September 3, 2007

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Millsaps women's soccer team split a pair of games this weekend in Atlanta, opening the 2007 soccer slate with their first season-opening road win in school history dating back to 1991 with a 1-0 win over Spelman before falling in the weekend closer to Agnes Scott 2-1 on a pair of late goals.

Playing in her first collegiate game since 2005 due to a knee injury, junior Erin Sanford found the back of the net for the Majors' game-winning goal over Spelman, using an assist from fellow junior Bobbi Jones in the 50th minute.

The Majors outshot Spelman by a 25-24 margin, earning an extra shot on goal which proved to be the difference in the game. The Jaguars were credited with six corners to three.

Junior goalkeeper Elizabeth Sooby picked up a season-high 14 saves in the game for her third career shutout win, stoping five shots-on-goal from both Danielle Stallings and Nailah Young en route to an early 1-0 record.

On Sunday, Agnes Scott scored two goals in the last 20 minutes of regulation to come-from-behind and defeat Millsaps 2-1 after the Majors held a second half lead on Callie Roth's goal in the 49th minute. Roth poked home a loose ball in the Scotties box to force the Scotties into their first deficit of the year.

Agnes Scott dug deep and began to take control of the game by the 60th minute, attacking from all angles with regularity and peppering the Millsaps goal with shots. Despite the pressure, the game wore on and things were beginning to look bleak for the Scotties.

The game, however, turned in the 70th minute when freshman Kelsey Shaul took one of the Scotties' seven second half corners and found the back of the net. The ball deflected in off a Millsaps defender for an own goal, knotting the game at one apiece.

The Scotties were rewarded with the winning goal in the 88th minute on yet another corner kick. Sophomore Jena Winchell’s service deflected off Sooby’s hands and fell into the goal for the final margin of 2-1, sending the Majors home with a weekend split.

The win raised Agnes Scott's record to 2-0, the best start to a season since the 2000 season and evened the Majors' record to 1-1 on the year with another away game at Louisiana College on Friday, Sept. 7 in Pineville.