The Eastern Florida State College women’s volleyball team heads to Texas to compete in the Kruse Kickoff Classic Tournament beginning Thursday. (EFSC Image)
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Eastern Florida State College women’s volleyball team heads to Texas to compete in the Kruse Kickoff Classic Tournament beginning Thursday.
The Titans will play five matches in the tournament beginning with the host Blinn College at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Blinn comes into the tournament 5-0 and ranked No. 12 in the NJCAA Division I preseason poll and has won all five matches in straight sets.
Then on Friday Eastern Florida State College will play twice on Friday, facing unbeaten Panola College at 10 a.m. and then face Tyler Junior College at 5 p.m.
Panola College is 4-0 heading into the matchup and has only dropped two sets this season. Tyler Junior College comes into the tournament 1-3.
On Saturday they will wrap up the tournament with two more matches. The Titans will start the day with a match at 11 a.m. against Navarro College who is 3-1 and coming off a five-set win over No. 19 New Mexico Junior College. The Titans will wrap up the tournament with a rematch with No. 7 Trinity Valley Community College at 2 p.m.
At the FSW tournament, the Titans fell to Trinity Valley in five sets, falling 15-25, 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 7-15.
“I am excited for this trip. I feel that this is a really challenging tournament and I am looking forward to see our team performs against these high-level teams,” Eastern Florida State College women’s volleyball coach Melito Eleutiza said. “It is another good test to get us prepared for our conference season and have the opportunity to win matches. I feel we have the team to compete and win in this conference and am looking to see more improvement from the team this weekend.”
