Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Long Ball Lifts No. 12 ECU Past Elon, 9-4…ECU SB Makes First Trip To Wichita For AAC Series…Houston: Everything has to change…Gerlach appointed ECU’s interim chancellor….Manchester football players Collin Harding and K.J. McNeil commit to ECU…Baseball: Houston takes down No. 7 Texas A&M Tuesday night…Despite losing *2* head coaches, Temple should remain Temple …USC baseball upsets No. 17 North Carolina…Virginia junior Kyle Guy announces he will enter NBA draft, leaves open possibility of return…Who Owns the Worst Playoff Meltdown? It Almost Has to Be the Lightning…Extra day comes at good time for Hurricanes after emotional win…Braves’ bullpen relinquishes 3-run lead in loss…Russell Wilson Becomes N.F.L.’s Highest Paid Player

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• BASEBALL NEWS
  Pirates down Elon, 9-4
• Special Photo Feature
  Bonesville team bags Pigskin Pigout trophy

ecupirates.com

• Long Ball Lifts No. 12 ECU Past Elon, 9-4
• Pirates Finish Fourth At The American WGolf Championships
• Gameday: ECU SB Makes First Trip To Wichita For AAC Series
• Matchday: ECU To Meet SMU In AAC First Round

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates roll past Phoenix
• Houston: Everything has to change
• Gerlach appointed ECU’s interim chancellor

ECU gets an interim chancellor who has been at helm of NC’s Golden LEAF Foundation Raleigh News and Observer

Brickhouse’s early shot leads ECU past Elon  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• Trio of home runs lift No. 12 ECU Baseball to 9-4 win at Elon
• New ECU football coach addresses chamber of commerce
• ECU chief spokesman exits ahead of chancellor departure
• SOURCE: Dan Gerlach to be named ECU interim chancellor

WCTI 12

• April 16 11 p.m. sports: ECU picked up baseball win at Elon; Wood Ducks win in 9th
• April 16 6 p.m. sports: Hurricanes revived after win; ECU coach optimistic after scrimmage

247 Sports

• No. 12 ECU bounces back with in-state road win
• Khadim Sy releases final five schools
• Pirates learning to take the ball away under Trott

ECU Tops Elon 9-4 Rivals

Manchester football players Collin Harding and K.J. McNeil commit to ECU Richmond.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Houston takes down No. 7 Texas A&M Tuesday night
• Campus Connect – UCF Women’s Tennis’ Nandini Sharma
• Harm, Houston Win 2019 American Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championship
• Men’s Tennis Notebook – Hilderbrand Leads UCF To Top Seed
• Women’s Tennis Notebook – UCF’s Kuznetsova Earns Final Weekly Honors
• UConn, Memphis, Temple and Wichita State take home weekly awards
• Broken Records Abound in Women’s Lacrosse Weekly Honors

The American Honors Tulane Infielder Kody Hoese Again BCSNN

Corie Blount: Former UC Bearcats players at least deserved head coach interviews Cincinnati Enquirer

USF gets pledge from Lake City quarterback Tampa Bay Times

Time set for UCF versus FAU football game on Sept. 7 Orlando Sentinel

Frontier Communications drops SNY, keeping Mets, UConn games off some Connecticut TVs Hartford Courant

Despite losing *2* head coaches, Temple should remain Temple SB Nation

UNO walks its way to 15-10 win against Tulane, clinches Pelican Cup  New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane uses 11 pitchers in loss at UNO, and here’s why
• UNO keeps Pelican Cup with win against Tulane

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball walk-on Evin Olds will not return to program
• Report: Little Rock graduate transfer Rayjon Tucker to visit Memphis basketball

Cougars defeat Aggies to avenge early season loss Houston Chronicle

2019 four-star recruit Grant Sherfield picks Shockers: ‘I want to put on for my city’  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• South Carolina snaps losing streak to UNC with ‘complete’ win in Charlotte
• Offensive lineman decommits from South Carolina’s 2020 recruiting class
• A big catch! Four-star North Carolina wide receiver commits to Gamecocks
• Third-year South Carolina defender puts name in NCAA transfer portal
• Is this analyst worried about USC after four transfers? ‘It looks worse than it is’
• Second Clemson basketball player decides to transfer
• Dabo Swinney enjoying busy offseason with exit interviews, Hunter Renfrow’s wedding
• How his brother’s QB controversy shapes Jake Bentley’s senior season

Duke’s Zion Williamson declares for NBA draft after ‘best year of my life’ Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post and Courier

• College Baseball Roundup: USC baseball upsets No. 17 North Carolina
• Evolution of Bucky: How Charleston Southern (and Disney) designed its new logo
• Gamecocks desperately need balance on offense, but won’t be ’50 percent stupid’ about it

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest’s football game at Rice moved up one day
• Deacons ramping up intensity heading into final month, including win against Liberty

Campbell’s Chris Clemons, Wofford’s Fletcher Magee highlight NBA hopefuls in PIT Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Virginia junior Kyle Guy announces he will enter NBA draft, leaves open possibility of return Washington Post