JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps volleyball team split their matches on the final day of the 2010 SCAC West-Central Cross Divisional Tournament.

The Majors (14-10, 4-7 SCAC) dropped the first match of the day to Colorado College in three sets, 21-25, 19-25, and 25-27. Kasey Laird led the Majors with eight kills in 24 attempts for a .333 attack percentage and she also set the mark in digs with 10.

In the day's second contest the Majors defeated Rhodes College 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, and 27-25 to take the 3-1 win from the Lynx. Rhodes was able to force a fourth set with a solid offensive performance in the third set to avoid the Major sweep, but the home team outlasted the Lynx in the fourth set winning the final two points of an even contest 27-25.

Laird led the team again in the second game, posting 22 kills (.340), two aces, 2.5 blocks and 13 digs. Maggie Tumminello handed in another strong performance as well, with eight kills (.200) and 14 digs. Erica Cook paced the team on defense with 15 digs in the win.

The Majors will cross North State Street on Saturday for two matches over at Belhaven University. The first match with Xavier of Louisiana will be at 5:00 p.m. before taking on the host Blazers at 7:00 p.m.

In other matches:

Austin defeated Hendrix 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-11)
Southwestern defeated Rhodes 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-16)
Trinity defeated Birmingham-Southern 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 31-29)
Trinity defeated Colorado College 3-1 (16-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22)
Southwestern defeated Austin 3-1 (18-25, 25-15, 25-16, 26-24)
and
Birmingham-Southern defeated Hendrix 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-17)