MELBOURNE, Fla. – Santa Fe College Volleyball suffered a fifth-consecutive loss on Tuesday evening, dropping a three-set match at Eastern Florida State College, 25-18, 26-24, 25-11.

Set 1 – EF 25, SF 18

The Saints fell into a 7-1 deficit early.

The gap grew to double-digits later in the set, and although SF's deficit proved to be too much to overcome, the Saints started to find more success headed into Set 2.

Set 2 – EF 26, SF 24

With the set tied at 10-10, the Saints scored three straight points. That advantage held until the score worked its way to 18-15, when a block from Nicole DePaula and Katelyn Crofts forced a timeout from the Titans.

Out of the timeout, Eastern Florida scored three unanswered to draw even.

With the score still tied at 21-21, the Saints claimed three set points with a kill from Abbey James and two from DePaula.

The Titans were able to stave off all three, however, and extended their run to five straight to conclude the set with a final kill.

Set 3 – EF 25, SF 11

The third and final set was tied at 8-8 when the Titans pulled away.

Eastern Florida had a run of 13 consecutive points in route to their second Suncoast Conference victory.

Key Saints' Statistics

James finished the match with a team-high eight kills, while DePaula collected seven.

The Cheronis Perspective

Head Coach Nick Cheronis: "All credit to Eastern Florida, they outplayed us at critical moments. We will have to flush this one quickly as we have a good Polk State team on Thursday."

Up Next

Santa Fe (2-7, 1-5 Suncoast) will be at Polk State College (2-6, 1-4 Suncoast) on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 6:00 p.m.