Women's volleyball team opens season with win against St. Petersburg
The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball team defeated St. Petersburg College in straight sets Friday night at Titan Field House
The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball team rebounded from a slow start to defeat St. Petersburg Friday evening at Titan Field House.
The 18th-ranked Titans picked up the win in straight sets, 28-26, 25-20 and 25-15 to improve to 1-0.
St. Petersburg won seven of the first eight points and led throughout the first set and looked like they would win the first set as they led 24-21. But freshman Dominae Jordan had two kills and Sophia Knowles had one as well as the Titans rallied back to tie things 24-24.
The two teams would trade points until the Titans finally took a 27-26 lead and Sofia Kamke finished off the win with a kill.
The Titans would keep the momentum in the second set and built a six-point lead on a Flavia Romanelli kill, giving the Titans a 16-10 lead. St. Petersburg cut the lead to one, 21-20 but after a Titans point Gaia Riedmuller came in and served out the match as the Titans won the second set 25-20.
The third set once again saw the Titans scored six straight point to lead 8-2 and would roll to a 24-15 win to pick up their first win of the season.
Eastern Florida State College (1-0) will play Florida Tech in an exhibition match on Saturday afternoon before playing No. 14 Monroe College at Titan Field House Tuesday night at 6 p.m.
