CANTON, Ga. - Winners of its last nine overall and a perfect 10-0 in the SAA, Centre clinched the 2024 SAA volleyball regular season title for the first time in school history. The Colonels outlasted Millsaps in five-sets on Saturday afternoon to claim the crown and hosting duties for the conference tournament as the top-seed.
Berry is second in the standings after falling to Rhodes and beating Hendrix to close October. Millsaps has a half-game lead on Rhodes in the middle of the standings while Oglethorpe is sixth coming out of a two-win weekend.
Around the SAA:
Athletes of the Week:
OFFENSIVE:
Riley Brady | Hendrix | Sophomore | Little Rock, Ark. - had a pair of double doubles this past weekend against Oglethorpe and Berry. The sophomore hit .364 and .344 on a solid 54 attempts. She earned 3.6 points/set on the weekend as well as 3.1 kills/set. Brady had zero reception errors on 24 attempts.
DEFENSIVE:
June Padilla | Centre | Senior | Murfreesboro, Tenn. - had a career day for Centre volleyball as the Colonels defeated Millsaps to clinch the outright regular season title for the first time in program history. In a five-set thriller, the senior libero set a new career high with 44 digs. She also hit a career milestone, surpassing 1,000 career digs in the victory.
Notable Performances:
- Madie Whitehead (Berry) - enjoyed a solid, three match week. Against Oglethorpe Whitehead blasted 13 kills, hit .632 and added 4 blocks and against Rhodes she added 22 kills, hit .333 and added three blocks. She only played back row against Hendrix and added 4 aces.
- Hollye Tate (Centre) - had one of her best games of the season as Centre defeated Millsaps to clinch the regular season title. Tate finished with 14 kills - one shy of a career high - against just one error for a hitting percentage of .295, a game high among hitters with 15 or more attempts.
- Yzzi Dsamou (Rhodes) - had solid games this week with our 5 set win with Berry College and 5 set loss to Oglethorpe. Total of 39 kills, hitting .157 for the weekend. This was the first time Rhodes had beat Berry since 2015.
- Mary Addisyn Stubbs (Hendrix) – was Hendrix top defensive player this past weekend earning 4.75 digs/set vs Oglethorpe in 4 sets and then earning 7.25 digs/set in 4 sets vs Berry.
- Sandy Bourgeois (Millsaps) – led the Majors defense in a stellar weekend. The sophomore posted 33 digs is a 5 set battle with Centre and 21 digs in a win against Sewanee. She sits at the top of the digs per set category in conference where she has consistently stood all year and kept Millsaps in #1 digs in conference.
- Hope Wehrli (Rhodes) - had a great weekend blocking both in her match against Berry and Oglethorpe. Total of 12 blocks, 11 assists and 1 solo. Hope has tied the conference match high with 7 blocks against Oglethorpe.
2024 Volleyball Report Archive (AOW Offensive/Defensive)
Sept. 3 – Mack Turner (Centre)/Madi Barron (Centre)
Sept. 9 – Anna Capezzera (Millsaps)/Olivia Wiseman (Rhodes)
Sept. 16 – Bella Boston (Berry)/Mary Addisyn Stubbs (Hendrix)
Sept. 23 – Yzzi Dsamou (Rhodes)/June Padilla (Centre)
Sept. 30 – Lura Underwood (Berry)/June Padilla (Centre)
Oct. 7 – Yzzi Dsamou (Rhodes)/June Padilla (Centre)
Oct. 14 – Kym Young (Rhodes)/June Padilla (Centre)
Oct. 21 – Ally Baer (Millsaps)/Sophia Caruso (Sewanee)