JACKSON -- In their third and final match at Parham Bridges Tennis Center and final regular season match before this weekend's SCAC Tournament, the Millsaps netmen fell to I-20 rival Mississippi College by a 5-3 score to fall to 2-1 at the neutral site and 10-7 overall.

The Majors had a horrific start to the match in doubles play, falling behind quickly 2-0 with losses at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, before the duo of Tim Shoptaugh and Trevor Harris cruised to an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles to cut the gap to 2-1.

In singles play, Millsaps senior Russell Turley handled a hot Patrick Stanton by a score of 6-1, 6-4, at the No. 2 spot to even the match at 2-2 before the Choctaws regained the lead when Chas Dunn knocked off Millsaps' No. 1 singles player Alex Cummings, 7-5, 6-2.

MC put the Majors on the brink of elimination and increased its lead to 4-2 when Jerrod Rayborn won easily over Wes Hill by scores of 6-0, 6-3.

Millsaps showed its toughness and sophomore Tim Shoptaugh {pictured} would not be denied this time, winning a thrilling three-set match over MC's Porter Glover by scores of 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, to bring the match to
4-3 in favor of the Chocs.

With the match down to the final four competitors, Trevor Harris and Claude Freeman were knotted at 1-1 and headed for a deciding third set when the usually unwavering Murphey Parker fell victim to cramps and went down quickly in the third set 2-6 to Michael Ward.

Millsaps will be the No. 5 seed in the upcoming SCAC Tournament in Waco, Texas, facing off with the No. 4 seed, Sewanee at 12 p.m. on Friday (Match D). A Majors win will put them in a 12 p.m. match on Saturday while a loss will put Millsaps in the 4 p.m. contest.