Memphis, TN – The Millsaps Men's Lacrosse team fell to Rhodes in Memphis, Tennessee by a score of 15-4.
Saturday's contest drops the Majors to 5-8 while the Lynx improve to 11-2 on the season. The Majors started fast scoring twice in the opening five minutes of play to take an early 2-0 lead. Rhodes, however, responded taking the lead with four unanswered goals en route to the 15-4 win.
Freshman
Sam Snyder led the Majors in scoring with two goals – both in the opening minutes of play – while seniors
Simon Sherman and
Jack Houtz scored one each. Houtz also led in ground balls with seven and faceoff wins going 7-17 for the day.
Snyder helped the Majors jump out to an early 2-0 lead on a pair of unassisted goals.
Simon Sherman added another score late in the first quarter with an unassisted goal as
Jack Houtz closed out the scoring for Millsaps with a goal in the fourth quarter.
Starting goalie
Pat Fredella recorded eight saves for the contest while
Jack Houtz and
Garrett Perez led in caused turnovers against the Lynx (who are currently second overall in the SAA).
The Majors will look to rebound with another conference road game scheduled for next weekend. Millsaps Men's Lacrosse will travel to Mount Berry, Georgia to face Berry College this Friday, April 8th.
Opening faceoff against the Vikings from Valhalla Stadium is set for 6:00 pm CST.
