Despite a pretty dreadful weekend of weather, the East Carolina Pirates made it a perfect weekend on the diamonds. Friday’s weather was near perfect and the Pirate faithful came out in droves to see action on the big and little diamonds. ECU baseball opened the day with a 6-2 opening day win over Radford. It was the first game of a doubleheader because of the impending … [Read more...]

With only a few exceptions, most college athletic programs are defined by their highest profile sport. Alabama, for example, is known as a football school. Duke and North Carolina are basketball schools. At East Carolina, it’s baseball that takes center stage. With all due respect to coach Skip Holtz’s Conference USA championship teams of 2008-09 and several other notable … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina overcame a 3-0 deficit to earn a 4-3 win over visiting Radford on Sunday and complete a three-game, season-opening sweep of the Highlanders. An RBI single through the left side by Jake Washer broke a tie at 3 in the seventh inning, allowing pinch runner Christian Jayne to score. Evan Voliva (1-0) got the win, striking out two in the top of the … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina trailed by 17 points in the first half before rallying for a six-point lead after intermission against Tulsa in a 77-73 American Athletic Conference overtime loss to the visiting Golden Hurricane on Sunday. Shawn Williams hit eight of 14 shots from behind the arc and had 26 points as the Pirates were dealt their fifth straight loss. ECU (9-16, … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina took both ends of a doubleheader against visiting Radford on Friday to start the 2019 season. The 11th-ranked Pirates followed a 6-2 win in the first game by scoring 10 runs in the second inning of the second game en route to a 15-9 victory. Spencer Brickhouse hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning of the first game to put ECU ahead, … [Read more...]