Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Contact: Christopher Kilcoyne / Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu

Wilkens' Hat Trick Powers Randolph-Macon Past Guilford 9-4
(Box Score)

ASHLAND, Va. - Randolph-Macon's Rich Wilkens registered a hat trick as the Yellow Jackets topped visiting Guilford 9-4 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's lacrosse action Wednesday afternoon in Ashland.

Wilkens scored the first two goals of the game, both of which were unassisted, to give the Yellow Jackets a 2-0 lead with 4:36 remaining in the first quarter. Brian Rowe netted a goal fifty seconds later, depositing a pass from Chris Lamb in transition, to add to the early lead. Guilford's Daniel Dowd put the Quakers on the board before the quarter's end, but Kevin Patton responded with a goal of his own to regain the three-goal R-MC advantage. Guilford (3-9 / 1-4 ODAC) tallied a man-up goal with 4:38 remaining in the half to make the score 4-2 at halftime.

Both teams exchanged man-up goals in the first six minutes of the second half before Patrick Egan netted an unassisted goal with 3:25 remaining in the third quarter. The Yellow Jackets carried that momentum into the final stanza as Egan, Wilkens, and Tyler Midwinter registered goals to widen the R-MC lead to 9-3. Guilford added a goal with 4:56 remaining in regulation and earned a man-up opportunity 11 seconds later, but the Yellow Jacket defense held the Quakers scoreless for the remainder of the contest.

Randolph-Macon (6-6 / 1-4 ODAC) faces Virginia Wesleyan next Wednesday, April 22, in both teams' final game of the regular season.

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