Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Monday, February 25, 2019

Pirates drop series finale with Monmouth…No. 18 JMU Holds Off ECU SB, 3-1…Pirates Roll Past Delaware State LAX 16-2…Cincinnati holds off UConn 64-60 to keep pace in AAC race…UCF baseball falls 13-9 to No. 15 Auburn, laments dropping series to Tigers…Wave optimistic despite series-ending loss to Ole Miss…UNC baseball completes sweep of South Florida…Rory McIlroy Can’t Catch Dustin Johnson in Mexico Championship…Keselowski shakes stomach bug at Atlanta to give new Mustang its first win…Samuel L. Jackson interrupts Oscars to tell Spike Lee the Knicks finally won a game

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  Injuries, bullpen prompt early season questions
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Monmouth rallies to avoid series sweep

ecupirates.com

• No. 18 JMU Holds Off ECU SB, 3-1
• No. 9 ECU Drops Series Finale To Monmouth
• Pirates Roll Past Delaware State LAX 16-2

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Monmouth rallies past Pirates for first win
• Roundup: ECU softball cooled off

Pirates drop series finale with Monmouth WNCT 9

No. 9 ECU Baseball drops series finale to Monmouth, 8-5 WITN 7

ECU Falls In Series Finale and Air Force Sweeps Double Header WCTI 12

The East Carolinian

• ECU wins against Tulane on the road
• Men’s tennis suffers second loss of the season
• Too little too late as the Pirates get shut down by Bearcats
• Lacrosse sweeps the weekend

Monmouth Comes Back to Upset ECU 8-5 on Sunday in Greenville Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU can’t finish sweep versus Monmouth
• Impressions from ECU’s series win over Monmouth

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• Cincinnati holds off UConn 64-60 to keep pace in AAC race
• Fall scores 23 to lift UCF past SMU 95-48

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Cincinnati, Memphis and Wichita State take home Sunday wins
• American SB Teams Notch Five Wins on Sunday

Cincinnati holds off UConn 64-60 to keep pace in AAC race CBS Sports

Hartford Courant

• Mike Anthony: A look back at a world UConn shocked in 1999, the one the current Huskies are so far away from orbiting
• Without Geno Auriemma on the bench, UConn women defeat Tulsa

UNC baseball completes sweep of South Florida, remains unbeaten Daily Tar Heel

UCF baseball falls 13-9 to No. 15 Auburn, laments dropping series to Tigers Orlando Sentinel

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane baseball: Wave optimistic despite series-ending loss to Ole Miss
• SMU spoils Tulane’s Senior Day with 64-60 AAC win

New Orleans Time Picayune

• Tulane unable to keep late lead in finale loss to Ole Miss
• Is Tulane good enough to get another crack at Ole Miss? ‘Hopefully we get a chance’

Tacko Fall dominates Mustangs as UCF hands SMU worst loss in program history, 95-48 Dallas News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State gets a little payback on Wake Forest
• NC State and Wake Forest pass in night, headed different directions
• Why North Carolina freshman Nassir Little felt his team was slighted after the Duke win

Inconsistent defense dooms Wake Forest in loss at NC State Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Chris Cullen launches two more bombs as South Carolina sweeps Utah Valley
• Clemson baseball rallies to complete series sweep of VMI

CIAA tournament returns with expanded field, nation’s top scorer, tough path for J.C. Smith  Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• Redshirt mistakes still happen in big-time college hoops
• Johnson scores 25, helps Wolfpack beat Wake Forest 94-74
• No. 10 Michigan State knocks off No. 7 Michigan 77-70
• Dickey leads UNC-Greensboro over E. Tennessee St. 60-59