Jackson, MS – The Millsaps Men's Lacrosse Team won their home opener earlier today with a thrilling, come from behind victory over Hope.
 
Senior Simon Sherman scored a clutch unassisted goal with only 22 seconds left in the game to give Millsaps the win.  The game stayed tied throughout most of the match with both teams exchanging leads throughout the game.  The Majors again outscored their opponent in the fourth quarter (this time 4-1) to seal the comeback win. 
 
Today marks another milestone for the Majors as they move on to 2-0 for the first time in the program's young history.
 
For the second straight game, Millsaps struck first on an unassisted goal – this time by Jack Houtz.  Hope quickly answered by scoring three unanswered goals.  Three more Millsaps' goals via Parks Douglass, Garrett Perez and Jack Houtz tied the game 4-4 at the end of the first quarter.
 
In the second, the Majors would quickly score twice (Simon Sherman and Garrett Perez), but the Dutchmen answered with two more goals of their own.  The two scores by Hope tied the game 6-6 at the half.
 
The Majors started the second half strong with another Jack Houtz goal.  Not only did Houtz score in the first seven seconds of second half play, but he also won the faceoff, picked up the ground ball and rocketed the shot into the back of the net to give the Majors a quick third quarter lead.
 
Hope, however, answered by outscoring Millsaps 4-2 in the third quarter (second goal by Sam Snyder).
 
In the fourth quarter, Hope added another score at the 10:52 mark to increase their lead 11-8. 
 
The tenacious Majors, however, came fighting back to tie the game 11-11 on three unanswered goals via Simon Sherman, Parks Douglass and Garrett Perez. 
In the final 30 seconds of play, senior Simon Sherman fought his way to the crease for one final shot.  Sherman would not miss, as his final shot found the back of the net with 22 seconds left in the game. 
 
As Harper Davis Field erupted with excitement, the Majors defense held strong to secure the second straight win and home opening victory.
 
Jack Houtz, Simon Sherman and Garrett Perez all led the Majors with three goals each.  Parks Douglass also totaled two goals while Sam Snyder scored one.  Jack Houtz also led in ground balls with seven while going 7-18 on faceoffs.
 
On defense, Senior Scott Tafoya and freshman Nicolas Baker led Millsaps with three caused turnovers each while Garrett Perez and Alexander Cottone caused two.  Junior Goalie Riley McLean also improves to 2-0 on the year with 18 saves in today's game.
 
The Majors will look to continue the positive momentum from today's win with another matchup at Harper Davis Field later in the week. 
 
Next up for Millsaps Men's Lacrosse, is a midweek nonconference matchup against Huntingdon.  Faceoff against the Hawks is set for this Wednesday, Feb. 17th at 6:00 pm (CT).