FAYETTEVILLE — No. 11 East Carolina evened its series with No. 15 North Carolina on Saturday with a 7-4 win at Segra Stadium. The Pirates built a 7-0 lead in support of starting left-hander Zach Root and held on despite a UNC rally that brought the potential tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth. Root (2-0) went seven innings, allowing three hits with no runs, … [Read more...]
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BASEBALL NEWSOwls stop ECU streak
HOUSTON — Rice ended a 3-game American Athletic Conference winning streak for East Carolina with a 70-52 victory Saturday. ECU (14-13, 7-7 AAC) trailed by a scant 29-27 margin at the half, but Travis Evee scored 24 of his 34 points in the second half as the Owls (11-16, 5-9) pulled away. Evee finished 12 of 19 from the field, including seven of 12 from beyond the arc and … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSHoneycutt’s homer lifts Tar Heels over ECU
CHAPEL HILL — Vance Honeycutt homered to left in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift No. 15 North Carolina to a 2-1 win over No. 11 East Carolina on Friday at Boshamer Stadium. UNC (5-0) took a 1-0 lead in the second when Luke Stevenson scored on a double to left by Alex Madera. ECU (3-2) tied the score in the fifth after a 1-out single by Ryley Johnson. Carter … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU on run going to Rice
The 30th anniversary of East Carolina's last trip to the NCAA basketball tournament was last year, which was also Mike Shwartz's first season as coach of the Pirates. Given the parity in the American Athletic Conference this season and ECU's current trend of defying the program's tradition of hoops struggles, the Pirates would appear to have a chance to end their string of … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSCamels Knipp ECU, 7-6
BUIES CREEK — Grant Knipp didn't do it all for Campbell in a 7-6 win over No. 11 East Carolina on Tuesday, but he did quite a bit. Knipp had a 3-run homer and four RBIs before shedding his catching gear to pick up a save in his mound debut in the ninth. The Camels (3-1) posted their third win over a ranked opponent after a 2-1 series triumph against No. 17 Cal Santa … [Read more...]