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The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
show this week
featured the "Second
Chance with the
Sweet 16" contest:
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BASEBALL |
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VCU edges Pirates, 3-2 |
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GREENVILLE — A throwing error by East
Carolina catcher Tyler Watkins on a pickoff
attempt allowed Virginia Commonwealth pinch
runner Haiden Lamb to score the winning run
from third base in the eighth inning on
Sunday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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Next: ECU at
UNCW | Tuesday, 6 pm |
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East Carolina wins with big 8th |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina scored six runs
in the eighth inning to defeat Virginia
Commonwealth 9-3 at Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Saturday afternoon. Kirk Morgan (4-0) got
the win in relief and also drove in two runs
in the Pirates' big frame. ...
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Rams rally past ECU |
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GREENVILLE — A leadoff triple by Cody Acker
in the top of the ninth inning led to the
go-ahead run for Virginia Commonwealth in a
4-3 win over East Carolina at Clark-LeClair
Stadium on Friday night. ...
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FOOTBALL / BASKETBALL / BASEBALL |
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Ruff hip to spring ball |
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 East
Carolina football coach Ruffin McNeill has
been recovering from hip replacement surgery
in February as spring practice is scheduled
to get started today. "Dr. Chris Hasty did a
great job," McNeill said ...
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Lowery, Pirates stay
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GREENVILLE
— East
Carolina
built a
7-0 lead
through
four
innings
on
Wednesday
evening
against
Princeton
and
completed
a
two-game
sweep of
the
Tigers
with an
8-3 win
at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium.
It was
the
sixth
straight
win for
the
Pirates
(15-6).
Luke
Lowery,
the
current
national
Player
of the
Week,
went
4-for-5
with an
RBI as
ECU
totaled
16 hits.
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Macy & Company aim high in WNIT |
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 For
the third consecutive postseason,
East Carolina will play in the
women’s version of the National
Invitational Tournament. The WNIT
features a 64-team field, and Pirate
coach Heather Macy thinks she has a
team that can win it all. ...
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
  The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
former ECU
basketball coach
Mike Steele (right):
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ECU continues winning streak |
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 GREENVILLE
— East Carolina took its
fifth straight win by
beating Princeton 11-2 at
Clark-LeClair Stadium on
Tuesday evening. The Pirates
(14-6) have scored 60 runs
during the streak.
Winning
pitcher Jimmy Boyd's support
included two hits each from Reid
Love, Luke Lowery, Eric Tyler and
Kirk Morgan. Travis Watkins had one
hit and three RBIs. ...
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Pictured: ECU senior
co-captain Hunter
Allen turns a 6-3
double play against
Princeton Tuesday
night. (Photo by W.A.
Myatt) |
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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East Carolina’s run in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament came
to an abrupt end with a 69-65 loss to North Carolina State on Sunday.
Irony flowed in this second round matchup.
N.C. State is coached by Wes Moore. That’s the same Wes Moore who once
took the head coaching job of ECU's women's basketball program, spoke at
an introductory press conference, and then decided to return home to
continue coaching at Tennessee-Chattanooga.
In stepped Heather Macy. The Francis Marion fireball accepted the
position at ECU a couple of days later.
Macy refused to comment at the time on the selection of Moore over her
in the ECU hiring process. I know that first hand, because I asked her
the question, or a form of that question, three times in a live shot on
the day she was hired.
Macy’s Pirates have a school record three-year run going with 20 or more
wins. East Carolina’s problem may be in keeping Macy.
Still, the disappointment was most evident in Macy’s words after the
loss to the Wolfpack.
“It’s just a really, really tough loss right now, mostly for our six
seniors who have done so much for our basketball program and contribute
so much,” said Macy. It’s just a really tough way for them to finish
up.”
Sunday’s game featured one of the best atmospheres for a women’s game in
some time. Over two thousand fans spent part of their day inside
Williams Arena for women’s basketball.
Jada Payne led East Carolina with 19 points. Pirate fans will get to
enjoy the play of Payne one more season. She was obviously hurt after
the loss as well.
“I hope that our red shirts that watch this game, they take something
from that,” said Payne. “Next year we won’t take anything for granted. I
am proud of my team through the loss and I’m looking forward to next
year.”
Moore spoke about his ‘connection’ with East Carolina after his team’s
win on Sunday.
“That whole deal was a tough situation,” said Moore. “I think East
Carolina and Greenville are both great places. I spent 15 years at
Chattanooga and [then-ECU AD] Terry Holland made the comment when I was
going through all that that Chattanooga was kind of like my baby and it
was kind of hard to leave, leave that situation.
"But I think it’s worked out
great for everybody. I think Heather is doing an awesome job and I’m
certainly happy at N.C. State and my wife is happy still even though she
didn’t talk to me for two or three years in that span.”
East Carolina wrapped up its season with a 22-11 final record.
Macy and the Pirates hope to use their two games in the WNIT as a
stepping stone to the future. The Pirate coach has never minced words
when it comes to her team’s goals. East Carolina wants to play in the
NCAA Tournament.
“I appreciate everybody coming out and supporting us,” Macy said. “I
thought we had a really nice crowd and our administration and marketing
department did a really nice job with us being able to host these past
two rounds. I appreciate that because that does help move our program
two feet forward and we’ll use this as a building block.”
With a veteran cast returning, Macy hopes to break through into the NCAA
version of the postseason in 2016.
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