Trojan News

MILLIGAN COLLEGE, Tenn. - The Trojan volleyball team (2-2) dropped their games today at the Milligan Mountain Madness, falling to Shorter University (3-0) in straight sets, 25-21, 25-12, and 25-11 before the host Milligan Buffs (2-1) took the Trojans down in five sets, 25-21, 20-25, 16-25, 28-26, 10-15.

Trevecca's Haley White was named to the all-tournament team.

Trevecca put up a good fight in the first set, before the Shorter Hawks dominated the final two sets to complete the victory. Halley Wiggins played a strong all-around match, with 11 assists, eight digs, three kills, one block, and one ace. Brooke Cannon had eight assists, seven digs, and two kills, and Haley White had 16 digs. Cassidy Watkins and Shelby Sorce paced the attack at the net with seven and five kills, respectively.

Against Milligan, Trevecca won the first set, but the Buffs gained control with wins in set 2-3.  Cannon had an impressive 40 assists in the game and added 15 digs and a blocked shot. Cannon also had seven kills with no errors. Cassidy Watkins had 15 kills, six aces, and 22 digs. Sorce (26) and White (25) topped the list in digs. Persephonie Devereaux had three blocks. Maddie Burford topped the kills list with 14.

"This was a great experience for our young team," said coach Jayme Crowley. "We have improved and grown during our training and its showed this weekend. We have freshman in the lineup and they played poised, not like freshman a lot of the time. That impressed me and encouraged me for the immediate and long term future."

Crowley continued, "I was very pleased with the leadership I saw from our senior captain Brooke Cannon as well as Haley White and Cassidy Watkins. They all stepped into leadership roles very nicely."

"The opponents coming this week aren't going to be easy, but they give us another opportunity to improve ourselves now that we have four games to reflect upon. I'm excited to get to practice and then see our progress at the end of the week."

Trevecca will host their first conference match of the year when Bethel University (0-1) visits Moore Gym on Thursday, September 2 at 6 p.m. Trevecca will host the Scott Jones Classic on Friday and Saturday September 3-4.