NEW ORLEANS — Spencer Brickhouse hit a two-run homer in the top of the first to put East Carolina ahead to stay in a 6-1 win at Tulane on Sunday that completed a sweep of the three-game American Athletic Conference series. Dwanya Williams-Sutton was aboard on an error when Brickhouse homered down the right field line. Connor Litton walked with one away in a three-run … [Read more...]
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BaseballPirates claim series with 8-3 win
NEW ORLEANS — Dwanya Williams-Sutton drove in three runs with a pair of homers and freshman left-hander Alec Burleson went seven and one-third innings as East Carolina won its American Athletic Conference series at Tulane with an 8-3 victory on Saturday. The No. 12 Pirates (32-12, 10-7 AAC) topped the Green Wave (22-26, 7-10) in the series opener on Friday night by a 9-5 … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates score late, top Tulane
NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina broke a tie score at 5 with two runs in the eighth inning and the No. 12 Pirates added a pair in the ninth to open an American Athletic Conference series at Tulane with a 9-5 win on Friday night. Brady Lloyd drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to push Connor Litton across with the go-ahead run. Spencer Brickhouse was hit by a pitch to bring … [Read more...]
View from the EastDooley: ‘Going to have to be a build’
Joe Dooley still has a cell phone with a Kansas area code. He returned a call Thursday as he was headed from one Pirate Club function in Richmond to another one at the Outer Banks. Dooley has a clause in his contract that will reward him if there is an increase in season ticket sales and besides that he knows that fan support can boost his program as it undergoes a … [Read more...]
The Bradsher Beat‘Chip’ fuels golfers’ drive to #stillwater18
NCAA regional appearances aren’t exactly new to the East Carolina women’s golf team; the Pirates have qualified for the first level of the postseason tournament eight times in the past ten years. But the 2018 version of the team has two distinctions that head coach Kevin Williams has never seen in one of his squads before. First of all, four of the Pirate golfers are ranked … [Read more...]