GREENVILLE — No. 9 East Carolina sent a crowd of 4,742 at Clark-LeClair Stadium home early on Saturday with a 10-0 win over Cincinnati. The American Athletic Conference contest was halted with one out in the bottom of the seventh on the 10-run rule. Carter Spivey (4-1) pitched a complete game for ECU (27-8, 6-2 AAC). The senior right-hander limited the Bearcats (15-21, … [Read more...]
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Baseball NewsClonch, Moylan boost ECU
GREENVILLE — Three-run homers from Cam Clonch and Josh Moylan helped No. 9 East Carolina to a 9-4 American Athletic Conference win over Cincinnati at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday night. Clonch set the tone for the Pirates' sixth straight win with a 3-run homer to right in the bottom of the first. After the Bearcats had closed a 6-1 deficit to 6-4, Moylan sent a blast … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTThe new American: UTSA
Sixth and final in a series examining incoming members of the AAC The American Athletic Conference is moving closer to a transition on July 1 that will bring Alabama-Birmingham, Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice and Texas-San Antonio into membership from Conference USA. The AAC will lose Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston to the Big 12. Houston was … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsPirates power past ODU
GREENVILLE — Early 2-run homers by Carter Cunningham and Lane Hoover sparked No. 9 East Carolina to a 7-3 win over Old Dominion at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Tuesday night. Cunningham homered to right field after a leadoff double by Hoover in the first inning. Hoover went out down the right field line in the second after a walk to Justin Wilcoxen. "The main emphasis to the … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting NewsECU snatches late addition from Hoosiers
Desirrio Riles was five years old the first time David Penland III saw him play football. "He was always the bigger guy on the field,'' Penland said. "I just knew later in his career that he was going to be a really good football player.'' That early assessment has come true as Riles played in his first varsity game as an eighth grader at University Christian, where he'd … [Read more...]