ATLANTA – The Millsaps volleyball team split a pair of conference matches last weekend at the East-Central Cross Divisional Tournament.

In game one on Saturday, the Majors fell to the DePauw Tigers 0-3 (28-26, 25-20, 27-25). Despite taking the first and third sets to extra points the Majors were unable to grind out a win against the third place Tigers. Kasey Laird led with eight kills and nine blocks in the match.

Game two went five sets with the Centre Colonels edging out a 13-15 win in the fifth set to take the match 3-2 (25-20, 25-14, 17-25, 16-25, 15-13). The Majors won the first two sets by comfortable margins but could not put the game away, allowing the Colonels to win the last three sets in a row for the win. Laird again paced the offense with 16 kills (.222). Victoria Romano led with five blocks and Maggie Tumminello had 26 digs.

The Majors broke through on Sunday with a pair of wins to even out the weekend. First, they took on host Oglethorpe in the morning pairing, taking the Petrels 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-23). This time the attack was led by Raven Scott with seven kills (.227) and five blocks. Kasey Laird also had five blocks on the match while chipping in a team-leading 15 defensive digs.

The fourth and final match of the tournament went to the Majors as well, taking a 3-2 victory from the Hendrix Warriors (28-30, 25-11, 26-28, 25-19, 15-13). Both Major losses went into extra points with the Majors taking the fifth and final set 15-13 to secure the weekend split.

The Majors will return to action this weekend as they travel up to St. Louis for the Washington University Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Millsaps will take on Culver-Stockton College and Hanover College on Friday and Washington University and Dominican University on Saturday.