series
  • UCF Edges ECU 4-3 In Regular Season Finale

247 Sports

  • ECU cruises to road sweep of Tulane
  • ECU captures road series at Tulane
  • Pirates win series opener at Tulane
  • Joe Dooley to retain Ken Potosnak on ECU’s staff

Rivals.com

  • ECU Sweeps Tulane With 6-1 Win
  • ECU Tops Tulane 8-3 on Saturday

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Cincinnati clinches series at Wichita State; ECU, Memphis and Houston collect Sunday wins
  • UCF, UConn and ECU clinch road series
  • Baseball: Away teams go 3-0 in series openers
  • USF Earns 2018 Softball Regular Season Title
  • Bracket Announced for 2018 American Athletic Conference Softball Championship

USF softball team wins AAC regular season crown Tampa Tribune

Long before UCF’s Shaquem Griffin played with one hand, Carl Joseph was one-legged wonder at Bethune-Cookman Orlando Sentinel

Hamilton returns to Memphis to work for Hardaway Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU’s Watson one-hits UConn in home finale Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

  • UH golfer Andrew Gibson outdrives John Daly
  • UH’s series opener vs. Central Florida postponed due to weather

Cincinnati beats WSU baseball again Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC seniors snubbed by NBA Draft combine
  • Hoops star Wendell Moore trims college list to 5, and odds favor the Triangle

Charlotte Observer

  • Georgia Southern honors NFL player killed by drunken driver 
  • Chip Scoggins: College basketball needs bigger, deeper change than recommendations indicated

Winston Salem Journal

  • A longtime ACC tradition turns 60 at Grandfather Mountain
  • Appalachian baseball sweeps Texas-Arlington

College football, NFL striving to make kickoffs safer Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

  • No. 10 Clemson baseball pounds No. 16 FSU, evens series
  • South Carolina rallies, then falls to Ole Miss in extra innings to drop series finale
  • ESPN takeaway: Gamecocks offense taking a ‘big step forward’ won’t be a surprise

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Jason Day wins the Wells Fargo Championship
  • How Jason Day hit the shot of the tournament to win the Wells Fargo Championship
  • ‘Shut out.’ How Tiger Woods ‘missed them all’ in a bad week at Quail Hollow
  • ‘Very classy.’ … Charlotte Knights rank No. 1 in something all their fans can enjoy.
  • David takes on Goliath in French Cup final
  • Jason Witten and Dez Bryant are gone, but don’t give up on Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’ offense
  • Bam Adebayo has a place with the Heat, but not necessarily a position
  • Vikings see plenty of potential in Ade Aruna, the basketball player-turned-football player
  • Why Warriors forward Kevin Durant is sending these kids to college

Winston Salem Journal

  • Jason Day captures Wells Fargo for second win of season
  • Harvick takes the checkered flag at Dover for 4th win

Kevin Harvick dominates at The Monster Mile Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Washington Post

  • The Capitals better win this in six games
  • This Capitals team could be different, because its path to get here was harder
  • Penguins in desperation mode — where they’ve succeeded
  • Caps fans go nuts on National Portrait Gallery steps
  • Capitals’ Game 5 win started and ended with Holtby
  • NBA playoffs: Warriors, Rockets on verge of West finals meeting, but Chris Paul isn’t looking ahead
  • ‘A hood fairy tale’: Inside Meek Mill’s deep connection to the 76ers
  • Nats nearly squander Scherzer’s masterful outing before edging Phillies, 5-4

New York Times

  • The Lonely Existence of Winnipeg Jets Fans in Atlanta
  • Yankees’ Gleyber Torres Upstages Himself With Walk-Off Homer
  • The Mets Add Some Injury News to Their Losing
  • Boston’s Al Horford Has Enough Experience for His Entire Team
  • Justify Wins Kentucky Derby, Conquering Rain, Mud and a 136-Year Curse
  • N.B.A. Playoffs: Kevin Durant Stops Worrying, and Can’t Stop Scoring
  • Barcelona Ties Real Madrid in a Heated Clásico
  • N.H.L. Playoffs: Golden Knights and Lightning Advance

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