GREENVILLE — Junior third baseman Connor Litton went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in East Carolina's five-run first inning as the Pirates completed a three-game, season-opening sweep of Western Carolina with a 9-3 win on Sunday. Junior right-hander Chris Holba (1-0) was the first of six pitchers for ECU as he delivered four and two-thirds scoreless innings. Holba … [Read more...]
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BasketballHuskies hold off ECU
GREENVILLE — Despite Isaac Fleming's second triple-double, 26 points from Shawn Williams and 20 points from B.J. Tyson, Connecticut took an 84-80 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday. Fleming. who had the first triple double in school history in an 88-85 home win over Memphis on Feb. 3, finished with 13 points, 10 … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates win game, series
GREENVILLE — East Carolina overcame an uncharacteristic start by sophomore left-hander Jake Agnos for an 8-2 win over Western Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday, The teams conclude the season-opening series with a 1 p.m. game today. Tyler Smith pitched four scoreless innings to get the win Saturday and Spencer Brickhouse belted his second home run in ECU's 2-0 … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates take opener, 8-3
GREENVILLE — East Carolina won its 2018 baseball opener 8-3 over Western Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday. Pirates sophomore first baseman Spencer Brickhouse led off the bottom of the second inning with a home run to right field to tie the score at 1. Brady Lloyd had an RBI single to center later in the frame that put ECU ahead to stay and Turner Brown had a … [Read more...]
View from the EastRiley ‘feels’ the hunger
Daric Riley has come to East Carolina from Southern Methodist to coach the Pirate safeties as ECU looks for a turnaround from three straight losing seasons. Riley was part of a significant gridiron upgrade by the Mustangs. While Riley was at SMU as a quality control assistant and special teams analyst, the program progressed from 2-10 in 2015 to 5-7 in 2016 to 7-6 this past … [Read more...]