• Official Stats (Game 1)
• Official Stats (Game 2)

CLINTON, Miss. -- In the opening day of a two-day Round Robin format between Millsaps, Emory and Mississippi College at Choctaw Field, the Majors lost a pair of heartbreakers to Emory, 2-1 (8), and MS College, 3-0, to remain winless on the season.

Millsaps came within five outs of upsetting Emory in its opening game of the afternoon but the Eagles capitalized off 16 stranded baserunners for a come-from-behind win.

The Majors took a 1-0 lead in the third inning off an Eagle miscue, scoring \#Tiffany Ladnier\# from second after an arrant throw from the third baseman.  

Junior \#Kasey Thibodeaux\# held Emory to just three hits in the opening five innings but ran into a little trouble in the sixth when the Eagles plated the tying run.  After surrendering a leadoff walk to Nikki Perez, who was sacrificed over a batter later, Carey Smith-Marchi sent a shot through the right side of the infield to score Perez and knot the game at 1-1.

Millsaps threatened with the winning run in its half of the seventh by putting the first two runners on by way of singles but consecutive strikeouts and a lineout to first ended the inning with Kremers standing on third base.  The Majors would retire Emory in order in the bottom half to force extras.

With international tie-breaker rules in effect, Millsaps placed \#Katherine Nicholas\# on second to start the inning.  After an \#Amanda Berry\# leadoff single over the third baseman's head, the Majors were in business with runners on the corners until consecutive strikeouts and a groundout ended the inning with the bases loaded.

The Eagles found the winning run in their half of the eighth, scoring the pitcher Shanon Andersen from second off a sacrifice bunt and an error.  With runners on the corners and one out, Kim Bandy sent a shot right through the legs of the Millsaps second baseman for the winning run.

In the nightcap, the Millsaps bats were held in check by a complete game performance from Kim Mason who scattered three hits and no runs against five strikeouts.

MS College (1-1) scored single runs in the first, fifth and sixth innings to earn the win, using RBIs from Lauren Coleman and Lauren Johnson.  \#Erica Douglas\#, \#Jade Hewitt\# and Thibodeaux grabbed the three Millsaps hits.

The teams will head over to Jackson tomorrow on the campus of Millsaps to conclude a weekend Round Robin.  Millsaps and Emory will play the opening game at 11 a.m., followed by MC/Emory at 1 p.m. and Millsaps/MC at 3 p.m. 

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