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Millsaps Seniors battle hard in pair of losses over the weekend

JACKSON, Miss. - The Millsaps College women's soccer team finished their season with a pair of losses to the University of the South and Oglethorpe University this past weekend.

The Majors started out strong Friday night with a scoreless first half against the Sewanee Tigers. The second half started with a goal by Sewanee's Bess Goodman but was soon answered by Majors freshman forward Grace Gremillion assisted by senior forward Hayley Nemeth. Five minutes later Goodman responded with her second goal of the half.

The remaining 23 minutes of the game was a heated battle with the Majors and Tigers both relentlessly trying for another goal. The Majors battled hard but were unable to overcome the Tigers defense resulting in a 2-1 loss to Sewanee.

The Majors graduating class of 2011 was honored at Sundays game against Oglethorpe. The Majors will be losing six athletes this year. Forward Hayley Nemeth will be graduating with a BS in Biology and minor in Psychology and plans to attend medical school in Texas. Goal Keeper Sarah Nelin will be graduating with a BS in Biochemistry and plans to attend medical school in the fall. Midfielder Emily Townsend will be graduating with a BS in Biology and minor in Psychology and plans to attend nurse practitioner school at Vanderbilt University. Senior forward Madei Levey will be graduating with a BA in Communications and minor in Faith and Work with plans to enter the Camp Eagle Walkabout Program. Defender Callaghan Starrett will be graduating with a BA in Elementary Education and minor in Faith and Work with plans to join AmeriCorps NCCC program. Forward Jessica Harris rounds out the graduating class of 2011 with an early completion of her BS in Mathematics and minor in Chemistry. She plans to attend medical school in Texas next fall.

While the majors suffered a 4-2 loss to Oglethorpe, the class of 2011 is distinguished as the winningest class in the Majors modern history. All six members of the graduating class were able to contribute in the last game of the season with Sarah Nelin playing all 90 minutes in goal.

The majority of the game was separated by only a single goal with the Majors trailing 2-1 at the half with a goal by sophomore midfielder Margaret Eggers off of a corner kick by freshman midfielder Kaleigh Redhead. Late in the second Oglethorpe scored their 3rd goal but the Majors quickly answered with their second goal of the afternoon scored by senior forward Hayley Nemeth, again off of a corner kick by Kaleigh Redhead. With minutes remaining Oglethorpe managed to score a 4th goal resulting in a final score of 4-2 to end the Majors' season.
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