The East Carolina baseball team faced exams and five big games in what could have been a most trying week. On the field, the Pirates had just short of a perfect week. They breezed past every test until the final game. Tulane would salvage the final game of this past weekend’s series in a thrilling… [ More… ]
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Pirates in the driver’s seat in conference race
East Carolina swept No. 18 Connecticut this past weekend to run its league mark to 11-1 through four series in 2019. Unfortunately, if you’re following the national rankings, the sweep didn’t do all that much for ECU. The Pirates are ranked as high as 11th nationally by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. ECU is 12th… [ More… ]
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Pirates transition to Summer conditioning
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… ]