Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates take pair from Central Florida

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Edges Out VCU, 4-3
• No. 12 East Carolina Sweeps Doubleheader From UCF
• Pirates’ Comeback Falls Short At Houston In Series Opener
• East Carolina Women’s Basketball to Compete in 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship

ECU’s 2023 football roster begins annual preseason practices The East Carolinian

No. 12 East Carolina sweeps doubleheader from UCF  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• 12th ranked ECU baseball sweeps Thursday doubleheader with Central Florida
• ECU baseball series finale with UCF will be played at noon on Friday

Wood Ducks fall in home opener to Cannon Ballers, ECU takes two from UCF WCTI 12

247 Sports

• ECU doubleheader sweep over UCF: How it looked from the stands
• ECU clinches series over UCF with doubleheader sweep
• College baseball: LSU leads midseason NCAA Tournament bracket projection according to D1Baseball
• ECU explodes for 17 runs in Game 1 victory over UCF
• Transfer center Ryan Beckman commits to East Carolina

ECU baseball: Pirates thump UCF twice, win both games of doubleheader Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

‘They’re full of s—‘: Harold Varner blasts fellow LIV pros over cited reasons for leaving PGA Tour GOLF.com

Harold Varner III speaks out on LIV Golf’s ‘growing the game’ claims: ‘They’re full of s—’ Sporting News

Second-round tee times at Masters moved up because of weather threat Golf Channel

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Sweeps Doubleheader with UCF in Thursday Action
• Houston, South Florida, Wichita State Claim Series Opening Wins

What will USF’s spring game look like? Alex Golesh still deciding Tampa Bay Times

USF’s new head football coach brings in former mentor to help turn Bulls around Fox 13

UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee plays in football scrimmage, baseball doubleheader Orlando Sentinel

Tulane pitcher Ricky Castro is enjoying a solid, commanding year on the mound NOLA.com

Fisher looks to change culture and bring energy to Temple  Temple News

Dallas Morning News

• SMU’s DB transfers bring new competition, forcing team to ‘kick it up a notch’
• UNT adds standout JC tight end Josh Smith for 2023 season
• UNT introduces longtime assistant Ross Hodge, Jason Burton as new basketball coaches

Memphis hires Alex Simmons as women’s basketball coach Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis women’s basketball hires Alex Simmons, reigning Big South Coach of the Year YAHOO!

Rewinding UAB’s annual spring football game AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke football defensive coordinator Tyler Santucci is a new guy, who really isn’t new
• A former Duke national champion is coming to coach HS basketball in the Charlotte area

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: April 7
• Why Bucs should consider Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker in NFL draft
• Minnesota scores 4 goals in 3rd, advances past Boston in Frozen Four
• Connecticut Gov. calls Houston ‘butt ugly’ after visiting for Final Four; Texas does not take it well
• Wake Forest baseball to raise awareness about epilepsy

Powered by Ethan Petry’s big night, South Carolina baseball takes down No. 1 LSU Columbia The State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Ethan Petry drives in 8 as Gamecocks top No. 1 LSU in series opener
• Sapakoff: Again, every putt counts (extra) at the Masters; ‘Yes, sir!’

Teel: Virginia has resources to join select group to have won both NCAA hoops titles Roanoke Times