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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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 One play was all it took for
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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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 � 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.
The Cavaliers (38-21)
face William & Mary (30-30 in an elimination game at 11 a.m. today.
ECU (36-21-1) plays the winner of that game at 3 p.m. today. A
Pirate victory would wrap up the regional title.
An ECU loss Sunday would
force a deciding game in the double-elimination regional on Monday.
The Pirates trailed 6-3
going to the bottom of the ninth. Third-seeded ECU was designated
the home team against the top-seeded Cavs, the defending College
World Series champions.
Pinch-hitter Kirk Morgan
started ECU's decisive frame with an infield single and Wesley
Phillips was inserted to pinch run. Parker Lamm doubled down the
left field line to score Phillips and draw the Pirates within 6-4.
Charlie Yorgen's RBI
single to right cut the margin to 6-5.
A hit by Dwanya
Williams-Sutton and a sacrifice bunt by Turner Brown put runners at
second and third.
Watkins drove a 1-1
pitch over the fence in left-center to end the game.
ECU loaded the bases in
the first inning and took a 1-0 lead as Virginia turned a double
play.
The Cavs went ahead 4-1
in the third on a two-run double by Matt Thaiss and a two-run homer
by Pavin Smith.
Lamm and Yorgen had
singles in the bottom of the third. The runners moved up on a wild
pitch. Lamm came home on a ground out to first by Turner Brown to
trim the lead to 4-2.
Hits by Garrett Brooks
and Eric Tyler started ECU's half of the sixth. Bryce Harman was hit
by a pitch to load the bases.
Luke Bolka fouled off
five straight pitches before hitting a sacrifice fly that closed
UVa's lead to 4-3.
Smith had his second
homer of the game in the eighth and Charlie Cody had a sacrifice fly
as Virginia extended its advantage to 6-3.
Joe Ingle (6-3) pitched
the final one and two-thirds innings for the win. Ingle allowed no
hits, no runs and struck out three while walking one.
Tommy Doyle (2-6) took
the loss.
The Pirates had a 15-8
lead in hits as Yorgen went 4-for-5. Brooks went 3-for-4. Lamm and
Williams-Sutton each had two hits.
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.