JACKSON - Sophomore forward Megan Sullivan netted two first half goals to pace the Majors offense in a six-goal outing and the defensive backline of Ann Blumer, Meredith Harris and Callaghan Starrett held the visitors from the University of Dallas without a shot as Millsaps picked up its fourth win of the season in a 6-0 shutout on Sunday afternoon.
The win snapped a seven-match winless streak (0-6-1) dating back to a 6-1 win over non-conference foe Alcorn State University on Sept. 16 as junior goalkeeper Elizabeth Sooby was credited with the shutout victory to improve to 4-8-1 between the posts.
Millsaps took advantage of Sullivan's third goal of the year just 10 minutes into the contest to give the home team an early 1-0 edge, striping a Lady Crusader defender in the box and beating keeper Victoria Saunders to the lower left corner of the net.
Just five minutes later, sophomore Leslie Robichaux capitalized off a well executed corner kick from senior Callie Roth that landed right at her feet, striking the ball in the back of the net for the 2-0 lead.
Sullivan's second goal of the match followed just 1:19 later, as she took the deflection off Saunders' save from junior Erin Sanford and found the back of the net.
The Majors would tack on three more goals with minutes left before the halftime whistle, using a pair of goals from defenders Julia Fell (1) and Harris (1) with freshman Hayley Nemeth's fourth goal of the year sandwiched in between.
Junior Bobbi Jones, the team's assist-leader from a year ago with seven, picked up a pair of assists on the afternoon to add to her 2007 team-leading total of four. Roth, Sanford and freshman Emily Townsend were credited with the other three assists for the Majors.
Millsaps outshot the Lady Crusaders 23-0 (16-0 shots-on-goal) for the match while earning 11 corners to Dallas' three -- all of which came in the final two minutes of regulation.
Despite the loss, Saunders posted a shutout in the second half between the posts for the University of Dallas, stuffing four Millsaps shots en route to a 10 save afternoon. The junior from Dallas now has 138 saves on the year.
The Majors will take a week off to enjoy Fall Break before returning to action Friday, Oct. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 28 against Rhodes and Hendrix. The two home matches will end Millsaps' home schedule as they will finish the season on the road the following weekend at Sewanee-University of the South and Oglethorpe University.