The East Carolina women’s tennis players know that much of the Pirate Nation pays scant attention to what they are doing on the court, but if there was ever a time to rectify that situation, it’s now. ECU’s team has won 17 straight matches — the longest winning streak for any Pirates squad since the 2004 baseball team notched 19 victories in a row. After opening the 2019 … [Read more...]

Before my family moved to Eastern North Carolina two decades ago, I spent seven years in Cleveland County, NC, just a few miles from the campus of Gardner-Webb University. We spent time in the tiny burg of Boiling Springs, got to know GWU students and enjoyed an occasional cultural event on campus. The thing we never did, though, was think twice about the Running’ Bulldogs’ … [Read more...]

Football isn’t the only sport at East Carolina to lean into the idea of “No Quarter.” The men’s golf team has demonstrated the idea of getting stronger as time goes on not just in tournaments, but in the whole of its schedule as well. At the micro level, the Pirates dramatically saved their best rounds for last at their past two competitions — their own ECU Intercollegiate … [Read more...]

If the East Carolina women’s golf season was a movie, the first half would depict a series of dire events, defeating the characters and making the viewers wonder how things could turn around by the time the credits roll. But in Hollywood and in golf, happy endings can arise from the unlikeliest of circumstances, and Pirates head coach Kevin Williams is seeing signs that his … [Read more...]

The difference between a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old might not seem very dramatic in most situations, but East Carolina coach Courtney Oliver has discovered that in college softball the gap between freshmen and sophomores is wide indeed. With seven Pirates in their second year on the team, the sophomores make up the largest chunk of ECU’s roster, and four of those players … [Read more...]