Jackson, Miss. – All of the fall sports teams are back on campus for Millsaps College and are gearing up for the 2017 season. Cross country, men's and women's soccer and volleyball started practice on Thursday and will start their seasons on September 1st.
Cross Country
A youth movement will be one of the hallmarks of the 2017 cross country season for Millsaps. The Majors have just two upperclassmen on the men's team and one on the women's squad returning this year.
Head Coach
Andy Till will be looking shape his young squads into solid units that will move up in the results at the SAA Championships. They begin their season on September 1st at the Mississippi College Opener at 5:00 p.m.
Men's Soccer
Head coach
Steve Voltz enters his fifth season at the helm of the Majors. Millsaps has enjoyed much success over the past four years, posting 12 or more wins each season. This year, the team welcomes back nine seniors and six juniors along with 14 talented underclassmen who will look to make an impact.
MIllsaps hosts the University of the Ozarks in their first outing of 2017 at Harper Davis Field on September 1st at 7:00 p.m. They hope to build off of a strong 2016 campaign, in which they reached the SAA championship game.
Women's Soccer
Third-year head coach
Sarah Arsenault returns 11 players from last year's squad, including five seniors, three juniors and three sophomores. Among the returners are all-conference goalie, senior
Olivia Gattuso (Memphis, Tenn.) and last season's leading goal scorer, senior
Molly Ambrose (Pensacola, Fla.).
Also opening their season on September 1st, the Majors host The University of the Ozarks at Harper Davis Field at 1:00 p.m.
Volleyball
Senior
Regan Riddle (Montgomery, Ala.) and sophomores
Erica Bennett (Slidell, La.) and
Morgan Vincent (Lafayette, La.) highlight the returning offensive players for the Majors volleyball program. On the defensive end Millsaps brings back its libero, senior
Ashley Zamjahn, (Harahan, La) who led the team in digs a season ago.
Head coach
Jaime Fisher and her team open the 2017 season by hosting the Millsaps Invitational. The Majors open play at the tournament against MUW at 3:00 p.m. and East Texas Baptist at 7:00 p.m. on September 1st.
