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East Carolina headlined the league's top individual awards, winning three of the five major awards as announced on Tuesday in New Orleans, the site of the 2008 Entergy Conference USA Baseball Championship. Senior Corey Kemp was named Player of the Year, right-handed pitcher Seth Maness grabbed Freshman of the Year honors and junior right-hander Justin Bristow earned Newcomer of the Year recognition.
Many Americans believe the NFL's Super Bowl to be the premier sporting event in the world when it comes to professional clubs or teams. A brief glance at today's UEFA Champions League Final should prove otherwise. This year's final matches two of the world's most powerful clubs together: Manchester United and Chelsea (London).
The ECU baseball team won three out of four games last week, closing out the regular season with a 39-17 record overall and a 13-11 mark in conference play. The Pirates edged out a tough UNC-W team Tuesday night, then traveled to Memphis for their last series of the season and took two games out of three from the Tigers.
The ECU softball team bowed out of the Baton Rouge Regional, dropping a 9-1 decision to No. 9 national seed LSU Saturday evening inside Tiger Park. The Pirates end their season at 37-30 while the Tigers improve to 44-17. LSU will have to beat No. 16 UL-Lafayette twice on Sunday to move on to the Super Regional round.
No. 37 ECU closed out the 2008 NCAA Women's East Regional Championships with a 54-hole score of 919 (314-297-308) at the University of Georgia Golf Course and finished 12th out of 21 teams, marking the Pirates highest ever finish in NCAA postseason play. The Pirates carded a final round 308, highlighted by Abby Bools and Ana Maria Puche's rounds of 75.