Matt’s at bat: Relive the historic final moment of UNCW baseball’s 2020 season
Zachary Kilby, Assistant Sports Editor
June 17, 2020
WILMINGTON – The stage was set as Brooks Field glistened under the bright lights on UNC Wilmington’s campus. The night of March 11, 2020 would soon have its own story in the history book of the UNCW-East Carolina rivalry…and Matt Suggs’ signature would be at the bottom of the page. “We respect the...
Brooks Field named site for 2021 CAA tournament
Zachary Kilby, Assistant Sports Editor
May 22, 2020
WILMINGTON – Originally, UNC Wilmington was listed to host the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association tournament. However, COVID-19 had different plans. The tournament was scheduled to begin May 20 before the entire sports world came to a screeching halt and was later shut down due to the pandemic. The...
UNCW baseball players respond to coronavirus
Zachary Kilby, Assistant Sports Editor
March 25, 2020
WILMINGTON – It was the bottom of the ninth with two runners on base. UNC Wilmington and East Carolina were deadlocked at two apiece as Seahawk catcher Matt Suggs settled into the batter’s box. As the bright lights shined down upon Brooks Field, Suggs did something that every baseball player drea...
Diamond Hawks win CAA title; head to Chapel Hill Regional
Noah Powers, Sports Editor
May 27, 2019
The odds were stacked against the Diamond Hawks since the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Six key assets to the Seahawks’ repertoire were selected at the next level. Of those six players were pitcher Austin Easter, who held opponents to a .201 batting average and managed 48 strikeouts in 44.1...