GREENVILLE — Pinch hitter Christian Smallwood singled through the right side to score Lane Hoover in the 10th inning and give East Carolina a 3-2 walk-off win over Rhode Island on Friday night in the season opener for both clubs at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Hoover was hit by a pitch to start the bottom of the 10th and went to second on a wild pitch. He advanced to third on a … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsWeather, COVID force more schedule changes
East Carolina was among six schools involved in the American Athletic Conference's latest basketball scheduling maneuvers. The league on Tuesday announced the postponement of three more games. This time not all of the schedule changes were pandemic-related. Tulane's contest with Southern Methodist, slated for tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 17) in Dallas, has been postponed due … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsAmerican addresses ECU-Wichita State series
The American Athletic Conference announced changes to the basketball slate involving three schools on Monday. The East Carolina-Wichita State game scheduled for Dec. 30, which was postponed in the wake of a cluster of positive COVID-19 tests in the ECU program, will not be rescheduled. The only regular-season contest between the Pirates and Shockers will take place on … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsCOVID hits keep coming
The American Athletic Conference announced on Friday more schedule changes in the wake of the detection earlier this week of positive COVID-19 cases involving the Memphis and East Carolina basketball programs. The schedule changes were made due to ongoing issues with COVID-19 and contact tracing. No. 8 Houston's schedule was impacted by the circumstances at ECU and … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsCoronavirus trips up ECU, other AAC teams
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended East Carolina's basketball schedule again. The school announced Wednesday that it is temporarily pausing all hoops activities in the wake of a positive COVID test and subsequent contact tracing resulting in the quarantining of individuals within the program. The impact to ECU's schedule so far is that games between the Pirates and Temple, … [Read more...]