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Derek Dunn family makes $1 million investment in Pirates Unite Campaign
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The Pirate Club announced Wednesday that the Derek Dunn family has made a generous $1 million investment into the Pirates Unite Campaign for Comprehensive Excellence, marking a significant milestone in their longstanding support for ECU Athletics. The funds are directed toward the Isley Indoor Performance Center. Derek and Betsy Dunn, along with their […]
Hurricanes surge back for playoff win, ECU-NC State ready for baseball rematch
RALEIGH, Wake County — The Carolina Hurricanes were on home ice again in Raleigh Monday night, Apr. 22, 2024 for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series versus the New York Islanders. The Islanders came out hot, building a 3-0 lead before Carolina turned the energy up and stormed...
ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase this Friday and Saturday
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase will take place in Farmville this Friday and Saturday. This is the third year that the combine has been held in Pitt County and the second year that the event has expanded into a two-day format. The event will begin on Friday with an informational seminar […]
ECU baseball: Big moment goes ECU, Groller's way
One of the biggest at-bats in the East Carolina baseball team’s win over N.C. State came when Pirates’ reliever Aaron Groller was at his most vulnerable. The Pirates’ left-handed reliever was facing the Wolfpack’s top lefty assassin in Garrett Pennington. With one out in the eighth inning and two runners on base after back-to-back singles, Groller’s job was to keep the Pirates’ three-run lead from dwindling. Groller got ahead of...
Baseball blows two leads in series, swept by No. 9 East Carolina
Wichita State baseball battled with its highest-ranked opponent of the season over the weekend. The Shockers gave up a seven-run lead in game two and a three-run lead in game three against the No. 9-ranked East Carolina University (ECU) en route to a sweep. With a 2-10 record in April,...
Pirate fan praises lifesaving effort, helps promote CPR, AEDs
A cardiac arrest survivor visited Greenville this week to promote CPR and automated defibrillators and thank the first responders who helped give him his life back more than 18 months ago. Winston-Salem resident and Pirate fan Terry Herndon stopped by Greenville Fire-Rescue Station 1 with his wife, Carole, on Tuesday while the couple was in town for the Pirates baseball game against NC State. The last time he was in town, Sept. 25, 2022, the Pirates football team was playing Navy. The next day, his...
ECU softball team blows open close game to beat UNC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Morgan Johnson went 2-for-3 at the plate including a two-run home run in the first inning as East Carolina defeated North Carolina 6-4 at Anderson Softball Stadium on Tuesday evening. Logan Sutton added two hits including a home run of her own for the Pirates (33-16, 9-12 AAC) who defeated the Tar Heels in […]
Havelock’s Edmonds transferring from ECU Football program
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Havelock’s Kamarro Edmonds has shared on social media he will enter the transfer portal from the ECU football program following spring ball. Edmonds started his college career at UNC and transferred to ECU where he has been part of the Pirates program the past two seasons.
ECU lacrosse season ends with loss to Mercer
MACON, Ga. – The East Carolina lacrosse team fell to the Mercer Bears, 15-12, on Monday afternoon to conclude their 2024 season. The Pirates got hat tricks from Ellie Bromley and Frances Kimel but were unable to hold off a hot second half from the hosts as Mercer pulled away to win. The Pirates (4-12, 1-5 AAC) got off to a […]
High school roundup: Chargers baseball, softball get road wins
The Ayden-Grifton baseball team snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday night in a 5-0 shutout of Nash Central in Rocky Mount. A-G blew up for four runs in the top of the third inning, then tacked on an insurance run in the fifth. The Chargers rapped seven hits versus two for the hosts. Ayden-Grifton (13-8, 4-6) travels to D.H. Conley on Saturday afternoon. ...
FINAL: ECU 10, NC State 6
FINAL: East Carolina recorded a 10-6 victory behind a 15-hit effort to top NC State. The Pirates improve to 32-8 on the season. East Carolina and NC State will matchup for the second time this season on the diamond in baseball, as the two collide in a Top 25 matchup on Tuesday inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed on ESPN+. Clark-LeClair Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000, is sold out for Tuesday's matchup.
High school roundup: Conley soccer rallies to beat Rose in OT
Center backs rarely get to jump in on the offensive fun in a soccer match. So when a player with Aubrey Mayberry’s skill set and 6-foot frame was asked to join the scrum in the goal mouth in overtime of a match against a crosstown rival, she was ready. Mayberry’s header off a corner kick by Rebekah Ochoa in the 95th minute was the match-winning goal in D.H. Conley’s 4-3 victory over J.H. Rose on Tuesday in a Big Carolina 3A/4A Conference girls soccer showdown. ...
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