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The Brian Bailey
Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
This week's topic
was baseball with
guests Gordon Darragh, president
of the Exceptional
Community Baseball
League; ECU women's
golf coach Kevin
Williams; and Rose
High School coach
Ronald Vincent:
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By
Brian Bailey
�2014 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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schedule & scores
The Diamond Pirates are limping to the finish line. East Carolina has
lost five of its last six in Conference USA, following up the
lost weekend against Florida International by
losing two out of three at Southern Miss.
ECU returns home for its final four games, hosting High Point tonight
and then Texas-San Antonio for the last league series of the season.
There is a scenario that East Carolina wouldn�t make the Conference USA
tournament field. Only the league�s top eight teams play in their post
season event. However, the Pirates do have the tiebreakers over both
Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee which will certainly help.
Somehow, the Pirates have to find some momentum going into the C-USA
tournament. Then they will have to play well and win the league
championship in order to make it into the NCAA tournament field.
Pirates to host ECBL
On a much brighter note, East Carolina will host its annual exhibition
game with the Exceptional Community Baseball League this coming weekend.
The ECBL is a baseball league for children and adults with special
needs.
�It�s always one of the highlights of our season,� said head coach Billy
Godwin on a number of occasions. �Our guys really enjoy the afternoon
and it�s good for them to see just how fortunate they are.�
The ECBL exhibition begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
ECU women�s golf finishes 14th in NCAA regional
I had a chance to visit with East Carolina Women�s golf coach Kevin
Williams on my weekly radio show on Monday night on Pirate Radio 1250
and 930.
Coach Williams is a long time friend who has had great success with the
women�s program at ECU.
�We had a great year,� said Williams.
The Pirates were 118-50-1 and finished 14th in the recent NCAA East
Regional held at the SouthWood Golf Club in Tallahassee, FL.
Williams� team had to finish 8th or better in that regional to advance
to the NCAA championship tournament.
The squad was 18th after the first round, but rallied and stood in 8th
place with five holes to play. Conditions were tough and the Pirates
fell to 14th for the regional.
Still, East Carolina finished better than several ranked teams,
including (17) Central Florida, (24) Auburn, (48) Georgia, (31) Kentucky
and (38) Louisville. The Pirates also beat future American Athletic
Conference rival UCF earlier in the year.
�I was just really proud of the way we battled back,� Williams said.
�All you can ever ask is to have a chance, and we had a chance.�
Williams loses just one senior and says the future is very bright for
his program.
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