East Carolina (22-6) has won 10 straight games. The last loss was March 12 by a 7-2 margin to Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Since then, the Pirates seem to have found themselves. The streak includes a 6-1 win over the Blue Devils on Wednesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. "I thought we played very good," said ECU coach Cliff Godwin of the most recent outing. … [Read more...]
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The Bradsher BeatElectric crowd helps fuel ECU win over Devils
In front of the largest Clark-LeClair Stadium crowd of the season, the East Carolina baseball team defeated the Duke Blue Devils 6-1 on the force of two powerful three-run innings Wednesday night. The 4,744 Pirate fans who witnessed the win also constituted the 15th largest attendance in the ballpark’s history. “4,700 screaming, that’ll get you going a little bit,” said … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSPirates down Duke, 6-1
GREENVILLE — A solo home run to left field by Brady Lloyd in the fifth inning started the scoring for East Carolina on Wednesday night and the Pirates went on to defeat Duke 6-1 at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Bryant Packard, Lane Hoover and Lloyd each had two hits and an RBI as No. 11 ECU improved to 22-6 overall with its 10th straight win. The Pirates added two more runs in … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingAnd away we go with the 2020 recruiting class!
Ashley “Smoke'' Pierre has watched Nasir Clerk grow from a young boy into a man worthy of multiple scholarship offers to play major college football. East Carolina became one of those schools extending a grant to Clerk back in January. Following an unofficial visit with his parents to Greenville late last month, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound cornerback became the first member off … [Read more...]
"From the Anchor Desk" Photo FeatureThe Big Shave
This was no April Fool’s…. the mustache is history for another year. East Carolina’s baseball program wrapped up another successful “Mustache March” on Monday by hosting the big shave off. The entire team got together to shave off the whiskers. Before the shave the team handed out some honors. Alec Burleson got the best ‘stache’ award with his version that included the … [Read more...]