We talked about how poorly East Carolina had fared in league play entering this past weekend against Cincinnati. With losses in all nine American Athletic Conference games, the normally strong Pirates looked a bit sea sick. (Side note: writing about the Pirates is excellent fun for the nautical puns alone).
It appeared that ECU was headed for another terrible weekend on Friday, as the Bearcats claimed an 8-2 victory in the opener, but the Pirates turned things around in the last two games, smashing their way to two wins by outscoring the Bearcats 20-3. UC is now 20-20 overall and 5-7 in league action, while ECU improved to 22-19 overall and 2-10 against the AAC.