Official Stats
JACKSON - On a brisk Friday night at Harper Davis Field, the Millsaps College men's soccer team (7-6-1) played 110 scoreless minutes with the visiting Panthers from Birmingham-Southern College to finish with a 0-0 (2 OT) draw.
The defense-first mindset of the Majors paid off in the first half as they kept Birmingham-Southern off the scoreboard, but it also meant that the Majors were held without a goal as well.
Sophomore goalkeeper \#Dylan Broussard\# came up with the first of his career-high 13 saves on the night when he dove to stop a header from Garner Shivers of the Panthers off a well-executed set piece.
The best pressure generated by the Millsaps offense came in the 22nd minute as both senior \#Aaron Hyatt\# and sophomore \#Conley Pomerenke\# moved up from their defensive positions and served excellent crosses that resulted in corner kick opportunities for the Majors.
However, the match remained scoreless at the half as both goalies kept the opposing team's offense at bay.
Millsaps opened the second half with a quick counter play when junior \#Phil Guillot\# played the ball up the sideline to senior \#Drew Dews Jr.\#, who used a couple of swift moves to gain a step on the defender before firing a shot that rang off the crossbar.
Freshman \#Brandon Guichard\# had a chance to put back the rebound into the open goal, but his effort sailed high over the goal.
In the second half, things turned more physical as the intensity on the field increased. A total of six yellow cards were given in the half, with each squad receiving three.
The Majors appeared to score the first goal of the match when freshman \#Daniel Moise\# beat goalkeeper Clint Lum to the far corner, but the center official conferred with his assistant and deemed the ball was out of bounds along the sideline before it was played to Moise, keeping the match scoreless.
Birmingham-Southern continued to pressure the Millsaps defense as Tony Crocker took a free kick from 25 yards out that got through the Majors' wall and forced Broussard to make another diving save.
Less than five minutes later, the Shivers again broke loose and fired a shot from the top of the box that went just over the top of the goal.
After a flurry of activity in the last minutes of regulation, the match headed into overtime as both teams failed to find the back of the net in the opening 90 minutes.
In the first overtime period, Shivers used a screen from a Majors' defender and fired a shot that fortunately for the Majors, Broussard saw the whole way and was able to make the save.
The Panthers were relentless in the period as they got off two more shots on goal, one of which was deflected by a Millsaps player forcing Broussard to quickly change directions in order to make the save. The match remained scoreless as the teams prepared for the final ten minutes of the night.
Moise had another quality scoring chance in the second overtime period when he collected a cross from fellow freshman \#Taylor Harrison\# and took a shot that flew harmlessly over the goal as the match came to a 0-0 draw after 110 minutes of play.
Millsaps will be back in action next Friday Oct. 30, when they travel to Greencastle, Ind., for a conference match with DePauw University at 7:00 p.m.
