Wilmington NC Sports

The Wilmington Sharks are starting off the week on the right note with the signings of three more pitchers to add to the stable, including a former New Hanover High School standout.

The 29th-ranked Seahawks took two of three from George Mason over the weekend to maintain their spot atop the CAA standings. UNCW is two victories from the CAA record for conference wins in a season set by JMU in 2006 (22-8). All three of the Seahawks’ league losses have come in the opening game of the series. Senior catcher Mark Carver batted .455 (5-11) with three homers, seven runs scored and nine RBI last week and he also drew five walks. Carver tops the CAA with 19 homers, which is two shy of the school record, and his league-leading 70 RBI are just three are short of the UNCW season mark.

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Sophomore Rhett Miller scored from first base on a double off the leftfield wall by senior Jes Snyder in the bottom of the 11th inning as No. 29 UNC Wilmington trimmed No. 17 N.C. State, 3-2, in a key non-conference baseball game Wednesday at Brooks Field.

WILMINGTON, N.C. - East Carolina blistered UNCW Wilmington for 14 runs in the first five innings as the Pirates cruised past the Seahawks, 14-7, in college baseball action Tuesday at Brooks Field.

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior Jes Snyder had four hits and Jeff Hatcher, also a senior, held New York Tech to four hits over seven innings, as 27th-ranked UNC Wilmington completed a 3-game sweep of the Bears with an 8-2 win on Sunday at Brooks Field.

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Junior Bradley Holt struck out nine batters and freshman Cody Stanley doubled twice and scored three runs as No. 27 UNC Wilmington stormed past New York Tech, 12-1, in college baseball action Saturday at Brooks Field.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNC Wilmington’s resounding success on the baseball diamond this spring will keep veteran coach Mark Scalf in the dugout for five more seasons after the 17th-year skipper received a five-year contract extension.

The UNCW Softball team couldn't get their bats going on Saturday as they were blanked 5-0 and 4-0 in a CAA double-header

WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNC Wilmington men’s basketball coach Benny Moss, who orchestrated one of the nation’s best turnarounds in the NCAA Division I ranks this past season, has been rewarded with a two-year contract extension, Seahawk athletic director Kelly Mehrtens announced Friday.

Tommy Burleson will be speaking Saturday in Wilmington. It is free and open to the public.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The UNC Wilmington men’s basketball program has received a Public Recognition Award from the NCAA’s Academic Performance Program for placing among the top 10 percent among institutions nationally for its academic work.

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior Jason Appel banged out three hits and drove in a career-high five runs as No. 27 UNC Wilmington topped visiting North Carolina Central, 14-8, in college baseball action Wednesday at Brooks Field.