JACKSON- The Millsaps Majors erupted for six goals and took their 2013 home opener 6-1 from the East Texas Baptist Tigers on Friday night.

"It was a good win, good for the guys on the home turf," coach Steve Voltz said. "We withstood a good ETBU attack in the first 10 minutes, once we scored, we relaxed and played our game."

Nico Roth was the offensive standout, registering a pair of goals and assists for an eight point night. Roth scored off a header after Lukas Elmhammar set up a beautiful feed for the game's second goal. Roth then tapped in a shot off a Chucky Hayden through ball and helped set up both Greg Hurley and Matt Crooker for their first goals of the season. For Hurley, it was his first collegiate goal. 

"It was awesome to see a lot of guys get a shot, get some playing time," Voltz said. "Hurley chipped it over the keeper, it was the only thing that could have worked and it did."

Javier Garcia got the scoring started with a nifty bender off a free kick. He wrapped it around the keeper and off the inside of the far post to get the Majors on the board in the 19th minute. The Majors turned it into a one-sided affair from there, totaling 29 shots, 18 on target on the evening. 

Johnathan Huebbe was marvelous in net, just missing out on a clean sheet. He came out of the net to challenge the Bryan Romero shot, but couldn't get enough of it to slow it down. 

The Tigers played much of the game a man down, losing a defender to a red card in the 34th minute. Pedro Guerra got the auto red after he took down Chucky Hayden when he had a clear path to the goal. 

The Majors improve to 2-2-1 on the year and 1-0 on the new Harper Davis field turf. They travel, albeit just 25 minutes to Clinton on Sunday for a 2pm kick off with Mississippi College.