CONWAY, Ark. – The Millsaps men's soccer team (1-1, 1-1 SAA) defeated Hendrix College (0-3, 0-2 SAA) by a score of 1-0 to claim their first victory of the season on Saturday.

Both teams were fairly even across the stat sheet with the Majors recording four of their 14 shot attempts on target. The Warriors also tallied four of their 17 shots on target. Freshman Wilkins Dowdy registered four saves for Millsaps.

The Majors produced more corner kicks (9-6) and posted less fouls (6-9).

The lone goal of the game came from junior forward Sergey Kolesnik at 15 yards out courtesy of an assist by sophomore midfielder Kaleb Newton in the 61st minute.

Following the goal, a pair of Hendrix shot attempts were blocked. Millsaps answered with three consecutive corners in a span of two minutes late in the half.

Hendrix would then register six shot attempts in the final 20 minutes of play, but the Majors would hold.

Dowdy recorded the first clean sheet of his college career with the most pivotal of his four saves coming in the final minute. After the initial shot from Hendrix hit the goal post, Dowdy was able to save the second shot off the ricochet, fending off a late furious rally from the Warriors.

The Majors will travel to Centre College on Sunday, March 28 for their next match. The match will begin at 1:30 p.m. CT with live video and live stats provided at gomajors.com.


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