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Virginia completes sweep

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BASKETBALL

Owls streak past ECU

PHILADELPHIA — East Carolina used an active zone defense and a solid effort from sophomore forward Caleb White in a 67-49 American Athletic Conference win over Central Florida in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday evening. White scored 21 points and controlled a career-high nine rebounds as the Pirates improved to 10-13 overall and 3-7 in the AAC. ... More...

| Next: ECU at Tulsa | Wednesday, 7 pm |
| TV: ESPNU | The Season |

 

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Virginia completes sweep

GREENVILLE — East Carolina used an active zone defense and a solid effort from sophomore forward Caleb White in a 67-49 American Athletic Conference win over Central Florida in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday evening. White scored 21 points and controlled a career-high nine rebounds as the Pirates improved to 10-13 overall and 3-7 in the AAC. ... More...

| Next: ECU at ODU | Wednesday, 3 pm |

 

BASEBALL

Virginia takes season opener

Virginia's Nathan Kirby allowed no runs and three hits through seven innings as the Cavaliers used unearned runs in the fourth and fifth innings for a 3-1 win at East Carolina on Friday in the season opener for both teams.

Kirby, regarded as one of the top left-handed major league prospects in the college ranks, struck out five and walked two. The Cavaliers are ranked No. 2 at the outset of 2015 after finishing as runner-up to Vanderbilt in last season's College World Series. ... Story & pictures...

Pictured: Former East Carolina player Cliff Godwin looks on from the third base coach's box in the Pirates' season opener with Virginia on Friday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The game was Godwin's first as head coach for his alma mater. (Photo  by W.A. Myatt)
 

BASEBALL PREVIEW

Pirates recalibrate for run at Omaha

When Cliff Godwin first put on a Pirate uniform to play baseball for East Carolina, Gary Overton was in his final year as the team's head coach and ball was played at Harrington Field.

But change was underway. The next year, Keith LeClair was hired as the new head coach. LeClair brought with him a hunger for “Omaha,” the site of the NCAA's National Championship. ... More from Woody Peele...

 

BASKETBALL

Tyson leads Pirates past Memphis

GREENVILLE — Freshman B.J. Tyson led a second-half surge by East Carolina that produced a 64-53 American Athletic Conference win over Memphis before an appreciative crowd of 4,519 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Tuesday night.

Tyson scored 20 of his game-high 23 points in the final 20 minutes as the Pirates overcame a 25-21 deficit at the half. The left-handed guard hit 10 of his 14 field goal attempts as ECU improved to 11-13 overall and 4-7 in league play. ... Story & photos...

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Pictured: B.J. Tyson displays his excitement after an ECU run against Memphis. The freshman guard scored 23 points, with 20 coming in the second half as the Pirates rallied to even the season series with the Tigers. (Photo by W.A. Myatt.)

| Next: ECU at Temple | Sat.,2 pm |
| TV: CBSSN | The Season |

 

FOOTBALL RECRUITING

Recruiting report card: Offense

RBs, WRs push Pirates over the top

Landing the kind of big-play athletes on offense during recruiting East Carolina needed would have hit a snag at many schools that lost an offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at a critical time in the process. ... More from Sammy Batten...

Thumbnails: ECU's recruiting class of 2015...

 

BASKETBALL

Pirates pull away from UCF

GREENVILLE — East Carolina used an active zone defense and a solid effort from sophomore forward Caleb White in a 67-49 American Athletic Conference win over Central Florida in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday evening. White scored 21 points and controlled a career-high nine rebounds as the Pirates improved to 10-13 overall and 3-7 in the AAC. ... More...

| Next: ECU vs. Memphis | Tuesday, 7 pm |
| TV: ESPNU | The Season |

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

By Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE — Second-ranked Virginia completed a sweep of its three-game season-opening series at East Carolina by taking both ends of a doubleheader on Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday.

The teams played a pair of games because of the forecast of cold weather Sunday.

The Cavaliers had a five-run second inning and took advantage of five errors by the Pirates for a 9-2 win in the first game. Virginia scored twice in the eighth inning to take a 4-2 win in the second game.

ECU had a brief 1-0 lead in the first game with a run in the bottom of the first. Hunter Allen got aboard on an error and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Parker Lamm before Luke Lowery delivered an RBI single to right.

Three errors by the Pirates contributed to four unearned runs in the top of the second inning.

Travis Watkins had an RBI single to drive in the second run for ECU in the bottom of the ninth.

Connor Jones struck out eight in six innings in getting the win. Jacob Wolfe made his first start for the Pirates and went four and two-thirds innings. Only two of the eight runs scored during his mound stint were earned.

ECU rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second game to knot the score after the Cavaliers tallied a lone run in each of their first two turns at the plate. Matt Thaiss had a solo home run for the visitors in the second.

A run-scoring single by Garrett Brooks brought the Pirates within 2-1 in the second after hits by Jeff Nelson and Charlie Yorgen.

ECU loaded the bases before scoring the tying run in the fifth inning on a ground out to first by Kirk Morgan. Lamm had singled, Eric Tyler was hit by a pitch and Watkins walked with one out.

David Lucroy started and worked five and one-third innings for the Pirates in the second game. He allowed four hits, two runs, both earned, walked two and struck out two.

Virginia's decisive eighth in the second tilt included a go-ahead RBI on a ground out by Robbie Coman and a run-scoring single by Thaiss.

The Pirates played errorless defense in the second game. Yorgen had two of ECU's eight hits.

East Carolina visits Old Dominion for a 3 p.m. game on Wednesday.

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