JACKSON, Miss. - The Millsaps softball team hosted Birmingham-Southern for a pair of SCAC contests this afternoon at Millsaps Field.

The Majors had a 2-1 lead after five in game one thanks to a one-out single from Caroline Thompson that plated Jade Hewitt and Emily Spicer. The late inning lead did not hold, however, as the Panthers posted four runs in the top of the sixth off five hits to retake the lead, 5-2. The Majors managed just one hit in the final two innings to keep the deficit at three and set the final.

Millsaps led early in game one, holding a 1-0 lead into the fifth inning thanks to a leadoff single from Emily Spicer that set up Katie Birdwell to drive her in four batters later with a single to right. The Panthers answered again in the top of the fifth with three runs to go up 3-1, but they exploded in the seventh to put the game out of reach with seven runs on seven hits in their final at-bat.

The Majors will return to action this weekend as they travel to Austin College for a weekend series with the Kangaroos. The Friday double header will start at 5:00 p.m. in Sherman, Texas.