MEMPHIS — East Carolina expanded its lead in the American Athletic Conference to two games Saturday with an 8-5 win at Memphis as Central Florida and Houston were dealt league losses. The Pirates improved to 29-18 overall and 13-4 in league play. UCF and the Cougars are each 11-6 in the AAC. ECU looks to sweep the 3-game series with the Tigers (21-23, 5-12) on Sunday at 1 … [Read more...]
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Baseball NewsECU takes epic duel in 13 innings
MEMPHIS — East Carolina broke a scoreless deadlock at Memphis with four runs in the 13th inning for a 4-1 American Athletic Conference win on Friday night. C.J. Mayhue had a no-hitter for the Pirates through nine innings and his starting counterpart, Landon Gartman, held ECU hitless through eight innings. Ben Newton's single to center in the 13th brought in Jacob Starling … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTResilient Pirates surge to first in AAC
East Carolina recovered from a 12-3 loss at N.C. State on April 26 for a home sweep of Cincinnati that vaulted the Pirates into sole possession of first place in the American Athletic Conference with an 11-4 league record, a game ahead of Houston and Central Florida, who are each 10-5. "Just really proud of our guys," said Pirates coach Cliff Godwin. "We got down in both … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting NewsWell stocked Pirates enter fray for O-linemen
Major recruiting success in the Class of 2022 and the return of quality, experienced talent from last season made offensive tackle seem like a low priority for East Carolina as the focus turned to the Class of 2023. But while the Pirates may not sign a high number of tackles in the '23 class, they haven't been shy about offering scholarships to a large group of highly ranked … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTShwartz shares his focus
Mike Schwartz has been on the job as East Carolina basketball coach for about five weeks. He talked about the priorities he has addressed after his first recruiting class was announced on Thursday. "I think that from the beginning, the most important things to me were three areas and that was the people of this university and the people around the community and in terms of … [Read more...]