Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates head to Vandy for high noon showdown Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Norby Named Finalist For Bragan Award
• Pirate Pair Set For NCAA Outdoor Championships
• Two Pirates Named Golden Spikes Semifinalists

How to get tickets for Vanderbilt baseball vs. ECU at Nashville Super Regional The Tennessean

Raleigh News & Observer

• ECU faces Vanderbilt in an NCAA baseball Super Regional
• Three things to know as East Carolina faces Vanderbilt in an NCAA baseball Super Regional

WNCT 9

• Eight Super Regional host sites announced, ECU begins play Friday
• ECU seniors Davis, Knight set for NCAA Outdoor Championships

WITN 7

• WITN Sports Spotlight: ECU baseball senior pitchers Bridges, Colmore and Smith
• ECU baseball team heads to Nashville for Super Regional today
• ECU at Vanderbilt Super Regional Schedule
• ECU’s Davis and Knight set for NCAA Outdoor Championships

Harold Varner III Interview: Getting big timed by Tiger, Playing Slaughterhouse XXIII with Michael Jordan GOLF.com

Harold Varner Is A Great Option To Back At Congaree RotoBaller

247 Sports

• Pirates have to go through defending champs to reach Omaha
• Connor Norby, Gavin Williams Named Golden Spikes Semifinalists

Noon start Friday for underdog ECU at Vandy Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• South Florida Advances to First Super Regional in Program History
• East Carolina Advances to Super Regionals
• Record Number Of American Athletic Conference Competitors Ready For 2021 NCAA Track & Field Championships

South Florida “Not Done Yet” Sports Talk Florida

‘They’re not done yet’: South Florida squeaked into NCAAs, now in Austin super regional Hookem

Sales pitch: Ranking the American Athletic Conference recruiting jobs in tiers ESPN

UH women’s golf head coach Gerrod Chadwell leaves program The Daily Cougar

UCF basketball adds assistant coach Mamadou N’Diaye Orlando Sentinel

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Dates set for ECU, Wolfpack baseball tournament games Salisbury Post

Who’s going to the College World Series? Predicting every NCAA baseball super regional winner The Tennessean

Marriott counts wins over ECU and COVID as blessings Huntington Herald-Dispatch

For Maryland baseball, a trip to the NCAA Regionals is just the start Washington Times

Old Dominion’s NCAA tournament run ends in heartbreaking fashion as Virginia advances Norfolk Virginian Pilot

NCAA baseball tournament: Scores, schedules and how to watch and stream the games Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• College Football Playoff could reportedly decide on future expansion soon
• N.C. A&T track and field program goes from ‘you’re going to fail’ to chasing national championships
• Cameron Young, a former Wake Forest star, qualifies for U.S. Open after shooting 67-66
• Alabama, Saban agree to new 8-year deal
• 5 things to know about Jon Scheyer, who will succeed Mike Krzyzewski as Duke coach

Fayetteville Observer

•  Duke to allow fans back at Cameron Indoor Stadium
• Duke extends offer to five-star small forward Dariq Whitehead
• How UNC football used its first week of in-person recruiting to its advantage

Charleston Post Courier

• The Citadel football will return to full capacity at Johnson Hagood Stadium
• Was Gamecocks’ baseball season a success? Past history says no, recent history says yes.

Columbia The State

• Tanner inundated with input on who should or shouldn’t be new USC coach, records show
• For Arch Manning and Clemson, recent QB success gives Tigers intriguing selling point
• A fate worth fighting for: Clemson hurdlers in nationals without cloud of uncertainty