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East Carolina Sweeps Keith LeClair Classic, Plus ACC Tournament Opens Thursday!

By George Crocker
Monday, March 10, 2008

East Carolina Sweeps Keith LeClair Classic

East Carolina’s Diamond Pirates looked great this weekend in sweeping the Keith LeClair Classic. The Pirates beat Pitt and Michigan on Saturday, and then rolled by Georgia Southern on Sunday.

Saturday was one of the windiest days that I have ever seen for baseball at East Carolina. It was also one of the busiest days of the year for our Sports Department.

We had two ECU baseball games and a total of eight Eastern Regional finals on Saturday. We also had the Duke/Carolina game that night.

I watched the Farmville Central game on Saturday night, and then was lucky enough to get back to Clark-LeClair Stadium to see Corey Kemp get the game winning hit against nationally ranked Michigan. My thanks to Brad Lewis and Kevin O’Brien for all of the help with the coverage on Saturday.

East Carolina’s baseball team is now on a seven game winning streak. The Pirates are in the midst of a 13 game homestand, where they should improve on that 8-4 record.

ACC Tournament Opens Thursday

The ACC Tournament is one of the great traditions that our area follows very closely. The tournament is really a neat thing to cover. The ACC Tournament is especially exciting when Duke and North Carolina are at the top of their games.

Many think they’ll meet again this Sunday afternoon for the rubber match. I think both teams may not make it to the title game. Duke and North Carolina have bigger fish to fry with the upcoming NCAA tournament.

March Madness is just around the corner. Your home for the entire NCAA Tournament is WNCT-TV 9!