Bruins take Game 1 over ECU…Houston to fans: Come see the difference…McNeill brings staff, husband to ECU…ECU trustees chairman: ‘I believe the future is bright’…Two ECU students killed, two hurt in S.C. crash…Pirates WTennis Hangs On For Dramatic 4-3 Win…Tulsa Sweeps SB Doubleheader From ECU In Greenville…Actress Emily Procter to give ECU spring commencement address…Frank Martin says he’s decided not to meet with Cincinnati Bearcats, per report…New ODU defense features ‘bandit’ …Canes need All-Star version of Aho to reappear in playoffs…Tiger Woods lurks one shot back on a star-studded leader board

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Talented Ahlers facing learning curve
• BASEBALL NEWS
  Bruins rally to top ECU

ecupirates.com

• No. 8 ECU Drops Series Opener At No. 1 UCLA, 7-5
• Tulsa Sweeps SB Doubleheader From ECU In Greenville
• Pirates WTennis Hangs On For Dramatic 4-3 Win
• Trio Joins ECU Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Houston to fans: Come see the difference
• Roundup: Bruins take Game 1 over ECU
• McNeill brings staff, husband to ECU
• Two ECU students killed, two hurt in S.C. crash
• ECU trustees chairman: ‘I believe the future is bright’

ECU students involved in fatal accident The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• No. 8 ECU falls at No. 1 UCLA in series opener
• Actress Emily Procter to give ECU spring commencement address

WITN 7

• Tulsa sweeps doubleheader from ECU in Greenville
• Trio joins ECU Women’s Basketball coaching staff

Surging Toglia Powers UCLA To Another Marquee Win D1 Baseball

Toglia Powers UCLA Past No. 8 ECU, Savage Earns Career Win No. 600 UCLA Bruins

247 Sports

• No. 1 UCLA comes from behind to beat No. 8 ECU in series opener
• Explaining the scoring system for ECU’s spring game

Rivals

• UCLA Rallies to Beat ECU 7-5 Friday Night in Westwood
• ECU Trending Upward in Mike Houston’s 1-100 Grading Scale

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• American Women’s Golf Championship Begins Sunday
• UCF, UConn, Houston and Tulane collect series-opening wins Friday

AAC Daily: Season 2 Wrap-Up, Coaching Talk and Spring Football BCSNN

Gamecocks’ Frank Martin won’t talk with Cincinnati about coaching vacancy Charleston Post and Courier

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats’ coaching search: What we know
• Frank Martin says he’s decided not to meet with Cincinnati Bearcats, per report

Luke Fickell’s Cincinnati rebuild is well ahead of schedule SB Nation

Orlando Sentinel

• Five things to watch during UCF’s spring football game
• Former UCF RB Kevin Smith on being inducted into the school’s hall of fame

New Orleans Advocate

• Winning formula: Tulane rides home runs, ace pitcher Kaleb Roper to beat South Florida
• Tulane basketball coach Ron Hunter completes staff with former UL-Lafayette assistant Kevin Johnson

Memphis football: Live updates from “Friday Night Stripes” spring game Memphis Commercial Appeal

UH’s Armoni Brooks to test NBA draft, but plans to return for… Houston Chronicle

Party like its 1989: WSU baseball celebrating 30-year anniversary of championship Saturday  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC’s spring game will be the first time public gets to see Mack Brown’s vision in person
• Will Muschamp’s son gets offer from FCS power, checks out Ivy League
• Home run parade, strong pitching push Gamecocks to series-tying win over Florida

Winston Salem Journal

• WSSU cancels final scrimmage as spring football practice comes to an end
• Tyler Lewis, former guard at Forsyth Country Day, joins Elon men’s basketball staff

Tennessee Pitches Its Way To Big Series Win, UCSB Starts Strong In Big West Showdown Baseball America

New ODU defense features ‘bandit’ Hampton Roads Daily Press

Bill Haisten: Jalen Hurts capable of sustaining the Sooners’ status quo Tulsa World