This past weekend was truly one to remember at East Carolina. The ECU swimming and diving team took the American Athletic Conference championship for the fourth time. The lacrosse team slipped by Campbell on the road, 12-22 on Saturday. The women’s basketball team came from 17 points down to beat Temple. The Pirate ladies have… [ More… ]
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Pirates find different ways to win
Nineteenth-ranked East Carolina got the baseball season off to a great start with a series sweep of William & Mary this past weekend. The Pirates took all three games in the series in very different ways. ECU had to rally late on Friday. William & Mary struck first on opening day when the Tribe’s Brandon… [ More… ]
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Young Pirates growing up in spurts
While most of the world had an eye on the Duke-Carolina game on Saturday night I had a strategic location staked out at one of my favorite sports bars to watch that contest as well as the East Carolina-Tulane matchup in New Orleans. As Duke and Carolina added another crazy chapter to their storied rivalry… [ More… ]
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Sold-out banquet produces zingers, touching moment
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin is a stickler for details. That attention to detail is probably what makes the 2019 American Athletic Conference coach of the year such a success at his job. For the 5th straight year it was a privilege for me to emcee the annual ECU baseball banquet. A sold-out crowd… [ More… ]
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Relentless Pirates feed off Minges energy
East Carolina doesn’t have the best team in the American Athletic Conference, but it may have the team that plays the hardest. The shots don’t always fall, but the effort continues to be relentless. On Saturday night against Tulane, the shots did fall. ECU shot 52 percent from the field in its 81-62 win. Pirate… [ More… ]
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Pirates ran into ‘grown men’ at Cincinnati
East Carolina ran into a buzz-saw at Cincinnati on Sunday night. The Pirates were never really in the basketball game and fell to the Bearcats, 82-57. It was a disappointing effort and the Pirates’ second straight loss. ECU fell at home to Tulsa before hitting the road. In both games the Pirates really struggled from… [ More… ]
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Pirates go for third straight conference win
I don’t know what was said in the huddle with the East Carolina-Southern Methodist game tied at 68, but I do know that Tristen Newton came back on the court with a big smile on his face. Newton parlayed that smile into a game-winning three point shot to give the Pirates a 71-68 upset win… [ More… ]