News and Notes from East Carolina, Conference USA and Beyond

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11.18.06: ECU baseball bringing in 10-man class ... UTEP edges Pirates in C-USA volleyball ... West Virginia steamrolls Pitt

11.17.06: Pirates reschedule hoops contest with NCCU ... ECU volleyball places 3 on all- league team ... Top-ranked SMU goes down in NCAA soccer

11.16.06: Paterno's hall of fame induction postponed ... Tressel downplays his dominance vs. Michigan ... ECU softball announces pair of signees

11.15.06: Pirates control their fate in East Division ... Pinkney in star game, playing for Buddy Ryan ... ECU's Lee named special teams player of week

11.14.06: ECU-NCSU kickoff moved to 7 p.m. for TV ... Butch will succeed Bunting at UNC- Chapel Hill ... Conference USA coaches make debuts ... Pirates seeded sixth in C-USA volleyball ... Lady Pirates drop hoops opener to JMU

11.13.06: Houston clinches
C-USA championship berth ... ECU volleyball slips in regular season finale ... Grad rates: Athletes outperform student body

11.12.06: ECU announces women's hoops signees ... Miners extinguish Blazers' bowl hopes ... Mustang duo in contention for Hermann Trophy

11.11.06: Rutgers kicks Cards out of title picture ... Roach selected for district academic honor ... Krug getting it done on court, in classroom

11.10.06: Pirates prepare for Saturday hoops opener ... Houston's Kolb makes cut on O'Brien award list ... UNC-CH officials mum on Davis' status

11.09.06: Former star QB to represent N.C. in Congress ... Homicide unit probing death of Miami player ... Krog's 73 puts her in top five at Augusta

11.08.06: UK's win over Payne's charges not flawless ... SMU, UAB gain NCAA men's soccer berths ... Three C-USA women's teams get NCAA slots

11.07.06: Two Marshall players get C-USA honors ... UAB women capture C-USA soccer title ... Punter faces attempted murder charge

11.06.06: Pirate volleyball takes down Memphis ... Denny O'Brien's Harris Poll ballot ... ECU swimmers, divers perform well ... Paterno recovering from fractured leg

11.05.06: Promotions aplenty for ECU-Marshall game ...
Ex-Tulsa great Largent gets humanitarian honor

11.04.06: Dougherty a semifinalist for Ray Guy Award ... Butch Davis deal with Tar Heels imminent? ... Cardinals talking national title, again ... Honors abound for ECU women's soccer team

11.03.06: Boise State rolls past Bulldogs ... Reale, Pirates earn seconds at Kitty Hawk ... ECU softball's Kozlowski promoted

11.02.06: Mustangs a win away from bowl eligibility ... Hunt, Icenhower lead East Carolina divers ... ECU's Moore earns academic honor with 4.0

11.01.06: Kragthorpe curtails Tar Heel speculation ... Pirates in C-USA women's soccer tourney ... Backup QB Lee to start for FSU against Cavs

10.31.06: Kickoff return nets
C-USA honor for Johnson ... Pirate volleyball streaks to school record ... Mountaineers on fringe of national title picture

10.30.06: ECU's Williams: 'I just wanted it more' ... Stokes plans to give Wynn time to develop ... Central Florida's 530 yards of offense not enough

10.29.06: ECU women's volleyball extends streak ... Pirate swimmers leave Towson behind ... UTEP takes muddy victory in Grimesland

10.28.06: Cougars quarterback piling up the numbers ... ECU vs. USM part of pay-per-view twinbill ... Hokies tame Tigers in key ACC battle

10.27.06: Rice's Almond named Wooden candidate ... Pirates hosting C-USA cross country ... ECU freshman Bools shares C-USA honor

10.26.06: Tickets for Troops promotion expands ... Another C-USA honor for ECU's Icenhower ... Report: Davis would have interest in Heels

