Every time you win a college baseball game it’s a big deal. Those aren’t my words. They are the words of East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin. One glance at the weekend sweep at Memphis solidifies that statement. All three wins were grinders, where the tougher of the two teams came out on top. The… [ Continue Reading ]
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Pirates pivot to Duke after first series loss
National rankings make for great fan talk. Those same rankings put a target on your back. South Florida came to Greenville this weekend and set sights on a series win over a top ten program on the road. The Bulls were blown out in game one. USF rallied to take the next two games and… [ Continue Reading ]
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Pirates on the move in national polls
Five games in five days over 5,000 miles is quite the challenge. East Carolina baseball not only accepted the challenge, they Pirates thrived through it and thus continued to rise in the national rankings. There are six organizations that rank college baseball teams. After taking two out of three from the University of Washington, the… [ Continue Reading ]
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‘Mustache March’ concludes with ‘Shave Off’
The East Carolina baseball program completed its most successful “Mustache March” campaign with the group shave Monday afternoon. For the third straight year the ‘shave off’ was shown live during the sports segment for WNCT-TV. With that many shavers and razors in one place anything could have happened. Thankfully, no one was injured for the… [ Continue Reading ]
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Improved talent level shows in spring game
One really can’t tell a whole lot about a football team from a scrimmage, especially a spring scrimmage. Both East Carolina coordinators dummied-down their respective plays and formations, because other teams will scout the spring games. Still, I thought the Pirates put on an entertaining show on Saturday inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. There were big plays… [ Continue Reading ]
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Pirates on a roll heading towards AAC play
Only a road game with rival UNC-Wilmington on Wednesday stands in the way of East Carolina opening American Athletic Conference play against Central Florida next weekend. ECU completed the three-game sweep of Maryland on Sunday, beating the Terrapins 4-0 on a sun drenched afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Pirates improved to 16-4 with the victory.… [ Continue Reading ]
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ECU leaders under the gun to right the ship
The Jeff Compher buyout ends one of the most tumultuous times in East Carolina’s athletics history. The buyout had been rumored for weeks. I even had a chance to ask the soon-to-be former Pirate AD about the situation a couple of weeks ago. Compher said there wasn’t anything to it. It’s been my experience that… [ Continue Reading ]