JACKSON - For 70 minutes, the Millsaps Majors gave Division II Delta State all they could handle. However, a huge counter goal followed by two more strikes led the Statesmen to a 4-1 over Millsaps on Friday evening at Harper Davis Field.

Both teams went back and forth early on as they both got opportunities at the net, but could not convert.

Delta State (2-1-0) came through in the 20th minutes when Daniel Deblaere came free and tapped a shot right over senior goalkeeper Stephen Andrieu to take a 1-0 lead. 

Millsaps (0-2-1) repsonded with a strong offensive attack as they got plenty of looks at the net. They would finally come through in the 41st minute as senior Duncan Stankevich set up a corner kick and sent it in to junior Hayden Baker who headed it home to tie the game at one going into halftime.

The Majors came out the agressor in the second half, getting many looks in Delta State territory, but could not put away one of those chances.

Freshman Lukas Elmhammar got a one on one opportunity and appeared to have the keeper beat for the go-ahead score, but a terrific play by a Delta State defender squandered the offensive attack to keep the score tied.

The Majors got another chance in the 70th minute as junior Trey Fontaine got a shot at goal, but Statesmen goalkeeper Milos Boskovic came away with a terrific save.

He then fired it ahead to a teammate who sent it all the way forward to Jaxon Lambert who put th game away with a goal to put Delta State up for good, 2-1.

The Statesmen were able to add two more goals at 74th and 79th minutes to gain some breathing room and get the victory.

Millsaps got plenty of looks, taking 12 shots on the evening with three of them coming off the foot of Baker while two came from Elmhammer, sophomore Chucky Hayden, and freshman Matt Crooker.

The Majors are back at home on Sunday afternoon as they welcome in the Huntingdon Hawks. The game is set to begin at 1 p.m. and can be seen live at collegetvticket.com.