Millsaps College Athletics

ATLANTA, Ga. - The Millsaps College volleyball team fell to No. 8 Centre College and No. 11 Berry College on Saturday before bouncing back to defeat Oglethorpe University on Sunday inside Dorough Field House.

Match 1: Centre 3, Millsaps 0 

(18-25, 19-25, 23-25) 

Freshman Khloe Duncan led Millsaps with 16 kills and 16.0 points while hitting. 250. Sophomore Kinney Boyle added eight kills on 29 attacks.  
  
Classmate Anna Ware posted a team-high 13 assists and added six digs.  
  
Senior Sandy Bourgeois collected a team-best 12 digs and had four assists.  
  
The Majors opened the first set with senior Amelia Bohl's kill from classmate Sandy Bourgeois and stayed within 6-4, but Centre scored the next four points to further their advantage, 10-4.  
  
Duncan produced seven kills for the Majors, while sophomore Atlee Gonzales and junior Zoë LaCaze each added a service ace during later pushes. Centre finished the set at 25-18 to secure the victory.  
  
Millsaps pulled within 18-17 in the second set on a Boyle kill from Ware, but Centre answered on a 7-2 run to create the separation, topping the Majors 25-19.  
  
Earlier, sophomore Madelynn Sasser and LaCaze combined on a block, and Gonzales followed with an ace as Millsaps cut the margin to 16-15.  
  
Boyle added another kill, and Millsaps scored twice after Centre reached 24, but Centre closed the set 25-19.  
  
The Majors opened the third set on a 6-2 run as Duncan recorded five kills led by an attack error on the Colonels. 
 
The Colonels moved in front later in the set, but Millsaps stayed within reach and got back to 24-23 after a Centre service error and attack error.  
  
Centre took the final point on a service error to finish the set 25-23. 

Match 2: Berry, 3 Millsaps 0

Bohl led Millsaps with 7 kills while hitting .417 and added a solo block. Bourgeois recorded 18 digs and served one ace. LaCaze finished with 6 kills, hit .364, and added one ace. Sophomore Rachel Zamjahn posted a team-high 12 assists and collected 5 digs.

Millsaps was limited on the attack, finishing with 26 kills, 23 errors, and a .034 hitting percentage, while Berry hit .367 with 38 kills and five errors.

The Majors recorded more digs than Berry, 43-32, with Bourgeois finishing with 18. Berry also had 10 service aces to Millsaps' four and five total blocks to Millsaps' one, while Millsaps committed only two service errors compared with Berry's 18.

Millsaps answered Berry's opening point with a Duncan kill and later pulled within 6-5 on a Boyle kill after LaCaze had added an earlier point. Berry stayed in front through the middle of the set, and after LaCaze's kill made it 13-10, Berry scored four straight points behind two consecutive kills: Millsaps lost the match to Berry 3-0 (16-25, 17-25, 20-25) on Saturday.  

The visiting team totaled 26 kills and hit .034, while Berry finished with 38 kills and a .367 hitting percentage.

Millsaps was limited on the attack, finishing with 26 kills, 23 errors, and a .034 hitting percentage, while Berry hit .367 with 38 kills and five errors. Millsaps recorded more digs, with Bourgeois finishing with 18. Berry also had 10 service aces to Millsaps' four and five total blocks to Millsaps' one, while Millsaps committed only two service errors compared with Berry's 18.

The Majors answered Berry's opening point with a Duncan kill and later pulled within 6-5 on a Boyle kill after LaCaze had added an earlier point. Berry stayed in front through the middle of the set, and after LaCaze's kill made it 13-10,

Berry scored four straight points behind a kill and two Millsaps attack errors to stretch the score to 17-10.  
 
Millsaps responded with back-to-back points from Boyle and Duncan to cut the deficit to 20-14. A kill from Bohl and a service ace from Bourgeois brought the Majors within 22-16, but Berry claimed the final three points to close out the set, 25-16.

Berry used a kill and consecutive aces to move ahead 4-1, but Millsaps stayed close early with two Duncan kills and two LaCaze kills to get within 6-5.

Berry widened the gap through the middle of the set by adding service aces as the home side moved in front 16-8.  
 
The Vikings then added back-to-back kills during a stretch that pushed Berry's lead to 21-11, and another kill by the Vikings made it 23-12.  
 
Millsaps made a late push with a Berry service error, consecutive sophomore Laila Fredieu aces, and a Bohl block to cut it to 23-16, and second-year student Lily Luneau added a late kill before Berry closed the set 25-17 after an Armstead kill and a Millsaps attack error. 
 
