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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPMonday, May 4, 2026

May 4, 2026 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Halted on Sunday’s Rubber Match Against Memphis… East Carolina Set To Host 2026 American Conference Softball Championship…Tocchet looks for Flyers to ‘figure it out quickly’ entering Game 2 against Hurricanes

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates fall in series finale at Memphis

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Halted on Sunday’s Rubber Match Against Memphis
  • East Carolina Set To Host 2026 American Conference Softball Championship
  • Back-To-Back Home Runs Propel Pirates To Series Sweep Of UTSA

WNCT 9

  • Softball: Pirates get sweep of Roadrunners, win 5-2 …
  • Baseball: Pirates lose rubber match, road series against …

ECU Softball sweeps UTSA on Senior day, Shane Winkler achieves 500th career win WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • ECU adds commitment from prep point guard Ashton McCullough
  • ECU falls 9-4, loses first series to Memphis in 11 years
  • FINAL: Memphis 9, ECU 4

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • East Carolina softball confidently accepting host duties for American tournament
  • ECU baseball: Pirates drop weekend series at Memphis

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

  • James Madison To Collide With Notre Dame In First Round Of The 2026 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
  • South Florida Earns Top Seed in 2026 American Conference Softball Championship

Penny Hardaway’s roster has just 1 need left. Here are 3 candidates for Memphis Memphis Commercial Appeal

Swept away: Tulane falls to bottom of American Conference after losing all three to Charlotte NOLA.com

UNT softball team faces long path in American Conference tourney after tough weekend Denton Record-Chronicle

Bill Haisten: In recruiting, a 30-win season results in a different TU Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Carolina Hurricanes find winning formula for NHL playoffs. Can they keep it up?
  • Second verse, same as the first for Hurricanes in Game 1 shutout of Flyers
  • Carolina Hurricanes push back at ‘soft’ talk against Flyers, in all the right ways

WRAL

  • Stankoven, Andersen lead Hurricanes past Flyers 3-0 in Game 1 of 2nd-round series
  • Complete schedule for Carolina Hurricanes’ second-round NHL playoff series with Philadelphia
  • Chase Elliott wins at Texas to join Tyler Reddick as multiple Cup Series winners this season

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Gamecocks again can’t find runs as LSU completes weekend sweep
  • Can Clemson baseball rally like a Kentucky Derby winner? Tigers coach says ‘We’re not dead’
  • Does Clemson have another wave of NFL draftees coming in 2027? These are the Tigers’ top prospects
  • Citadel sweeps doubleheader, series from Presbyterian; Cougars blank UNCW to take series

Virginia Tech flips UVA’s top-ranked football recruit  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Tocchet looks for Flyers to ‘figure it out quickly’ entering Game 2 against Hurricanes
  • Canadiens outlast Lightning 2-1 in Game 7 to win thrilling 1st-round series
  • Cale Makar returns from injury, scores twice as Avalanche outlast Wild 9-6 in wacky Game 1
  • Oilers, Islanders and Blackhawks have been among the biggest winners in the NHL lottery’s history
  • Allen ties playoff career high with 22 points as Cavaliers beat Raptors 114-102 to advance
  • Cunningham and Harris help Pistons finish comeback for first playoff series win in 18 years
  • In his first Game 7, Jarrett Allen delivers a 22-point, 19-rebound night to help Cavs advance
  • Torkelson’s home run, McGonigle’s RBI singles lift Tigers past Rangers, 7-1
  • Anthony Volpe’s rehab ends and Yankees option shortstop to Triple-A with José Caballero playing well
  • Royals hold Mariners to 4 hits for a 4-1 win and 3-game series sweep
  • Bogaerts hits go-ahead single, Andujar and Machado homer as Padres beat White Sox to end 4-game skid
  • Nelly Korda crushes another LPGA field and wins by 4 shots in Mexico
  • Man United beats Liverpool 3-2 and will be back in the Champions League after 2-year absence
  • With Trump watching in Doral, Cameron Young finishes off wire-to-wire win at Cadillac Championship
  • Chase Elliott wins at Texas to join Tyler Reddick as multiple Cup Series winners this season
  • Cherie DeVaux must decide if Golden Tempo will run Preakness for a shot at the Triple Crown
  • Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani goes hitless in 4th straight game for the 1st time since 2022
  • Heim drives in 5 runs to help Braves beat Rockies 11-6 in Strider’s return

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