JACKSON – It only took 52 minutes for the Millsaps Majors Volleyball Team as they routed the Huntingdon Hawks Tuesday evening at The Hangar Dome. They now prepare for their Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opener at the University of the South.

Millsaps (7-3) came a little slow out of the gate, falling behind 4-1 early in set one. However, it was all Majors from there as they outscored the Hawks (3-10) 24-9 which included nine straight points and seven combined block by junior Kasey Laird and sophomore Caroline May.  

The Majors were nearly flawless in the second set, only committing one error and powering 14 kills as they dominated the set, 25-11.

Millsaps was able to get numerous girls playing time in set three and they made the most of it as the Majors cruised to take the set 25-13 and the game.

Junior Raven Scott was terrific picking up 10 kills, 19 assists, seven digs and three service aces. Junior Sarah Zito and Laird added six kills while freshman Caroline McKey came off to bench to pick up five kills. In total, Millsaps picked up 41 total kills while only committing eight errors on the night.

Defensively, sophomore Leanne Gilder had 11 digs for the night.

Though no conference games have been played, Millsaps currently sits third overall in the conference behind Southwestern and Colorado College. They travel to Sewanee this weekend, where they will open conference up with Centre at 2 p.m. on Saturday before turning around and playing Oglethorpe at 4. The following day, The Majors have an early date with Birmingham-Southern at 9 a.m. before finishing with home standing Sewanee at 3.