SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Millsaps College volleyball team was unable to surpass Southwestern University, falling 3-0 on Saturday inside the Julie Jenkins Court.
Freshman Khloe Duncan led the Majors with eight kills and eight points. Sophomore Rachel Zamjahn finished with a team-high 10 assists and added three digs.
Senior Sandy Bourgeois collected a team-best nine digs, two assists, and one service ace. Junior Zoë LaCaze posted four total blocks, including one solo block, and added one kill.
The Majors fell into an early 10-1 hole in the first set before answering with four straight points behind sophomore Atlee Gonzales' serve.
Classmate Madelynn Sasser put down two kills in that stretch, with sophomore Lily Luneau and second-year student Anna Ware adding one apiece, as the Majors cut Southwestern lead to 12-8. The Tigers pulled back away and took the set, 25-14.
The Majors held a 16-15 edge in the second set, but Southwestern scored the final 10 points to take it 25-16. Earlier, Millsaps built an 8-4 lead with service aces from Gonzales and Bourgeois, plus kills from senior Amelia Bohl and sophomore Kinney Boyle.
The Majors' biggest push in the third set came after they trailed 13-10, with Bohl putting down a kill, Bohl and LaCaze combining on a block, and Laila Fredieu serving consecutive aces to move the Majors in front 14-13.
Southwestern answered with three straight points to go up 16-14, but the Majors later pulled even at 21-21 on an attack error to battle back strong. Moments later the Pirates added a 25-22 advantage to secure the final points to win the third set on Saturday.
The Majors will remain on the road to face Berry in Memphis, Tenn., hosted by Rhodes beginning at 10 a.m. Live video will be available at FloCollege, while live stats will be available 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.
