FLOWOOD -- Junior Michael Ameen led all Majors in their first spring event of 2007, carding a score of 78 to help Millsaps to a sixth place finish at the Mississippi College Invitational held at Patrick Farms Golf Club in Flowood.

With a total score of 327 on the afternoon, the Majors fell a couple strokes shy of a fifth place finish behind in-state foe Tougaloo College who carded a combined 324.

Behind Ameen (pictured), senior Daniel Rice (80), senior Chad Tobler (84), sophomore Jack Rader (85) and freshman Madison Field (85) each held their own in the field of 47 players.

LeTourneau University took top honors, posting a score of 300 behind Christian Sarran, Patrick Palmer, Dillon Swain, Ty Burgett, Ben Luckert, Greg Garner, Dave Rush and Brad Moughon.

Others competing in the tournament were Mississippi College (304), Belhaven (315), Louisiana College (317), Mississippi College JV (334) and Louisiana College JV (341).

The Majors will tee it up again at the Spring Golf Classic in Danville, Ark., March 17 and 18 hosted by Hendrix College.