Baseball: No. 11 ECU, Memphis and Tulane clinch series Saturday…Pirate Women Claim Fourth-Straight Bill Carson Invitational Title…Ahlers learning, staying patient under new staff this spring; Defensive Progress Is Top Scrimmage Takeaway…Pirates’ Women’s Tennis Winning Streak Hits 20…A Shot, a Whistle and a First Final for Virginia; Texas Tech Upsets Michigan State…Canes to open playoffs against Washington Capitals

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS: Pirates win series with doubleheader sweep Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• No. 11 ECU Sweeps Doubleheader To Win Series At Houston
• USF Hangs On For 4-3 SB Victory Over ECU
• Pirate Women Claim Fourth-Straight Bill Carson Invitational Title
• Turnovers Cost ECU LAX Against Cincinnati
• Pirates’ WTennis Winning Streak Hits 20
• Spring Notebook No. 12 – Defensive Progress Is Top Scrimmage Takeaway

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates rally to win series
• Another Bill Carson win for ECU women
• Some rain, less flags on Pirates

WNCT 9

• Pirates sweep double header to take series over Houston
• ECU claims 6th annual Bill Carson Invitational

WITN 7

• ECU Football holds second scrimmage on 12th spring practice
• No. 11 ECU Baseball sweeps doubleheader at Houston
• ECU T&F Women claim fourth straight Bill Carson Invitational title
• ECU Women’s Lacrosse falls at home to Cincinnati, 14-5

247 Sports

• Ahlers learning, staying patient under new staff this spring
• No. 11 ECU takes road series from HoustRB Jackson sold on Vols, commits during first visit
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• Brickhouse homers twice, drives in six as ECU evens series
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s second spring scrimmage

Rivals

• ECU Delivers With a 3-1 Game Three Victory Over Houston
• ECU Slugs Houston 15-2 in the First of a Saturday Double Header
• ECU Quarterbacks Assess Their Play After Saturday’s Scrimmage

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: No. 11 ECU, Memphis and Tulane clinch series Saturday
• UConn & USF Earn Series Wins Saturday; Wichita State Hands UCF First League Loss

It’s a really, really big year for Charlie Strong at USF SB Nation

USF football gets Notre Dame transfer Tampa Bay Times

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane erupts for 20 runs in doubleheader sweep of Wichita State
• No hangover: Tulane beats Wichita State 12-6 in first game of doubleheader

How Memphis football coach Mike Norvell compared the Tigers’ second scrimmage to the first one Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Washington Post

• A Final Four game’s messy finish could set up a perfect ending for Virginia
• Missed double dribble looms large in Virginia’s comeback win
• Virginia beats Auburn on Kyle Guy’s free throws with less than a second left
• Guy, fiancee can post wedding registry online after all
• Texas Tech shuts down Michigan State to set a Monday date with Virginia
• Before battling for national title, Notre Dame and Baylor coaches take view from rarefied perch

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia redefines “unfathomable” to reach NCAA final
• Virginia moves 1 win from a national title after beating Auburn
• Virginia, Texas Tech meet in National Championship
• Monarchs’ quarterback competition starting to take shape

New York Times

• N.C.A.A. Final Four: A Shot, a Whistle and a First Final for Virginia
• N.C.A.A. Final Four: Texas Tech Upsets Michigan State
• N.C.A.A. Women’s Final: How Baylor Intends to Stop Notre Dame
• U.N.C. Women’s Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell Faces a Reckoning
• A Fire Killed 10 Boys in Brazil, and Exposed the Underbelly of the Soccer Business

Charlottesville Daily Progress

• Guy’s late free throws send Virginia to first national championship game
• Kyle Guy adds a thrilling chapter to his redemption story
• After slow start, De’Andre Hunter gives Virginia needed second-half boost
• Virginia holds Auburn’s shooters in check
• UMBC’s Ryan Odom will not be the next Virginia Tech coach
• Virginia baseball team sweeps doubleheader against Notre Dame

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke looking into allegation against Zion Williamson
• NC State football player charged with assaulting a woman
• New star emerges in NC State spring game
• Clemson defense finds validation in spring game
• Texas Tech fans flipped cars and burned property. Police used this tactic to end riot
• Tom Izzo says his Michigan State team was ‘out-beat up’ by Texas Tech in Final Four
• A ‘turnt’ Patrick Mahomes spoke to Texas Tech’s players before their Final Four win
• Another incredible finish for Virginia. Cavs top Auburn on late foul call to advance
• Raleigh ref knows what it was like to call foul that decided Auburn-Virginia game
• Steve Taneyhill finally played in the Gamecocks alumni game. Here’s why

Jamie Newman and Sam Hartman destined to continue QB battle moving forward for Wake Forest Winston Salem Journal