Women's volleyball team wins opener at Cheyenne Invitational

The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball team opened the Springhill Suites Cheyenne Invitational with a win on Friday morning.

The 19^th-ranked Titans defeated Trinidad State Community College in a thrilling four-set match, 14-25, 25-12, 25-13, 27-25 at Laramie County Community College in Wyoming.

Eastern Florida State College got off to a slow start, dropping the first set but rebounded behind freshman Lesmary Raffucci who had a couple of kills early to give the Titans a lead. The Titans would lead throughout the set, taking a 21-10 lead on a Sophia Iglesias ace.

The third set saw the Titans once again get off to a fast start as Libby Ashline and Riley Buddie recorded kills and then Aliah Snider had an ace to give them a 4-1 lead. An Iglesias ace gave the Titans an 11-7 advantage and Hailey Mull finished the set with a kill.

Trinidad State came out strong in the fourth set, leading throughout much of the set and had a 20-14 lead when the Titans call timeout. Down six, Dominae Jordan had a couple of big kills and then Snider had a pair of kills that cut the lead to 21-19. The Titans would tie the match 21-21 and the teams traded points until Ashline's kill made it 26-25 and then Emma Cook finished it with a kill and a 27-25 win.

Jordan finished with 13 kills while Ashline had 10 and three blocks.

Eastern Florida State College will play No. 16 Casper College this afternoon at Laramie County CC. The match is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. EDT.