After opening up the Pirate Invitational with a victory against Eastern Washington University, the East Carolina University volleyball team won its second matchup with Gardner Webb University, but fell to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the finale.
In the last game of the tournament, fans saw an ECU (7-3) team struggle to gain any type of momentum against Charlotte (7-5).
The Pirates had a 4-1 lead early to start the match but the 49ers responded when it really counted to take a 23-18 lead. ECU could not come back to tie the set and lost 25-21 to give Charlotte the 1-0 lead.