After losing to Coastal Carolina in the first
game of the series on Monday, the East Carolina softball team bounced
back with a 7-1 win in the first game of the team's Tuesday doubleheader
before before dropping the second game 7-6.
East Carolina had a 6-3 lead heading into the
seventh inning in the nightcap but the Chanticleers battled back to
score four runs.
In the day first game, a three-run home run by
Kaui Tom capped a six-run second inning by the Pirates.
Pack returns to Reynolds for NIT 2nd round
Following Tuesday night's win at Drexel, the
N.C. State basketball team will continue its quest for the NIT
championship at home on Friday night. Coach Sidney Lowe and company will
play host to Marist in Reynolds Coliseum in a game that tips off at 9:30
p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPNU.
The sixth-seeded Wolfpack (19-15) upset the
third-seeded Dragons on Tuesday, while seventh-seeded Marist (25-8) won
at second-seed Oklahoma State. The winner will advance to play the
winner of the West Virginia-Massachusetts game on the road next week.
NCAA-bound Arizona disciplines reserve guard
Arizona reserve guard Daniel Dillon has been
suspended for an unspecified duration following his arrest for driving
under the influence.
The Wildcats play Purdue on Friday in New
Orleans in the NCAA Tournament. Dillon will not dress for the game,
according to Arizona officials.
Conference USA honors Pirates hurler Hose
East Carolina junior righthander T.J. Hose and
Southern Miss freshman righthander Todd McInnis share this week’s
Conference USA pitcher of the week honors.
Central Florida sophomore infielder Kiki Vazquez
earned hitter of the week recognition for the period ending Sunday,
March 11.
Hose had a career-best pitching performance
Friday night against No. 7 Cal State Fullerton, setting the tone for the
Pirates' three-game sweep of the Titans. He picked up his third
consecutive win in a 6-1 ECU victory, scattering three hits over seven
innings. Hose allowed one run while striking out six batters, four of
them looking, in seven innings of work.
Hose kept the Titans hitters in check with a
.143 average.
Texas women's coaching icon hangs up whistle
Texas women's basketball coach and Naismith Hall
of Hamer Jody Conradt has announced her retirement from coaching.
Conradt coached a total of 31 years at Texas, and 38 years overall in
the college ranks. She retires as the No. 2 all-time winningest coach in
collegiate men's or women's basketball history with a record of 900-307.
Texas, 18-14 this season, was not selected to
the 2007 NCAA Tournament.
Study shows Buckeyes losing in classroom
Ohio State may be No. 1, but that's in college
basketball, not in academic performance. Richard Lapchick, director of
Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, has
determined that only 10 percent of the Buckeyes' basketball players
received degrees at the school, according to figures for freshman
classes entering from 1996-99.
Counting players who transferred or entered from
junior colleges and graduated late, 38 percent of Buckeyes basketball
players earned degrees during that period, according to Lapchick's
study.
Lady Pirates' opponent will be Scarlet Knights
The East Carolina women's basketball team will
take on No. 4 seed Rutgers in East Lansing, MI, in the first round of
the NCAA Tournament. The game, set for Sunday, March 18, at 9:30 p.m.,
will be televised by ESPN2 and ESPNU.
The winner of that contest will advance to take
on the winner of the fifth-seeded Michigan State versus No. 12 seed
Delaware matchup, which will be played at 7:00 p.m., prior to the
ECU-Rutgers game. The second round matchup is slated for Tuesday, March
20.
