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PINEVILLE, La. -- Freshman
Oscar Girou scored four goals over a 26 minute span in
the first half and sophomore forward Felipe Escobedo assisted on
three of them as
Louisiana College held off three second half goals from Millsaps
in a 4-3 win at Wildcat Field.
Despite outshooting the 'Cats 24-17 on net and earning three more
corner kicks (8-5), Millsaps couldn't overcome an early four-goal
deficit as they dropped their second in a row to Louisiana College
by a one goal margin.
The Majors lost 1-0 in overtime last season at home off a penalty
kick in the 97th minute.
Girou's first two goals of the game came at the 11:25 and 12:37
marks, taking advantage
of a pair of balls from Escobedo and beating Majors' goalkeeper
Jake Milner for a 2-0 lead.
With a 4-0 halftime deficit staring them in the face, Millsaps
lit up the scoreboard just over three minutes into the second
half, using an Anthony Amaya penalty kick to cut the gap.
A pair of goals in the 72nd and 77th minute from Heath Smith and
Drew Dews Jr. narrowed the margin to 4-3, but that's as close as
the Majors would get as the final buzzer sounded.
In a fast, physical game with 21 combined fouls, Millsaps received
three yellow cards as Andres Colocho, Brandon Mong and Dews were
all booked by head referee Tim Chiasson.
Ray Savoie (2-1) picked up eight saves and surrendered three goals
in net for LC to pick up his second win of the season while Milner
(0-3) surrendered
four
goals
and recorded five saves in the loss.
With tomorrow's game cancelled with Rust College at home in Jackson,
the Majors will continue a stretch of five-straight road games
to open the season. Millsaps will face Huntingdon College at 4
p.m. on Sept. 14 in Montgomery, Ala., before a Sept. 16 matchup
with LaGrange College at 2 p.m.
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