VIRGINIA BEACH, -- After dropping game one, Randolph-Macon earned a key ODAC doubleheader split with Virginia  Wesleyan  behind a strong performance in the circle from Kristen Dize and Brandi Wilson and timely hitting from Lauryn Nanny in game two.  R-MC took the nightcap 3-1 following a 6-1 loss earlier in the day.

R-MC (15-3 /6-2 ODAC) trailed 1-0 at the end of the first inning of game two, before Megan Shepherd led off the second frame with a solo homerun to knot the game up 1-1.  

Later that same inning, Michalann Camp singled with one out, moved to second on a fielder's choice off the bat of Alex Gregoire and scored on a two-out RBI single from Nanny, putting R-MC up 2-1. 

Dize made the one run lead hold up, going five innings, scattering just four hits after the VWC first inning.  Dize walked just one batter and struck out one to improve to 6-0 on the season.

R-MC tacked on an insurance run in the top of the sixth when Camp singled with one out and moved to second base after a sacrifice bunt from Gregoire. Camp would move up on wild pitch before Nanny delivered another two-out, running scoring single to push the Jackets' lead to 3-1.

Wilson entered the game with no outs and a runner on in the home-half of the sixth.  Wilson proceeded to get out of that inning and end the game throwing two innings of relief, allowing just one hit to pick up her first save of the season. 

In game one, MacKenzie Creech tossed a complete game for VWC, allowing just one run on six hits, while striking out six in the Marlins win.

R-MC's lone run of the game came in the first inning when Morgan Greene and Paige Smith had back-to-back singles with one out.  A pair of wild pitches by Creech allowed Greene to score later in the inning.

Randolph-Macon is back in action on Sunday when it hosts Catholic at 1:30 p.m. in Ashland. 

 -Yellow Jackets-