Sewanee, Tenn. - The Millsaps Majors Volleyball Team opened up conference play on Saturday as they took on the Centre Colonials and the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels. The Majors walked away with a split on the first day after a thrilling five game set with the Colonels and a sweep of the Stormy Petrels.

The Majors (8-4, 1-1 SCAC) came out slow against Centre as they dropped set One 25-14. Millsaps committed more errors (9) then kills (7). Millsaps responded in set two and three combining for 29 kills and only 10 errors as, taking the matches 25-15 and 25-19. The Colonels rallied back to take set four 25-19 leading up to a fifth set.

Both teams went back and forth, looking for the key conference victory as they continued to play due to no team able to win by two. The Colonels finally finished the game off, taking the set and the match 19-17.

Junior Raven Scott was unstoppable, boasting a triple double with 11 kills, 32 assists, and 13 digs. Seniors Maggie Tumminello added 14 kills and 14 digs.

In the second game, the Majors made quick work of the Stormy Petrels, knocking them off 25-22, 25-20, and 25-17 in route to their first conference win of the season. Junior Kasey Laird led Millsaps with nine kills and sophomore Caroline May added six. Tumminello had another solid game with 16 digs and five kills.

Millsaps is back in conference action starting early tomorrow as they will take on Birmingham-Southern at 9 a.m. before returning to the court to take on the University of the South at 3 p.m.