Saturday’s Spring football game at East Carolina was our last taste of pigskin until August. The weather certainly didn’t cooperate, but things could have been much worse with showers and storms all around. There had to be at least some talk of postponing the game, but luckily that move wasn’t necessary and the game went… [ More… ]
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Compelling times for Pirate athletics
Cliff Godwin’s baseball program has been the true shining light over the last couple of years from the East Carolina athletic department. The Diamond Pirates had their ten-game winning streak snapped at Houston on Friday night in a 2-0 loss. ECU bounced right back and swept a doubleheader over the Cougars on Saturday to win… [ More… ]
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The Big Shave
This was no April Fool’s…. the mustache is history for another year. East Carolina’s baseball program wrapped up another successful “Mustache March” on Monday by hosting the big shave off. The entire team got together to shave off the whiskers. Before the shave the team handed out some honors. Alec Burleson got the best ‘stache’… [ More… ]
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Pirates get the jump on the rest of the American
Sweeps just aren’t that common in leagues as good as the American Athletic Conference. On this first weekend of play, only East Carolina was able to take all three games. The difference between winning two out of three in a conference series and sweeping is monumental. Take the Central Florida sweep into account. The Pirates… [ More… ]
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Enjoying perfection the old-fashioned way
Jake Kuchmaner made Pirate history on Sunday with the school’s first ever perfect game in East Carolina’s 3-0 win over Maryland. Unfortunately, unless you were in College Park on Sunday, you didn’t get a chance to see the performance. The Big 10 plus streaming service showed the first game of the three-game set on Friday… [ More… ]
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Pirates aim for Duke, Terps after solid week
East Carolina went 4-1 this past week and is perhaps playing its best baseball of the season. The Pirates split their two games in Mississippi. ECU dropped the Tuesday game to 8th-ranked Mississippi State, 4-1, then on Wednesday beat 9th-ranked Ole Miss, 3-2. ECU then came home and swept Marist in a three-game series. After… [ More… ]
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Pirates rebound, head west
East Carolina won two out of three in the Keith LeClair Classic and now the Pirates will spend this spring break week in Mississippi. This is a team still trying to find itself. The Pirates had their best outing of the weekend on Sunday, beating Western Carolina 12-6. But even in that game things got… [ More… ]