Good morning. This has to be one of the best Mondays this month. Why? Because we get to celebrate ECU football’s first win of the season! Shoutout to everyone who painted Dowdy gold.

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🏈 Down goes Gardner-Webb
🏐 UAB takedown
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 First of Many. What a huge turnaround for Pirates football. The team not only won their first game of the season, but it was a 44-0 shutout on a slippery wet field with 44,589 cheering fans. Three of the four quarters had double-digit scores. The Pirates started out with a strong 13-point first quarter, with Rahjai Harris catching an 11-yard pass from Alex Finn for a touchdown and running for two yards to the end zone. Next, Andrew Conrad made a 44-yard field goal in the second quarter, and Mason Garica ran two yards for a touchdown.

Kamarro Edmonds ran 11 yards to the end zone for the only score in the third quarter. To end the game, Javious Bond ran five yards, and Edmonds ran one yard to each score a touchdown. Overall, the team forced five turnovers and had 366 offensive yards.

🏈 Read more about the Pirates first win here.

🔼 Double Down. ECU volleyball took down UAB twice this past weekend, winning 3-0 in match one and 3-2 in match two. In the first match, the Pirates had 39 kills, eight aces, and seven blocks. Angeles Alderete led the Pirates in kills with 13, and Julianna Askew contributed five aces.

ECU was close to a 3-0 win in match two, but the Blazers took the win in the third and fourth set. The Pirates had 63 kills and 9 blocks. Volleyball’s next match is Friday against Florida Atlantic.

🏐 Read about the wins against UAB here.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Shut ‘em Down. The Pirates showed up and showed out in the rainy North Carolina conditions against Gardner-Webb. As you know, the team shut out the Bulldogs 44-0, which hasn’t happened in a while.

Today’s question—when was the last time ECU football had a shutout win?

Think you got it? Scroll on 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…

🏴‍☠️ Conference Cue. The women's basketball team is ready to see you at conference games that are starting on January 2, 2024. The Pirates have nine conference games at home, so make sure to put them in your schedules now.

🏴‍☠️ Preseason Picks. ECU swim and dive just got ranked. The American Athletic Conference ranked the team fourth. The Pirates are bringing back 18 student-athletes and have 10 newcomers. It is Matthew Jabs's sixth year as head coach, and led the team to a sixth-place finish in last season's American Conference Championships.

📬 STICK WITH US

Did someone send you the Pirate Brew? Well, the first thing you should do is thank them. The next thing you should do is subscribe here and get it in your inbox every weekday morning just in time for your first cup of coffee!

📅 COMING SOON

Monday 9/25

⛳️ Men’s Golf Rod Myers Invitational

Thursday 9/28

⚽️ Soccer at South Florida @ 7pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Friday 9/29

🏐 Volleyball vs Florida Atlantic @ 6pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Saturday 9/30

🏃 Cross Country Paul Short Run
🥍 Lacrosse at Campbell Play Day
🏐 Volleyball vs Florida Atlantic @ 12pm ET | Watch | Live Stats
🏈 Football at Rice @ 7pm ET | Watch | Listen WNCT 107.9 FM

Sunday 10/1

🥍 Lacrosse at Davidson @ 12pm ET

Tickets Available

🎟️ Grab your home and away football tickets today!

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 23 years ago!

ECU beat Duke 38-0 in the season-opening game on Sept. 2, 2000.

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Monday, y’all!