Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu

Virginia Wesleyan Hold off R-MC 14-10 in ODAC Men's Lax Action
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ASHLAND, VA - Behind a six goal third quarter, Virginia Wesleyan was able to extend a two goal halftime lead and then held off a late rally by Randolph-Macon as the Marlins upended the Yellow Jackets 14-10 in ODAC Men's Lacrosse action.

R-MC's Paul Johnsen scored the first of his game-high five goals with just under six minutes left in the first quarter to give the Jackets a 1-0 lead. Brett Morris then fired back for VWC with 3:37 remaining in the open stanza to tie the score.

Peter LaPaglia and Billy Rowe each scored early in the second quarter to give R-MC a 3-2 advantage with 13 minutes left in the half. VWC then rattled off three goals to hold a 5-2 advantage at the break.

The Marlins came out of the intermission with back-to-back goals in the first 51 seconds the second half to go up 7-2. Jordan Kenney and Maicin Dunk then scored to push the VWC advantage to 9-2.

Johnsen stopped the run, scoring a goal with just over five minutes remaining before VWC scored five of the next six goals to take a 13-3 advantage with 10:30 to play in the game.

Connor Barnes sparked what proved to be a 6-1 run for the Yellow Jackets during the final seven minutes of the game. During the run, Johnsen scored three times, while Tyler Watkins and JR Sander each tallied a score.

R-MC out shot VWC 38-34 and held a 42-37 advantage in groundballs. Ray Wodarski made 12 stops in net for the Jackets in his first career start between the pipes.

Randolph-Macon will return to action on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Christopher Newport University.

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