Tritons drop close battle to No. 3 Spartans

ST. PETERSBURG – The Eckerd Tritons volleyball team fell in four sets to the visiting No. 3 ranked Tampa Spartans on Friday from inside the McArthur Center. Eckerd came out firing in the opening frame. With the Tritons leading 5-3, Hayden Nash stepped to the service line and Eckerd rattled off six straight points to build an 11-3 advantage. The run included three consecutive Tampa attack errors and a kill from Jaelynn Tunley. The Tritons never let the Spartans back into the set. Eckerd stretched the margin to 16-4 before another four-point surge pushed the lead to 20-6. Seiler Hruska…