Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Contact: Robert Dignazio / Sports Information Intern
(804) 752-7387, robertdignazio@rmc.edu

 Carroll LaHaye Earns her 450^th Career Coaching Victory as R-MC Defeats Emory & Henry 71-59
(Box Score)

Ashland, Va. - Randolph-Macon controlled the paint against Emory & Henry Saturday, earning a 71-59 victory over the Wasps. The win marked R-MC Head Coach Carroll LaHaye's 450^th career victory as head coach of the Yellow Jackets.

 R-MC possessed a slim 17-13 lead with 11:53 remaining in the first half. However, the Yellow Jackets scored the next seven points as Amanda Hiltunen hit a three-pointer, Katie Williams converted a pair of free-throws, and Molly Ariail netted a field goal to take a 24-13 lead with 10:19 remaining. R-MC entered halftime with a 39-27 lead.

 The Wasps kept pace with the Yellow Jackets in the opening four minutes of the second half to trail 47-35 with 16 minutes remaining. R-MC registered the next six points as Jillian Asay, Taylor Wieczorek, and Maggie Roy each netted baskets in a 1:20 span to put the Yellow Jackets ahead 53-35.

 R-MC earned its largest lead of the day with 3:50 remaining in regulation when Jillian Asay converted a three-point attempt after a pair of Ariail baskets, both of which were assisted by Renee Stein, to give R-MC a 70-51 lead.

 The Yellow Jackets shot just 39.7% from the field, 17.6% from behind the arc, and 55.6% from the free throw line, but outrebounded the Wasps 52-34. R-MC earned 12 points from second-chance opportunities while holding E-HC to no points on just two second-chance opportunities.

 By earning her 450^th career victory, LaHaye surpasses Millikin's Lori Kerans as the fourteenth winningest active head coach in Division III women's basketball. Kerans' Big Blue lost to Elmhurst Saturday 68-67.

 LaHaye also becomes the winningest head coach in Randolph-Macon history. She passes longtime baseball coach Hugh F. Stephens on the school's all-time list. Stephens also served terms as Professor of Physical Education as well as Athletic Director during his tenure in Ashland, which lasted from 1950-1982. "The Silver Fox" owned a 449-202 career record as head coach of the Yellow Jackets.

R-MC returns to action on Thursday in the Quarterfinal round of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament. The Yellow Jackets will play at either 1:00 or 6:00. Opening matchups will be finalized Sunday when the tournament brackets are released. All ODAC Tournament games are held at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia.

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