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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, February 18, 2026

February 18, 2026 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Fall 2-1 to Campbell Baseball in Another One-Run Classic… Pirates Hold Off Florida Atlantic WBB for 20th Win, 74-61… NC State dominates in biggest win over Tar Heels since ’62

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates nipped by Campbell again

On Deck with NIU coach Ryan Copeland

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Fall 2-1 to Campbell Baseball in Another One-Run Classic
  • Pirates Hold Off Florida Atlantic WBB for 20th Win, 74-61
  • Pirates Finish Fifth At Wexford Intercollegiate
  • Pirates Host Wichita State MBB On Wednesday Night
  • Pirates Face UNCW On Wednesday, Host Pirate Clash This Weekend
  • Pirates Set To Compete At American Conference Championship
  • From a Familiar Cloth: Kennedy Fauntleroy for Player of the Year

ECU drops midweek matchup against Campbell, 2-1 WNCT 9

ECU Baseball falls to Campbell 2-1 WITN 7

East Carolina poaches Miami Hurricanes personnel director to be next GM Canes Warning

247 Sports

  • ECU loses first midweek game at Campbell, drops to 1-3
  • ECU 74, FAU 61: How it looked from the baselines
  • FINAL: Campbell 2, ECU 1
  • ECU’s Braxton Tramel to miss 2026 season with injury
  • ECU to hire Miami’s Devontay Love-Taylor in significant recruiting staff role

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU women’s basketball: Pirates go wire-to-wire vs. FAU, tie program record
  • ECU roundup: Baseball falls at Campbell, slips to 1-3

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

  • 2026 American Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Begins Wednesday; Rice Picked as Favorite
  • Memphis, South Florida Earn Weekly Releases
  • Rice, UTSA, Wichita State Earn Weekly Track & Field Honors

Will Tigers defy odds and knock off South Florida? Our prediction Memphis Commercial Appeal

Owls hold on late to take down Charlotte  Temple News

Tulane can’t hang with top-ranked UCLA baseball team in Los Angeles NOLA.com

Megan Nestor becomes UNT’s all-time leader for rebounds in a season in win over UAB Denton Record-Chronicle

A Q&A with UTSA AD Lisa Campos on major shifts in college athletics San Antonio Express-News

Bill Haisten: Can TU overcome adversity? We’re about to find out Tulsa World

Seven key features in UAB’s renovation of Bartow Arena  AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Wolfpack turn tables to humble UNC with resounding rivalry win
  • NC State basketball routs shorthanded UNC. Observations from the rivalry game
  • After exiting with bloody face, Darrion Williams returns as Wolfpack whips UNC
  • With Henri Veesaar out for UNC, NC State took full advantage in Wolfpack win
  • With UNC basketball among finalists, 5-star recruit Dylan Mingo makes his choice

WRAL

  • In Wade’s first game vs. UNC, NC State delivers satisfying rout
  • NC State dominates in biggest win over Tar Heels since ’62
  • Rapid Reaction: NC State delivers the reckoning in 82-58 win vs. shorthanded UNC
  • Will Wade on win over UNC: ‘It was just different tonight, you could feel it’
  • College football portal tracker: North Carolina adds standout Western Carolina quarterback

Columbia The State

  • South Carolina baseball bounces back with victory over Wofford
  • What Lamont Paris said after USC MBB falls in rematch against No. 12 Florida
  • South Carolina basketball drops road game vs. No. 12 Florida. 3 things we saw

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • ODU Athletic Director Wood Selig to retire
  • David Teel: UVA’s Ryan Odom leads first-year coaches in power conferences
  • Virginia Tech loses another heartbreaker as Miami escapes at home

The Associated Press

  • NC State was wounded. The Wolfpack found the perfect salve in rolling past injury-hit rival UNC
  • Bennett Stirtz scores 25 points as Iowa downs No. 9 Nebraska, 57-52
  • Texas Tech star JT Toppin injures lower right leg in loss to Arizona State
  • Arizona State upsets No. 13 Texas Tech 72-67 as Red Raiders lose star forward JT Toppin to injury

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • US star Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought
  • In a golden masterclass, Norway’s Klaebo extends Winter Olympics medal record
  • Alysa Liu surges into medal range as US teammates stumble in Olympic short program
  • Benfica’s Prestianni denies racially insulting Real Madrid’s Vinícius in Champions League game
  • At the Olympics and beyond, women’s sports media outlets are writing their own playbooks
  • Tony Clark resigns as MLB players’ union head as possible cap fight looms
  • Tiger Woods isn’t ruling out a return to the Masters. Ryder Cup captaincy also uncertain
  • Union offers WNBA new CBA proposal, slightly lowering revenue share numbers, AP source says
  • Former cricket captains urge Pakistan to ensure better medical care for Imran Khan in prison
  • Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers
  • Quirky curling has turned into a betting magnet at the Milan Cortina Olympics
  • Norway’s Klaebo wins record 10th gold medal at the Winter Olympics, in Photos
  • Japan’s Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games
  • Rich Bisaccia steps down as Packers special teams coordinator
  • Wolves finalize cost-cutting move with Mike Conley by signing back veteran after trading him away
  • Mark Cuban says the NBA should embrace tanking and criticizes recent punishments for teams
  • Doug Moe, the rumpled, irreverent coach of the high-scoring Denver Nuggets, dies at 87
  • Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. undergoes surgery to remove growth in left knee
  • Dalibor Dvorsky produces again as Slovakia beats Germany to reach the Olympic semifinals
  • Auston Matthews looks like the captain and leader the US expected at the Olympics
  • From antitrust fight to victory lane: Michael Jordan’s 23XI grabs a Daytona 500 win
  • Giancarlo Stanton thinks Yankees career incomplete without World Series title
  • RHP Walker Buehler signs with Padres after a long career with the NL West rival Dodgers
  • Mets’ Alvarez, Robert Jr., Polanco and Baty won’t play early in spring games
  • Twins right-hander Pablo López has a major elbow injury that likely will need season-ending surgery

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