MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Sophomore Kate Hall tied Hendrix's Becca Clancy with a match-high 18 kills in addition to four aces but it was the Warriors who advanced to the winner's bracket on Friday in a 3-1 win over Millsaps by scores of 27-25, 19-25, 26-24 and 25-23.
All four sets went down to the wire, and as they have all season, the Majors couldn't capitalize down the stretch as all three losses came by two points.
Millsaps took a 20-15 lead in the opening set after Hall's service ace and then rallied from a 24-21 deficit to take a 1-point lead at 25-24 before three-straight Hendrix points off a kill from Becca Clancy and back-to-back attack errors for Millsaps secured the win.
The Majors tied it at one set apiece in the second stanza, taking a six point lead at 16-10 and holding off a late rally that brought it within two late. Freshman Maggie Tumminello's kill sealed the win off a Hailey Miranda assist.
After trailing most of the third set by four or five points, including a 13-7 margin, Millsaps rallied to tie the score at 17-17 behind freshman Holland Dunham's kill and junior Dixie Krauss' service ace. The team's traded points the rest of the way until it was tied at 24-24 before a kill from Ryan Hughes and an attack error for Millsaps capped the win for HC.
Another wire-to-wire set in the fourth stanza ended in a 2-point win for Hendrix at 25-23. Neither team led by more than three points, with the score tied 12 different times.
Behind Hall's 18 kills, Tumminello added 11 and both Toni Manley and Victoria Romano added six apiece. Krauss had a match-high 32 digs, followed by Tumminello with 16 and Miranda with 10. Both teams had eight service aces, with Mallory Clark picking up two.
Millsaps will play its final match of the season tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. with the opponent to be determined. The Majors will play the winner of Saturday's 9 a.m. match.