Pineville, La. - The Millsaps Majors Women's Soccer Team traveled to Pineville, La. to open the 2011 season up and did so in dominating fashion, defeating the Louisiana College Wildcats 8-1.
In a game that saw the Majors (1-0, 0-0 SCAC) outshot the Wildcats (0-1, 0-0 ASC) 22-6, the Majors jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead, only three minutes into the game when junior Margaret Eggers netted her first goal of the season thanks to an assist from freshman Taylor Winslow.
Later on in the 15th minute, sophomore Grace Gremillion found the back of the net thanks to an assist from junior Hunter Futch which gave Millsaps the 2-0 advantage.
The Wildcast responded a goal six minutes later from Sara Smith to narrow the gap. However, the Majors countered quickly as sophomore Jamie Blair Page found sophomore Whitney Murchison to give Millsaps a 3-1 lead in the 24th minute.
Millsaps added another goal before half as Page scored her first goal of the season thanks to assist from sophomore Haylee Vomberg to give the Majors a 4-1 lead at intermission.
From there, the Majors never looked back, tacking on four goals in the second half including goals from Eggers, Winslow, Murchison and Futch. Winslow, Page, Vomberg, and Eggers all added assists to those goals. Senior goalkeeper Molly Beth Jourdan had a relatively easy day only making one save on the day while giving up one goal on six shots.
The Majors are back in action Saturday as they will host their first home game of the 2011 campaign against Centenary College. The two teams will kick things off at 2 p.m. at Harper Davis Field
