GREENVILLE — Jacob Wolfe and Chris Holba combined for a shutout in the second game as East Carolina swept a doubleheader from visiting Charlotte on Saturday. The Pirates (12-4) won the series two games to one with a 3-0 win to conclude the doubleheader and the series. ECU got a game-ending, three-run homer to right from Charlie Yorgen in the 10th inning to end the first … [Read more...]
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Basketball: AAC TournamentMustangs withstand ECU comeback
HARTFORD, CT — East Carolina overcame a 24-point deficit to tie the score at 77 with 57 seconds left on a 3-pointer by Elijah Hughes in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament before Southern Methodist managed to pull out an 81-77 win at the XL Center on Friday. "We didn't win on the scoreboard, but we certainly did win in the hearts of ECU … [Read more...]
BaseballCharlotte stops Pirates’ streak
GREENVILLE — Charlotte broke a scoreless deadlock with East Carolina on Friday at Clark-LeClair Stadiun with two runs in the top of the ninth inning to take a 2-0 victory and end a 10-game winning streak for the Pirates. Zack Smith led off the ninth with a double for the 49ers (10-4). Joe Ingle came on in relief of Sam Lanier (2-2), who was charged with the loss, and yielded … [Read more...]
Basketball: AAC TournamentBarkley leads ECU’s first-round win
HARTFORD, CT — East Carolina won its first-round game in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, 80-69, over Temple on Thursday afternoon as sophomore Kentrell Barkley had 26 points, 16 rebounds and three assists. Freshman Elijah Hughes added 17 points for the ninth-seeded Pirates (15-17), who meet top-seeded Southern Methodist (27-4), ranked No. 12 by the Associated … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates power up for sweep
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC — East Carolina overcame deficits of 8-3 and 12-7 to complete a sweep at College of Charleston with a 15-12 win on Wednesday. Turner Brown hit a grand slam in a decisive seven-run sixth inning and Spencer Brickhouse hit a two-run homer later in the big frame as the Pirates (10-3) won their 10th in a row. Brickhouse had a solo homer in the eighth to … [Read more...]