Millsaps’ volleyball season ended Thursday with a loss to No. 20 Trinity in the Southern Athletic Association quarterfinal. The No. 6-seeded Majors fell to the No. 3-seeded Tigers 25-16, 25-10, 25-7 at Calgaard Gymnasium in San Antonio.
Trinity pulled away in the opening set with a six-point run after Millsaps had kept the deficit to four at 13-9. The Majors answered with kills from Khloe Duncan, Madelynn Sasser and Lily Luneau, but the Tigers took the set 25-16.
The Tigers opened the second set with seven straight points. Amelia Bohl responded with two kills for Millsaps, but Trinity maintained control and won 25-10.
Millsaps stayed close early in the third, with kills by Luneau and Duncan. Trinity then used an 11-1 run to extend its lead. Zoë LaCaze added two kills, but the Tigers closed out the set 25-7.
Senior Sandy Bourgeois recorded 12 digs in her final match. She finished her career with 1,721 kills. Duncan had seven kills, two digs and two blocks, while sophomore Anna Ware contributed 12 assists and two digs.
Millsaps finished 17-12 overall and 7-9 in the SAA. The Majors had beaten Trinity in five sets on Oct. 2 and in four sets on Oct. 23. They qualified for the conference championship for the first time in two years, according to the school, after the SAA reduced the field to six teams.
