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August 29, 2007
JACKSON
-- With
preseason coming to a close and fall classes underway as of Tuesday,
Millsaps will head to Mobile, Ala., for its
first
competition
of the 2007
season, facing off with Martin Methodist, Dillard University
and tournament-host Spring Hill College this weekend.
The Majors will shoot for their first set of back-to-back season-opening
wins since the 1997 and 1998
seasons, when they defeated Jackson State and Belhaven College 3-0.
Those seasons they finished at 23-7 and 26-9 overall.
This year marks the ninth-straight year that Millsaps has opened
on the road.
Only three
starters
return from last year's squad, led by senior middle blocker Ani
Babinski. Sophomores Toni Manley and Dixie Krauss also
return to the starting lineup, while junior Sarah Exley and freshmen
Hailey Miranda, Heather Keenan and Kate Hall will step on the
court early.
The Majors
will open with Spring Hill at 5 p.m. on Friday before facing
off with Martin Methodist at 9 a.m. and Dillard University at
1 p.m. on Saturday to close the weekend.
Millsaps' home-opener is Tuesday, Sept. 4 against cross-street
rival Belhaven College.
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