East Carolina baseball Tops UNCW 7-3 To Win Season Series… Pirates Power Past Campbell SB, 6-0… Pirates Sit At Third Following Second Round Of AAC Championship… QB Jake Garcia leaves team, expected to enter transfer portal

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates take UNCW series with 7-3 win

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina baseball Tops UNCW 7-3 To Win Season Series
• Pirates Power Past Campbell SB, 6-0
• Pirates Sit At Third Following Second Round Of AAC Championship
• Pirates In Second After First Round At AAC Championship
• Kayla Wilkes Earns Midfielder of the Week Nod; Bestany Honorable Mention7

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• ECU quarterback departs from team, plans on entering …
• Pirates take season series with win over UNCW

Braden Burress shines in ECU debut with perfect night, fueling Pirates to 7-3 victory WCTI 12

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• College Baseball: ECU stays in the win-column with 7-3 victory over UNC-Wilmington
• QB Jake Garcia leaving ECU Football and is “expected to enter transfer portal” (Per 247)

247 Sports

• ECU DC Josh Aldridge on his defense’s continued growth, player progression this spring
• QB Jake Garcia leaves team, expected to enter transfer portal
• ECU OC John David Baker weighs in on Jake Garcia’s departure, plus more
• ECU takes season series over UNCW with midweek victory
• ECU 7, UNCW 3: How it looked from the dugouts
• FINAL: ECU 7, UNCW 3
• ECU adds to 2025 class with three-star EDGE Evan Powell
• PODCAST: Down but not out? How ECU baseball can rebound the rest of this season

ECU baseball: Burress, Pirates topple UNC Wilmington in midweek win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Kim Mulkey, LSU staff dip into mid-major ranks to land second transfer of 2025 cycle NOLA.com

2,300-Yard QB Expected To Enter Transfer Portal After Skipping Tuesday’s Practice Athlon Sports

Former Mizzou, Miami QB Jake Garcia re-entering transfer portal Saturday Down South

Report: East Carolina QB Jake Garcia expected to enter NCAA transfer portal after practice absence On3

Inspiring Story Of 1 CB Prospect Is Going Viral The Cold Wire

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• James Madison, East Carolina, South Florida Take Weekly Lacrosse Honors
• Charlotte’s Gillespie, UTSA’s Lytle Earn Baseball Weekly Honors
• North Texas’ Simon, South Florida’s Sardja Earn Softball Weekly Honors
• Florida Atlantic Takes Top Seed For American Women’s Tennis Championship
• South Florida, Temple, UTSA Earn Weekly Track & Field Honors
• Tulsa Increases Lead Following Day 2 of 2025 American Women’s Golf Championship
• Florida Atlantic’s Bartha Named Player Of The Week As Owls Complete Perfect Regular Season

USF lineman Connor McLaughlin finds new challenge in familiar setting Tampa Bay Times

Jon Sumrall on Tulane transfer running back: “He’s special with the ball in his hands.” NOLA.com

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Football Coach Identifies Most Important Needs Out of Transfer Portal
• Watch: Tulane Football Sends Awesome Box of Swag to Jon Gruden in Viral Video
• Tulane Makes Clear Nico Iamaleava Transfer Portal Decision

Why Charlotte 49ers football coach believes ‘versatility’ is team’s best asset Charlotte Observer

UAB men’s basketball lands commitment from former DePaul, Coastal Carolina guard AL.com

Eric Morris, UNT have plan to build — avoid defections — as spring portal window arrives Denton Record-Chronicle

How Rice Owls adapting on offense to new coach Scott Abell after spring football Houston Chronicle

Kirk Francis firmly in command of TU offense as spring reaches midpoint Tulsa World

Temple transfer Dillon Battie takes recruiting visit to Wichita State The Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke, UNC football players sue the NCAA. What to know about the lawsuits
• College football spring transfer portal tracker for UNC, NC State, Duke, Wake
• Two NC State women’s basketball players selected in first round of WNBA Draft
• After Masters defeat, Bryson DeChambeau returns to Pinehurst, and ‘shot of his life’
• NC State football loses running back to transfer portal. What to know
• NC State men’s basketball adds another transfer. Here’s who’s coming to Raleigh
• UNC basketball bringing transfer Jarin Stevenson back from Alabama, reports say

WRAL

• NC State’s Saniya Rivers reflects on journey to the WNBA
• Report: Bill Belichick’s girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, focused on curating social media presence

Columbia The State

• What to expect from South Carolina’s QBs in Friday night’s spring game
• Former South Carolina forward Nick Pringle stays in SEC for final college destination
• Local Gamecock, Clemson baseball signees don’t let Tommy John injuries keep them down
• Stay or go? South Carolina’s Collin Murray-Boyles reveals NBA plans
• Magic Johnson shouts out this Gamecock after she was picked in WNBA Draft
• Spring transfer portal window opens Wednesday. How USC’s coaches approach it

Winston Salem Journal

• Mark Story: Nico Iamaleava’s exit at Tennessee revealed nothing distressing about college sports
• Tierra Terry is coming home and is the next women’s basketball coach at Winston-Salem State
• Trial date set for ex-Michigan football coordinator accused of stealing intimate photos
• Wake Forest quarterback Jeremy Hecklinski expected to enter transfer portal

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Maryland Eastern Shore’s leading scorer transfers to ODU
• Basketball player George Beale from Suffolk to transfer to Central Florida
• VCU’s Max Shulga, Joe Bamisile among Portsmouth Invitational Tournament players
• David Teel: UVA announces new basketball seat licenses, projects $75M in revenue