Memphis, TN - The Millsaps Men's Lacrosse Team dropped an intense non-conference matchup to Daniel Webster at Christian Brothers High School by a score of 15-14.

Tuesday's neutral site contest drops the Majors to 4-3 on the year and ends a two-game win streak. After outscoring the Eagles 7-2 in the first quarter, the Majors were outscored 13-7 in the remaining 45 minutes of play - resulting in a win for Daniel Webster. Millsaps nearly sent the contest to overtime on a game-tying goal with 31 seconds left, but the Eagles quickly answered 20 seconds later to earn their second win of the season.

Senior captain Jack Houtz led the Majors in goals with five on the night while Simon Sherman recorded a hat trick. Following the opening faceoff, Daniel Webster took an early lead on an unassisted goal just 18 seconds into the game.

From there, the Majors gained an extra man opportunity from a slashing penalty by the Eagles. Simon Sherman made the most of the man-up advantage by giving the Majors their first score of the day.

Following Sherman's goal, Millsaps took their first lead on a flury of goals. The Majors scored six unanswered goals via Kyler Bibb, Alexander Cottone, Garrett Perez, Jack Houtz and Sherman to lead 7-2 at the end of the first quarter.

The Eagles, however, answered with a run of their own to lead 9-8 at the half. Houtz recorded his second goal of the day for the lone score in the second quarter for Millsaps. From there, the game turned into an intense, back-and-forth contest that came down to the final seconds of play.

Kyler Bibb got things started early in the third quarter to tie the game. The Eagles answered just 30 seconds later to retake the lead 10-9. Jack Houtz then earned a hat trick with 10:32 left in the third quarter to again tie the game. A Jackson Barrett goal a minute later (his first of the day) gave the Majors their first lead since the second quarter.

Daniel Webster, however, again answered - this time with three unanswered goals to take a fourth quarter lead. Houtz earned his fourth goal of the day to cut the deficit to one, but another Eagles score put the Majors down 14-12 with 2:40 remaining in the game.

With 53 seconds remaining in the game, the Eagles were called on a tripping penalty. With the extra-man opportunity, the Majors scored via Jack Houtz (his fifth of the day) to give Millsaps new life.

Houtz won the following faceoff to give the Majors one final offensive opportunity to potentially score an equalizer. Just 13 seconds later, Millsaps did tie the game on a goal by Simon Sherman.

The Eagles, however, had one final answer to a Majors' goal. After winning the faceoff, Daniel Webster broke through for a final shot. With 11 seconds remaining in the game, the Eagles scored to end the contest in heartbreaking fashion for Millsaps.

Millsaps outshot Daniel Webster 60-42 while the Eagles led in ground balls (34-27), face offs (20-13) and shots on goal (30-26). Jack Houtz led in ground balls with 12 and faceoff wins with nine. Junior goalie Riley McLean totaled 15 saves for the contest as well.

Despite the tough loss, the Majors fought hard to comeback and gained a great deal of experience and exposure in Memphis. Now at 4-3 on the year, the Majors return home this weekend to begin conference play.

Next up for Millsaps Men's Lacrosse is the conference opener against Birmingham Southern. Opening faceoff against the Panthers from Harper Davis Field is set for Saturday, March 12th at 1:00 pm.