Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Harold Varner III narrowly misses qualifying for US Open, a hurdle of his own choosing Raleigh News & Observer

CBS Sports

• ECU coach Cliff Godwin on the 2023 team: ‘They never quit’
• C.J. Johnson: Waived by Seattle

Seahawks sign Jacob Sykes, waive Forrest Merrill and C.J. Johnson NBC Sports

247 Sports

• PODCAST: Looking back at ECU baseball’s 2023 season
• ECU’s season ends in Charlottesville Regional with 8-3 loss to Virginia

ECU baseball: Pirates’ season comes to end in Charlottesville Regional final Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Cardinal Gibbons tackle Jack Sheehan offered by East Carolina YAHOO!

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference Concludes Successful 2023 Annual Meeting American Athletic Conference

Wichita State makes it official, hires Washington State’s Brian Green as baseball coach Wichita Eagle

Tigers land skilled rebounder, St. John’s grad transfer David Jones Memphis Commercial Appeal

UNT basketball lands transfer commitment from former Oklahoma guard C.J. Noland Dallas Morning News

UAB’s Trent Dilfer says he’s ‘competing against Georgia, Alabama’ in NIL to retain players AL.com

What Rice University’s move to the American Athletic Conference means for the school The Business Journals (sub req’d)

UAB’s Trent Dilfer says he’s ‘competing against Georgia, Alabama’ in NIL to retain players Sports Illustrated

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Harold Varner III narrowly misses qualifying for US Open, a hurdle of his own choosing

Raleigh News & Observer

• Homer happy Duke blasts Coastal Carolina, advances to NCAA Tournament super regional
• UNC fencing legend, team founder and longtime head coach Ron Miller dies at 78

Virginia to Face ACC Rival Duke in NCAA Super Regional Sports Illustrated

Coastal Baseball’s Season Comes to an End in Regional Championship Game WPDE

How Duke took the excitement from a sold out record crowd, ending CCU’s season MyHorryNews.com

Duke spoils Coastal Carolina baseball’s bid for spot in super regional Myrtle Beach Sun News

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest hoping to carry momentum into Super Regional this weekend at Couch Ballpark
• Florida, LSU wins give SEC 5 teams in NCAA baseball super regionals
• Oklahoma gets past Stanford, advances to WCWS championship series
• Jennings’s game-winning double sends OU to WCWS final

Columbia The State

• First look, top storylines for South Carolina-Florida super regional matchup
• USC baseball rediscovered its early-season mojo in Columbia Regional, and just in time
• Cruising to supers! South Carolina ousts Campbell to win NCAA Columbia Regional
• How high is Spencer Rattler in college football’s QB pecking order? One outlet has an idea

Charleston Post & Courier

• Coastal Carolina’s season comes to an end with loss to Duke in Conway Regional final
• Clemson basketball after 6-9 forward from Arkansas
• SEC football coaches frustrated by tampering in the transfer portal

Virginia lands nine on Charlottesville Regional All-Tournament team Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia hires LSU’s Wes Johnson as new baseball coach
• Pitching expertise led Georgia Bulldogs to LSU’s Wes Johnson