Memphis, Tenn. – The Millsaps Majors Volleyball Team traveled to Memphis, Tennessee this past weekend to compete in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Central/West Divisional. The Majors went on to split the weekend and sits in fourth place overall in the SCAC heading into their SCAC Central Intra-Pod.
Millsaps started the weekend off on Saturday with a dominating win over the University of Dallas, 25-18, 27-25, and 25-14. Junior Kasey Laird led the way offensively with 14 kills while juniors Raven Scott and Mackenzie Westphal added seven each. Freshman Taylor Zeigler added 21 assists.
Laird also led the way defensively with 13 digs while senior Maggie Tumminello added 12.
That set up a showdown between the Majors and the No. 9 team in the nation, the Southwestern Pirates later that night.
The Majors looked to spring the upset as they jumped out to the early 1-0 lead after taking set one 25-18. Millsaps almost made it 2-0 but Southwestern squeaked by with a 26-24 win and went on to take the next two 25-17 and 26-24 for the win.
Westphal led the way with 12 kills while Laird added 10. Five different players had double digit digs including Laird (26), sophomore Leanne Gilder (24), Tumminello (19), Westphal (18), and Scott (11).
The next day, Millsaps took on the Trinity Tigers and had a tough game, falling 18-25, 22-25, 26-24, and 22-25. Laird continued her brilliant weekend with 17 kills for the match while Zeigler and Scott added 44 total assists.
The Majors finished things off that afternoon as they faced Austin College. Millsaps played very well in route to a 25-20, 25-21, 17-25, and 25-17 win. Westphal had 12 kills and Laird had 11 while sophomore Caroline May picked up a season high 10 kills.
Millsaps is back in action this weekend as they travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado to complete in the SCAC Central Intra-Pod. They begin on Saturday as they face Hedrix at noon before returning to face the home standing Tigers at 6 p.m. The next day they take on Rhodes at 11 a.m. The action will include live stats and live video (there will be a charge for video; links of both to come later) courtesy of Colorado College.
