JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps women's volleyball team finished the weekend strong by taking down Sewanee (21-25, 25-14, 25-22, 25-18), while honoring the outstanding senior trio Anna Capezzera, Zoe Elder and Rylee Stephens inside the Hangar Dome on Sunday afternoon.
Elder led the Majors with her 15th double-double of the season as the Starkville, Miss., native posted 41 assists, 19 digs and four blocks and two kills.
Capezzera topped the Tigers with her 12th double-double of the season for Millsaps (19-5, 6-4 SAA). She recorded 18 kills, 12 digs and five blocks.
Junior Ally Baer accumulated nine kills, three digs and five total blocks. Stephens boasted five kills, two blocks and three digs. Sophomore Sandy Bourgeois tallied five assists and 21 digs.
Junior Mallory Richardson had a solid performance with 10 kills, a block and two digs as a pair set career highs. Olivia Danos garnered a personal-best 21 digs and Trista Naquin stood out with seven total blocks against the Tigers.
Sewanee (4-13, 1-9 SAA) jumped out to a 7-4 start in the opening moments. However, Baer would land back-to-back kills for the Majors and help draw the first set, 7-7.
Both teams would transfer points back and forth before Millsaps would hold a slim 19-16 lead.
A Capezzera kill would keep the Majors ahead by three points at 20-17. However, Sewanee surged ahead with a 9-1 run to claim the first set, 25-21.
In the second set, Sewanee installed a 5-2 start over the Majors. A crucial kill by Capezzera would cut the Tigers lead down to two points and give Millsaps much needed momentum.
As the second set continued, Millsaps would construct an 8-1 run courtesy of two Richardson kills as well as a Stephens and Baer kill to come back and serve ahead, 11-7.
Following a service error and an attack error, Millsaps would move further along, 15-9 before Sewanee would call a timeout.
A kill by the Tigers cut the Majors score down to 15-11. Millsaps continued to change the momentum of the set as two kills by Richardson and a bundle of kills by Elder, Stephens and Naquin made the difference in the matchup.
The Majors would score quickly off three consecutive Sewanee attack errors to end the second in their favor at 25-14.
Baer opened the third set with the first kill for the Majors and sparked the squad to a 14-7 run.
Leading 16-10, Naquin would total a kill before the Tigers used three consecutive kills to pull within four points.
As the third set continued, another kill by Sewanee and Millsaps attack error would decrease the Majors advantage to 23-21.
Capezzera sparked the Hangar Dome with a kill to extend the Majors' margin up to three points.
Millsaps would soon be rewarded with their final point off a Tiger attack error to claim the third set, 25-22.
In the fourth and final set, Millsaps pinned the Tigers down with a 9-3 opening burst. Naquin helped the Majors with a nifty set off her foot to keep the volley alive and give the Majors a 6-3 edge during the run.
Soon after, Richardson and Stephens would cage the Tigers with two kills to push Millsaps forward, 11-5.
After a substitution change, Sewanee would come back with a 4-0 run to make it a 12-10 contest.
Millsaps then called a timeout and responded with a 6-1 run, highlighted by a trio of kills by Capezzera.
The Majors plan would continue to be executed well as two Tiger attack errors moved Millsaps out front, 22-15.
In the bottom of the final set, Stephens and Richardson pushed the Tigers with two kills before a Sewanee attack error closed out the final set, 25-18.
The Majors will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 2, in Memphis, Tenn. at Rhodes College. First serve is set for noon with live video and live stats to be provided at gomajors.com.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
