WILMINGTON — East Carolina tuned up for a trip to the West Coast with a 9-1 win on the East Coast on Tuesday night at UNC Wilmington. Six Pirate pitchers scattered six hits and totaled 14 strikeouts as No. 8 ECU improved to 25-7 going into a 3-game series that starts Friday at 9 p.m. (ET) at No. 1 UCLA (24-6). Trey Benton (3-0) got the win with Sam Lanier, Cam Colmore, … [Read more...]

Cliff Godwin’s baseball program has been the true shining light over the last couple of years from the East Carolina athletic department. The Diamond Pirates had their ten-game winning streak snapped at Houston on Friday night in a 2-0 loss. ECU bounced right back and swept a doubleheader over the Cougars on Saturday to win the series. The Pirates continue to rise in … [Read more...]

Sixty thousand fans came to Death Valley in Clemson on Saturday for the Tigers’ annual Orange & White spring football game. Not an actual game, mind you. But a meaningless intrasquad scrimmage five full months before the first meaningful snap of the 2019 season. It’s Clemson, mind you, so the level of interest in the football program there — after two national … [Read more...]

HOUSTON — East Carolina bounced back from a 2-0 loss at Houston on Friday by taking a doubleheader from the Cougars on Saturday to win the American Athletic Conference series. The Pirates took Saturday's first game, 15-3, before rallying for a 3-1 victory in the second game. The schedule for the series was adjusted with the threat of rain Sunday. ECU, ranked as high as … [Read more...]

HOUSTON — Leadoff batter Jared Triolo scored both runs as Houston took a 2-0 win over No. 11 East Carolina on Friday night. The outcome ended a 10-game winning streak for the Pirates, who slipped to 22-7 overall and 6-1 in the American Athletic Conference. Triolo singled in the first, stole second and scored on a 2-out throwing error. He hit a home run to left center in … [Read more...]