GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Millsaps Majors Men's Lacrosse Team traveled to Georgetown on Sunday afternoon to take on the Southwestern Pirates in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. In a tight game, the Pirates were able to pull away in the fourth quarter with four unanswered goal to finish the game on a 6-0 run to defeat Millsaps 9-4.
 
Southwestern opened the scoring early on with a goal from Jamie Long to take the 1-0 advantage. The Majors then responded with three straight goals to finish the first quarter, getting two from sophomore Hunter Stevison and one more from sophomore Brandon Allison to give Millsaps a 3-1 advantage.
 
The Pirates got two back in the second quarter to make it a 3-3 game going into halftime as the Major defense, especially sophomore goalie Chris Hood played very well in the first half.
 
Freshman Scott Budd opened the second half scoring with a goal thanks to an assist from sophomore Ryan McKay; however, it was the last goal the Majors got as Southwestern scored six unanswered goals including two in the third to make it 5-4 and four in the fourth to pull away and take the win.
 
Stevison led the way with two goals while Allison and Budd added one apiece. Freshmen Stuart Madden and Jake Kaple picked up five groundballs on the day as they combined to go 9-for-17 in faceoffs. Hood picked up 14 saves on the afternoon in goal.
 
The Majors fall to 2-6 on the season and 1-2 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. They return to action on Friday as they go to the mountains to take on the Sewanee Tigers. Faceoff is set for 6 p.m.