JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps women's soccer program finally returns to action after 15 months with a new head coach and eight returners with starting experience, beginning a new era for the 2021 spring season.

Head coach Courtney Murdoch will be entering her first season at the helm of the Majors. She was hired in February 2020 and most recently served as an assistant coach at Texas Southern University. Prior to that, she made stops at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell as goalkeepers coach and held multiple roles in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL).

On the field, the Majors welcome back ten players with extensive starting experience from their 2019 team. Two of those returning players were named to the 2019 All-SAA Team, including defender Heather Hembree and goalkeeper Maddie Moore.

Hembree started and played in all 16 games last fall. The most durable player, she amassed a team-high 1,308 minutes.

Moore started in 10 games and appeared in 12. In 2019, she accumulated 94 saves with a 74 percent save percentage.

Offensively, the Majors are spearheaded by a triple threat of scorers in Hannah Johnson (three goals, one assist), Mary Ranager (two goals, two assists) and Alexi Martinez (two goals).

The Majors began the season hosting Spring Hill on Feb. 27. Millsaps will next travel to MUW (March 6), Rhodes (March 13), Hendrix (March 20) and Centre (March 28).

Women's soccer will conclude the regular season with three home games against Birmingham-Southern (April 3), Berry (April 9) and Oglethorpe (April 11). Conference supremacy will be on the line as the top-four teams will compete in the SAA Tournament, April 16 and 18.

Live stats and video links to all games can be found on gomajors.com and on the Millsaps women's soccer schedule page.

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Spring 2021 Millsaps Majors Women's Soccer Schedule
Date                Opponent                    Time (CT)
Feb. 27            vs. Spring Hill                L, 1-2
March 6            at MUW                        3 p.m.
March 13          at Rhodes                     2 p.m.
March 20          at Hendrix                    12 p.m.
March 28          at Centre                      11 a.m.
April 3              vs. BSC                         4 p.m.
April 9              vs. Berry                       5:30 p.m.
April 11            vs. Oglethorpe              11 a.m.
April 16            SAA Semifinals              TBA – At No. 1 Seed
April 18            SAA Championship        TBA – At No. 1 Seed