NEW ORLEANS, La. - For the second time in as many matches against Loyola-New Orleans, the Millsaps College volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to come away with an exciting 3-2 win, this time on the road at The Den Tuesday night.

Millsaps won its second straight match and improved to 7-8, while the Wolfpack fell to 7-6. The Majors also picked up their first official road win of the 2009 campaign by scores of 25-21, 13-25, 13-25, 29-27, 15-9.

Trailing for a better part of the opening set and down 19-21, head coach Jaime Burns called timeout and the Majors responded by scoring six unanswered points to claim the set 25-21 behind a tremendous serving run by senior \#Dixie Krauss\#.

Feeding off the energy of the crowd, Loyola fought its way back into the match with a convincing 25-13 win in the second set as the Millsaps attack looked out of sync after tying the score 7-7 earlier in the set.

The Wolfpack carried the momentum into the third set as they again pressured the defense of the Majors with strong hitting. Millsaps was unable to maintain any consistency as Loyola cruised to a 25-13 win to gain the 2-1 set lead in the match.

In the fourth set, the Majors found their groove and jumped out to a quick 7-3 lead only to see Loyola come back and tie the score 8-8. Neither team was able to gain a significant lead from this point on as they traded side outs.

As the set went back and forth, the crowd came alive and raised the intensity of the match for both squads. Each team fought off set points before the Majors took control 28-27 and sophomore \#Kasey Laird\# put an emphatic end to the set 29-27 with a timely service ace – her second of the match – forcing a decisive fifth set.

The Majors built an early 7-5 lead in the final set before breaking the lead wide open going ahead 11-6 forcing a Loyola timeout. Out of the timeout, the Wolfpack looked to even the set, but Millsaps denied any attempt at a comeback as junior \#Kate Hall\# put away match point giving the Majors the 15-9 fifth-set victory as her teammates rushed the court in celebration.

Millsaps will look to build on its strong play of late traveling to Memphis, Tenn. this weekend for another SCAC cross-divisional in search of their first conference victory.