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News Nuggets, 04.25.04
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Pirates in driver's seat for
regular season stretch run
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04.24.04: Pirates
nudge Golden Eagles from shared perch... .. Jackson radio
station picks up USM baseball... .. Academic Senate wants
Spartans out of I-A... ..
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04.23.04: 28
bowls in the house, 3 knocking on the door... .. ECU, USM
jockey for control of 1st place... .. Pirates reshuffle May
baseball schedule... ..
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04.22.04: Diamondbacks
dial up ex-Pirate Tracy... .. Bulldogs get 'lights out' win
over Memphis... .. Eustachy announces two staff additions... ..
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04.21.04: Pirates'
frontcourt of the future taking shape... .. UAB wins battle
for Tennessee prep star... .. Las Vegas Bowl gets jump on
Yuletide... ..
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04.20.04: Pirates
mount assault on baseball polls... .. C-USA pays tribute to
record-smashing Paige... .. WNBA beckons ECU's Willis for
tryout... ..
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04.19.04: Supercharged
Pirates sail into 1st place tie... .. C- USA baseball
standings & scoreboard... .. NFL double-header bumps Hawaii
Bowl to Christmas Eve... ..
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04.18.04: Extreme
games: College baseball day to remember... .. Penders lures
Midlands juco duo to Houston... .. Vandy-style overhaul in
store for Colorado?.. ..
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04.17.04: Juco
star joins elite Memphis recruiting crop... .. Relief
pitcher pulls off ultimate save... ..
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04.16.04: National
anthem Charlie Daniels-style on tap for USM... .. 3rd time
around for Houston assistant coach... .. Huggins inks juco
backcourt wizard... .. NFL players return to U of L for
spring game... ..
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04.15.04: Mother
Nature sweeps Pirates and Seahawks... .. Green Wave pitcher
grabs national spotlight... .. Hoops honcho Hodge hangs
tight at State... ..
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04.14.04: DePaul's
Leitao halts pursuit of St. John's job... .. Norwood hitting
spree merits C-USA honor... .. Miami-Big East court fight
adds new twist... .. Pirates climb in Baseball America poll... ..
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Three weeks ago, East Carolina was tied for 5th
place with Louisville in the Conference USA baseball race, behind then
co-leaders Southern Mississippi, South Florida and Tulane.
After holding off the Cardinals for the second day
in a row, the steamrolling Pirates now find themselves firmly atop the
standings.
ECU, which entered the weekend tied with USM for the
league lead,
defeated U of L 9-7 Saturday to
extend its winning streak to 15 games, while the Golden Eagles were
embarrassed by Tulane 17-5.
The results mirrored Friday's weekend openers, when
the Pirates
subdued Louisville 6-4 and Southern
Miss was humbled by the Green Wave 17-1.
East Carolina,
ranked ninth by Baseball America, is
14-3 in the conference. No. 11 Southern Miss and
18th-ranked Tulane are tied for second at 12-5.
Louisville fell to 8-9 in the league with its loss
to the Pirates.
USF, the other team that was in the regular season
title mix three weeks ago, was swept by the Pirates in a three-game series
the second weekend of April and has yet to regain its bearings.
ECU will close its series with the Cardinals at
Harrington Field today at noon [Pirate Radio 1250 Live Stream],
while USM and Tulane are wrapping up their three-game set in New Orleans.
THIS WEEKEND'S C-USA SCORES
Friday:
Houston 17, Cincinnati 0
UAB 7, Charlotte 5
East Carolina 6, Louisville 4
South Florida at Memphis, Rain
Texas Christian 10, Saint Louis 8
Tulane 17, Southern Miss 1
Saturday:
Tulane 17, Southern Miss 5
South Florida at Memphis, Rain
Texas Christian 12, Saint Louis 5
UAB 16, Charlotte 1
East Carolina 9, Louisville 7
Houston 7, Cincinnati 6
View C-USA standings heading into this week
(04/19/04)...
Losman, Rivers plucked in draft's first round
For the second time in three years, a Tulane
quarterback has been chosen in the first round of the National Football
League Draft. J.P. Losman was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the 22nd
overall selection on Saturday.
The 6-2, 224-pound Losman will likely serve as a
backup to Drew Bledsoe in 2004 after the team lost Alex Van Pelt, who
retired in the offseason.
Losman may be the most athletically gifted
quarterback in the draft. He completed 59.5 percent of his passes
(251-of-422) for 3,077 yards and 33 touchdowns with 14 interceptions this
past season.
Losman has a quick release and excellent arm
strength but didn't have an extended opportunity to display his full
repertoire of talents until last season. In 2000-01, he was a backup at
Tulane to Patrick Ramsey, a 2002 first round pick of the Washington
Redskins.
No other Conference USA players were picked in the
first three rounds of the draft, but a Carolinas team boasted the No. 4
pick. N.C. State quarterback Philip Rivers was selected by the New York
Giants, who swapped him along with three draft picks to the San Diego
Chargers for the draft's top pick, Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2004
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