GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Sunday, June 9, 2019

Louisville plays the right Cards, ends Pirates’ season; Super regional is super tough again for ECU…East Carolina avoids no-hitter but not super regional sweep…Godwin says ECU deserved better treatment…Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker no-hits Duke to even super regional…North Carolina’s bullpen struggles in super regional loss to Auburn…Ashleigh Barty Wins the French Open for Her First Grand Slam Singles Title; Dominic Thiem Ends Novak Djokovic’s Run of Major Titles…Bunny Shaw, the ‘Zion Williamson of Soccer,’ Mixes Size and Spontaneity…Sir Winston wins Belmont on a day, finally, bereft of controversy or the bizarre

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• INSIDE GAME DAY: SUPER REGIONAL GAME 2
  Cards close Super Regional behind Miller
• Photo Feature: Super Regional Game 2
  Gallery: ECU-Louisville

No. 10 ECU’s Season Ends At No. 7 Louisville ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Louisville plays the right Cards, ends Pirates’ season
• Super regional is super tough again for ECU
• Miller leaves mark on Pirates

The East Carolinian

Pirates fall short of Omaha in blow out loss to Louisville  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• No. 10 ECU Baseball’s season ends at No. 7 Louisville, 12-0
• Sports Director Billy Weaver recaps ECU’s Super Regional loss at Louisville

June 8, 11 p.m. sports: Season ends after Pirates nearly no-hit; Wood Ducks win again WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Pirates proud despite coming up short of elusive Omaha
• ECU eliminated in Louisville Super Regional
• Omaha Bound! Louisville sweeps East Carolina in Super Regional

Bobby Miller One-Hits ECU in a 12-0 Win to Advance to Omaha Rivals

Louisville 1st in to CWS; Godwin said ECU deserved better treatment; Rocker no-hitter keeps Vandy alive Tampa Bay Times

Raleigh News and Observer

• East Carolina avoids no-hitter but not super regional sweep
• ECU’s Turner Brown on ending the season with loss to Louisville in NCAA Tournament

Louisville ousts ECU with easy sweep Louisville Courier-Tribune

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Pirates Conclude Season in NCAA Super Regional
• Wichita State’s Topham Earns First Team All-America Honors on Final Day of NCAA Outdoor Championships

Memphis Tigers’ Head Coach Penny Hardaway Welcomes High Expectation of Top Recruiting Class: “We Want All The Smoke” Florida Star

Inside Fred VanVleet’s wildly changing life: ‘No moment is ever too big for me’  Wichita Eagle

UH track will be back and better balanced, Carl Lewis says Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Louisville 1st to clinch CWS bid; FSU’s Martin 1 win away Fox Sports

Raleigh News and Observer

• Vanderbilt’s Kumar Rocker no-hits Duke to even super regional
• Duke’s Ethan Murray ‘all good’ upon return to field after taking pitch to face
• North Carolina’s bullpen struggles in super regional loss to Auburn
• Opening loss new to UNC, but not this North Carolina team

2019 College Football Rankings: No. 78 Duke features stability, but may struggle to win Coastal Orlando Sentinel

Weekend burst of commitments rockets Gamecocks class into 10 best in the country  Columbia The State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Kirby Smart wants Bulldogs’ defense to create more havoc
• Future looks bright for Jackets; this season may not be as bad as it seems
• Georgia Tech offers Shedeur Sanders, son of Deion Sanders