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Pirate Brew 10/21: Football Change in Leadership

Read about the new change in leadership for the football program.

Good morning. Big changes are coming to football. ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announced there will be a change in leadership for football. Read about it here. 

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🏊 Dive vs. NC State
🏐 Two wins
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Easy Dive In. The swim and dive team competed against NC State, and Frida Zuniga Guzman took control. Guzman placed first in the one and three-meter dives. She scored 300.86 on the one-meter and 327.53 on the three-meter. Olivia Templeton finished third in each dive.

🔼 Back to Wins. The volleyball team beat Temple 3-0 on Friday night. This was their fifth straight win over Temple. Angeles Alderete had a double-double with 12 kills and 17 digs. The Pirates beat Wichita State 3-2. This is the volleyball team’s first ever win over the Shockers. Ellie Pate led with 16 kills and Fran McBride was right behind with 15.

🔼 Tied at 2. The soccer team faced UAB and tied 2-2. Sydney Schnell and Isabella Gutiérrez scored for the Pirates. Maeve English tied the program record for career starts with her 82nd. Schnell scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Look at the Stats. The football team put up a good fight in the second half of the game against No. 23 Army. Katin Houser, Chase Sowell, Winston Wright Jr. and Anthony Smith scored for the Pirates.

Which Pirate scorer matched a career-high with seven catches and set a personal best with 138 receiving yards?

Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

For more information on how you can support ECU Student Athletes through Team Boneyard, please email Doug Gomes at [email protected] or visit the Team Boneyard website.

⏪ ICYMI

We like our Brew Hot ‘n’ Fresh. But we’re not opposed to you reheating your cup. Here’s some news you may have missed recently…

🏴‍☠️ Meet #4. The cross country team competed in the Panorama Farms Invitational, where the women took 12th place and the men 13th. Erin Pope led the women with a time of 21:29.5, placing 24th. Alex Sawyer paced the men in the 8k, taking 47th overall with a time of 24:18.8.

📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, October 21

⛳️ Women’s Golf Mercedes-Benz Invitational | Live Stats

Tuesday, October 22

⛳️ Women’s Golf Mercedes-Benz Invitational | Live Stats

Wednesday, October 23

🏐 Volleyball at Charlotte @ 6pm ET | Live Stats

Thursday, October 24

🎾 Women’s Tennis AAC Individual Championships

Friday, October 25

🎾 Women’s Tennis AAC Individual Championships
🏊 Swim vs. Campbell
🏐 Volleyball vs. Florida Atlantic @ 6pm ET | Live Stats

Saturday, October 26

🎾 Women’s Tennis AAC Individual Championships
🏊 Swim vs. Liberty & James Madison
⛳️ Men’s Golf Steelwood Collegiate Invitational | Live Stats
🏈 Football vs. Temple @ 2pm ET | Listen

Sunday, October 27

🎾 Women’s Tennis AAC Individual Championships
⛳️ Men’s Golf Steelwood Collegiate Invitational | Live Stats
⚽️ Soccer at Florida Atlantic @ 1pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. Elon @ 1pm ET

📬 SHARE THE BREW

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Chase Sowell!

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Monday, y’all!