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Wednesday: ECU vs.
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BASEBALL |
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ECU closes Classic
with win |
After a
tough
4-3 loss
to No.
24
Liberty
on
Sunday
afternoon,
East
Carolina
bounced
back
with a
9-2 win
over St.
John's
on
Sunday
evening
at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium.
The
Pirates (2-4) finished the
12th annual Keith LeClair
Classic with a 2-1 record.
ECU stranded the tying run
at third in the bottom of
the ninth against the Flames. ...
Story & pictures... |
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Pictured:
David Lucroy delivers against St. John's.
The junior right-hander went seven innings
allowing one run on five hits with three
strikeouts in his first win of the year. (Photo by W.A.
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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. ECU got 19 points each from Caleb White and B.J. Tyson in its
fourth straight win at home. ...
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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 |
 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. ...
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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.
Myatt) |
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BASKETBALL /
FOOTBALL |
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Descendants of game pay
respects |
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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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More from Al Myatt... |
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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
microscope |
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  After
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. ...
More from Brett
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.
(Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
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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
All rights reserved.
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GREENVILLE — After a tough
4-3 loss to No. 24 Liberty on Sunday afternoon, East Carolina bounced
back with a 9-2 win over St. John's on Sunday evening at Clark-LeClair
Stadium.
The Pirates (2-4)
finished the 12th annual Keith LeClair Classic with a 2-1 record.
ECU stranded the tying
run at third in the bottom of the ninth against the Flames.
Story continues
after the following picture...
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| ECU volunteer
assistant coach Frankie Everitte looks on as Charlie
Yorgen is called out at first base to end the game
against Liberty. .
(Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
"I challenged our
hitters after that heartbreaker," Pirates coach Cliff Godwin said.
"We needed some offense because we had used up a lot of our
bullpen."
ECU responded with 14
hits in the nightcap. Eric Tyler had a double and a home run.
Also collecting a pair
of hits for the Pirates were Parker Lamm, Reid Love, Luke Lowery and
Jeff Nelson.
David Lucroy started and
went seven innings against the Red Storm (3-3). He allowed five hits
and an unearned run while striking out three without a walk.
Story continues
after the following picture...
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| Sophomore catcher
Eric Tyler takes one over the left field wall in the
first inning of ECU's 9-2 win over St. Johns in the
final game of the Keith LeClair Classic..
(Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
Lamm, Love, Lowery,
Nelson, Jackson Mims and Hunter Allen had hits in a five-run fifth
inning against St. John's.
Lowery had two hits with
a home run and two RBIs to lead ECU against Liberty (3-3). His
first-inning blast to left staked the hosts to a 2-0 lead.
The Pirates went
0-for-11 with runners in scoring position against the Flames.
Godwin planned to give
the team Monday off in accordance with NCAA regulations.
"We'll work on defense
some in practice Tuesday and get ready for Old Dominion," Godwin
said.
ECU hosts its former
Colonial Athletic Association and Conference USA opponent at 3 p.m.
Wednesday.
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 ...