East Carolina wrapped up fall camp over the weekend with the team’s second scrimmage of the preseason. Both sides of the ball, the offense and the defense, had their moments to shine in the Saturday scrimmage. It was especially nice to see the defense play so well at times. When you’re playing one another sometimes… [ More… ]
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Pirates push towards Saturday scrimmage
It was the East Carolina offense that got all of the accolades on Wednesday, as Mike Houston’s Pirates pushed through their ‘hump day’ workout. The offense shined on a hot, humid morning of practice. “This was the second of four consecutive practices in full pads and it was a competitive one,” said Houston after the… [ More… ]
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Pirates pad up
Monday was another key step as the Pirates roll on toward opening day in Raleigh. The East Carolina football squad put the pads on for the first time. Those pads will stay on now for most of the rest of the month. Practice in pads is much different, especially in the heat. “I thought we… [ More… ]
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Committee sidesteps Pirates’ RPI, SOS
East Carolina had hoped to be named as a top eight national seed for the 2019 NCAA baseball tournament. The Pirates ended the season with an RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) of 5. That was better than national seeds (5) Arkansas with a 6 RPI, (3) Georgia Tech with an 8 RPI, (7) Louisville with a… [ More… ]
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Pairings Party Gallery
WNCT-TV captured this collection of photographs during ECU’s Regional Pairings Party at Sup Dogs on Monday. The Pirates were slotted with a #10 seed in the NCAA tournament and will host North Carolina State, Campbell and Quinnipiac at Clark-LeClair Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
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Pirates aim for AAC tourney and beyond
East Carolina wrapped up its record-setting regular season on a down note, falling to Memphis 10-9 on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. While the final game didn’t go the Pirates’ way, most of the rest of the season most certainly did. The Pirates set a new American Athletic Conference regular season record by going 20-4 in… [ More… ]
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American champs get fitting welcome home
It may have been Sunday night and it may have been close to 11 p.m., but it didn’t matter. East Carolina baseball fans were out late to welcome their Pirates home. ECU took two out of three from Wichita State over the weekend. The 6-1 win on Friday clinched the Pirate’s first ever American Athletic… [ More… ]