ECU Student-Athletes Earn Degrees… Pirates Dispatch Charlotte To Advance To AAC Semifinals, 4-3… East Carolina Welcomes In AAC Leader UTSA… Capitals pull even with Hurricanes after win in Game 2, knot series at 1-1

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Student-Athletes Earn Degrees
• Pirates Dispatch Charlotte To Advance To AAC Semifinals, 4-3
• Pirates Announce Signing Of Isaiah Mbeng
• Pirates Announce Signing Of Giovanni Emejuru
• Pirates Announce Signing Of Eli DeLaurier
• East Carolina Welcomes In AAC Leader UTSA

ECU seniors celebrate final moments before graduation WNCT 9

East Carolina men’s basketball signs four-star prospect Eli DeLaurier from Providence WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Countdown to First Pitch: ECU hosts first-place UTSA in series opener
• Checking in on former ECU players on active CFL rosters heading into 2025 season
• Conference seeding still very much up for grabs for ECU baseball with two weeks left

No more confetti already: ECU wants to throw out messy graduation tradition Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 6 East Carolina Advances to American Softball Semifinals with 4-3 win over No. 3 Charlotte
• Six-Run First Inning Powers No. 4 North Texas Past No. 5 Wichita State in Quarterfinal of American Softball Championship

UTSA baseball’s AAC championship success sparks hope for program’s future San Antonio Express-News

Mound woes? Tulane’s Jay Uhlman says he can find the right eight for AAC tourney NOLA.com

Tulane treks to Memphis for AAC series Crescent City Sports

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Green Wave Baseball Presents Team Bus Driver With Personalized Jersey
• A Glimpse Into the Remarkable Year for Tulane’s Star Second Baseman
• Former Tulane Star Signs NFL Rookie Contract with Jaguars After Being Drafted

Tigers prepare for pivotal weekend series versus Green Wave WREG

UNT softball team emerges from slump with dominant win in AAC tourney opener Victoria Advocate

UNT softball emerges from slump with dominant performance in AAC tourney opener Denton Record-Chronicle

Martin: Memphis-Louisville is back on. That’s a win for college basketball. Daily Memphian

Louisville men’s basketball announces 6-year series with Memphis starting in 2025 WLKY

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Inside the method — and madness — of Lenovo Center’s traffic cone maze
• Capitals pull even with Hurricanes after win in Game 2, knot series at 1-1
• NC State basketball to play series against Will Wade’s former team, report says
• How three sisters reunited with UNC women’s lacrosse to chase an NCAA title
• Duke basketball adding transfer for depth in post on next season’s roster

WRAL

• Fans sent death threats to UNC’s Cunningham after West Virginia’s NCAA Tournament snub
• UNC, NC State not guaranteed to play twice each season with new ACC men’s basketball schedule

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: There’s nothing ‘lesser’ about the PGA Tour’s Myrtle Beach Classic … it counts, too
• One Clemson basketball player tried football but quit. He hopes latest Tiger will ‘see it through’
• Gamecocks’ stay at SEC softball tournament ends; Clock ticks toward NCAA selection
• Time to panic? Assessing Clemson baseball’s losing skid and NCAA tourney implications.
• Hamilton: PGA Tour event finds sweet spot with celebrity line-up of Costner, Russell and more
• Gamecock slugger hits school-record home run in SEC softball tournament win
• Gamecock running back waiting for NCAA eligibility ruling retains attorney

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Return to 18-game conference schedule won’t cure ACC’s basketball ills
• Metallica caps first concert at Lane Stadium with rousing rendition of ‘Enter Sandman’