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Pirate Brew 10/7: Swim Sweeps Pirate Duels

The swim team beat three schools at the Pirate Duels.

Good morning. Monday is a great day to plan out your week. Make sure to add this to your calendar for Saturday!

What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🏊 Swim sweeps Pirate Duels
🏐 Pirates shutout UTSA
​🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Sweeping the Pool. The swim team opened the 2024-25 season, sweeping the Pirate Duels. The women beat Barton 218-42, Gardner-Webb 207-51 and Catawba 174-87. The 200-yard medley relay team finished first. Laura Lopez x2, Sophie Benkusky, Kaylee Hamblin x2 and Sara Kalawska x2 all had first-place finishes.

🔼 Back-to-Back DUBS! The volleyball team shut out UTSA 3-0 Friday night. Fran McBride led the Pirates with 11 kills. Angeles Alderete was so close to a double-double with nine kills, 17 digs and two blocks. On Sunday, the Pirates had an exciting game against North Texas where they won 3-2. Alderete led the match with 22 kills and became the 11th player in program history to record 1,000 career kills. Ellie Pate smashed a career-high in kills with 20.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Running Results. The cross country team finished the Pirate Invitational on Friday. Erin Pope led the women with a sixth-place finish, and J Henry Lyon led the men with a 13th-place finish.

Overall, what place did the men’s team finish and the women’s team finish?

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…

🏴‍☠️ Many Wins. The women’s tennis team competed in the ITA Hidden Dual and secured 14 victories. They had nine singles victories and five doubles wins against athletes from Tribe, Davidson, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion and North Carolina. Ines Bachir and Xenia Jeromin remained unbeaten during the event.

📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, October 10

⚽️ Soccer vs. South Florida @ 7pm ET | Live Stats

Friday, October 11

⛳️ Women’s Golf Ruth Chris’ Tar Heel Invitational | Live Stats
🥎 Softball vs. Chowan @ 4pm ET
🏐 Volleyball at Tulane @ 7:30pm ET | Live Stats

Saturday, October 12

⛳️ Women’s Golf Ruth Chris’ Tar Heel Invitational | Live Stats

Sunday, October 13

⛳️ Women’s Golf Ruth Chris’ Tar Heel Invitational | Live Stats
⚽️ Soccer at Memphis @ 2pm ET
🏐 Volleyball at Rice @ 3pm ET | Live Stats

📬 SHARE THE BREW

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Men- 7th, Women- 11th!

🏴‍☠️ Have a good Monday, y’all!