GREENVILLE — East Carolina left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth in a 4-3 loss to Xavier in the season opener on Friday. The Musketeers never trailed after a 2-run homer by Landon Mensik in the top of the first. The Pirates tied the score with lone runs in the fifth and sixth. Xavier scored a pair of runs in the eighth. Jack Herring homered for ECU in the … [Read more...]
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BASKETBALL NEWSBalanced Pirates dispatch UTSA, 88-72
GREENVILLE — East Carolina kept Texas-San Antonio winless in American Conference play with an 88-72 victory in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Pirates improved to 8-16 overall and 3-8 in the American as Jordan Riley led five players into double figures with 19 points. Riley scored the 1,000th point of his two seasons at ECU on a free throw with … [Read more...]
Al Myatt & Kevin MonroePirate Talk: ECU athletics roundup
Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for Episode 3 of Pirate Talk, a podcast devoted to year-round coverage of all things related to topics of interest to East Carolina fans. In this episode, Myatt and Monroe analyze the potential impact of incoming players on the football program, touch on ECU basketball's efforts to compete down the stretch in the American and discuss the … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTOne hoops streak will come to an end
Texas-San Antonio is winless in the American Conference going into a Wednesday matchup at East Carolina (7 p.m., ESPN+). The Roadrunners are 0-11 in league play. ECU is 0-5 against American opponents at home in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum this season. Obviously, one of those goose eggs will be broken. The Pirates are 11.5-point favorites on the early betting … [Read more...]
FOOTBALL RECRUITING THUMBNAILSHeavy focus on secondary in defensive overhaul
The recruiting Class of 2026 will play a big role as East Carolina conducts a makeover of the American Conference's top defensive unit. The Pirates led the American in scoring defense (20.1 points), rushing defense (120.2 yards per game), fumbles recovered (14) and was second in total defense (351.0) and sacks (34) in 2025. But as the sun set on a 9-4 campaign, the program's … [Read more...]