Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
January 12, 2019

Erin Poepping Tabbed AAC Pitcher Of The Week…Houston: Players have embraced ECU staff…ECU reveals 2019 football schedule, game-day designations…Mike Bercovici’s AAF starting job doesn’t last very long…Pinehurst Native Seth Maness Joins High Point Rockers …UC Bearcats out of Top 25 after road loss to Houston Cougars…Daniel Latham once put Tulane in a College World Series. Can he do it again?…U.Va. shows it knows how to close in win over Tar Heels…Ole Miss vacates 33 wins in wake of NCAA investigation

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• From the Anchor Desk on Baseball
  Enthusiasm bountiful as opening week arrives
• Insights from Brett
  Ex-coach set ECU’s big recruiting push in motion
• Basketball News
  Bulls top ECU from foul line
• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Trott ready to develop ECU defense
• The Bradsher Beat on Football Recruiting
  Pirates hit final targets on signing day

ecupirates.com

• Erin Poepping Tabbed AAC Pitcher Of The Week
• USF Outlasts ECU In Overtime
• Pirates Split Final Day Of Spartan Classic In Frigid Spartanburg
• ECU Blanks Appalachian State 4-0
• Pirates Race By Gardner-Webb 18-11
• ECU Wins Four Events At Darius Dixon Memorial
• Pirates Reveal 2019 Football Schedule, Game-Day Designations

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Houston: Players have embraced ECU staff
• Pirate gets first softball honor
• Burleson, Agnos to lead rotation
• Pitchers fine-tuning for start of season
• ECU adheres, adjusts to evolving Title IX challenges
• Pirates drop heartbreaker in OT

WNCT 9

• ECU reveals 2019 football schedule, game-day designations
• Pirates match last season’s win total by dropping Gardner-Webb
• Pirates hold off Memphis despite poor shooting performance
• ECU women’s lacrosse holds off Winthrop to earn first win

WITN 7

• TIMEOUT FOR KINDNESS: An ECU Football Story
• ECU’S Erin Poepping tabbed AAC Pitcher of the Week

The East Carolinian

• Women’s basketball bounces back with win at home
• Pirates continue red hot streak
• Softball kicks off 2019 season 4-1
• Women’s tennis gets two wins during weekend in Louisiana
• ECU women’s lacrosse dominate Gardner-Webb
• Sommer Knight leaps high for ECU

Pinehurst Native Seth Maness Joins High Point Rockers The Pilot Newspaper

247 Sports

• ‘Big John’ Williams establishing new culture in ECU weight room
• ECU sets starting rotation for beginning of season
• Worth Gregory Added to Pack Football Staff
• Twitter reacts to former Sooner in AAF debut

Mike Bercovici’s AAF starting job doesn’t last very long NBC Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU’s Poepping, Memphis’ Hadley Collect First Softball Honors
• The Rise Season 5 Episode 31 – Basketball Update
• Men’s Basketball February Coaches’ Teleconference
• Davis, Jr. & Alley, Jr. Sweep Weekly Awards for Houston
• Swimming and Diving: Tulane defeats SMU, 154-146 to conclude regular season
• Indoor Track and Field: No. 4 Houston men run two top NCAA times over the weekend

The Associated Press

• Collins leads South Florida past East Carolina 72-68 in OT
• No. 12 Houston blanks Cincy over final 6 minutes, wins 65-58
• Davenport scores 25 to lead Memphis past UConn 78-71
• Dawkins scores 26 to lead UCF over SMU 71-65
• McDuffie scores 25 to lead Wichita St. past Tulane 77-62
• Taplin, Jeffries lift Tulsa past Temple 76-58

BCSNN

• Houston Ace on the 2019 Stopper of the Year Award Watch List
• USF Bulls Grind Out an Overtime Win Against ECU, 72-68

Fox Sports

• College football recruiting 2019: How the UCF Knights fared
• College football recruiting 2019: How the USF Bulls fared

UC Bearcats out of Top 25 after road loss to Houston Cougars Cincinnati Enquirer

Bulls men top East Carolina in OT for fifth consecutive win Tampa Bay Times

UCF sophomore forward Collin Smith showcases play-making potential with big game at SMU Orlando Sentinel

Hartford Courant

• No. 4 UConn women roll to 97-79 win over No. 11 South Carolina
• Road woes continue for UConn men and more takeaways from a hard-fought loss to Memphis

Temple’s Justyn Hamilton is improving with increased playing time Philly.com

New pitching coach Daniel Latham hopes to steady Tulane staff New Orleans Advocate

Daniel Latham once put Tulane in a College World Series. Can he do it again? New Orleans Time Picayune

Kelvin Sampson not worried about trap games for UH Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• One for the road: Cavaliers rally past North Carolina
• U.Va. shows it knows how to close in win over Tar Heels

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 4 Virginia defeats No. 8 North Carolina, snapping Tar Heels’ seven-game winning streak
• North Carolina runs into tougher team as Virginia bounces back
• Wolfpack outlasts Panthers for 79-76 victory
• Roster reversal: Duke receiver Aaron Young returns after considering transfer

Winston Salem Journal

• Little things work against Carolina in loss against Virginia
• Carolina finds a way to lose a crucial game, loses Little to injury

CBS Sports

• Ole Miss vacates 33 wins in wake of NCAA investigation
• Kyler Murray spurns baseball: What that means for the Oakland A’s
• Nebraska RB faces revenge porn charges
• Southern Miss president defends Hopson
• Pool Attacks: Voters punish Villanova