Of all the things Keith LeClair accomplished in his successful but too-short tenure as baseball coach at East Carolina — including 212 wins, four NCAA tournament appearances and one Super Regional in five seasons — the one thing he didn’t live long enough to do was take a team to Omaha and the College World… [ More… ]
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Godwin’s fiery remarks hit the bulls-eye
The road to Omaha might have started in Greenville, but somewhere along the way — Louisville, KY, to be specific — East Carolina’s anticipated joyride to the College World Series veered off course and ended in a crumpled heap along the side of the highway. The Pirates didn’t just lose their NCAA Super Regional series… [ More… ]
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Coleman represents milestone recruit for ECU
There was big news involving an East Carolina athletic program over the past week. And no, it wasn’t the baseball team’s galant run through the loser’s bracket to an NCAA regional title — although that was newsworthy in its own right, especially the way the Pirates did it. Overshadowed by the success of ECU coach… [ More… ]
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Pirates reboot for postseason charge
If you’re looking for something positive to take away from East Carolina’s American Athletic Conference baseball tournament debacle, here it is: It’s better to lay an egg in Clearwater, where there’s an opportunity to reset and get a do-over, than it is for it to happen next week in the only tournament that really matters.… [ More… ]
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Road to Omaha goes through Clearwater
The disappointment of Saturday’s 10-9 loss to Memphis was soothed by a postgame ceremony in which the East Carolina baseball team was awarded its trophy for winning the American Athletic Conference’s regular season championship. As the hardware was passed around from player to player, a list of the Pirates achievements was announced to the crowd… [ More… ]
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Pirates inching closer to prime NCAA seed
The East Carolina baseball team clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season championship and won its seventh straight league series this weekend by taking two of three at Wichita State. But those might not be the most significant things to happen to the Pirates over the past six days. Far more meaningful was Wednesday’s 9-5… [ More… ]
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Hoops construction job starts with a flourish
Last week’s column chronicled an East Carolina building project that is in its final stages of completion. This one deals with a building project that is just now getting off the ground. Like the gleaming new TowneBank Tower that will make its debut at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this fall, coach Joe Dooley is hoping his renovation… [ More… ]