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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Charlie Yorgen went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run as No. 8-seeded East Carolina knocked off top-seeded UCF 14-3 Tuesday night in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship at Spectrum Field. East Carolina (30-27), the only lower-seeded team to win on Day 1 of the tournament, advances in the winners’ bracket to face USF Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. UCF (38-19) will take on Tulane in an elimination game Wednesday at noon. The Pirates had all nine starters finish with at least one hit as Travis Watkins and Dwanya Williams-Sutton were both 3-for-5. East Carolina put its leadoff batter on five times in nine innings and went 8-for-18 with runners in scoring position. Yorgen put East Carolina on top for good with his towering three-run home run to rightfield in the top of the third. Spencer Brickhouse followed two batters later with an RBI single down the leftfield line to give the Pirates a 4-2 lead. East Carolina broke it open with a three-run fifth inning, capped by Turner Brown’s double to right-center that scored two runs before Brown came home himself when the relay throw was misplayed. Watkins added a two-run double to right-center in the top of the sixth to give the Pirates a 9-2 lead. The lead was plenty for Pirate starter Evan Kruczynski, who worked six innings and allowed eight hits and two runs (one earned) with three strikeouts. Kruczynski improved to 4-2 with the win. UCF, which had won all three regular-season meetings with East Carolina, was led by Kyle Marsh and Rylan Thomas, who were both 2-for-4. Trent Thompson (0-2) took the loss for the Knights after allowing four runs in 2.2 innings in his fourth start of the season. Tickets for the championship will be available at Spectrum Field each day of the tournament or may be purchased in advance by calling the box office at 727-467-4457. The latest information on the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship is available on the conference’s Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/Baseball.
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PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – Commissioner Mike Aresco announced today the addition of Wichita State to the American Athletic Conference in men’s and women’s basketball and Olympic sports beginning on July 1, 2017. The American’s Board of Directors unanimously voted to accept Wichita State as its newest member. Beginning July 1, 2017, the Conference will consist of the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Connecticut, East Carolina University, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, Southern Methodist University, the University of South Florida, Temple University, Tulane University, University of Tulsa, the U.S. Naval Academy and Wichita State University. Navy is a football-only member and Wichita State will be a basketball and Olympic sports-only member.
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HARTFORD, Conn. - Jalen Adams poured in 23 points and Rodney Purvis added 18 as UConn beat Houston 74-65 in the final quarterfinal of the Frontier Communications American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship. The Huskies (16-16) took control in the first half with a 26-6 run on their way to a 35-26 halftime lead. In the second half, UConn had an answer every time Houston made a run. Both times Houston (21-10) cut the lead to four with under eight minutes left in the game, Adams hit threes to stem the tide. Rob Gray led Houston with 25 points, Galen Robinson, Jr. added 17 and Damyean Dotson finished with 15 but the rest of the Cougars only scored eight points. UConn had the advantage from the free-throw line making 18-of-22 free throws compared to 7-of-10 for the Cougars. Adams himself finished 9-for-10 from the free throw line for the Huskies. The Huskies will meet the Cincinnati Bearcats in the second semifinal on Saturday with tip-off at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.
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