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Millsaps will make its 2012 debut today when it hosts Belhaven in a Maloney Trophy Series contest. The Majors are coming off a 24-18 campaign and for the first time in four years don’t have slugger Will Hawkins on their roster. Hawkins hit .368 with eight homers and 49 RBIs last season. Belhaven, ranked 15th in NAIA, is 5-1 and coming off a doubleheader split at LSU-Alexandria. … Meanwhile, in Hattiesburg, William Carey will be eager to get back on the field today for its doubleheader against Tougaloo. The Crusaders are 0-3, having lost a weekend series at NAIA fifth-ranked LSU-Shreveport 7-1, 11-1 and 9-2. Always undermanned Tougaloo, which lost its opener last week to Belhaven 11-1, could be in for a long day.