East Carolina will have an opportunity to make a statement at the opening of the 2021 football season after closing 2020 with a pair of wins at Temple (28-3) and over Southern Methodist (52-38) that seemed to indicate the Pirates were turning a corner. ECU plays Appalachian State in Charlotte on Thursday, Sept. 2, to start the season and will host South Carolina on Saturday, … [Read more...]
"VIEW FROM THE EAST" ON ECU BASEBALLGodwin has good news as season starts
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin led off a Zoom conference with some good news in advance of today's scheduled season opener against Rhode Island at Clark-LeClair Stadium at 4 p.m. "The Pirates, as of today, are all negative for COVID," Godwin said. " ... Everybody associated with the baseball program is negative. We'll be full strength tomorrow going into the game, … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTGodwin, Pirates plot course in pandemic
With the start of baseball season against Rhode Island at Clark-LeClair Stadium coming up on Feb. 19, East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin talked about his team's state of preparedness via Zoom earlier this week. During the pandemic, Godwin is as concerned with bubbles, testing and protocols as he is with the things that he deals with during the lead-up to a season under normal … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST‘Pig’ will help Pirates in epic matchup
East Carolina has a huge opportunity to get its struggles in 2021 reversed as the Pirates host No. 5 Houston tonight at 6 p.m. (ESPN+). The Pirates are 0-5 since the calendar flipped to the new year. They've been fast breaking through a COVID minefield that left lengthy gameless spans in the January schedule and put the Pirates in a short-handed predicament when they did … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates building up antibodies
Baseball stats have expanded significantly in recent years but East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin mentioned a new number this week as the Pirates prepared to start official practice for the 2021 season opener at home against Rhode Island on Feb. 19. "Because a lot of our guys went through COVID and COVID protocols in the fall, right now we have 18 guys with antibodies," Godwin … [Read more...]