Baseball News:  Streaks stop with split … Pirates make most of gameless trip… ECU In Third After Round One Of AAC MGolf Championship … Times for weekend events at ECU, including football scrimmage, adjusted due to weather …Houston: ‘We finally look like an AAC team’… Second Half Flurry Helps ECU LAX Top Cincinnati …  UC’s Miller snatches 2nd player from UNCG … Covid crushed VCU’s NCAA tournament dreams. A month later, the pain hasn’t gone away. … VMI gets in-state matchup with JMU in FCS playoff debut; Davidson at Jacksonville State … Gamecocks split doubleheader at home with No. 1 Arkansas…Game changer: Texas Senate passes bill allowing college athletes to get compensation

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Baseball News
  Streaks stop with split
• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Pirates make most of gameless trip

ecupirates.com

• Start Times For Saturday Events Revised
• No. 9 ECU And UCF Split Doubleheader
• Tulsa Sweeps Doubleheader From ECU
• Second Half Flurry Helps ECU LAX Top Cincinnati
• ECU In Third After Round One Of AAC MGolf Championship
• Pirates Gear Up For Aggie T&F Classic

The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• ECU baseball earns split with UCF, drops first league game of season
• ECU football spring practice Q&A No. 10 – Cornerbacks
• Times for weekend events at ECU, including football scrimmage, adjusted due to weather
• ECU men’s golf in third place after first round of AAC Championship
• Tulsa softball picks up DH sweep of Pirates
• Second-half flurry helps ECU lacrosse top Cincinnati

WITN 7

• Weather forces revised Saturday schedule for ECU athletics
• Pirates versus Cancer event benefits kids battling cancer
• No. 9 ECU baseball and UCF split Friday doubleheader
• Tulsa sweeps doubleheader from ECU softball
• ECU women’s lacrosse sneaks past Cincinnati, 12-11

Rivals.com

• ECU Splits Double-Header With UCF on Friday to Open AAC Series
• East Carolina Set For Open Spring Scrimmage on Saturday

247 Sports

• ECU-UCF Friday Baseball Doubleheader: How it looked from the stands
• ECU suffers first loss in league play
• East Carolina holds off UCF to take series opener, 4-2
• Rosters set for Purple-Gold scrimmage

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Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Houston: ‘We finally look like an AAC team’
• ECU, UCF split Friday doubleheader
• Transfers part of recruiting, the future

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, Temple, Florida Take Series Openers Friday
• Cincinnati, Tulane Earn Doubleheader Sweeps Friday
• UCF, Tulsa Secure Friday Sweeps To Open Weekend Conference Schedule
• Host USF Sets Championship Single Round Record To Open The 2021 American Men’s Golf Championship

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  UC’s Miller snatches 2nd player from UNCG
•  Bearcats add 7-1 center Hayden Koval
•  UC’s Miller hires former UNCG assistant
•  UC will play in 2021 Hall of Fame Classic

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF basketball adds Texas forward Ed’Xavior Rhodes to 2021-22 class
• Former UCF kicker Donald De La Haye signs with talent agency

Temple football team’s biggest task this spring is moving forward after last season’s major setback Philadelphia Inquirer

Hot at the right time: Tulane baseball team looking for historic conference start vs. Memphis NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• SMU picks up commitment from former Grapevine Faith star Tyler Lundblade
• Game changer: Texas Senate passes bill allowing college athletes to get compensation

 Chandler and Johnathan Lawson commit to Memphis basketball Memphis Commercial Appeal

University of Houston defense looks to rebound Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Appalachian State defense notebook: Steven Jones, Brendan Harrington and Nick Ross
• Former Kentucky basketball player Terrence Clarke dies in car accident at age 19

Davidson at Jacksonville State: game outlook, check ESPN3 to watch the Gamecocks YAHOO!

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Ralph Waldo Emerson and Stoic philosophy, plus a balanced roster, keep ODU coach Chris Finwood focused during successful, but trying season
• ‘We can, we shall, we will.’ New football coach Dawson Odums has no reservations about move to Norfolk State.
• Cox grad A.J. Smith revels in VMI’s shocking turnaround – and a chance to play No. 1 JMU and a former teammate
• Molinaro: Let’s hope Trevor Lawrence can laugh off nonsensical criticisms. Could he actually be a well-adjusted person?
• Hampton University will host six games during 2021 football season, including Big South newcomer N.C. A&T

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks split doubleheader at home with No. 1 Arkansas
• Gamecock lineup looks to ‘take another step’ after dropping series to No. 1 Arkansas
• Three burning questions heading into South Carolina’s 2021 spring football game
• Clemson to keep track, cross country programs after all — and add to women’s teams

The Associated Press

• VMI gets in-state matchup with JMU in FCS playoff debut
• MSU’s competition between Russo, Thorne just getting started
• CFP management committee discusses future format expansion
• Tar Heels’ Howell working to find chemistry with new faces
• Heupel, coaches spend spring speeding up Tennessee Vols
• Petrino named Missouri Valley Conference’s top coach
• NCAA tweaks college football OT format to shorten games
• West Virginia coach Neal Brown gets 2-year extension