Women's volleyball team loses conference opener
The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball team lost to Polk State College in four sets in the Citrus Conference opener Wednesday night at Titan Field House
The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball team lost its Citrus Conference opener Wednesday night at Titan Field House on the Melbourne campus.
The seventh-ranked Titans lost for the first time this season as Polk State College won in four sets, 25-21, 24-26, 25-19 and 25-12. It was the second straight win for the Eagles who improved to 2-0 in the conference.
Eastern Florida State College went down by four points early but battled back to tie things 11-11 behind the strong serving of Paulina Dobrinova. But Polk State went on another run to lead 16-12. Sophia Knowles and Sofia Kamke each had kills to cut into the lead and Polk State called a timeout when their lead went down to one, 19-18. But that is as close as the Titans would get as Polk State took the early advantage with a 25-21 win.
The second set saw seven ties early but once again Polk State went on a run and led 17-14 as the Titans would call timeout. They would respond with seven straight points as Emma Kiser had an ace and Kamke had another kill. Up 21-18 Polk State had one more run and would tie things 24-24, but Emma Kiser had a kill to make it 25-24 and the Titans would tie things up with the 26-24 win in the second set.
The third set was tight throughout with the Titans trailing just 18-17 after a Bobbie Schwantz block but Polk State would score seven of the final nine points to take the third set 25-19.
Up 2-1 in the match, Polk State got off to a fast start and rolled for a 25-13 win to hand the Titans their first loss of the season and ended Eastern Florida State College's three-game win streak in the series.
Eastern Florida State College (7-1) will travel to No. 3 Miami Dade next Wednesday in a conference match at 6 p.m.
