Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
Elon earns split Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Enjoy Successful Opening Outdoor Weekend
• Pirates Rally For Doubleheader Split In Wichita
• Elon Splits Series With No. 8 ECU, 2-1
• Late Goal Costs ECU Against Cincinnati
• Spring Practice Q&A No. 3 – Tight Ends/Inside Receivers

ECU baseball splits series with Elon The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• Pair of Elon pitchers hold Pirates at bay, help Phoenix to 2-1 win
• Pirates track team enjoys successful opening outdoor weekend
• ECU softball splits DH with Wichita State
• Late goal lifts Cincinnati past ECU

WITN 7

• Bearcats bite ECU women’s soccer, 2-1
• ECU football executes high-intensity effort in first spring practice at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

Elon Beats East Carolina 2-1 to Split Weekend Series  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU falls 2-1 to split series against Elon
• Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s Saturday practice
• PHOTOS: ECU moves inside Dowdy-Ficklen for first time this spring

East Carolina players embracing positive changes within the program Jacksonville Daily News

Meet East Carolina baseball’s biggest fan, Reid Haddock Wilmington Star-News

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Scott brings experience, concepts to pass game
• Red zone, goal line end ECU practice at stadium
• Elon stifles Pirates, creates weekend split
• Rebekah Rogers, wife of new chancellor, excited to serve university

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston Stymies Syracuse, 62-46, to Advance to Elite 8
• Memphis to Battle for NIT Title Sunday after Defeating Colorado State, 90-67
• Cincinnati and Wichita State Clinch Series Wins Saturday
• UCF And Temple To Represent East Division, Houston And Tulane To Represent West Division At 2020 American Volleyball Championship

The Associated Press

• Houston locks in on defense, beats Syracuse 62-46 in NCAAs
• Buddy ball bounced as Houston stymies Boeheim and Syracuse
• Nolley 27 points, Memphis 14 3s over Colorado St in NIT semi
• NIT – Semifinals – Game 2 (win) at NIT – Semifinals – Game 1 (win) 3/28/2021

Houston Chronicle

• UH topples Syracuse to advance to Elite Eight
• Smith: Cougars follow Kelvin Sampson to Elite Eight

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Memphis blows by Colorado State to advance to NIT final
•  Mississippi State vs. Memphis basketball odds
•  How Memphis football is managing its transfer portal issues

 UC football once again has high expectations Cincinnati Enquirer

Five takeaways from USF’s spring football game Tampa Bay Times

UCF’s Gus Malzahn: Knights on track with no ‘ugly stuff’ during first spring scrimmage Orlando Sentinel

NOLA.com

• No repeat: Four-run rally comes up short for Tulane baseball team vs. Grand Canyon
• Different approach: Tulane players buying into offensive coordinator Chip Long’s blunt coaching style

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Indiana ends NC State’s season with a 73-70 Sweet 16 win
• Two NC State baseball players suspended from team after felony charges
• Duke basketball’s Jordan Goldwire enters NCAA transfer portal

Winston Salem Journal

• Houston locks in on defense, beats Syracuse 62-46 in NCAAs
• Sweet 16 recap: Oral Roberts’ memorable NCAA run ends in thriller; 4 teams punch tickets to Elite 8
• Sweet 16: McDonald propels Arizona over Texas A&M 74-59
• Oral Roberts’ run in NCAAs ends, memories to last a lifetime
• Davis’ jumper gives Arkansas 72-70 win over Oral Roberts

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks take down Gators again to secure signature series victory
• As South Carolina, Georgia Tech meet in Sweet 16, their coaches ‘forever have a bond’

Washington Post

• Arkansas hangs on as No. 15 Oral Roberts misses a three-pointer at the buzzer
• Houston’s defense is at its suffocating best in bouncing Syracuse to advance to Elite Eight
• Clock strikes midnight for one Cinderella while U-Conn. women, Houston men look fierce
• Oregon State’s NCAA tournament run continues with a win over Loyola Chicago in the Sweet 16
• Complete men’s bracket
• Ali Patberg leads Indiana, her hometown school, to upset of top-seeded N.C. State
• Complete women’s bracket
• Howard Schnellenberger, college coach who built winning football tradition at Miami, dies at 87

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Villanova’s season ends under a flurry of turnovers: Wildcats lose to Baylor, 62-51, in NCAA Tournament
• What Scott Drew and Davion Mitchell said about adjusting against Villanova and Collin Gillespie’s absence after Baylor’s Sweet 16 win