10.25.06: Ex-Pirate Adams attempts PGA qualifying ...
C-USA names football players of week ... Tar Heels will retain many football recruits

10.24.06: New thumbnails: Baker, Byrd and Thompson ... Ore golden in Hokies' win over Southern Miss ... Unbeaten start for ECU swim teams ... Tar Heels picked first in ACC hoops

10.23.06: Jenkins' three lifts Gold in scrimmage ... ECU volleyball takes sixth straight C-USA win ... Bools finishes sixth in Lady Pirate golf

10.22.06: Pirates volleyball on record streak ... Mountaineers handle Huskies, stay unbeaten ... Georgia golfer gets call to play in South Africa

10.21.06: Report: UNC-Chapel Hill's Bunting to resign ... Coaches' challenges yield few reversals ... Southern Miss prepared for Hokies

10.20.06: ECU's Roach nominated for Draddy Award ... Memphis picked first in C-USA basketball ... 4th-ranked UTEP runners coming to Greenville

10.19.06: Koren Robinson suspended by NFL ... Miami broadcaster axed over brawl comments ... Dartmouth, Holy Cross row gets investigation

10.18.06: League teams busy; ECU ends homestand ... C-USA names football players of week ... ECU's Krug captures C-USA weekly honor

10.17.06: ACC, Miami announce additional suspensions ... More suspensions also on Sun Belt's agenda ... Duke lacrosse under "60 Minutes" scrutiny

10.16.06: Coker suspends eight Miami players after brawl ... Pirate volleyball continues roll at UCF ... Szilard leads ECU women's soccer win ... Harris Poll's top 5 varies from BCS Standings

West Division champion Houston will host the second annual Conference USA football championship game on Friday, Dec. 1 at Robertson Stadium.

ESPN2 will televise the game live, beginning at 8 p.m., according to a release on the league website.

The Cougars clinched the West Division title last Saturday at Southern Methodist and won at Memphis, 23-20, on Saturday, to earn the right to host the game based on their 7-1 conference record. At 9-3 overall, Houston has posted its highest win total since the 1990 team finished 10-1.

Houston will face the winner of the East Division in the championship game. With East Carolina (5-3, 6-5) losing at Rice, Southern Miss regains control of its destiny to play in the title game. The Golden Eagles (5-2, 7-4) defeated UAB, 25-20, and next Saturday host Marshall.

A win by the Golden Eagles over the Thundering Herd would put Southern Miss in the C-USA championship at Houston. If Southern Miss loses, East Carolina will advance to the championship game.

Houston will enter the C-USA Championship on a five-game winning streak and will be seeking its first conference championship since winning C-USA's inaugural title in 1996.

Amy Rosenkrantz tallied 14 points to lead host Vermont to its fifth TD Banknorth Classic Championship with a 57-43 win over East Carolina in the championship game Saturday evening at Patrick Gym. The Catamounts improve to 2-1 on the year while ECU falls to 1-2.

The Lady Pirates return to action this Tuesday, Nov. 21 as they travel to Norfolk, VA, to face Old Dominion. Tip-off from the Ted Constant Convocation Center is set for 7:00 p.m.

The East Carolina men and women's swimming and diving teams remained in seventh place after the final session of day two of the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup on Friday. Florida State topped both standings, with 639 for the Seminole women and 770 points for the men.

Numerous ECU swimmers reached the finals of their events Friday night. Freshman Jacquelynn Jones recorded a 10th place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:28.86. Two Lady Pirates reached the finals of the 100-yard butterfly with senior Kate Gordon finishing sixth with time of 56.31 and sophomore Amanda Duncan finishing ninth with a mark of 56.70.

Freshman Kristian Ramkvist recorded the highest finish by a member of the ECU men's team during the Nike Cup with an eighth place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.89).
Junior Rebecca Perry placed 11th in the 100-yard backstroke on the women's side with a time of 58.39. Fellow junior Greg Neville placed 12th in the same event on the men's side with a time of 51.59.

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