JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Men's Lacrosse was back in action on Sunday afternoon as they welcomed in the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels on Sunday afternoon for Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. After a slow first quarter, Millsaps responded with 12 goals in the next three quarters as they dominated the second half of play, outscoring the Stormy Petrels 7-2 in rout to a 13-8 win.
 
Oglethorpe put the first points on the board, but Millsaps responded with a goal of its own from freshman Michael Hiller to make it 1-1. The Storm Petrels finished the half off with three straight goals and then got one more to start the second quarter to go on top 5-1.
 
Sophomore Kevin Tighe answered back with a goal to cut the deficit to three, but Oglethorpe responded shorty after to make it 6-2. From there, Millsaps turned it as they scored four straight goals to finish the half.
 
Freshman Scott Budd got it going with his first goal of the game at the 10:00 mark and sophomore Hunter Stevison followed him up 33 seconds later to make it 6-4. Stevison then picked up his second goal of the game to make it a 6-5 game. Sophomore Brandon Allison came through with a huge momentum goal with two second left before half to tie the match at six and pump Millsaps up going into the break.
 
It proved to be that big as Millsaps came out on fire in the second half, scoring three goals in the first 10 minutes. Budd started things with a goal at the 11:22 mark followed another goal at the 10:16 mark. Ten seconds later, Allison got his second goal of the day to make it 9-6.

After another goal by the Stormy Petrels, Millsaps reeled off three more goals to end the third quarter as freshman Stuart Madden, Allison, and Hiller all found the back of the net to make it 12-7 going in the fourth.

From there, Millspas held as they got another goal from Budd to take the 13-8 win and earn their second conference win of the season.
 
Budd led the way offensively with four goals, three groundballs, and an assist while Allison added three goals, an assist, and three groundballs. Madden picked up six groundballs while freshman Jake Kaple added four. Sophomore Ryan McKay picked up two assists. Defensively, sophomore Julien Speyer was terrific on defense as he caused six turnovers on the afternoon and picked up three groundballs. Sophomore Chris Hood added 13 saves.
 
With the win, the Majors go to 3-9 on the year and 2-5 in the SCAC. They are back home on Friday as they welcome in the Hendrix Warriors to Twenty Field. First faceoff is set for 4:30 p.m.