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Amos, Pirates buy in, focus
forward |
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 DaShaun
Amos's junior football season at
East Carolina was followed
shortly by the announcement that
Ruffin McNeill would not be
returning as coach. Some stormy
seas ensued for the Pirates but
Amos and his fellow
upperclassmen helped steady the
ship.
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina lost
5-1 at High Point on Wednesday
night following a 15-3 home win
over N.C. State the preceding
night. The Pirates sought to
avoid a letdown and took a 1-0
lead in the top of the first,
but the offensive production
subsequently faltered as ECU
fell to 24-13.
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Pirates reward big crowd with
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GREENVILLE
— The last time East Carolina
hosted a regional rival from the
ACC, the game didn't go nearly
as well as the Pirates' 15-3 win
over N.C. State on Tuesday
night. On March 15 when North
Carolina played at Clark-LeClair
Stadium, ECU absorbed a 17-4
loss before a crowd of 5,213.
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Goldsboro
product Zack
Mozingo
takes a cut
in a win
over
in-state
rival N.C.
State
Tuesday
evening at
Clark-LeClair
Stadium. The
junior left
fielder
belted a
grand slam
in the
fourth
inning in
the 15-3
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Spring game impacts recruiting |
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  The
East Carolina spring football game
served as a springboard for the
second and third commitments for the
February, 2017, ECU signing class.
Defensive end
Taijh Alston
(left) of Union Pines and corner
Myles White
(right) of Dudley made verbal
commitments to the Pirates in
conjunction with the intrasquad
scrimmage. They become the second
and third commitments for the
upcoming class, joining linebacker
Da'Shaun
Johnson of East
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East Carolina postponed the
start of its American Athletic Conference series with Connecticut on
Friday due to rain.
The teams will play a
doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. today with the second game
scheduled to follow approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of
the first game.
The third game remains
scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Pirates are 24-13
overall and 5-4 in the AAC. UConn comes in at 20-16 on the season
and 5-3 in league play.
Game one's starting
pitchers feature left-hander Evan Kruczynski, who is 5-0 with a 1.69
earned run average for ECU, against lefty Anthony Kay (4-2, 3.08)
for the Huskies.
Right-hander Jimmy Boyd
(5-2, 2.20) of the Pirates will start game two against lefty Tim
Cate (1-1, 1.77).
Probable starters for
game three are left-hander Jacob Wolfe (4-3, 2.43) for ECU against
right-hander William Montgomerie (3-1, 3.62) for UConn.
Parker Lamm of the
Pirates leads the AAC in hitting with a .370 average. Freshman
Dwanya Williams-Sutton of ECU is second in the league with a .361
average.
Eric Tyler is hitting
.310 for the Pirates with a team-high four home runs.
ECU leads the series
with the Huskies, 29-6.
The teams will meet
again May 6-8 in another three-game league set at UConn.
East
Carolina coach Jeff Lebo has plugged
a big hole in the post by luring
Wake Forest graduate transfer Andre
Washington to finish his college
career with the Pirates. The
seven-footer will be eligible to
play immediately. ...