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September 21, 2006
JACKSON
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Millsaps women’s volleyball team will host its second
tournament of the season this weekend, playing host to the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Western Divisional
Tournament on Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23 in the
Hangar Dome.
The Majors (6-5, 0-0 SCAC) held their ground last time out
hosting the Millsaps Invitational, posting a 3-1 record with
wins over Fisk University, Huntingdon College and cross-town
rival Mississippi College.
The competition for the weekend should be exciting, with No.
9 Southwestern University (12-1), No. 15 Austin College (13-1),
No. 17 Trinity University (7-4) and Hendrix (6-4) all carrying
better than a .600 win percentage.
“It’s a big weekend for our conference,” head
coach Matt Linebarger said. “With three teams in the Top
20, it will give us a true test to see if we can compete on the
national level. I think we’ll be fine and surprise a lot
of people by how young and competitive we are.”
Colleen Kelly and Kim Fox lead the attack for the Majors with 98
and 93 kills, which is just a little over 3.10 kills/game average.
They also do the dirty work on the defensive
side, combining for 170 of the 390 total team digs.
Millsaps as a team has 164 service aces (4.69 aces/game) and is
led by freshman setter Sally McCann.
The play of first year sophomore Toni Manley and transfer Ani Babinski
will be important this weekend also. At the net, the two middles
have combined for 46 of the 56 total team blocks. Manley has tallied
29 blocks on the season (15 solo) and Babinski has racked up 17
blocks, 12 solo stuffs.
“Ani
and Toni will help us open our offense,” Linebarger said. “The
biggest thing is that we continue to play together."
Millsaps’ first match on Friday is slated for a 4:30 p.m.
start against No. 17 Trinity, followed by a 7 p.m. contest against
Hendrix College.
They will then hit the court Saturday afternoon for a pair of games
against No. 9 Southwestern at 1:30 p.m. and No. 15 Austin College
at 4 p.m.
Click here for
complete schedule.
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