JACKSON - The Millsaps Majors Men's Soccer Team got off on the right foot on Saturday night as they took down the Hendrix Warriors for their first SAA win. Millsaps was terrific, controlling the ball for most of the game and playing amazing defense as it was their most complete game of the season.
Hendrix came out the gate with two shots at goal, the second shot being a breakaway for Steven Cochrun, but senior Stephen Andrieu came up with a terrific save to keep it scoreless early on.
The Warriors (7-2-1, 0-1 SAA) got most of the opportunities in the first 30 minutes, outshooting the Majors 6-3; however, the momentum swung as some great passing from sophomore Chucky Hayden and senior Hunter Creech found senior Taylor Harrison along the box who fired a rocket by goalkeeper Mario Luna to score his first goal of the season and put Millsaps on top 1-0.
From there, the game swung into Millsaps' favor as they controlled the ball for most of the game and outshot Hendrix 10-6.
Millsaps (3-5-1, 1-0 SAA) came out in the second half looking for another goal to gain a more comfortable lead. After numerous attempts, Harrison was on the attack again and this time found freshman Lukas Elmhammar who found the bottom left corner for his first goal of his career and a 2-0 lead in the 62nd minute.
From there, the Major defense held tough and sent away Hendrix opportunities throughout the rainy evening. The Majors back four of Harrison, senior Alex Szabo, sophomore Christopher Lawrence, and freshman Daniel Staursky, who filled in for the injured James Klugh, put forth a terrific effort to help Andrieu earn his second clean sheet of the season.
Andrieu was also terrific, picking up two saves and making smart decisions throughout the night.
The Majors continued to attack as they played beautiful counters off of Hendrix attacks, but could not put another goal on the board despite some shots that went off the post and crossbar.
Regardless, the Majors picked up the victory and are now on a small two game winning streak where they have outscored their opponents, 4-1.
Millsaps is back in action on Friday as they make the long trip to Danville, Ky. to take on the Centre Colonels. First kick is set to start at 7 p.m. EST (6 p.m. CST) and will be live on College TV Ticket.
