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Super Aces! UE Captures Greenville Regional
Purple Aces Headed to First SuperRegional After 6-5 Win at ECU To paraphrase a line from the late, great Jimmy Buffett, East Carolina’s Pirates have nothing left to plunder, their cannons didn’t thunder. Max Hansmann and Shane Harris held ECU scoreless for the final 4 innings, and Mark Shallenberger hit a 3-run homer in the Continue reading
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Evansville Trying to Leap into Uncharted Waters
Purple Aces Face One Game for Trip to First SuperRegional Today I’ve never subscribed to the idea that a team wins because “they wanted it more.” Everyone who plays a sport wants to win. If you’re keeping score, both teams want to win. Certainly, some teams win because they work harder when no one is Continue reading
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ECU Starts Fast, Pulls Away Late to Defeat Evansville
Purple Aces Still Alive, Play Pirates Monday for Regional Championship By winning its first 2 games at the Greenville Regional, the 4th-seeded Evansville Purple Aces earned the right to have a bad game and not be knocked out. In losing to Evansville to open its regional as host, East Carolina knew it would have to Continue reading
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Deverman Shines on Regional Stage, Pitches Purple Aces Past Pirates
UE to the Winner’s Bracket in Greenville After 4-1 Win over 1-seed ECU Of course, Kip Fougerousse homered. Of course, Evansville played stellar defense. And of course, Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Kenton Deverman threw 8 outstanding innings, giving up just 1 run on 3 hits with 4 strikeouts on 98 pitches (4.08 Continue reading
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Greenville Regional: Aces, Purple and Otherwise, the Story
Top Starters for UE, ECU, Wake Forest, and VCU Have All Been Excellent In a season where the Purple Aces found their new ace, Evansville will find 3 other aces waiting for them when they begin NCAA Regional play in Greenville, N.C., against top-seed and 14th-ranked East Carolina at noon Central on Friday. As the Continue reading
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Inside the Numbers: UE’s Prolific Offense vs. the Greenville Regional Field
UE, Host East Carolina Joined by Wake Forest, VCU Evansville made a long trek up a big mountain to finally get back to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in 18 years. But they didn’t arrive quietly. Evansville (35-23) has made noise all season, lacing 150 doubles which is second in the country behind Continue reading
About THE AUTHOR
Ed Morgans is a Valley grad (UE ’95) and a huge college baseball fan. With no official MVC site for baseball, I’m trying to cover it as best I can from central Pennsylvania. Doing my best to shine a light on a conference full of great baseball. Thanks for reading! – Ed
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