Campbell evened its Coastal Athletic Association baseball series at Hofstra on Saturday with a 7-5 win as Dylan Koontz, Dalen Thompson (Triton) and Charlie Meglio hit home runs for the Camels (25-12, 7-7 CAA). … Roman Gabriel, twice the ACC Player of the Year in 1960 and 1961 as quarterback at N.C. State, passed away Saturday at the age of 83. He was NFL MVP in 1969 with the Los Angeles Rams. … The Carolina Hurricanes opened the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-1 triumph over the New York Islanders in Raleigh. The Canes host game two on Monday (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.). … No. 9 East Carolina overcame deficits of 7-0 in the first game and 3-0 in the second game to sweep a baseball doubleheader with Wichita State by scores of 11-7 and 11-4 in Greenville on Saturday. The Pirates host N.C. State on Tuesday at 6 p.m. … The Wolfpack dropped the third game of its home series with No. 11 UNC, 14-3, on Saturday after winning the first two games. … No. 7 Duke and No. 23 Virginia Tech are scheduled to play the deciding game of their series in Blacksburg today at 1 p.m. … No. 12 Wake Forest won its series with No. 8 Florida State in Winston-Salem on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday night. …   In the NBA playoffs on Saturday, host Cleveland topped Orlando, 97-83; Minnesota downed visiting Phoenix, 120-95; host New York defeated Philadelphia, 111-104 and Denver was a 114-103 winner over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers. … NBA playoff matchups today include Miami at Boston (ABC, 1 p.m.), Dallas at the Los Angeles Clippers (ABC, 3:30 p.m.), Indiana at Milwaukee (TNT, 7 p.m.) and New Orleans at Oklahoma City (TNT, 9:30 p.m.). … The NASCAR Cup series runs at Talladega today (FOX, 3 p.m.). … Scottie Scheffler leads the Heritage in Hilton Head by one shot at 16-under par going into the final round today (CBS, 3 p.m.). … Texas plays at Atlanta tonight in MLB (ESPN, 7:10 p.m.).