SHERMAN, Texas – The Millsaps softball team split a pair of SCAC games at Austin College tonight.

Tied at five after seven innings, the Austin College Kangaroos got two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to get the win in game one of the two-game set.

Caroline Thompson led off the top of the ninth with a single up the middle and went on to steal second and advance to third on a throwing error. The miscue allowed the Majors to take the lead 6-5 when Emily Spicer got a shot up the middle to bring her all the way around.

Unfortunately, the 'Roos got two runs in the home half of the ninth on two hits, including a homerun to left, to walk away with the win.

The Majors' offense got rolling in game two to earn the split. Millsaps scored three runs in the first beginning with a Katie Birdwell single to left with the bases loaded. Austin walked in Allison Tarbox and then gave up a single to Sam Wursteisen before getting out of the inning.

A leadoff walk to Jade Hewitt in the second led to more offense. Catherine Thompson singled to get two on for Megan Yglesias. She then cleared the bases with a three-run blast to left center. The Majors weren't done in the inning as Emily Spicer and Katie Birdwell crossed home on a sacrifice fly Allison Tarbox and a Sam Wursteisen double.

Austin broke the shutout in the third on a sacrifice fly to cut the Majors' lead down to 8-1, but the Majors responded in the fourth with four more runs to put the game firmly out of reach. Spicer, Tarbox, and Wursteisen all had hits in the inning including two Austin errors allowing all three and Katie Birdwell to score in the frame putting the Majors up 12-1 by the end of the inning.

One more run in the fifth set the final score when Emily Spicer got a two-out homer to center to put an exclamation point on the game. The Majors came away with the ten-run win in five to get the split on the day.
Molly Tyner got the win in five innings of work for the Majors, allowing four hits in 22 batters-faced.

The Majors and 'Roos will square off for another double header tomorrow beginning at noon.