SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. -- In the Majors' final event of the fall golf season, junior Mirel Brackin carded a two-day score of 182 to lead Millsaps to a fifth place finish overall in the Santa Rosa Beach Fall Finale.

Brackin's 88 on the second day of the event was a career-low, as she posted the sixth best score out of 27 golfers.  In all, Millsaps improved by 26 strokes from Day 1 to Day 2, with freshman Willie Jones improving four strokes and senior Stephanie Maxwell improving a whopping 16 strokes.

Rhodes College, a familiar foe of Millsaps in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, won the 2-day event with a combined score of 704.  Stephanie Mingos was tops on the weekend with a 74 and 80.

Rounding out the Top 5 were Spring Hill College (713), Bethel College (716), Huntingdon College (822) and Millsaps (894).

The Majors will open the spring 2009 season on Feb. 21 at the Ann Rhoads Southern Shootout at Timberline Golf Club in Calera, Ala.