BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – The Millsaps softball team opened the 2025 season with 6-1 and 4-3 doubleheader defeats to Blue Mountain Christian University at the BMC Sportsplex on Saturday afternoon.
GAME 1: 6-1, L
Millsaps freshmen Kodi Jimmie (one run) and Haley Peterson along with sophomores Ella Morgan Sears and Allana Vasquez all recorded a hit in their season opener.
Sophomore Kadence Cannon also finished with an RBI and a walk against the Toppers.
Vasquez pitched six innings in the circle, striking out three batters and only allowing two walks.
In the bottom of the first inning, BMCU took an early lead following two runs off three hits.
The Majors responded with a run in the top of the second inning as Jimmie singled to left center and eventually advanced to third. Cannon provided the RBI groundout to score Jimmie and secure an RBI.
BMCU scored once again in the bottom of the third and three times in the fourth innings to build a 6-1 margin and hold on to down the Majors, 6-1 in Game One.
GAME 2: 4-3, L
Freshman Brynn Arena led the way for the Majors, batting 2-for-3 with an RBI and a stolen base.
Freshman Ava Palumbo (one run) and Peterson (double) each recorded hits. Junior Kinsey Smith walked twice, while Vasquez scored a run.
Junior Julia Strain finished with one walk, a stolen base and scored a run in Game Two against the Toppers.
Peterson also pitched 6.0 innings in her collegiate debut in the circle, only giving up two walks in five scoreless innings. The Toppers scratched across four runs in the sixth.
After falling, 6-1 in Game One, Palumbo singled to left field to open the second contest.
The Metairie, La., native later scored an unearned run courtesy of an error by the Toppers third baseman.
Arena followed in the inning by batting the ball to right field and sending Vasquez home.
A double steal by Arena and Strain taking home would give the Majors a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
The pitching would be strong both ways as BMCU finally retaliated in the bottom of the sixth inning with four runs off six hits. The Toppers took a 4-3 lead and were able to close out the contest in the top of the seventh.
Millsaps will remain on the road for its next contests. The Majors will travel to face Centenary College on Saturday, beginning with a 1 p.m. doubleheader.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
