JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Women's Lacrosse Team was back in action on Saturday afternoon as they welcomed in the Birmingham Southern Panthers for Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Harper Davis Field. In a great, back-and-forth contest, the Panthers were able to escape Jackson with a win as they held on to take a 12-11 win over the Majors.
 
The Majors jumped all over the Panthers early on as they scored the first three goals of the game in less than two minutes at the 20:50 mark. Freshman Kendall Fann got things rolling with two straight goals to go up 2-0. Sophomore Jamie Blair Page followed that up shortly with a goal to put Millsaps on top 3-0.
 
Birmingham Southern scored the next four goals to go up 4-3 before the Majors evened it back up as Page picked up her second goal of the contest off an assist from senior Laura Gray. BSC then scored three unanswered to go up 7-4 before Gray picked up her own goal to bring the Majors within one at half.
 
The Panthers opened the second half with two straight goals to increase their lead to 9-5, but Millsaps scored five of the next six goals in the next 15 minutes to tie the game at 10 with 7:04 remaining as sophomore Haleigh Williams found the back of the net three times while Page added two. Birmingham Southern picked up two goals and held off a late Millsaps surge to take the win, 12-11.
 
Williams and Page were great offensively as they each picked up four goals while Fann added two and Gray picked up one. Sophomore Dani Rossano and Fann each added four groundballs while five different Majors caused turnovers. Freshman Nicholette Hannah was great in goal as she picked up 17 saves despite taking the loss for the Majors.
 
Millsaps falls to 3-9 overall and 1-3 in the SCAC with one game left to play. They will take the next weekend off before heading to the mountains in Sewanee, Tenn. for their finale against the Sewanee Tigers.  The game is set to being at 12 p.m. EST.