JACKSON, Miss. – The Pirates scored a goal late in the match but were unable to double up through two overtimes at Millsaps College on Friday night as the game ended in a 1-1 tie. Southwestern moves to 7-2-1 overall and 1-0-1 in the SCAC while Millsaps goes to 6-3-3 and 1-2-2 in the conference.

Millsaps came out attacking, taking the first three shots of the game. Junior Danielle Madison got the Pirates in the shot column in the 20th minute, but her header was saved by MC’s Sarah Nelin.

The first half ended in a 0-0 tie with teams being nearly even in shots as well (SU 3, MC 4).

Early in the second half, Southwestern pressured the Millsaps defense and junior Amy Douglas got a shot off from point blank range that forced Millsaps’ goalkeeper Nelin to make a tough save to keep the Pirates off the board.

On the ensuing corner kick, a shot from sophomore Laura Ornelas had to be cleared off the goal line by Harris to keep the score tied 0-0.

In the 68th minute, Millsaps’ Hayley Nemeth got a pass from Jessica Harris and fired a shot from just outside the box that bounced off the hands of first-year goalkeeper Sarah Nonaka and went between her legs and trickled over the goal line for a 1-0 Millsaps lead.

The lead would not last long as the Pirates scored the equalizer just ten minutes later when a shot by sophomore Maria Pollifrone beat Nelin. The goal was Pollifrone’s third of the season and third in the last four games.

Southwestern made one final push for the win in regulation with just ten seconds left to play, but were called offside to end the threat.

Neither team was able to generate much pressure in the two overtime periods as they both looked exhausted. Both teams were able to get one shot on goal in each overtime, but both keepers kept the game tied with saves.

The game was nearly tied all around as both teams recorded 14 shots, but Southwestern took three more corners than the Majors.

The Pirates remain on the road for another SCAC conference match at Birmingham-Southern on Sunday at 1:00 pm.