Jackson, MS - The Millsaps Men's Lacrosse Team fell to Birmingham Southern in the conference home opener by a score of 14-7 earlier today.

With the loss, the Majors drop to 4-4 on the year while the Panthers improve to 6-1. Birmingham Southern scored the first eight goals of today's contest and never looked back. Millsaps did outscore BSC 6-3 in the second half, but the Panthers eventually secured the 14-7 win.

The Majors scored their first goal with 7:23 remaining in the second quarter via Garrett Perez (unassisted). Birmingham Southern, however, responded with four unanswered goals - giving the Panthers an 11-1-halftime lead.

Millsaps recorded three goals in the third quarter from Sam Snyder, Simon Sherman (Jackson Barrett on the assist) and Garrett Perez. In the fourth quarter, Simon Sherman added two more goals, which ended the scoring on the day for Millsaps.

Sherman again led the Majors in goals with four while earning his fourth consecutive hat trick. Garrett Perez also scored twice while Sam Snyder scored once in today's contest.

Millsaps led in clears going 17-23 while the Panthers were successful on 15 of 17 clear attempts. Starting goalie Riley McLean recorded 18 saves on the day, as senior Jack Houtz led in ground balls with nine and face off wins with seven.

Now at 4-4, the Majors will look to rebound with a non-conference matchup later in the week. Millsaps Men's Lacrosse will travel to Shreveport, Louisiana to face off against Dubuque (IA) this Wednesday, March 16th.

The neutral site, midweek contest is set to begin at 4:00 pm CST from Loyola Prep High School.