ASHLAND, VA – No. 14 Washington and Lee topped Randolph-Macon 9-8 Sunday afternoon in ODAC Women's Lacrosse action in Ashland.

R-MC (7-4 / 5-3 ODAC) took an early 2-0 lead just 1:55 into the contest on goals by Erin Clare Cassidy and Emily Kent.

WLU 's (10-4 / 7-0 ODAC) Christina Benedetti  then scored back-to-back goals,  knotting the game at 2-2 on a Maddie McKaig feed with just over 23 minutes to play in the half.

A Logan Pomeroy free-position goal with 19:31 to go vaulted R-MC to a one-goal advantage before Bendentti tied the game at 3-3 and Emmy Mathews tallied the go-ahead goal to put WLU up 4-3.

Elyse Cooper scored on an assist from Emily Kent to tie the game and Pomeroy put the Jackets back out in front 5-4 on a score with 11:20 to play in the first stanza.

After the teams exchanged goals, the Generals got the final two scores of the half to take a 7-6 edge into the intermission.

Washington and Lee's Kate Donnelly opened the second half scoring and pushed the Generals in front 8-6 on an unassisted goal with just under 23 minutes to play in the game.

The scored remained way until a Cassidy unassisted score with 11:14 to play pulled the Jackets within one.

With R-MC trailing 8-7, Cassidy scored the equalizer on a free-position shot with 6:33 to play in the game.  WLU's Meredith Freeman  then took the ensuing draw control, marched down field and scored what proved the game-winning goal just 10 seconds later.

Cassidy led R-MC with a hat trick, while Cooper and Pomeroy each had pair of goals.  Alex Flammia made all five of her saves in the second half of play.

Benedetti scored a game-high four goals, while McKaig chipped in with two scores and Katharine Farrar made eight stops in net for Washington and Lee.

Randolph-Macon will be off until Saturday when it will host a quarterfinal game of the 2010 ODAC Tournament against an opponent and a time to be announced.

-Yellow Jackets-