This past weekend was truly one to remember at East Carolina. The ECU swimming and diving team took the American Athletic Conference championship for the fourth time. The lacrosse team slipped by Campbell on the road, 12-22 on Saturday. The women's basketball team came from 17 points down to beat Temple. The Pirate ladies have won three in row and five of their last … [Read more...]

East Carolina was still in celebration mode after a hard-fought 17-14 homecoming win against Marshall when word of the unthinkable began to circulate around campus on the night of Nov. 14, 1970. On its way home to Huntington, WV, after the game, the chartered plane carrying the Thundering Herd’s traveling party crashed into a hillside just short of the airport’s runway, … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina closed with a 7-0 run for a 67-63 American Athletic Conference win over Temple in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday. Jayden Gardner had 29 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three steals as the Pirates stopped a 3-game losing streak to improve to 11-17 overall and 5-10 in the AAC. The Owls (14-13, 6-8) shot six free throws and kept … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took both ends of a Sunday doubleheader at Clark-LeClair Stadium to complete a 3-game sweep of Georgia Southern. After holding on for a 3-2 win in the first game, the Pirates dominated with a 10-2 victory in the second game. ECU, ranked as high as No. 16 nationally, improved to 6-1 going into a matchup at Elon on Tuesday at 4 p.m., weather … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Alec Burleson pitched eight scoreless innings and helped his own cause with an RBI double as East Carolina took a 3-0 win over Georgia Southern on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Matt Bridges pitched the final inning for his first save as the Pirates improved to 4-1. Lane Hoover led off the bottom of the first for ECU, ranked as high as No. 16 nationally, … [Read more...]