Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs as ECU handily defeated Campbell in back-to-back games at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Monday, June 3, 2019, to claim the NCAA Greenville Regional title and advance to a best-of-three Super Regional series against host Louisville next weekend with a berth in the College World Series… [ More… ]
Special Photo Feature: Greenville Regional
Special Photo Feature: Greenville Regional
Game Day Gallery
Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs as ECU eliminated both N.C. State and Quinnipiac in a pair of NCAA Regional games at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville on Sunday, June 2, 2019. The victories advanced the Pirates to Monday’s championship round against Campbell. (Click any image for expanded view, caption &… [ More… ]
Special Photo Feature: Greenville Regional
Game Day Gallery
Paul Burgett of Dunn Area Sports captured this collection of photographs during No. 1 seed ECU’s loss to fourth seed Quinnipiac in an opening round game of the NCAA Regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville on Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
From the Anchor Desk
Committee sidesteps Pirates’ RPI, SOS
East Carolina had hoped to be named as a top eight national seed for the 2019 NCAA baseball tournament. The Pirates ended the season with an RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) of 5. That was better than national seeds (5) Arkansas with a 6 RPI, (3) Georgia Tech with an 8 RPI, (7) Louisville with a… [ More… ]
Special Photo Feature
Pairings Party Gallery
WNCT-TV captured this collection of photographs during ECU’s Regional Pairings Party at Sup Dogs on Monday. The Pirates were slotted with a #10 seed in the NCAA tournament and will host North Carolina State, Campbell and Quinnipiac at Clark-LeClair Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
From the Anchor Desk
Pirates aim for AAC tourney and beyond
East Carolina wrapped up its record-setting regular season on a down note, falling to Memphis 10-9 on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. While the final game didn’t go the Pirates’ way, most of the rest of the season most certainly did. The Pirates set a new American Athletic Conference regular season record by going 20-4 in… [ More… ]
Insights from Brett
New crown jewel hovers over ECU’s home turf
If athletics are the front porch of a university, as we’re often told, and football is the most visible sport in most schools’ athletic department, then East Carolina’s curb appeal has been sorely lacking in recent years because of the image portrayed by Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. It’s not that the facility wasn’t functional. It certainly served… [ More… ]