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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPMonday, April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates take series

ecupirates.com

  • No. 12 ECU Clinches Series With 8-6 Win At FAU
  • Pirates Sweep UTSA On Dalton’s Walk-Off, 4-3
  • East Carolina Blanks Davidson, 4-0

No. 12 ECU clinches series with 8-6 win at FAU  WNCT 9

D1Baseball Top 25: Ducks, Cajuns, Pokes leap into rankings D1 Baseball

247 Sports

  • PODCAST: Road test passed
  • ECU takes road series at FAU with 8-6 victory in rubber game

ECU baseball: Pirates win series at FAU Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

UAB, South Florida Clinch Series Wins American Athletic Conference

Memphis baseball earns first conference road sweep since 2012 Daily Memphian

Tough one: Tulane cannot come up with game-breaking hit, drops series to UAB NOLA.com

3 takeaways from UAB football spring game AL.com

Navy football gets first detailed look at 2024 squad during open practice at stadium Baltimore Sun

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

  • Perfect Champs! South Carolina upends Iowa to win 2024 NCAA national title
  • Perfection: No. 1 South Carolina beats Iowa to win 2024 NCAA national championship
  • Tessa Time: South Carolina freshman guard sparks team in national championship win
  • A dynasty no doubt: Dawn Staley, Gamecocks WBB cement legacy with third NCAA title
  • Dawn Staley, USC women’s basketball battling Iowa for nation’s No. 9 recruit
  • Dawn Staley shouts out Iowa’s Caitlin Clark: ‘She carried a heavy load for our sport’
  • Dawn Staley earns big bonus for Gamecocks’ national championship win
  • Texas A&M downs South Carolina, delivers Gamecocks their third SEC series loss

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Wolfpack’s run restored NC State to prominence. Can the next group capitalize?
  • NC State basketball sets a new standard with ACC title, run to the Final Four
  • After nine exciting wins, the Wolfpack ran into a team it could not find way to beat
  • The end was always out there, lurking. NC State held it off as long as it could

WRAL

  • ‘It’s just been awesome’: NC State fans welcome Wolfpack home from Final Four, remain hopeful for future
  • South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75
  • UConn’s bid for repeat title has reached its final challenge: Purdue and star Zach Edey
  • Boilermakers end Wolfpack’s Cinderella run in Final Four, 63-50
  • Wake Forest’s Bhatia wins Texas Open in a playoff. The next stop is the Masters

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Magic, Darius among those to pay tribute to Dawn Staley and national champion Gamecocks
  • Freshman Tessa Johnson pushes Gamecocks to title
  • THREE TIMES THE LADIES: Gamecocks top Caitlin Clark, Iowa to win third national championship
  • UConn tops Alabama to get title shot against Purdue

The Associated Press

  • Dawn Staley and South Carolina in good place to keep dynasty rolling and repeat as champions
  • Caitlin Clark set out to turn Iowa into a winner. She redefined women’s college hoops along the way
  • Perfect ending: South Carolina’s Dawn Staley wins third national title as Gamecocks down Clark, Iowa
  • South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75
  • Iowa star Caitlin Clark pours in 30 points in final NCAA game but Hawkeyes fall to South Carolina
  • Kentucky coach John Calipari talking with Arkansas about open job, according to multiple outlets
  • UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating in a romp-filled March Madness
  • Hank Aaron rose above racist hate mail and threats in pursuit of Ruth’s home run record 50 years ago
  • Purdue’s Painter draws closer to an elusive title by doing things the old-fashioned way
  • Purdue’s Zach Edey and UConn’s Donovan Clingan anchoring the middle in national title game
  • The keys for Monday night’s national title game between UConn and Purdue
  • UConn’s bid for repeat title has reached its final challenge: Purdue and star Zach Edey

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Ronel Blanco has been a bright spot in a shaky start for the Houston Astros
  • No no-no this time for Blanco, keeping Vander Meer alone. Astros starter still has historic start
  • Jerry Grote, catcher for 1969 New York Mets, dies at 81
  • Blanco follows no-hitter with six 1-hit innings as Astros beat Rangers 3-1
  • Stars score 3 power-play goals in 2nd period, hold on for 7-4 win over Avalanche
  • Kyrou scores in SO as Blues beat Ducks 6-5 to preserve slim playoff hopes
  • Rangers tie franchise record with 53rd win beat Canadiens 5-2
  • O’Reilly’s shootout goal lifts Predators past the Devils 3-2
  • Reid gets 31, Timberwolves jump on Lakers 127-117 in the absence of LeBron James, Anthony Davis
  • Klay Thompson scores 32 points as Stephen Curry rests, Warriors beat stumbling Jazz 118-110
  • Rockets eliminated from playoffs as Mavericks win in overtime 147-136
  • Maxey scores career-high 52 points, injury-depleted 76ers outlast Wembanyama, Spurs 133-126 in 2OT
  • Patriots and Kyle Dugger agree to a 4-year deal worth up to $66 million, AP source says
  • Bhatia wins Texas Open playoff to get last Masters spot; Korda makes it 4 in a row on LPGA
  • Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play
  • Dean Burmester wins LIV Golf after Sergio Garcia’s blunders
  • Byron leads Hendrick Motorsports to 1-2-3 finish at Martinsville on anniversary weekend
  • Everton docked 2 more points by Premier League for second breach of financial rules
  • Real Madrid well rested to take on Man City in Ancelotti’s 200th Champions League game

Hurricanes score early, blank Blue Jackets Raleigh News & Observer

Frederik Andersen makes 23 saves as Hurricanes shut out Blue Jackets 3-0 WRAL

Charlotte Observer

  • Gordon Hayward’s ‘homecoming’ a reminder Hornets must learn from past mistakes
  • Charlotte’s William Byron delivered a special anniversary gift to Hendrick Motorsports
  • Where will UNC’s Drake Maye go in 2024 NFL Draft? Experts divided on QB’s landing spot

Washington Post

  • A national championship could be decided in the post. What year is it again?
  • Purdue joined Virginia in ignominy. Now it’s near the same mountaintop.
  • Caitlin Clark altered the atmosphere, and Iowa kept its dream alive
  • Ovi and Sid: An enduring rivalry’s enduring relevance
  • DJ Burns shows the power of a smile
  • Caitlin Clark is gone. Where does women’s college basketball go next?
  • This Purdue-Connecticut final has the makings of a heavyweight rumble
  • Sputtering Caps fall to Ottawa in overtime, stretching their skid to six
  • Decades in the making, South Carolina-Iowa final was a perfect finish
  • Fifty years later, Henry Aaron’s legacy lives on in Atlanta and beyond

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Complete coverage — In celebration of Hank Aaron’s historic home run
  • The sermon of Aaron’s life: ‘Discipline and focus and using the gifts that God gives you’
  • On historic homer: ‘I’m going to get it over with right now’
  • Keepsakes: Sports sections captured Hank Aaron becoming home run king

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