After the teams traded the first four points, Berry moved from a 2-2 tie to an 8-3 lead with kills, an ace, and three Millsaps attack errors, with Sasser supplying Millsaps' point in that stretch. 
 
Millsaps got kills from Luneau, Bohl, and Duncan through the middle of the set, but Berry continued to build the margin and led 19-10 before a Sasser kill, a Berry attack error, and a LaCaze ace cut it to 19-14. After Berry pushed back to 21-14. 
 
Millsaps answered with a sophomore Tatum Husby kill and consecutive Berry attack errors during a Rachel Zamjahn service stretch to get to 21-18, but Berry reached the set point at 24-19 and, following a service error, closed the set ona Vikings kill for a 25-20 final.

Match 3: Millsaps 3, Oglethorpe 1
(25-21, 25-20, 24-26, 25-18)

Duncan finished with 16 kills, six digs and 17.0 points while hitting .464. Boyle added 12 kills and three digs. Bourgeois recorded 15 digs and three assists. LaCaze tallied five kills, two service aces and six total blocks.

Millsaps finished with 48 kills and a .185 hitting percentage, while Oglethorpe had 40 kills, a .020 mark and 37 attack errors. Millsaps also held a 12-6 advantage in total blocks and put together an 8-0 run in set 4, while Oglethorpe finished with a 15-6 edge in service aces.

Millsaps scored the first two points of the opening set, but Oglethorpe answered and used four straight points, including a service ace by Adrianne Ryan, to move ahead 7-3.

The Majors worked back within 9-8 on kills by Duncan and Sasser before Oglethorpe pushed the margin to 14-11. Sasser's kill, Boyle's kill and a Zamjahn ace tied the set at 14-14, and after Oglethorpe briefly went back in front, Bohl's kill and an attack error gave Millsaps a 16-15 lead.

Millsaps stayed in front late, getting kills from Duncan and Sasser to reach 22-19, then closing the set on a block-assisted point by Sasser and Luneau and an Oglethorpe attack error for a 25-21 win.

After Oglethorpe moved in front 4-2, Millsaps turned the second set with four straight points, tying it on a Duncan kill from Ware, adding a Duncan-Zoë LaCaze block and moving ahead 7-4 with Ware serving.

Oglethorpe cut the margin to 14-13 and later 16-15, but Millsaps answered each time, including a Duncan kill from Zamjahn and a LaCaze kill from Sasser to stay in front. Leading 18-16, Millsaps created separation with a LaCaze kill, an Gonzales ace, a Boyle kill and a Sasser block during a four-point push to 22-16.

Sasser added a late kill for set point at 24-18, and after Oglethorpe scored twice, Boyle finished the set with a kill from Zamjahn for a 25-20 Millsaps win.

Oglethorpe built a 9-1 lead in the third set behind a serving run, which included five service aces, before Bohl ended the stretch with a kill from Zamjahn. Millsaps worked back into the set with kills from LaCaze, Sasser and Boyle, and LaCaze's service ace capped a four-point serving run that tied it 11-11.

The teams traded points through the middle of the set, with Millsaps moving ahead 14-13 and later 21-20 after Gonzales served an ace and Boyle added a kill. Oglethorpe went back in front 23-21, but Millsaps tied it at 23-23 on LaCaze's service ace and again at 24-24 on a Boyle kill before Oglethorpe scored the final two points to take the set 26-24.

The fourth set stayed close early, with Millsaps getting kills from Duncan, Bohl and Boyle before Oglethorpe moved ahead 15-11 on Lauryn Frazier's ace and a Millsaps attack error. Duncan answered with consecutive kills and LaCaze added another to bring Millsaps within 15-14, but a service error pushed Oglethorpe's lead to 16-14.

After an Oglethorpe service error, Ware served seven straight Millsaps points, a stretch that included a block by Sasser and LaCaze, Oglethorpe attack errors and a Duncan kill to put Millsaps in front 22-16.

Oglethorpe trimmed the deficit to 22-18 with a kill and a service ace, but Millsaps responded with a service error by the Stormy Petrels, an attack error, and a kill by Sasser off an assist from Ware to secure the Majors' 25-18 set victory.

The Majors will be back in action on Tuesday to face Tougaloo College at home beginning at 6 p.m. inside the Hangar Dome ive stats will be available and the game will streamed via FloCollege. 


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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.