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Pirates power up, go Super |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Two-run homers
by Charlie Yorgen, Travis Watkins
and Eric Tyler keyed East Carolina's
8-4 win over William & Mary on
Sunday, clinching the NCAA regional
championship. The Tribe (31-31) had
edged 2015 College World Series
champion Virginia 5-4 in an
elimination game earlier in the day
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Walkoff wallop whips Wahoos |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — A three-run
homer by Travis Watkins capped a
five-run ninth inning for East
Carolina and provided an 8-6 walkoff
win over Virginia in the winners'
bracket matchup Saturday at
Davenport Field.
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Pirates pull away in eighth |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — East Carolina
broke open a pitching duel with
seven runs in the eighth inning to
defeat Bryant 9-1 in the Pirates'
NCAA Tournament opener on Friday.
Third-seeded ECU (35-21-1) advances
to play top-seeded Virginia (38-20)
at 6 p.m. today.
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Regional represents redemption |
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 The Bryant
Bulldogs have momentum going
into the Charlottesville
regional. East Carolina's first
round opponent at 4 p.m. today
has won 10 in a row. Momentum is
not a factor in the Pirates'
favor as ECU is coming off an
0-2 showing in defense of its
2015 championship in the
American Athletic Conference
tournament
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Dual-threat QB plans to
enroll early |
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Kingsley Ifedi to start turning
heads in his varsity debut as Vance
High School's starting quarterback
last August. Ifedi had served as the
backup to senior Omar Baker,
Jr., the year before as a
sophomore after transferring
to Vance from Phillip
O'Berry Academy
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Pirates return to Charlottesville |
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East
Carolina received a bid to the NCAA
Tournament on Monday and will be
returning to Virginia's Davenport
Field where the Pirates won two of
three against the Cavaliers in a
series Feb. 26-28.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Pirates stock up at quarterback |
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the month since starting quarterback
contender Kurt Benkert transferred
out of the program, East Carolina
coach Scottie Montgomery has busied
himself replenishing ECU's reservoir
of talent at the position.
Highly-regarded prep signal callers
Kingsley Ifedi (left) and Mic Roof
(right) are the latest talents to
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East Carolina exits early |
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CLEARWATER, FL — A 5-4 loss to
Memphis on Thursday knocked East
Carolina out of the American
Athletic Conference Tournament. The
second-seeded Pirates (34-21-1) fell
4-2 to seventh-seeded South Florida
on Wednesday before the sixth-seeded
Tigers (20-38) took the elimination
game.
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ECU's nemesis strikes again |
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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.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — East
Carolina broke open a pitching duel with seven runs in the eighth inning
to defeat Bryant 9-1 in the Pirates' NCAA Tournament opener on Friday.
Third-seeded ECU
(35-21-1) advances to play Virginia (38-20) at 6 p.m. today. The
top-seeded Cavaliers rolled to a 17-4 win over fourth-seeded William
& Mary in Friday's first game at Davenport Field.
Second-seeded Bryant
(47-11) and the Tribe (29-30) meet in an elimination game at 11 a.m.
today.
James Karinchak (12-3)
of the Bulldogs and ECU junior left-hander Evan Kruczynski (7-1)
each pitched six shutout innings before the Pirates got on the board
in the seventh, taking a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly by Bryce
Harman.
Travis Watkins drew a
walk to start the seventh and Eric Tyler singled to right center to
put runners on the corners. The Bulldogs brought in left-hander
Justin Snyder before Harman hit a 1-0 pitch to center.
ECU's big frame began
with a single by Charlie Yorgen. He went to second on a ground out
by Dwanya Williams-Sutton. Turner Brown had an RBI single up the
middle for a 2-0 Pirates lead.
Watkins singled to put
runners at first and third for an RBI double down the right field
line by Garrett Brooks. Tyler was intentionally walked to load the
bases.
A walk to Harman forced
in a run for a 4-0 lead. A wild pitch allowed Brooks to score for a
5-0 ECU advantage.
Kirk Morgan entered the
game for Luke Bolka and had a two-run single up the middle. Yorgen's
RBI double brought in the final run of the inning for an 8-0 Pirates
lead.
Six of ECU's 11 hits
came in the eighth inning.
Jeff Nelson was hit by a
pitch to start the ninth. He went to second on a wild pitch and took
third on a single by Watkins. Brooks had a double that scored Nelson
and put the Pirates ahead, 9-0.
A pair of walks in the
bottom of the ninth helped Bryant avoid a shutout on an RBI ground
out by Robby Rinn. Davis Kirkpatrick was charged with the run.
Kruczynski went seven
innings as ECU won its first NCAA Tournament opener since
topping Binghamton 11-7 in Greenville in
2009. Kruczynski allowed six hits and walked three
while striking out six.
Freshmen Matt Bridges
and Chris Holba each pitched a hitless, scoreless frame for the
Pirates.
Yorgen and Watkins both
had three hits. Brooks was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
The contest was
originally scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday but the start time was moved
to 4 p.m. because of rain in the forecast. With a weather delay, the
first pitch was at 5:50 p.m.
East
Carolina will head back to the
scene of its first road series
of the year for NCAA play, as
the Pirates travel to
Charlottesville for the NCAA
regionals.