While sampling dishes at the Greenville Fire-Rescue Chili Cookoff on Wednesday, East Carolina head volleyball coach Julie Torbett encountered the same question several times: “Aren’t you getting ready for your conference tournament?” Torbett understands why even knowledgeable fans assumed the Pirates were heading to Orlando to compete against other American Athletic … [Read more...]

East Carolina Coach Joe Dooley would have liked nothing more than to have come into this second stint in Greenville and won right away. That didn’t happen last year during a 10-21 campaign highlighted by the upset win over Cincinnati. This year, Dooley’s Pirates are off to a 1-3 start after falling to a big, experienced Liberty team at home on Saturday afternoon. After … [Read more...]

On Saturday East Carolina will be making its final football visit to Connecticut before the Huskies leave the American Athletic Conference to make a go of it as an independent. Their impending departure has sparked a vigorous debate over where the league should go from here. Should it rush right out and find a replacement school? Or should it stand pat, at least for now, … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Hot shooting in the second half sent Liberty to a 77-57 nonconference win over East Carolina in Williams Arena of Minges Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. Over the last 20 minutes, the Flames (4-0) made 13 of 21 shots from the field for 61.9 percent. The visitors were even more accurate from beyond the arc, dropping six of nine attempts for 66.6 … [Read more...]