JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps College softball team faced Rhodes College over the weekend. The Lynx won Game One, 2–0, and Game Two, 15–3, before the Majors responded with a 6–5 comeback victory in Game Three on Sunday at the Millsaps College Softball Complex.
 
The Millsaps College softball team also honored Molly Tyner Boland on Saturday by retiring her No. 16 jersey and presenting the 2026 Beacon Award, which was shared by sophomore Hannah Briscoe and senior Julia Strain as co-recipients for their strong leadership in the Millsaps community.

On Sunday, the Majors also acknowledged Strain on Senior Day, recognizing her four years of dedication to her teammates and coaches.

Game One: Rhodes 2, Millsaps 0, L

Junior Kadence Cannon, along with sophomores Hailey Peterson and Ava Palumbo, each recorded one hit, accounting for the Majors' hits in the contest.

Sophomores Caroline Mathis, Ella Morgan Sears, and Liza Gregg each reached base via walk or error, helping Millsaps create opportunities against their opponents.

Inside the circle, sophomore Hailey Marange delivered a strong performance, keeping the Majors within striking distance throughout all seven innings.

Marange allowed just two runs and one walk while recording four strikeouts, moving to 9-4 on the season.

The Madisonville, La., native threw 92 pitches, 59 of which were strikes, to maintain her control throughout seven innings.

Rhodes took the lead in the second inning when a single to center field made it 2–0 in favor of the visitors.

Millsaps had opportunities to score in the fourth inning when sophomore Brynn Arena reached base after being hit by a pitch and advanced to third but was unable to come home, leaving the score unchanged at 2-0.

Defensively, the Majors held Rhodes scoreless from the third inning onward, but the early runs proved decisive as the Lynx secured the victory. 

Game Two: Rhodes 15, Millsaps 3 (6 inn.), L

Mathis recorded one hit, one run, and two walks while demonstrating speed by stealing two bases.

Junior Allana Vasquez contributed offensively with a hit and an RBI.

Peterson added a double, an RBI, and a stolen base to her performance.

Palumbo reached base three times with a hit and two walks, scoring once.

Junior Julie Amacher entered in relief, pitching 1.1 innings where she struck out one batter and only allowed two walks.

The Chelsea, Ala., product started as the designated player for Millsaps, and Mathis drew a walk to begin her team's offensive effort.

Classmate Sarah Watson pitched 1.0 inning, allowing just two hits and zero runs in her appearance inside the circle.

Rhodes took an early lead in the first inning with a grand slam. Millsaps responded in the bottom of the inning when Mathis walked and scored on a single by Vasquez, bringing the score to 4–1.

In the second inning, Millsaps closed the gap as Palumbo singled and scored along with a pinch runner on a double by Peterson to cut the contest down to 4-3 still in favor of the Lynx. 
 
Rhodes extended its lead in the fourth inning with two more runs, including an RBI double by making it 6–3. 

The fifth inning saw the Lynx add three more runs, highlighted by a two-RBI double increasing their score to 9–3.

Rhodes put the game away in the sixth inning with six runs, highlighted by a two-RBI single, to secure a 15–3 win in Game Two. 

Game Three: Millsaps 6, Rhodes 5, W

Peterson delivered a complete-game performance for Millsaps, pitching all seven innings. She tallied eight strikeouts while working effectively inside the circle during Sunday's Senior Day.

The right-handed pitcher issued two walks and threw 113 pitches, with 70 of them being strikes.

Jimmie contributed offensively with three hits and drove in two runs, including a double. 
 
Cannon reached base multiple times, scoring twice after being hit by pitches twice.

Sears added two hits, including a double, and one RBI to the team's offensive efforts.

In a strong finish on Sunday, Millsaps used a late seventh-inning surge to secure a dramatic 6–5 victory over Rhodes in Game Three, closing out the weekend series. 
 
In the first inning, Rhodes issued the first score after a ground out and leaving a runner to come home. 
 
In the bottom of the inning, Mathis scored on a wild pitch after reaching base on a walk, leveling the score at 1–1.

In the second inning, freshman Klaire Purewal entered the contest as a pinch runner for Jimmie after Jimmie's leadoff double, helping keep the game tied. 
 
In the fifth inning, Millsaps took the lead when sophomore Kirsten Gilchrist, running for Gregg, scored off an RBI double by Sears, bringing the score to 2–1.  
 
The sixth inning featured a back-and-forth exchange, as Rhodes scored four runs to take a 5–2 lead. Millsaps responded by loading the bases, and Cannon scoring on a Gregg RBI fielder's choice.
 
The final inning was decisive for Millsaps as they looked to top the Lynx. After holding Rhodes scoreless in the top of the seventh, Arena stepped up to the plate with a single followed by a double from Vasquez to score Arena to shorten the deficit to 5-4.

Freshman Hadley Brunet pinch ran for Vasquez, and Cannon was hit by a pitch. Moments later, Brunet and Cannon both advanced into scoring position off a wild pitch.

Jimmie, having a big day at the plate, delivered a walk-off single up the middle with two outs to score both Cannon and Brunet, lifting the Majors to a thrilling 6–5 comeback victory over the Lynx on Sunday.

The Majors will return back on the road to face Trinity University in a doubleheader, beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. Live video and live stats will be available 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.