Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates finish sweep of UAB with 1-hitter

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Set To Host Ironwood Invitational Monday
• Pirates Post High Marks at Raleigh Relays
• Pirates Drop Series Finale To No. 25 Florida Atlantic, 6-5
• No. 15 ECU One Hits UAB To Complete Series Sweep
• Pirates Fall Short at Cincinnati Despite Kimel Career Day, 12-11
• ECU Conducts First Spring Scrimmage

Former college star who got NFL deal through viral highlights catches first touchdown in UFL history FOX News

15th ranked ECU baseball completes sweep of UAB with near no-hitter WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU LB Zakye Barker feeling more like himself two years removed from injury
• Despite just missing on no-no, ECU completes sweep of UAB

ECU baseball: Pirates sweep UAB, nearly record no-hitter Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Saturday D1 Digest: Dynamic Duke, streaking Nebraska, Louisiana headline D1 Baseball

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, UTSA, Wichita State Complete Sweeps on Saturday
• Florida Winning Streak Reaches 11 Games; Temple Improves to 3-0 in Conference Play
• East Carolina, UTSA, Wichita State Claim Series Wins Friday

Bill Haisten: It’s essential for Kevin Wilson – a better Hurricane run game Tulsa World

Tulane overmatched by UTSA bats again, swept at home NOLA.com

Big second half pushes Temple past Old Dominion Temple News

KAKE

• Shockers run-rule Owls, complete sweep
• Shockers claim road Win in series finale at Charlotte

Elite pitching has Wichita State baseball atop the conference after sweep of Rice Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘It’s all about who wants it more.’ NC State, Duke set for heavyweight battle in Dallas
• Duke women’s basketball rallies late against UConn but falls in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

WRAL

• Elite Eight: NC State-Duke to play Sunday with trip to Final Four on the line
• A look at some of the most memorable Duke-NC State games
• Shooting woes, turnovers hurt Duke women in Sweet 16 loss to UConn
• Pyotr Kochetkov makes 26 saves for 4th shutout of the season, Hurricanes beat Canadiens 3-0

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks’ Lisa Boyer the right-hand woman for Dawn Staley
• Clemson falls to Alabama in the Elite Eight
• CofC’s Reyne Smith joins Kelsey at Louisville; Scott enters transfer portal
• Clemson’s Chase Hunter a breakout star of March Madness

UConn’s repeat try may be the last for a while. ‘It’s going to get tougher,’ coach Dan Hurley says News 8

The Associated Press

• It’s a Tobacco Road showdown in Big D between Duke and N.C. State for a spot in the Final Four
• Duke and NC State meet in Elite 8
• March Madness evokes memories of NC State’s last Elite Eight in 2022
• March Madness masterpiece: All-Americans Edey of Purdue and Tennessee’s Knecht face off in Elite 8
• Purdue and Tennessee meet in Elite 8
• UConn proud of Big East’s basketball pedigree even as football money upends college sports
• UConn dominates for 10th straight double-digit tournament victory beating Illinois 77-52
• Clemson can’t get crucial stops vs. Alabama as Tigers’ bid for first Final Four falls short
• Alabama rides tidal wave of 3-pointers to beat Clemson 89-82 and reach 1st Final Four ever
• Caitlin Clark leads Iowa to 89-68 win over Colorado and rematch with defending NCAA champion LSU
• Angel Reese records her 26th double-double of the season as LSU advances beating UCLA 78-69
• Paige Bueckers leads UConn women into 28th Elite Eight as Huskies hold off Duke 53-45
• JuJu Watkins scores 30, powers Southern California past Baylor 74-70 for spot in Elite Eight
• South Carolina and Oregon State meet again in NCAA Tournament with trip to Final Four on the line
• Texas and NC State look to end Final Four droughts as Longhorns face Wolfpack in Elite Eight
• Minnesota State edges Nova Southeastern 88-85, claims both D-II championships