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October 2, 2007
CONWAY,
Ark. -- In
the SCAC Central/East Divisional this past weekend at Hendrix
College, Millsaps had another strong weekend on the
road, winning 3 of 4 matches and carrying a seven-match win
streak at one point to even its
conference record to 4-4 and 9-13 overall. 
Freshman Kate Hall hit .350 with 60 kills over the weekend
to lead the Majors’ offensive attack, including a season
and career-high 25 kills in a five-game
win over Centre in which she hit .362 (four errors in
58 attempts).
In the opener against Oglethorpe University on Saturday, Millsaps
played the Stormy Petrels to three very tight games, squeezing
out
wins at 30-25, 30-28 and 30-27.
Hall tallied 17 of the Majors' 37 kills in the match and hit
.293 thanks in part to 23 assists from fellow freshman Hailey
Miranda and 11 assists from freshman Mallory Clark. Miranda
(10), freshman Erica Cook (10) and sophomore Dixie Krauss (7)
did the dirty work for Millsaps, combining for 27 of 42 digs in
the contest.
In a five-game thriller (30-22, 30-32,
12-30, 30-26, 19-17) against Centre to close out
its Saturday competition, Millsaps fell behind 2-1
in the
match
after winning Game 1 before rallying to win the
final two games by a combined six points.
The Majors hit .033 as a team in the third-game loss with
just five kills against four errors but rebounded to pick up
33 kills over the final two games and hit error-free in Game
5 en route to a .600 attack percentage.
Miranda set a new career-high with 48 assists that led to a
total of 55 kills in the match and posted a double-double with
20 digs whereas freshman Megan Dufresne dug 16 balls and senior
Ani Babinski picked up a team-high four aces to go along with
a pair of blocks.
The Majors cruised to an early Sunday win over Sewanee
(30-15, 30-18, 30-21) to win their seventh-straight match,
combining for 23 aces and posting a .374 attack
percentage in 91 attempts -- their second highest
mark of the year (.386 vs Wesley).
Freshman Constance Page picked up four of Millsaps' five blocks
in the match and set a new season and career-high with five
kills. Freshman Heather Keenan guided the Majors to their fourth-highest
service ace total this season, picking up five to add to her
SCAC-leading total of 56 on the season -- 17 better than Austin
College's Kaitlin Listol.
In the weekend closer against Rhodes, Millsaps had its winning-streak
snapped at seven games, with the Lady Lynx overpowering the
Majors in three games (30-23, 30-19, 30-14).
Miranda posted another double-double with 21 assists and 12
digs while junior Sarah Exley tallied five kills and a pair
of digs and Cook recorded an ace to go along with 10 digs.
Millsaps will head to Memphis, Tenn., this weekend for another
SCAC Divisional, continuing a stretch of 18 consecutive games
on the road.
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