Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne
804.752.7387 / christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu

Late Goal Lifts Shenandoah over Randolph-Macon 9-8 in Men's Lax
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ASHLAND, VA - Teddy Rogers' goal with nine seconds remaining in the game lifted home standing Shenandoah University to a 9-8 come from behind victory over the Randolph-Macon College men's lacrosse team Wednesday afternoon.

Rogers' game-winning goal capped a seven point (4g, 3a) day for the senior midfielder and one was one of five Hornet goals in the fourth quarter.

R-MC jumped out to a 2-1 lead after one quarter, getting goals from Billy Rowe and Zach Craft in the first 15 minutes of play.

The Yellow Jackets pushed their lead to 4-1 after Rowe and Paul Johnson scored the first two goals of the second quarter. After Rogers scored to cut the R-MC advantage to 4-2, Tyler Watkins scored with 1:37 left in the half to send the Jackets to the locker room with a 5-2 edge at the intermission

SU scored the only two goals of the third quarter to make the score 5-4. Rowe opened up the scoring in the fourth with a goal 28 seconds into the final quarter, putting R-MC up 6-4. Shenandoah then rattled off four of the next five goals, taking an 8-7 advantage when Rogers set up Richard Michael with 4:24 left in the contest.

Johnson answered back for the Jackets, scoring his second goal of the game with 2:08 left to pull R-MC even with the Hornets.

R-MC outshot SU 33-31 and won the groundball battle 38-36. Adam Liberto and Patrick Nugent split time in net for Randolph-Macon, with both making two saves on the afternoon.

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Sunday when it will take on Catholic University at home at 1:00 p.m.

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