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ECU's nemesis strikes again

AAC Tournament | Clearwater, FL

Next: No. 2 ECU vs. No. 6 Memphis

Thursday, 11 am

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Pirates head into AAC Tournament

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Pirates take chip into USF matchup

The East Carolina baseball team is in Clearwater, Florida, for the American Athletic Conference tournament, hoping to go back to back at the beach. ECU won the league championship a year ago and enters this year's tournament as the number two seed. ... More from Brian Bailey...

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FOOTBALL RECRUITING

Pirates land a center with pedigree

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BASEBALL

Pirates take series at UCF, 7-1

ORLANDO — Jimmy Boyd pitched seven innings and freshman Matt Bridges added two scoreless innings of relief as East Carolina clinched its American Athletic Conference series at Central Florida with a 7-1 win Friday. ... More...

 

BASKETBALL RECRUITING

Hawaii guard moving back East

East Carolina coach Jeff Lebo has received a verbal commitment from Delaware product Isaac Fleming, a 6-3 guard with 3-point shooting skills who logged significant playing time and averaged more than 9 points per game over the last two seasons at Hawaii. ... Recruiting class of 2016-17 thumbnails...

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BASEBALL

Pirates take opener at UCF

ORLANDO — East Carolina scored two runs on two Central Florida errors and the Pirates never trailed in a 5-3 American Athletic Conference win Thursday. The game started at 11 a.m. and today's game is scheduled to get under way at 11 this morning as well to avoid potential rain later in the day. ... More...

 

BASEBALL

Senior recognition adjusted

Al MyattEast Carolina's baseball seniors were scheduled to be recognized when the Pirates hosted Campbell on Tuesday night but that game was rained out. ECU's upperclassmen still had their Senior Night under modified circumstances. ... More from Al Myatt...

 
 
 
 

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CLEARWATER, FL — South Florida continued its role as American Athletic Conference nemesis for East Carolina on Wednesday with a 4-2 win over the Pirates in ECU's league tournament opener.

The Bulls (24-31) took two of three from the Pirates (34-20-1) in a regular-season series in Greenville in mid-May.

USF took advantage of five walks in the top of the ninth inning to score two runs for a 4-2 lead.

ECU had two baserunners with two out in the bottom of the ninth as Parker Lamm singled and Charlie Yorgen walked before a strikeout ended the game.

USF, seeded seventh for the tournament, struck first with two runs in the top of the seventh. David Villar started the inning with a double off ECU starter Evan Kruczynski. Cameron Montgomery followed with a single that moved Villar to third. Duke Stunkel's sacrifice fly to center brought in Villar. Kevin Merrell's single up the middle scored Montgomery for a 2-0 USF lead.

ECU, the No. 2 seed, answered in the bottom of the seventh with a pair of runs. Eric Tyler had a one-out double before Garrett Brooks walked with two away. A wild pitch moved the runners to second and third before Kirk Morgan's two-run double tied the score.

USF used its three starting pitchers from the series in Greenville. Brandon Lawson went seven innings. Joe Cavallaro (6-3) pitched the eighth and Phoenix Sanders pitched the ninth for his first save of the season.

Matt Bridges (2-1) took the loss for ECU, walking Stunkel, who later scored on a base-loaded walk to Luke Maglich by Joe Ingle for the go-ahead run in the ninth.

Yorgen and Brooks each had two hits for the Pirates, who loaded the bases with one out in the eighth but didn't score.

ECU faces Memphis, a 6-2 loser to Connecticut on Wednesday, in an elimination game at 11 a.m. today.

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