The 2024-25 school year was without precedent for East Carolina. Never had the Pirates beaten a Power Four program in a bowl game, had a winning season in basketball and made the NCAA tournament in baseball. ECU was the only in-state athletic program with the threefold feat. The accomplishment accentuated a timely adjustment to the new landscape in college athletics with … [Read more...]

According to College Football News, East Carolina has the seventh toughest strength of schedule among 14 teams in the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates are coming off a unique 8-5 season in which they switched quarterbacks and coaches at midseason. Before ECU looks to improve on a 5-3 performance in the AAC, there are four nonconference contests that will keep the … [Read more...]

After a season-ending 1-0 loss to Coastal Carolina in the championship of the Conway regional Sunday, East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin conducted a postgame news conference. He was joined by seniors Jake Hunter and Ryley Johnson. The voices were strained with emotion and maybe there were some sweaty eyeballs as former football coach Ruffin McNeill might say. The Pirates … [Read more...]

CONWAY, SC — A sacrifice fly by Sebastian Alexander in the bottom of the eighth inning brought in the only run as Coastal Carolina topped East Carolina, 1-0, for the regional championship on Sunday night. There was a repetitive pattern in the regional for the Pirates (34-27) as wins over Florida were followed by losses to the Chanticleers in the double-elimination … [Read more...]

CONWAY, SC — Coastal Carolina scored 14 runs in the last three innings to down East Carolina, 18-7, in the winners bracket matchup in the NCAA regional hosted by the Chanticleers on Saturday night. ECU (34-26) faces Florida (39-21) in an elimination game scheduled for Sunday at noon. A crowd of 6,423, the largest ever at Springs Brooks Stadium saw a tightly contested … [Read more...]