Last week’s column chronicled an East Carolina building project that is in its final stages of completion. This one deals with a building project that is just now getting off the ground. Like the gleaming new TowneBank Tower that will make its debut at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this fall, coach Joe Dooley is hoping his renovation of the Pirates’ long-neglected basketball … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — East Carolina scored six runs in the fifth inning Sunday to complete an American Athletic Conference sweep at Cincinnati with a 6-2 win. The Pirates, ranked as high as No. 8 nationally, improved to 36-11 overall and 16-2 in league play. ECU has won 10 of its last 11 games. The Bearcats (22-25, 11-10 AAC) led 2-0 before Turner Brown singled to right to start … [Read more...]

CINCINNATI — East Carolina took an American Athletic Conference doubleheader on Friday at Cincinnati by scores of 9-4 in the afternoon and 6-3 in the nightcap. The Pirates, ranked as high as No. 8, improved to 35-11 overall and 15-2 in the AAC. The visitors scored four runs in the first inning of the first game after Bryant Packard drew a leadoff walk. Spencer Brickhouse … [Read more...]

Good players make good coaches. As East Carolina seeks to overcome a digression that has produced four straight losing seasons, the staff of new coach Mike Houston is working diligently on recruiting. The objective is to find players that will enable a higher level of performance by the Pirates. New strength and conditioning coach John Williams is busy developing the … [Read more...]

Suzanne Brown understands well that Coach Cliff Godwin keeps a busy schedule during the baseball season. In the four years her son Turner has played for East Carolina, she has never missed a home game and has come to appreciate how hard Godwin works. But judging from his attentiveness to Turner and their family since January 22, when the family’s Whiteville home was … [Read more...]