JACKSON, MS- The Millsaps Majors jumped on the Lyndon State (VT) Hornets early en route to a 17-2 win on Thursday afternoon at Harper Davis Field.
Hunter Stevison led the Majors with six goals and 11 points to lead the Majors and eclipsed the 100 point mark in his Majors' career. The attacker wasted little time on Thursday, scoring twice and assisting on a third goal in a four-goal first quarter for the Majors. Stevison scored off a Kobie Baus feed just over four minutes into the contest then again with the man advantage.
Millsaps would keep the pressure on in the second, scoring four times in a four-minute span midway through the quarter. Stevison added goals three and four on the day including his second on the man advantage and Scott Budd added his second tally as Millsaps expanded the lead to 8-0. Lyndon State would get on the board just 10 seconds after the Majors' eighth goal, scoring a short handed tally right off the faceoff. The Majors would lead 10-1 at the half.
The second half echoed the first, as the Majors did not let up on the Hornets. Adam Shubert added his second goal of the game and Stevison added his third man-up goal as the lead grew to 12-1. Stevison would then feed Kyler Bibb and Jack Houtz on tallies to end the third quarter.
The Hornets pressured for much of the fourth quarter and the defense and freshman goalie Riley McLean we up to the task. McLean made eight second half saves as he and senior Chris Hood shared the goal keeping duties. Hood got the start and the win, stopping four of five shots on net in the first half.
Millsaps out shot Lyndon State 54-31 including 32-18 in shots on goal. The Majors also won 13 of the 23 draws, led by Houtz who was 10-14 in the face-off circle. The Majors were also deadly on the man advantage, going 4-7 on the evening and holding Lyndon State to 0-3.
The Majors are now 3-2 on the season and travel to Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday to take on the Huntingdon Hawks. Face-off is set for 4pm on Saturday.