JACKSON, Miss. – The first NCAA regular season lacrosse game in Mississippi history is in the books tonight as the University of Dallas defeated the Millsaps Majors 11-8 at Harper Davis Field.

The Majors (0-1) jumped on the Crusaders (1-0) early on with three unanswered goals to open the game. Haleigh Williams recorded the first goal in program history two minutes in with an unassisted goal at 28:03 to put Millsaps on top 1-0. J.B. Page scored two of her three on the day back-to-back in the span of a minute, at 27:12 and 26:05, to give the Majors the 3-0 lead.

Dallas regrouped, however, and rattled off five-straight to claim their first lead of the night, 5-3. Christine McFarland scored three in a row to tie the game, then Mary Salotto and Rose Sweeny pushed to give the Crusaders the two-goal edge.

Kenya Strong-Johnston and Kristy Gourly got their first collegiate goals right before halftime to tie the score at five heading into the break.

Both teams traded two goals each to open the second half as the Majors responded to Dallas goals each time they advanced to keep the game tied up. But, with just under 20 minutes to play the Crusaders broke the game open with three unanswered goals to take a 10-7 lead with 7:51 remaining in the game.

J.B. Page had one goal left in her to nab the hat trick with 4:23 left to play, but the Crusaders played keep away and sat on their lead, draining the clock and any chance of a Majors' comeback. Mary Salotto scored her fifth goal of the night to finish out the scoring and set the final score of 11-8.

The Majors will not have to wait long to even out their record as they will host the NAIA's Tennessee Wesleyan at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at Harper Davis Field in the second of the Majors four home games this season.