Fresh from wrapping up the 2021 Southern Athletic Association regular-season championship the night before, the No. 15-ranked Berry College volleyball team defeated Centre on Senior Day in their final Southern Athletic Association matchup of the season Saturday afternoon. 

             Berry, now 19-2 overall and 13-1 in the SAA, took the first set 25-21 in a close rally up until the last few points. 

             Berry won the second set 27-25 in a thriller, after being down 24-17. A nice run of serves by Bella Boston combined with the Vikings' offensive consistency paved the way for the eight-point comeback. 

            The Vikings secured the third set victory 25-13, taking advantage of the hitting errors by Centre and controlled the momentum most of the set. 

            Unofficially, Peyton Breissinger had nine kills for the Vikings, Ashton Middleton and Lindsey MacDiarmid had 13 and 12 assists respectively, and Laura Beier added 13 digs.

            Beier and Anna Rumore, along with program student-worker Sarah Mason and sports medicine student-worker Pearl Widmann. were recognized as the four seniors who have have key roles for the program prior to the game.

            Berry closes out the regular season next weekend in Atlanta playing three games at the Emory National Invite at Emory.

            The Vikings will then turn their attention to Nov. 5-7 when they host the SAA Tournament at The Cage.