BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps softball team fell in three games at No. 18 Birmingham-Southern over the weekend by scores of 2-0, 11-1 and 9-1 at the Birmingham-Southern Softball Park.
 
Game 1: 2-0, L
 
The opening game of the series featured a pitcher's duel where the teams combined for only five hits in seven innings.
 
Senior Hannah Derouen pitched six innings for the Majors with three strikeouts, while not allowing an earned run against three hits and two walks.
 
Freshman Julian Strain batted 1-for-1 with two walks, while sophomore Alli Nolen tallied a hit.

With two outs, Nolen provided a single to right field but the early momentum was quickly stopped one batter later.
 
The Panthers put a runner on third in the bottom of the first, but back-to-back strikeouts by Derouen ended the threat.
 
Strain led off the second with a walk and eventually reached third base, but was unable to score following a two-out pop up.
 
The teams would hold defensively until the fourth inning when the first three BSC batters would reach successfully off a double and pair of errors.
 
BSC would plate two runs before Millsaps would challenge again in the seventh. Strain would single and reach second on a passed ball, but be kept off the scoreboard following a pair of strikeouts.

Game 2: 11-1 (5 inns.), L
 
Junior Molli Perry provided a hit and a walk in the second game on Saturday. Nolen also tallied an RBI and senior Magen Authement scored a run.
 
The Panthers built a 7-0 advantage after two innings. Millsaps would work to battle back with a pair of walks to start the third. Nolen would later force a throwing error and bring Authement around to score. With the bases loaded, BSC escaped the inning with a double play.
 
The hosts then added four runs in the fourth to put the run-rule into effect.

Game 3: 9-1 (5 inns.), L
 
Senior Amber Clark drew two hits (2-for-2), while Perry posted a hit, run and walk in Sunday's finale.
 
The Majors scored the first run in the top of the first inning. Perry would walk and later reach home off a BSC fielding error.  
 
Birmingham-Southern would retaliate with two runs in bottom of the first to go ahead 2-1. The Panthers added two more tallies in the bottom of the fourth.
 
Millsaps looked poised to tally more runs in the top of the fifth following three singles. BSC kept the game at 4-1 and added five runs in their half of the fifth to put the run-rule into effect, claiming a 9-1 win.
 
The Majors will now travel to face Hendrix in Conway, Ark., beginning with a 5 p.m. doubleheader on Friday. Live video and live stats will be available at gomajors.com.
 
 
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