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October 23, 2007
GREENCASTLE,
Ind.
-- In
the final SCAC Central/East Divisional of the season this past
weekend, Millsaps earned a four-game split, bouncing back to
defeat Sewanee and Hendrix after losses to Centre and host
DePauw to earn the No. 8 seed in the upcoming SCAC Tournament
in Sherman, Texas.
Millsaps (14-20, 6-9 SCAC) received a pair of strong individual
performances from senior Ani Babinski and freshman Erica Cook
over the weekend, with Babinski recording 14 blocks and Cook
digging 55 balls for a 4.58 digs-per-game
average.
Against Centre in the tournament opener, the Lady Colonels
got redemption from a hard fought 3-2 loss in the previous
divisional, downing Millsaps 3-0 (30-27, 30-17, 30-16).
Freshman Heather Keenan picked up eight of the Majors' 23 kills
and freshman Hailey Miranda recorded 21 assists in the match
to lead the offense while Cook's 16 digs and sophomore Dixie
Krauss' nine paced the defense.
The Majors topped Sewanee 3-0 (30-26, 30-16, 30-19) in the
Saturday closer to improve to 1-1 on the weekend, using freshman
Kate Hall's 12 kills, a career-high seven aces, six digs and
two
solo blocks to sweep past the Tigers for the second time this
season.
Freshman Constance Page added three solo blocks to Millsaps'
match total of nine while freshman Victoria Romano tallied
four aces and sophomore Amanda Cain had three.
Tournament host DePauw overpowered the Majors in their opening
match on Sunday, knocking off the visitors 3-0 (30-13, 30-17,
30-20)
despite
a valiant effort by Millsaps.
The Majors bounced back, however, in the final match of the
weekend to even their record, defeating Hendrix in a
trio of close games 3-0 (30-23, 30-28, 30-25) on the heels
of six blocks (three solo) by Babinski and 10 kills from
Hall who had just four errors in 31 attack attempts.
Freshman Megan Dufresne added eight digs and an ace whereas
freshman Mallory Clark contributed 10 digs.
Millsaps will close out the regular season this weekend at
home in the Millsaps/Belhaven Invitational, welcoming Dillard,
Tennesse Temple and Spring Hill to town along with Reinhardt.
The Majors play at 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday and at 9 a.m. and
3 p.m. Saturday.
They will then play No. 9 seed Oglethorpe at 11:30 a.m. in
the upcoming SCAC Tournament in Sherman, Texas, on Nov. 2 and
3 with the winner advancing to play No. 1 seed Trinity University
at 4:30 p.m.
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