GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Millsaps softball team locked up the second seed in the West today after splitting their final regular season series at Southwestern.

Southwestern (27-13, 13-3 SCAC) got the better of the Majors (16-22, 10-6 SCAC) in game one, winning 7-0. The Pirates' Lauren Zearfoss held the Majors to just one hit in seven innings. Allyson Christian got a single to lead the third inning to prevent the no-hitter.

The Majors saved their offense for the second game, scoring two runs in the first, fourth, and sixth innings to come away from Georgetown with the series split, 6-4.

Allison Tarbox drove in the first run with a single that scored Caroline Thompson and an error by the Pirate shortstop allowed Megan Yglesias to come home for the second.

Yglesias doubled in the fourth to score Jade Hewitt and Allyson Christian to put Millsaps up 4-0 before the Pirates could get on the board themselves. Lindsay Drane held Southwestern scoreless in the first three innings, allowing just three hits in the second inning. Kayla Irvin broke up the shutout with a solo shot to lead the fourth, but SU was unable to do anymore business in the inning as Drane got a strikeout and two ground balls to end the inning.

The Majors scored two more in the top of the sixth off a single from Yglesias and a double from Tarbox to put Millsaps up 6-1, and they would need that cushion. The Pirates came back to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth on three hits to pull within two but couldn't complete the comeback.

Drane went the full seven for the Majors, getting the win allowing four runs off 10 hits. She walked one and struck out one in 32 batters faced. Lindsay improves to 5-4 on the season.

The Majors will now prepare to take on the 3rd-seeded Centre College Colonels in the second game of the opening round of the 2011 SCAC Softball Championship, hosted by DePauw University. The Majors and Colonels will square off for a noon (Eastern) start.

Full brackets and tournament details are available at the official tournament website, courtesy of DePauw Sports Information.