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JACKSON -- Sophomore \#Will Hawkins\# was a double shy of hitting for the cycle in a 5-for-5 day at the plate and senior left-hander \#Tait Hendrix\# tossed 7.2 innings on the hill for his third win as Millsaps extended its best start in school history at 16-1 with a 10-7, series-clinching win over Austin College Sunday afternoon at Twenty Field.

Senior \#Hunter Owen\# tied a school record with his 34th career home run in the first inning and fellow senior \#Drew Maddox\# also tied a school record with his 10th career save as Millsaps won its 10th consecutive overall.

Millsaps (16-1, 7-1 SCAC) used Owen's two-run, opposite field home run in the first to take a 2-0 lead before Austin College responded with a pair of sacrifice flies and an RBI-single from Patrick Ray for a three-run second inning to take a 3-2 lead after two.

The Majors found the equalizer in the third to knot the game at 3-3, using a \#Josh Ordeneaux\# RBI-single up the middle with two outs to score Owen.

The teams traded single runs in the fourth before Millsaps retook the lead for good at 5-4 in the fifth behind a leadoff triple from Hawkins, followed by another RBI-single from Ordeneaux. 

The Majors added insult to injury with a four-run seventh off three hits to widen the gap to 9-4, taking advantage of a \#Billy Murphy\# sac fly and a two-out, two-RBI single from \#Russ Boyd\#.

AC would score three runs over the final two innings to make the final margin 10-7.

Millsaps' 1-5 hitters combined to go 12-for-22 with seven runs scored and seven of eight RBIs, led by two RBIs apiece from Boyd, Owen and Ordeneaux.  The 'Roos were paced by a 3-for-4 day from Ray and 2-for-3 afternoon from the leadoff hitter, Scooter Merritt.

Millsaps will close out a five-game homestand on Tuesday, welcoming rival Mississippi College to town for Game 3 of the Maloney Trophy Series.  First pitch is set for 6 p.m.