• Box Score

JACKSON -- Clark Sims, Daniel Ward and Jeff Forgerson each had three hits and freshman Kyle Raskin delivered the eventual game-winning RBI in the seventh, as Hendrix continued its cinderella run in the SCAC Tournament on Friday afternoon by defeating host Millsaps, 9-8, at Smith-Wills Stadium.

A day after winning its first game in the SCAC Tournament since 1999, Hendrix once again showed why they belong in Jackson, taking down their second No. 1 seed in as many days in advancing to a semifinal matchup with Trinity at Noon on Saturday.  The win for the red-hot Warriors also marked their eighth in the last 10 games.

\#Hunter Owen\#'s run-scoring double to left in the Majors' half of the first gave the senior his school-record tying 55th career two-bagger, but more importantly gave Millsaps an early 1-0 lead.  \#Josh Ordeneaux\# would add a two-out, RBI-single to push the lead to 2-0.

Hendrix (20-21) cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning, using a leadoff single from Sims and scoring him two batters later on Nathan Harr's RBI-groundout.

After Millsaps stretched the lead to 3-1 with a single run in the second, Hendrix knotted it at 3-3 with two in the bottom half off a pair of RBI singles.

A three-run fifth inning for the Warriors gave them their first lead at 6-3, as they opened the inning with four consecutive hits, highlighted by Forgerson's two-RBI double to left-center.  Hendrix added a single run in the sixth for a comfortable, 7-3 cushion.

Facing a 9-4 deficit in the eighth, Millsaps strung together one last desperation rally to try and pull out another come-from-behind win.  The Majors opened the frame with four consecutive hits, including an RBI-single from \#Tony Malaschak\# and RBI-double from \#Todd Barnthouse\#, before cutting it to 9-8 with consecutive sac flies.

Freshman Geoff Lomax, who entered for Hendrix in the eighth with runners on second and third and no outs, would close the books on the Majors in the ninth but not before a little drama.  After two, quick outs, \#Will Hawkins\# singled to left, reached second on a passed ball and stole third but was left stranded after a groundout ended the game.

Friday's loss marked the first back-to-back defeats for Millsaps all season long, as they were eliminated from the tournament without a win for the first time since 2001.  The loss also denied the Majors a shot at a fifth-straight SCAC Championship game appearance dating back to 2005.

Millsaps will now have to await a call from the NCAA on Sunday, May 10 to see if they'll earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Division III Regionals set for May 13-17.  A 29-5 in-region record during the season will hopefully be enough for the Majors to earn their sixth postseason appearance.