East Carolina plays its second home game of the 2019 season tonight against William & Mary and it looks like a favorable evening for football. Conditions for the 6 p.m. kickoff include clear skies, 77 degrees, 57 percent humidity, a zero percent chance of precipitation and wind from the south at three miles per hour. By the end of the nonconference contest, the temperature … [Read more...]

First-year East Carolina coach Mike Houston said after a 42-10 loss at Navy last Saturday that there would be positives for the Pirates after the loss in the American Athletic Conference opener was examined. He shared his thoughts in that regard. "As long as your kids are trying to compete, there's always going to be some positives that you can take out of it," Houston … [Read more...]

It’s rare enough for two different East Carolina squads to face N.C. State within the space of eight days, but victories in both contests would have been a special kind of Pirate magic. Unfortunately, an echo of the ECU volleyball team's 3-2 win over the Wolfpack last week was not to be heard when the soccer team hosted State at Johnson Stadium on Wednesday night. Fueled by … [Read more...]

Score this one as another disappointing chapter in East Carolina's football series with Navy. We analyzed it all week. The Navy numbers against the Pirates were astounding in the series. Everything pointed to another Midshipmen blowout. Most of the time in sports a preliminary look doesn’t always pan out. This time it did. Navy dominated from the very start, again. The … [Read more...]