Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, February 16, 2019

ECU Sweeps Radford In Doubleheader…Pirates Open SB Home Slate With Two Walkoff Wins…Gameday: Lady Pirates Try To Finish Texas Sweep At Houston…ECU looks to end streak vs Tulsa…UConn baseball highlights Opening Day action with 3-2 win over No. 4 Louisville…South Carolina baseball falls in extra innings against Liberty on Opening Day…Colin Kaepernick and the N.F.L. Settle Collusion Case…Finally, the N.B.A. Comes to Charlotte

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS
Pirates open season with sweep Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Sweeps Radford In Doubleheader
• Pirates Open SB Home Slate With Two Walkoff Wins
• ECU Takes Down AAC MTennis Foe UConn 4-0
• Pirates Top James Madison 5-2 In Home Opener
• Gameday: Lady Pirates Try To Finish Texas Sweep At Houston
• Women’s Soccer Unveils Spring Schedule

Pirates power to opening sweep Greenville Daily Reflector

Pirates sweep Radford on Opening Day WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU completes doubleheader sweep of Radford
• ECU looks to end streak vs Tulsa

Feb. 15 11 p.m. sports: ECU completes doubleheader sweep of Radford in season opener WCTI 12

Pirates Sweep Opening Day Double-Header Over Radford Rivals.com

247 Sports

• Pirates win both games of doubleheader to begin 2019 season
• What They Said: Cliff Godwin and players after doubleheader wins
• ECU takes doubleheader: How it looked from the dugouts

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: UConn highlights Opening Day action with 3-2 win over No. 4 Louisville
• American Softball Opens Weekend with Nine Friday Wins

No. 11 ECU Pirates Sweep Radford in Opening-Day Double Header BCSNN

UCF eager to avenge ugliest loss of season during rematch with Memphis Orlando Sentinel

With patience, UConn men are getting better – but oh, those free throws; takeaways from loss to Houston Hartford Courant

Tulane wins season opener against George Washington on walk-off error New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Time Picayune

• Tulane squanders lead in late innings, wins opener on error in 9th
• ‘Win is the bottom line’: How Tulane turned a squandered lead into something dramatic

SMU WR/TE outlook for 2019: Why the Mustangs’ top unit should get even better Dallas News

No. 9 UH shoots, dunks its way past UConn Houston Chronicle

Wichita Eagle

• Wichita State baseball bringing next-man-up mentality to the 2019 season
• Wichita State could still be players in 2019 recruiting. Here are some names to watch

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• That energy Duke showed during epic Louisville rally? Blue Devils hope NC State feels it.
• NC State’s bigs have Duke’s Zion Williamson in their sights. ‘It’s a tremendous challenge.’
• UNC will have two players out against Wake Forest, possibly three, depending on Nassir Little
• The other big Duke-Carolina game: Will the Daily Tar Heel or The Chronicle prevail?
• South Carolina baseball falls in extra innings against Liberty on Opening Day
• Mark Kingston: Liberty played ‘cleaner brand of baseball’ to top USC on Opening Day

Wake Forest starts baseball season with blowout, putting ‘a different vibe’ on display Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Playing their guards right: Duo has been clutch for Cavaliers
• While just getting started, ODU’s Dajour Dickens is finding his niche
• Column: Come Selection Sunday, our commonwealth could be knocking on seven’s door

Shelby High football coach steps down for Appalachian State job Charlotte Observer