East Carolina topped Duke, 5-4, on Tuesday night for a 2-game, regular-season sweep of the Blue Devils. The Pirates had beaten Duke, 12-2, in Durham on March 1. ECU won the most recent matchup with the Blue Devils despite nine strikeouts at the plate and three errors in the field. "I'm just proud of our guys," said eighth-year Pirates coach Cliff Godwin. "They competed … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTResilient Pirates surge to first in AAC
East Carolina recovered from a 12-3 loss at N.C. State on April 26 for a home sweep of Cincinnati that vaulted the Pirates into sole possession of first place in the American Athletic Conference with an 11-4 league record, a game ahead of Houston and Central Florida, who are each 10-5. "Just really proud of our guys," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin. "We got down in both … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTShwartz shares his focus
Mike Schwartz has been on the job as East Carolina basketball coach for about five weeks. He talked about the priorities he has addressed after his first recruiting class was announced on Thursday. "I think that from the beginning, the most important things to me were three areas and that was the people of this university and the people around the community and in terms of … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates gain momentum
East Carolina has looked like the team many envisioned in 2022 in winning its last four games — and eight of its last 10. Pirates coach Cliff Godwin focused on the last four victories on Monday morning. "We had a great week," said the Pirates coach. "We've been on the road all week, ... Big win at Elon, 7-1, and then go into (Central Florida)... Obviously they were doing … [Read more...]
INSIDE GAME DAYOffense comes back in Purple-Gold game
GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had a tough decision Saturday after East Carolina's Purple-Gold spring football game. The winner of the scrimmage between the offense and defense was supposed to get a meal of steak as a reward. The loser would get lesser fare. The problem was that the offense rallied from a 25-12 deficit at halftime to tie the score at 40 before the clock on the … [Read more...]