JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Softball Team welcomed in the Huntingdon Hawks on Sunday afternoon for a doubleheader at the Millsaps Softball Complex. Two late inning rallies by the Hawks proved to be the difference as the Hawks knocked off Millsaps 9-4 in eight innings and 10-5.
 
The Majors took the lead in Game One thanks to one swing of the bat from sophmore Allyson Christian who drove one to straight to center field for a 1-0 lead. For Christian, it was the first home run in her collegiate career. The Majors added another run in the third after sophomore Caroline Thompson reached on an error, stole second, and eventually scored thanks to an error to make it 2-0.
 
The Hawks added an unearned run in the fourth and looked to add more with runners on second and third. However, sophomore Laurel Jones got out of the jam by forcing Lauren Welch to fly out to hang onto the 2-1 lead.
 
Jones dominated in the circle as she had seven strikeouts through six innings. As she went for the complete game in the seventh, the Hawks got a run across after Welch performed a safety squeeze. With two runners on, Jones responded by getting the next two batters out to end the inning.
 
Millsaps loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but could not push a run across, as the game remained tied at two. The Hawks answered big the following inning as it started with a runner on second automatically. Huntingdon picked up seven runs to take a 9-2 lead.
 
The Majors got two back in bottom half of the inning as senior Allison Tarbox blasted a homer to center, her fourth of the season, but it was too little, too late as Millsaps fell.
 
After the Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in Game Two, Millsaps responded three in the bottom half thanks to a RBIs from Christian and sophomore Katie Birdwell. The Majors added one more in the second after Thompson single left to drive a run in.
 
Huntingdon came back with runs in the third and fourth to take a 5-4 lead. The majors scratched another across after Tarbox led the inning off with a double and Christian drove her in to tie the game. However, the Hawks came away with a huge seventh inning as they put five runs on the board to take the win.
 
With the losses, the Majors fall to 5-13 on the year. They return to action on Tuesday as they hit the road to Pineville, La. to take on the Louisiana College Wildcats in a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.