ATLANTA, Ga. - The Millsaps Majors' fastpitch softball team squandered a four-run lead as Emory and Henry College rallied for a 7-5 win in the first game of the NCAA Atlantic Region Softball Tournament.

The Majors tacked on three runs in the second inning and one in the fourth before Emory and Henry plated three runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Millsaps rapped out six hits compared to Emory and Henry's eleven hit attack. The Majors' Helen Loring drove in two runs to lead Millsaps.

The Majors added their fifth run in the top of the sixth frame when Loring scorched a double to score Anny Guthrie. However, Emory and Henry added two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 5-5.

Emory and Henry's Rue Atkins blasted a two-run walk-off homerun to win the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Millsaps will play the loser of the Methodist vs. Mount St. Joseph game at 3:00 p.m. EST at Emory Univesity.