BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps Majors Softball Team traveled to Birmingham on Saturday afternoon as they opened up the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play against the Birmingham-Southern Panthers. The Majors struggles continued, as they could not find a way against the Panthers, falling 6-4 and 6-1.
 
The first game started out as a pitcher's duel between sophomore Laurel Jones and BSC's Ronni Ferris as both teams could only put on hit on the board. The Panther then struck in the fourth inning with two, the fifth inning with three, and the sixth inning with one to jump out to a 6-0 lead.
 
Millsaps did not go down easily as they fought back in the top of the seventh. Senior Allison Tarbox singled while junior Emily Collins followed that up with a single of her own. With two outs, freshman Karen McWilliams singled to load the bases up and senior Jade Hewitt came through with a single up the middle to score two and make it a 6-2 game.
 
Sophomore Abbie Joiner then came through with a single to score a run and junior Megan Yglesias added to her RBI total the hard way as she was hit by a pitch; however, it was not enough as the Majors fell 6-4.
 
Sophomore Caroline Thompson and Collins each had multi-hit games while Hewitt had two RBIs. Jones took the loss for the Majors as she pitched 5.1 innings while giving up two earned runs.
 
Millsaps started Game Two out strong as a RBI single from Yglesias gave the majors a 1-0 in first half of the first. However, the Panthers responded with seven unanswered to take a 7-1 win.
 
Yglesias and Joiner had two hits each while Collins took the loss for Millsaps.
 
The Majors fall to 5-15 overall and 0-2 in the SCAC. They wrap up their series with BSC on Sunday as they face off in a doubleheader at 12 p.m.