Pirate Brew 3/11: Moving On!

The women's basketball team won its first game of the AAC Tournament.

Good morning. The women’s basketball set the single-game block record in the American Athletic Conference Tournament! Read more about the Pirate’s performance below.

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

⚾️ Series win over Liberty
🏀 Women beat Memphis
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Series Win. The baseball team faced Liberty and won 9-5, 5-3, and 8-4. Carter Cunningham drove in a career-high five runs in game one. The Pirates came back in game two with a three-run sixth inning to tie the game 3-3 and added a run in the seventh and ninth innings to win. In game three, the Pirates scored six unanswered runs. Carter Cunningham ended the series by extending his hitting streak to 14 games.

🔼 Quarterfinal Ready! The women’s basketball team continues its time in the American Athletic Conference as they play in the quarterfinals today at 1 p.m. The Pirates got here by defeating Memphis 65-63. Tatyana Wyche and Amiya Joyner both posted double-doubles, and Danae McNeal scored 19 points. The team had 14 blocks, which is an AAC Tournament record.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

True or False?

Danae McNeal has been named the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season.

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

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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…

🏴‍☠️ She’s Too Good. The American Athletic Conference named Danae McNeal Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference. Tatyana Wyche also was named to the First-Team and the AAC All-Newcomer squad.

🏴‍☠️ Historic Day. Tatyana Wyche had a historic game against Memphis. She had 14 points and 17 rebounds. Not only is that a double-double, that is a career-high in rebounds. She had six blocks, which is the second most in AAC Tournament history. One of those blocks happened in the last four seconds of the game to secure the win.

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📅 COMING SOON

Monday 3/11

🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone Diving Championships
⛳️ Men’s Golf Tiger Invitational
🏀 Women’s Basketball Quarterfinal Round vs. Tulsa @ 1pm ET | Watch | Live Stats

Tuesday 3/12

🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone Diving Championships
⛳️ Men’s Golf Tiger Invitational
🥍 Lacrosse at North Carolina @ 4pm ET | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball at UNCW @ 6pm ET | Live Stats

Wednesday 3/13

🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone Diving Championships
🏀 Men’s Basketball AAC Men’s Basketball Championships vs. TBA

Thursday 3/14

🏀 Men’s Basketball AAC Men’s Basketball Championships vs. TBA
🏊 Women’s Swim Day 1

Friday 3/15

🏀 Men’s Basketball AAC Men’s Basketball Championships vs. TBA
🏊 Women’s Swim Day 2
⛳️ Women’s Golf Cutter Creek Match Play
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Elon @ 2pm ET
🥎 Softball vs. Wichita State @ 5pm ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Columbia @ 6pm ET | Live Stats

Saturday 3/16

🏀 Men’s Basketball AAC Men’s Basketball Championships vs. TBA
🏊 Women’s Swim Day 3
🥍 Lacrosse at James Madison @ 12pm ET | Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. Wichita State @ 2pm ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Columbia @ 4pm ET | Live Stats

Sunday 3/17

🏀 Men’s Basketball AAC Men’s Basketball Championships vs. TBA
⚾️ Baseball vs. Columbia @ 11:30am ET | Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. Wichita State @ 12pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: True!

🏴‍☠️ Have a great Monday, y’all!