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Pirates take series
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA —
Luke Bolka had a
3-run homer and
finished with four
RBIs to lead East
Carolina to a 6-1
victory at Virginia
on Saturday for a
series win over the
defending College
World Series
champions. The
Pirates improved to
6-0 and go for
series sweep at 1
p.m. today.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
— East
Carolina ended a
nine-game losing
streak to Virginia
with an 8-5 win in
10 innings over the
defending College
World Series
champions on Friday.
The Pirates pushed
across a tying run
in the top of the
ninth on a sacrifice
fly by Charlie
Yorgen before
scoring three runs
in the 10th.
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Challenge escalates for Pirates |
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 East
Carolina's baseball team is off to a
4-0 start with three wins over
Longwood last weekend and an 11-2
victory over North Carolina A&T on
Tuesday. The circumstances will be
more challenging this weekend as the
Pirates visit Virginia
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BASKETBALL |
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Tyson lifts Pirates
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NEW ORLEANS — B.J.
Tyson led four East
Carolina players in
double figures with
22 points as the
Pirates stopped a
six-game losing
streak with a 79-73
American Athletic
Conference win at
Tulane on Wednesday
night.
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Pirates defeat N.C. A&T, 11-2 |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina outhit
North Carolina A&T 15-5 in an 11-2
nonconference win on Tuesday afternoon. The
game was originally scheduled for Wednesday
but was moved up due to the threat of severe
weather today.
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Marathon season starts on right
note |
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out the brooms. East Carolina opened
the 2016 baseball season with a
sweep of Longwood at Clark-LeClair
Stadium. The season is a marathon
and not a sprint. Still, second-year
head coach Cliff Godwin and the
Pirates were more than excited to
get the opening weekend sweep.
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Pirates come back for sweep |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina faced its first
deficit of the young season and responded by
rallying for a 5-3 nonconference win over
Longwood on Sunday afternoon before 3,067 at
Clark-LeClair Stadium.
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By
Al Myatt
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Post-game Audio: Lebo, Williams, Barkley...
GREENVILLE — East Carolina
trimmed a 16-point Cincinnati lead to 56-54 with five minutes remaining
before absorbing a 65-56 American Athletic Conference loss from the
Bearcats before 4,841 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday
afternoon.
It was a matchup of ebbs
and flows for the Pirates, who fell behind 13-6 before rallying for
a 17-15 lead on a layup by freshman Kentrell Barkley with 9:52 left
in the first half.
Story continues
after the following image...
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| Pictured: ECU senior
point guard sets the offense from midcourt. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
The Bearcats (21-8, 11-5
AAC) spurted again to go ahead 37-25 at the half.
"Our kids battled," said
ECU coach Jeff Lebo. "We had them where we wanted them with four
minutes left. ... Give them credit. That program has a history of
being good and they're good again this year."
A 3-pointer by Jacob
Evans put Cincinnati on top 61-54 with 3:15 remaining.
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after the following image...
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| Pictured: ECU
sophomore B.J. Tyson connects from the corner. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Troy Caupain led the
Bearcats with 27 points on nine of 14 field goal shooting. He was
4-for-7 on threes.
"He's underrated," Lebo
said of Caupain. "He's like Nic Moore (Southern Methodist). He gives
his team what they need and today it was scoring."
Evans had 18 points for
Cincinnati. Octavius Ellis provided 10 points and 14 rebounds as the
Bearcats led 38-31 on the boards.
Five players performed
all but 16 minutes for the Pirates as Lebo went with a smaller
lineup that has been ECU's most productive offensively.
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after the following image...
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| Pictured: ECU's Caleb
White follows the flight of a 3-point attempt. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Senior point guard
Prince Williams had 18 points for ECU (11-18, 3-13). Barkley
provided 14 points, 13 rebounds and six assists without a turnover
in 40 minutes.
"He was terrific," Lebo
said of Barkley. "He scored for us. He rebounded for us and he made
plays for us. ... He's exceeded expectations to the point we can't
take him out of the game."
B.J. Tyson and Caleb
White had 11 points each.
Barkley and White each
hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 17-4 run that cut Cincinnati's lead to
56-54 on a drive by Williams with 5:33 to go.
The Pirates essentially
had one practice day to prepare with a travel day following
a 79-73 win at Tulane
on Wednesday night. The Bearcats had not played since a 65-60 win at
home over Connecticut on Feb. 20.
ECU plays at South
Florida (7-22, 4-12) at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
ECU
pitching
coach Dan Roszel: