No. 9 ECU run-rules Cincinnati to clinch series… McMillan 100m Hurdles Highlights Pirates at Trojan Relays… Kicker Owen Daffer leaving ECU, entering transfer portal… Broncos met with RB Keaton Mitchell ahead of NFL draft

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates make short work of Cincinnati

ecupirates.com

• McMillan 100m Hurdles Highlights Pirates at Trojan Relays
• No. 9 ECU Run-Rules Cincinnati To Clinch Series
• Pirates Outlast Tigers, 4-2
• Pirates Drop Contest at No. 9 Florida, 10-5

WNCT 9

• No. 9 ECU run-rules Cincinnati to clinch series
• Kicker Owen Daffer leaving ECU, entering transfer portal
• Pirates drop contest at No. 9 Florida, 10-5
• McMillan 100m hurdles highlights Pirates at Trojan Relays
• Pirates outlast Tigers, 4-2
• ECU kicks off Earth Week with day of service

ECU baseball shuts out Cincinnati 10-0 in seven innings WCTI 12

Community reactions to 16th annual Pirate festival WITN 7

247 Sports

• No. 9 ECU claims series with 10-0 run-rule win over Cincinnati
• ECU 10, Cincinnati 0: How it looked from the stands
• Former ECU all-conference kicker Owen Daffer enters portal
• ECU CB Fletcher Marshall enters transfer portal
• ECU CB G’Mone Wilson enters transfer portal

ECU baseball: Pirates crush Cincinnati, clinch series after run-rule victory Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

2023 Men’s College World Series picks, just over a month from selections NCAA

Florida builds five-point lead after scrappy start Independent Florida Alligator

UF lacrosse team doubles up East Carolina, 10-5 WCJB

Broncos met with RB Keaton Mitchell ahead of NFL draft Broncos Wire

Harold Varner III’s Toddler Runs onto Green During Masters Par 3 Contest, Dad Scoops Him Just in Time People

The big, green unknown: LIV, world-ranking points and whether some have played their final Masters Golf Channel

Holton Ahlers NFL Draft 2023: Are Bills Trying to Rope in the “Viking Royalty Descendent” as Josh Allen’s Backup? thesportsrush

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, Houston Earn Series Wins Saturday
• Home Teams Sweep Saturday Softball Action
• No. 9 Florida, Temple Take Saturday LAX Conference Wins

USF football in Bulls’ ‘biggest summer’ ever, Golesh says. He’s right. Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Mikey Williams attorney: Memphis signee ‘maintains his innocence’
•  Mikey Williams’ arrest stems from March shooting, sheriff’s department says

TU offensive lineman Jaden Muskrat enters transfer portal Tulsa World

Tulane loses 7-3 lead in nightcap, splits doubleheader with Wichita State NOLA.com

Temple LAX dominates Old Dominion, snaps six-game losing streak Temple News

UNT senior quarterback Jace Ruder rising into starter conversation Dallas Morning News

UNT’s defense once again controls scrimmage as Ruder rises in QB race Denton Record Chronicle

‘A mad dash’: What the new Wichita State basketball coaches are looking for in recruiting Wichita Eagle

Florida Atlantic football fans get to see glimpse of 2023 Owls on Saturday Palm Beach Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

UNC football spring game showcases changes. Here’s what we learned from the exhibition Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• Observations from the Wake Forest spring football game 
• Mike Bianchi: By Title IX standards, NIL stands for Not Inherently Legal

Columbia The State

• With two spring games down, Spencer Rattler looks to be at home at South Carolina
• South Carolina wraps spring with Garnet & Black game. These 5 Gamecocks stood out
• South Carolina edges Clemson … in spring game attendance
• Peter Woods headlines ‘exceptional’ effort from freshmen in Clemson football spring game
• Clemson football ends spring with 2023 Orange and White game. What we learned

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Virginia Tech shows efficiency, but also weak spots in lopsided spring game
• November shooting survivor Mike Hollins scores touchdown in emotional UVA spring football game
• College baseball roundup: Elon shuts out William & Mary to level a CAA series

• Red team edges Black in eventful G-Day game for Georgia
• Offense abounds as Georgia Tech wraps up spring practice
• Emory baseball team scores 62 runs in 14-inning doubleheader
• Antoine Pettway on Kennesaw State men’s basketball: ‘We are not starting over’