JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps College volleyball team rounded out its regular-season home finale with a sweep over conference opponent Rhodes College to secure a spot in the 2026 Southern Athletic Association volleyball tournament before defeating Belhaven University 3-1 on Senior Day Saturday inside the Hangar Dome.
The Majors also recognized seniors Caroline Russo, Sandy Bourgeois, and Amelia Bohl for their tremendous hard work and leadership on and off the court during their time as members of the Millsaps College volleyball team.
Millsaps finished the 2026-27 regular season with a record of 17-11, including a 9-1 record at home.
Match 1: Millsaps College 3, Rhodes 0
(25-16, 25-17, 25-20)
Freshman Khloe Duncan led the Majors with 10 kills on 20 attacks. Sophomore Lily Luneau recorded nine kills while hitting .533 and added one block assist
Ware finished with a team-high 14 assists. Bourgeois collected 13 digs and added four assists.
The Majors finished with a .271 hitting percentage and 36 kills, while Rhodes hit .024 with 25 kills and 23 attack errors.
Millsaps also held a 5-3 edge in total blocks, with Luneau adding nine kills on a .533 hitting percentage to reflect the team's attacking advantage.
The Majors wore down the Lynx in the first set following a 4-0 run following a Duncan and Luneau pair of kills contested by a service ace and a service error by Rhodes.
Moments later, Rhodes cut into the Majors' lead, 6-5, before Millsaps utilized a 6-0 run to pull ahead 12-5 against its conference opponents.
Boyle and sophomore Anna Ware continued to heat up the court with a pair of kills, aided by a service error, two service aces, and an attack error.
Playing outstandingly throughout her matchup against the Lynx, Boyle continued to put pressure on Rhodes with two consecutive kills, followed by one from Bohl, to give the Majors a 17-8 advantage.
The Majors closed the second set by winning seven of the last eight rallies after Rhodes had moved within 18-16, finishing a 25-17 set win with late pressure at the net from junior Zoë LaCaze and Bohl.
Earlier, sophomore Laila Fredieu served the Majors to a 6-0 start, beginning with an ace and including back-to-back kills by Duncan.
Luneau, Duncan and Bohl added kills as the Majors kept separation through the middle of the set and reached a 16-9 lead.
Rhodes worked back to 18-16, but sophomore Madelynn Sasser answered with a kill, Rhodes committed two attack errors, and the Majors finished the set on Fredieu's serve with consecutive points, including blocks involving LaCaze and Bohl.
The Majors broke open a 4-4 third set by winning five straight points, with sophomore Atlee Gonzales at the service line for four of them as Rhodes committed a series of attack errors and Luneau and Sasser combined on a block.
The Majors kept adding separation through the middle of the set, getting a Luneau kill from Ware, a Bohl-LaCaze block and a Zamjahn kill from Bourgeois to move ahead 14-8.
LaCaze added a service ace during another Majors push that made it 17-10, and later kills from Luneau, Sasser, LaCaze and Boyle helped the Majors reach 23-16.
Rhodes scored three straight points late in the set to close the gap to 23-19, but Duncan put the Majors at set point with a kill from Zamjahn, and a Rhodes service error sealed a 25-20 third-set victory for the Majors.
The Majors won the first set 25-16, finishing with 14 kills to Rhodes' 10 and committing two attack errors while Rhodes had five. Duncan, Luneau and Boyle each had three kills for the Majors.
Match 2: Millsaps College 3, Belhaven 1
(25-17, 25-23, 10-25, 25-22)
Duncan continued to have a great day with 20 kills and 21 points while hitting .515 and adding two block assists. Bourgeois recorded 33 digs, two service aces and four assists.
Russo finished with a team-high 28 assists, one ace and one dig. LaCaze added 11 kills on a .500 hitting percentage, two aces, six digs and two total blocks.
Millsaps won the first set 25-17 by separating in the middle of the set after the teams were tied 11-11.
The Majors built small leads behind a LaCaze service ace, kills Duncan and sophomore Kinney Boyle, and a Luneau-Sasser block assist before Belhaven moved ahead 10-9.
The Majors responded with a Belhaven service error and a Duncan kill from Anna Ware to lead 11-10, and after the Blazers tied it at 11, another service error began a 6-0 run.
Atlee Gonzales served five straight points during that push, with Boyle adding two kills and a block as Millsaps moved to 17-11, then Luneau's kill and two Belhaven attack errors extended the score to 20-12.
Belhaven got back to 20-16, but Millsaps finished the set with kills by Ware and LaCaze, a Belhaven service error and LaCaze's final kill from Russo.
Millsaps pushed back late in the second set, using kills from Duncan, Bohl and Duncan again before a Belhaven attack error tied the set at 21-21 after Millsaps had trailed 21-17.
Earlier, Duncan opened the set with a kill, but Belhaven moved in front 8-3 before Millsaps answered with kills from LaCaze, Boyle, Bohl and LaCaze to get within 11-9.
The Majors continued to respond through the middle of the set, with Duncan scoring from junior Abigail Drury at 16-11 and Boyle and LaCaze adding kills from Drury to make it 17-14.
Soon afterward, both teams battled to a 17-17 tie. After the score reached 21-21, Duncan tied it again at 22-22 off an assist from Russo and at 23-23 off an assist from sophomore Rachel Zamjahn, but Belhaven scored the final two points to take the set 25-23.
Millsaps broke open the third set after Belhaven closed within 6-5, scoring six straight points to build a 12-5 lead and take control of the set.
Bourgeois' service turn carried much of that stretch, with Ware and LaCaze adding kills and Bourgeois recording two aces. Millsaps continued to separate from 13-7, winning seven of the next eight rallies behind kills from Boyle, LaCaze and Bohl, a Russo ace and a LaCaze block.
Bohl added two more late kills before Ware's serve helped Millsaps close the set, and Sasser finished the 25-10 win with a kill from Ware.
Millsaps' fourth set turned on a 6-0 response from down 13-12, with Bohl tying the set before Ware served five straight points to move Millsaps ahead 18-13.
Earlier, Millsaps built a 9-6 edge behind kills from Duncan and Sasser, but Belhaven answered to move in front 10-9 and later led 13-12 after a Millsaps service error. During the decisive run, Duncan put down three kills and teamed up with Luneau on a block as Millsaps created separation.
Belhaven closed the margin late and got within 23-22, but Bohl delivered a kill to reach set point before Duncan and LaCaze combined on the final block to finish a 25-22 set win.
The Majors now travel to San Antonio, Texas. to compete for a conference crown in the Southern Athletic Association Volleyball Championship. Millsaps enters as the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 seed Trinity in the First Round, beginning at 4 p.m. CT on Thursday, Nov. 12.Live 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.
