ASHLAND, VA – The Randolph-Macon men's lacrosse team used four, fourth quarter goals and goalkeeper Adam Liberto made several key stops down the stretch as the Yellow Jackets topped ODAC rival Virginia Wesleyan 11-10 in Ashland on Wednesday.

With R-MC trailing 9-8, with under 11 minutes to play, Tyler Midwinter scored to tie the game with 10:40 on the clock.

Taylor Wicke then put the Jackets out in front for good with a goal on a pass from Brian Rowe with 8:44 left in the game. Midwinter then struck again just over a minute later to extend the R-MC lead to 11-9.

VWC pulled within one at 11-10 on a Adam Nycz EMO strike with 2:43 remaining.

With just over 1:22 to play, VWC's Damien Becker had a chance to tie the game, but Liberto made one of his five saves in the final quarter to preserve the lead for R-MC.

With 54 seconds left, VWC forced a turnover and was able to set up for a final shot, but R-MC's Patrick Egan forced a turnover and the ground ball was picked up by Michal Chernega as time ran out.

Midwinter finished the game with four goals, while Josh Merwin and Jake Leddy each had a pair of scores in the win. Egan finished with two assists and Liberto turned away 10 shots on the day.

Nycz tallied four goals in a losing effort, while goalkeeper Tyler Keech made 19 stops in net.

Randolph-Macon out shot Virginia Wesleyan 51-48 and won the ground ball battle 46-41.

R-MC will be back in action on Saturday when it hosts Hampden-Sydney in the regular season finale at 1:00 p.m.

-Yellow Jackets-