Meredith Young's goal in the 57^th minute proved to be the game winner as Randolph-Macon Field Hockey defeated William Paterson 3-2 in Salisbury Sunday. The Yellow Jackets finish the Salisbury Tournament 1-1 and move to 1-4 on the season.

R-MC broke a scoreless tie in the 33^rd minute when Monica Jenkins rattled the cage on a pass from Kendall Lam.

The Yellow Jacket defense held the Pioneers without a shot in the first half while firing 17 of their own.

Jaclyn Bertos took advantage of a penalty stroke four minutes after the intermission to tie the game at 1-1.

Freshman Lauren Seal put Randolph-Macon back on top 11 minutes later with an unassisted goal off of a rebound.

R-MC went up 3-1 in the 57^th minute on a goal from Meredith Young who was assisted by Lam.

Bertos netted her second goal of the game six minutes later to pull William Paterson within one but the Randolph-Macon defense held strong in the closing minutes to finish off the 3-2 victory.

The Yellow Jackets held a 30-8 advantage in shots and edged the Pioneers 20-5 in penalty corners.

R-MC Keeper Nicole Woodworth stopped four shots while WPU goalie Meghan Trivett made 16 saves.

Randolph-Macon returns to the field Saturday, September 16^th when they host ODAC foe Virginia Wesleyan at 4:00.