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Majors Pick Up Two Wins on Final Day of SCAC East/Central Divisional

Sewanee, Tenn. – The Millsaps Majors Volleyball Teams picked up two conference wins Sunday afternoon over Birmingham-Southern and Sewanee at the SCAC East/Central Divisional. With the wins, the Majors improve their record to 10-4 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

In game one against the Panthers, Millsaps went to its second five game set of the divisional. Millsaps fell behind early losing set one 24-26 and set two 20-25. The Majors did not go down easily though as they rallied to dominate set three 25-15 and pushed it to a decisive set as they took set four 25-22. Both teams went back and forth in set five; however, Millsaps prevailed taking the fifth set 15-13 for the win.

Junior Kasey Laird led the Majors attack with 16 kills while adding 5.5 blocks defensively. Junior Raven Scott picked up her second triple-double, picking up 12 kills, 22 assists, and 16 digs while sophomore Leanne Gilder added 27 digs.

In game two, Millsaps took on the home standing Sewanee Tigers. A closely contested first set resulted in a Major win, 27-25, before the Majors dominated the next two winning 25-14 and 25-16 to take the match.

Scott led the attack with eight kills while sophomore Caroline May had seven and junior Mackenzie Westphal added six. Senior Maggie Tumminello led the Majors defensively with 20 digs.

Millsaps returns home on Tuesday to take on the Belhaven Blazers at 7 p.m. in The Hangar Dome. These two teams met earlier in the year at a tournament at Rhodes where Millsaps took a five game set, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, and 15-12. There will be live video at ihigh.com/millsapsmajors.

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