JACKSON, Miss. - The Millsaps College women's soccer team was unable to propel past Oglethorpe University and Berry College over the weekend at Harper Davis Field. 

Match 1: Oglethorpe 4, Millsaps 0

Millsaps faced a heavy Oglethorpe shot volume, with the Stormy Petrels finishing with 25 shots and 10 on goal, while Millsaps recorded five shots and none on frame.

Freshman Kayla Borden made six saves, and Millsaps also came through several scoreless defensive stretches, including one sequence in which Oglethorpe took four shots and two corner kicks without allowing a goal.

Millsaps fell behind in the first half after Oglethorpe's goals in the 19th and 27th minutes, making it 2-0. Freshman Eden Birch put Millsaps' shot over the top in the 15th minute, and Borden made two saves as Oglethorpe continued to press.

The Majors kept Oglethorpe off the board through a late stretch that included four corner kicks and two shots, but the Majors went into halftime trailing 2-0.

Millsaps held the Stormy Petrels scoreless through the first 15 minutes of the second half behind saves by Borden, but the Stormy Petrels scored at 60:36 and again at 73:20 to stretch the deficit to 4-0.

The Majors generated four shots in the half, with seniors Alex Bremond and Madison Perez alongside freshman Haile Moorer providing the attempts, and first-year student Madison Perez recording two.

Borden made another save at 89:00 as Millsaps saw out the final stretch without another goal allowed, and Oglethorpe finished off a 4-0 result.

Match 2: Berry 4, Millsaps 0

Borden recorded a season-high 16 saves while playing all 90 minutes in goal. Bremond put both of her shots on goal. Perez added two shots, including one on frame.

The Majors goalkeeper kept Millsaps level through Berry's opening surge, making six saves while Berry had three corner kicks before the 10-minute mark. Millsaps answered with shots from Moorer and Perez.

The Vikings broke through on a goal at 14:21 and later made it 2-0. Bremond put a late shot on frame for Millsaps, which went into halftime trailing by two points.

Millsaps kept the score at  2-0 through a Berry push from 50:29 to 59:28, with Borden making five saves in that span. Bremond put Millsaps' shot on frame at 78:49, and Berry scored twice in the final three minutes to take down the Majors, 4-0.

The Majors will be back in action on Friday Oct. 16 to face Belhaven University on the road beginning at 5 p.m. Live video will be available at FloCollege and live stats will be provided at gomajors.com.


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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