It was an enjoyable senior night for Vicksburg’s Elisha Howard, Destiny Allen, Jade Douglas and Tory Hayden as they competed — and won — their final volleyball match at home Monday night.

The entire team had fun on the bench and throughout the game. They even broke down a huddle in a nice fake English accent. All of these elements went into a Missy Gators’ sweep of Canton, 3-0 (25-11, 25-12, 25-18).

“It was a good win,” Missy Gators coach Aimee Scribner said. “It was a relaxing win, no pressure really, perfect senior night. It took a lot for me not to say anything about it, I just let them do their thing; let them have fun with it. It’s for them to play in front of their fans.”

The Missy Gators only trailed once in the entire match, and that was during the third set. Canton jumped to a quick three-point lead after two set-up plays for the Missy Gators fell through on the attack over the net.

“Whenever they did pass-set-hit like they’re supposed to it looked really well. Our serves were really well, for the most part,” Scribner said.

The final set was the closest of the night, with Canton being up 7-4 at one point in the match. Mikayla Banks served an ace on an early possession to end the drought. Banks went on to earn five aces, a dig and three kills, one of which tied the score at 13 in the last set.

Allen owned the net the entire night. Her presence alone was enough to make Canton twice not make plays at the net where she was defending. She would return the ball into the body of the player for a kill or added enough touch on the ball for a softer, delicately placed kill. She recorded three aces in the final set on the 11th, 24th and eventual match point.

Howard’s serving was more efficient. She earned an ace in the first set. After being down 7-4 in the final set, she brought the team back to an even 9-9 score with her serves. She even hustled from the backcourt to make returns at the net like a small forward on a fast break with an open lane.

Scribner said playing Canton was like having a mirror on the other side of the court. Canton is still a relatively young program and showed its inexperience in the way it hit the ball, lacked communication and focus — the way Vicksburg once did before having a turnaround season this fall.

“It’s one of their first years to have it. They haven’t really had a lot of time to build a program,” Scribner said after a player asked why Canton hit the ball the way they did. Scribner turned to her player and said, “two years ago that’s what we looked like.”