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What else are we mixing into today's Brew?

🏀 Blowout victory
⚾️ Preseason honor
🏴‍☠️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Huge Win. The women’s basketball team beat Tulsa 79-48 on Tuesday. This marks the program’s largest blowout victory in American Conference play since 2015. Four players scored in double-digits. Kennedy Fauntleroy led the team with 21 points. The Pirates shot 44.8% from the field and 40.7% from behind the arc.

🔼 Smart Pirates. The student-athletes combined to post a 3.37 GPA for the 2025 fall semester. This is ht highest since the calculations began in 2011. Each team sported a 3.0 GPA or higher. There were 140 students who made the Dean’s List.

WNCT’s Brian Bailey and ECU Head Coach Mike Schwartz break down the Temple and UAB games from last week and look ahead to contests against South Florida and in-state rival Charlotte in this week’s edition of Inside Pirate Athletics.

🤔 PIRATES TRIVIA

Countdown!

How many days until the first home baseball game?

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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…

🏴‍☠️ Perfect! Baseball player Ethan Norby was named to the Preseason All-American Second Team by Perfect Game. Norby is a junior who has garnered at least one All-American Title every year since his freshman season. In 2025, Norby led the pirates with 119 strikeouts.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday, January 14

🏀 Men’s Basketball at South Florida @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Friday, January 16

👟 Track & Field Dick Taylor Challenge

Saturday, January 17

👟 Track & Field Dick Taylor Challenge
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Temple @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday, January 18

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Charlotte @ 2pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🏴‍☠️ Have a great Wednesday, y’all!