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Sunday: ECU vs.
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Sunday: ECU vs. St.
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates surge past USF |
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East Carolina started the
second half on an 11-0 run after building a 35-25 lead in the first 20
minutes and the Pirates went on to a 73-60 win over South Florida on
Saturday. ...
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Pictured: ECU
sophomore guard Caleb White launches a
jumper during ECU's 73-60 American Athletic
Conference win over South Florida on
Saturday at Minges Coliseum. White nailed
five of six 3-point attempts and scored 19
points. (Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
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BASEBALL |
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ECU rallies past UNCG |
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Cliff Godwin got his first
win as coach of East Carolina as the Pirates rolled past UNC-Greensboro,
8-3, in the opening game of the 2015 Keith LeClair Classic. ...
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Pictured: ECU
freshman Jackson Mims (20) is congratulated
by teammates after an eighth- inning
sacrifice fly in the opening game of the
Keith Leclair Classic. After falling behind
early, the Pirates used offensive firepower
to roar back for the victory. (Photo by W.A.
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BASKETBALL /
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Descendants of game pay
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 In
the lineage of coach-player
relationships, Jeff Lebo is
only three steps removed
from basketball inventor
James Naismith. After
conceiving of the game with
peach baskets for goals in
Springfield, Mass., in 1891,
Naismith later coached the
fledgling sport at Kansas.
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BASKETBALL |
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ECU topped at Tulsa |
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TULSA, OK — Host Tulsa took
a 69-58 American Athletic
Conference win over East
Carolina on Wednesday night.
The Pirates got 15 points
from Terry Whisnant, 14 from
Caleb White and 13 from
freshman B.J. Tyson in
falling to 11-15 overall and
4-9 in league play. ...
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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates under NFL's
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four standout seasons and
more catches than anyone in
FBS history, Justin Hardy
has become an overnight
sensation. It happened last
month at the Senior Bowl in
Mobile, AL, where those who
never took the time to
notice or appreciate the
now- former ECU wide
receiver finally got the
chance to see what they’ve
been missing. ...
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Friedlander... |
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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates' mettle tested |
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  We're
never going to accept losing around
here ... It's not okay to lose ... I
don't care if they're ranked number
two or ranked number one or who they
are ... There are no moral victories
when you lose... — Cliff Godwin
Second-ranked
Virginia came to town and swept East
Carolina in Cliff Godwin's debut as
the head baseball coach of the
Pirates. ...
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from Brian Bailey... |
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Pictured: Former ECU player Cliff
Godwin looks on from the third base
coach's box at Clark-LeClair Stadium
on Friday in his first game as head
coach for his alma mater in the
season-opening series with Virginia.
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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
East Carolina head
baseball coach Cliff
Godwin (right):
Replay
show... |
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By
Al Myatt
©2015 Bonesville.net
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GREENVILLE — Cliff Godwin
got his first win as coach of East Carolina as the Pirates rolled past
UNC Greensboro, 8-3, in the opening game of the 2015 Keith LeClair
Classic.
The Spartans had taken a
1-0 lead in the top of the fourth but ECU answered with two runs in
the fifth and three more in the sixth.
After UNCG (1-2) closed
within 5-3 in the seventh, the Pirates scored three times in the
eighth.
East Carolina bounced
back after being swept by No. 2 Virginia at home last weekend.
ECU (1-3) was powered by
three home runs, two by Luke Lowery and one by Travis Watkins.
Bryce Harman and Watkins
each had three of the Pirates' 11 hits.
Hunter Allen had two
hits, a double and a triple. Parker Lamm had a single.
Evan Kruczynski started
and pitched six innings for the win. He allowed five hits and one
earned run while striking out seven and walking one.
Nick Durazo yielded two
hits and two unearned runs in two innings of relief. Kirk Morgan
came to the mound in the ninth as ECU closed the nonconference
contest with a double play.
The Spartans took a 1-0
lead in the fourth after a one-out double by Collin Woody. Aaron
Wright singled to right and was out trying to stretch it into a
double as Woody came home.
Charlie Yorgen drew a
walk to start ECU's half of the fifth and a one-out triple to right
center by Allen tied the score. A two-out error by UNCG allowed the
go-ahead run.
The Pirates flexed their
muscles in the sixth. Lowery led off with a home run down the left
field line. Harman followed with a double and Watkins blasted a
homer to center for a 5-1 ECU lead.
Tripp Shelton had a
two-run homer for the Spartans in the seventh.
Lowery led off for the
Pirates in the eighth with a homer to center for a 6-3 lead. Watkins
doubled with one away and scored when Yorgen reached on an error.
Yorgen stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jackson Mims.
The Spartans are
scheduled to meet St. John's at 11 a.m. today.
ECU concludes the
adjusted schedule of the LeClair Classic this afternoon with games
against Liberty at 2:30 p.m. and St. John's at 6 p.m., weather
permitting.
Players
at every position on East
Carolina's defensive unit
completed their eligibility
at the end of the 2014
season, including six
starters. The result was a
wide-ranging list of needs
to cover those losses ...