No Shocker: Pirates clinch AAC title…2019 AAC Softball Championship to resume Saturday afternoon…UCF baseball thriving under pressure during eight-game win streak…Texas opts out of 3-game football series with USF…Four-star guard Lester Quinones commits to Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball…Clemson’s ACC struggles continue as Tigers drop Game 1 at NC State…Back from a ‘dark place,’ QB Will Grier lives out a childhood dream with the Panthers…‘This One Hurts.’ Rockets Despair After Warriors Eliminate Them From Playoffs

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

BASEBALL NEWS
Agnos, Burleson shine as Pirates clinch title Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS – No. 8 ECU Defeats Wichita State, 6-1
• Pirates Kick Off AAC Outdoor Championships In Wichita
• 2019 AAC Softball Championship To Resume Saturday Afternoon

Greenville Daily Reflector

• No Shocker: Pirates clinch AAC title
• Update: ECU in AAC semifinals

Pirates clinch American regular season title with 6-1 win over Wichita State  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• CONFERENCE CHAMPS! No. 8 ECU Baseball defeats Wichita State, 6-1
• 2019 AAC Softball Championship to resume Saturday afternoon

May 10, 11 p.m. sports: East Carolina baseball team wraps up for AAC regular-season crown WCTI 12

247 Sports

• ECU clinches first AAC regular season title
• FIRST LOOK: Come inside The Star for today’s Cowboys rookie camp

ECU Takes Home AAC Title With a 6-1 Win at Wichita State Rivals

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU clinches The American’s regular season title
• Cincinnati, Memphis and Wichita State Win Events on Day 1 of The American’s Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship
• Wichita State Men Lead After Day 1 of The American Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Report: Former Moeller standout Jeremiah Davenport visits Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati Enquirer

Texas opts out of 3-game football series with USF Tampa Bay Times

USF branding debacle costs university almost $1 million The Business Journals

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF AD Danny White updates scheduling, stadium expansion and impact of new AAC media rights deal
• UCF baseball thriving under pressure during eight-game win streak

Tulane lands first football commitment for 2020–Kentwood athlete Cornelius Dyson  New Orleans Advocate

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Four-star guard Lester Quinones commits to Penny Hardaway, Memphis basketball
• What does Lester Quinones’ commitment mean for other Memphis basketball recruits?

Top opposing football players Houston will face in 2019 Houston Chronicle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Florida State football finishes last in APR among Power Five schools USA Today

Raleigh News and Observer

• Clemson’s ACC struggles continue as Tigers drop Game 1 at NC State
• Will Wilson powers NC State to 6-1 win over Clemson
• Wolfpack Club establishes Chris Combs baseball endowment
• Why Mack Brown thinks UNC can beat Clemson in football next season
• South Carolina battles its way to first SEC series-opening win of year vs. Kentucky

Wake Forest dominates singles, cruises to 4-1 against Oklahoma in NCAA Men’s Tennis Super Regional Winston Salem Journal

Large decisions ahead for U.Va.’s Diakite, Hokies’ Blackshear, Tribe’s Knight Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Will Muschamp, Mack Brown and the coach in waiting calamity at Texas that ties them Charleston Post and Courier