Women's volleyball team wins home opener in straight sets
The Eastern Florida State College women’s volleyball won its home opener Tuesday evening at Titan Field House, 25-10, 25-21 and 25-23
The Eastern Florida State College women's volleyball won its home opener Tuesday evening at Titan Field House.
The Titans, who improved to 4-1 on the season, defeated St. Petersburg College in straight sets, winning 25-10, 25-21 and 25-23.
Freshman Diarra Gaye helped the Titans get off to a strong start, serving seven straight points as Eastern Florida State College jumped out to an early 10-3 lead. Jordyn Cox and Emma Cook each had a good first set with four and three kills in the set as the Titans cruised to a win in the first set.
The second set saw St. Petersburg take an 18-17 lead, their first of the match. But Ada Bayraktar tipped a ball over to tie the match 18-18 and then recorded an ace to give Eastern Florida State College the lead once again. Cox recorded a kill and Elena Martin recorded a kill to finish off the set victory.
The third set saw St. Petersburg take the lead with four straight points to start the set but Mikayla Lamb and Madelynne Daugherty recorded kills to get the Titans within one point and then six straight points would give them a 12-10 lead.
Martin had some key kills down the stretch as the Titans would hang on to win in straight sets.
Cox led the way with eight kills while Martin had six kills and Cook finished with five. Sophia Iglesias had 20 assists.
Eastern Florida State College will head to Utah for the Crystal "Inn"vitiational at Salt Lake Community College. The Titans will play Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m.
