A loss can have value when teams learn from it. Since a 2-1 setback at Elon on Saturday, March 27, the East Carolina baseball team has won five straight, a streak that includes a comeback win over North Carolina and a four-game American Athletic Conference sweep of Cincinnati. Pirates coach Cliff Godwin called his colleague, Tim Corbin of Vanderbilt, for some reassurance … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Baseball provides needed boost for Pirate Nation
Pirate Nation was on a downward spiral. There was a 2-1 baseball loss at Elon on Saturday, an unexpected jolt for an East Carolina team ranked as high as No. 8 nationally. ECU had dispatched the Phoenix, 15-0, on Friday night but the Pirate bats did an about face the next day as Elon pitchers recorded 14 strikeouts. Then the news came Monday that All-AAC basketball … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Indoor practice facility a priority for Houston
The rescheduled start of spring football practice pointed out a long-standing need for the East Carolina program. "Obviously, we got put behind a little bit by some of the weather we had in Eastern North Carolina last week," Houston said. "Thankfully, it ended up not being quite as bad as some of the experts thought it was going to be. "We were able to get started with … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Dooley reflects on season
An unprecedented season of East Carolina basketball concluded on March 11 with a 72-62 loss to Central Florida in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth. The Pirates, who finished 8-10 after a 7-1 start, were 0-for-5 on 3-pointers and trailed, 36-27, at halftime. ECU went 3-for-16 from beyond the arc for the game, 18.8 percent. "Obviously, we didn't … [Read more...]
"VIEW FROM THE EAST" ON THE AAC TOURNAMENT
All-AAC star Gardner eyes tournament streak
On the day before East Carolina begins play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, junior Jayden Gardner became the first Pirate to make first team all-league as selected by the AAC coaches. ECU had not had a first-team pick since Maurice Kemp in 2013. That was when the Pirates were in Conference USA. Gardner was on the AAC second team as a … [Read more...]