JACKSON, MS-Jack Houtz recorded his second hat trick in as many games and Riley McLean made 16 saves but it wasn't enough in a 9-4 loss to the Huntingdon Hawks at Harper Davis Field.
The Hawks scored the game's three goals in what turned out to be a defensive and low-scoring affair. Huntingdon scored just 30 seconds into the game and led by that 3-0 score after the first quarter.
Houtz would score his first of the night on the man advantage, scoring off a Kyler Bibb feed to put the Majors on the board. The Hawks' would strike again before the end of the half as Brandon Sewell tallied one of his four goals on the evening to make it 4-1 Hawks going into the locker rooms.
Sewell scored just 10 seconds into the second half, winning the draw cleanly, rolling into the zone and beating McLean to make it 5-1. Sewell would score two more in the third, including one short-handed as Huntingdon built a 7-1 lead.
The Majors responded by getting two quick tallies, one from Jake Kaple and Houtz' second man-up goal of the game. The Majors would go 2-10 with the man advantage on Wednesday. The two Major goals closed the third and made it 7-3 Hawks heading into the fourth.
Each team traded a goal inside of the first three minutes of the final quarter before the Hawks started to play keep away. Huntingdon added a late goal to round out the scoring.
McLean made 16 saves for the Majors while a pair of goalies split 18 saves for Huntingdon. The Hawks outshot the Majors 43-42.
Millsaps fell to 0-2 with the loss and the Hawks evened their record at 1-1. The Majors will take on Goucher out of Maryland on Friday night. Face-off is set for 7pm.