Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, May 19, 2018

No. 9 ECU Drops Series At No. 22 UCONN Splitting Doubleheader…Pirates Have Another Record Breaking Academic Semester…ECU set to visit Virginia Tech on September 15 at 12:20…UH baseball commit Rome Shubert among injured at Santa Fe shooting…Hurricanes sign Finnish forward Saku Maenalanen…A Late 3rd-Period Goal Puts Vegas on the Verge of the Stanley Cup Final…Justify enters Preakness Stakes chasing history in weather that could be biblical

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball: Huskies take series with doubleheader split Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 9 ECU Drops Series At No. 22 UCONN Splitting Doubleheader
• Pirates Have Another Record Breaking Academic Semester
• Minnesota Transfer Sydney Kleinman Set To Join Volleyball Program

Pirates drop with defeat Greenville Daily Reflector

UConn Baseball: Tim Cate Returns, Huskies Beat No. 9 East Carolina, 4-2, To Take Series Hartford Courant

Pirates drop series to UConn after splitting Friday doubleheader WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 9 ECU drops series at No. 22 UConn
• ECU set to visit Virginia Tech on September 15 at 12:20

ECU splits doubleheader, drops series at UConn 247 Sports

Rivals.com

• ECU Splits Friday Double-Header at UConn to End Regular Season 
• Hoop Group Southern: Day’Ron Sharpe dominates, talks offers

UNC board’s new approach is all business, and that can create an uneasy mix at universities Raleigh News and Observer

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UCF, UConn and USF clinch conference series finales on Friday
• American Softball Goes 3-1 in NCAA Regional Openers
• Houston’s Harm Sits in Tie for Seventh After Round 1 of NCAA Championship
• Outdoor Track & Field: 143 student-athletes to represent The American at NCAA Preliminary Meets

Ohio State transfer QB Burrow picks LSU over UC Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Tribune

• Charlie Strong has little to say about his newest QB
• Oklahoma State point guard Zack Dawson transferring to USF
• From the archives: What it’s like to be a grad transfer quarterback

Orlando Sentinel

• Kickoff time set for UCF at North Carolina football game Sept. 15
• Instead of whining, why won’t Saban and Alabama Crimson Chickens schedule UCF?

 

 

TU softball: Rylie Spell’s 5 RBIs, including a grand slam, power TU to 9-1 run-rule win over Missouri Tulsa World

UH baseball commit Rome Shubert among injured at Santa Fe shooting Houston Chronicle

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State’s Shamet wants to prove to NBA teams that he’s more than just a shooter
• WSU softball beats Oklahoma State to open NCAA regionals

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State, UNC, Duke start times set for early football games. Here’s when, how to watch.
• UNC, NC State, Duke all advance to NCAA men’s golf championships

N.C. State suffers another extra-inning loss at Florida State Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• Cleo Hill Jr. expected to be next WSSU basketball coach
• Top-seeded Wake Forest men’s tennis ekes out 4-1 victory over Columbia, moves to quarterfinals
• App Trail: Appalachian State football sets 2020 home opener, rounds out non-conference schedule
• Ram Ramblings: WSSU baseball team stocks up for next season
• Roberts, Lanzilli lead Wake Forest in series-opening 7-3 win over Virginia

Roanoke Times

• Early season kickoff times set, plus a Hokies mailbag with plenty of big-picture recruiting questions
• ACC announces times for three of UVa’s football games

Cavaliers add size with a pair of forwards Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks battle back to even series vs. Texas A&M
• Clemson tops Pittsburgh to clinch ACC Atlantic Division title
• South Carolina outlasts weather delay, UNCG to advance in NCAA softball opener
• USC not welcome to recruit at Georgia high school? Coach explains his stance
• Kickoff times set for Clemson football’s first home games of 2018
• Muschamp on the Clemson question: ‘I know that’s a boring answer’