STATESBORO, GA — Georgia Southern brought the potential winning run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning before sixth-year senior Cam Colmore earned a save for East Carolina with two strikeouts for a 6-4 win on Friday night. Four runs in the fourth inning keyed the Pirates (5-0) offensively in their first road game of 2021. ECU's big frame started with a leadoff … [Read more...]
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VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates prep for challenging start in 2021
East Carolina will have an opportunity to make a statement at the opening of the 2021 football season after closing 2020 with a pair of wins at Temple (28-3) and over Southern Methodist (52-38) that seemed to indicate the Pirates were turning a corner. ECU plays Appalachian State in Charlotte on Thursday, Sept. 2, to start the season and will host South Carolina on Saturday, … [Read more...]
Baseball NewsPirates use long ball to down Duke
GREENVILLE — Home runs helped East Carolina defeat Duke, 6-1, in a matchup of nationally-ranked baseball teams on Tuesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Pirates (4-0) never trailed after Seth Caddell's solo homer to right in the bottom of the first inning. Josh Moylan followed suit with a solo shot to right in the second for a 2-0 ECU advantage. The first of four Pirate … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting ReportBanner recruits keep American on the rise
The continued rise in prominence of American Athletic Conference football in 2020 was reflected in the recruiting classes signed by the league's 11 schools in December and February. And in some cases, those classes surpassed ones signed by prominent programs in higher profile leagues. For example, Cincinnati, which won the AAC title and finished ranked eighth in the final … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsPostponements continue to mount in AAC hoops
East Carolina was among three schools involved in the American Athletic Conference's most recent pandemic-related basketball scheduling changes. The league announced on Monday that the ECU-Tulsa game scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27, at Tulsa has been postponed due to an ongoing pause in activities in the ECU program. The postponement marks the fifth straight game the … [Read more...]