AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Randolph-Macon field hockey bested Sweet Briar in a non-conference matchup Wednesday night. Two Yellow Jackets each scored a pair of goals.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 9, Sweet Briar 0

Location/Venue: Amherst, Va./Amherst County High School

Records: Randolph-Macon (4-3), Sweet Briar (2-5)

How It Happened

• Junior Ayanna Healy (Newport News, Va. / Woodside) opened the scoring in the eighth minute. She took a dribble from just over midfield all the way in for a shot around the Sweet Briar goalie, who was playing up from the cage. Moments later, junior Austyn Faries (Richmond, Va. / Monacan) slid the ball into the cage from along the left side of goal. She slipped it behind the Vixen defense after taking the assisting pass from Maddie McCoy (Fredericksburg, Va. / Stafford). R-MC left the first quarter with a 2-0 lead.
• The Yellow Jackets added two more in quick succession in the second period. Junior Maria Teresa Ambrogi-Torres (Richmond, Va. / Trinity Episcopal School) handled the ball herself as she worked it inside the circle and into good position to slot it in the back of the cage. Less than a minute later, junior Claire Magill (Moseley, Va. / Trinity Episcopal School) earned a penalty stroke goal after the Yellow Jackets were fouled at the mouth of the goal. In the 22^nd minute of the match, Ambrogi-Torres hit the cage for the second time as the Yellow Jackets were again working along the left side of goal. Freshman Summer Kujawa (Hampton, Va. / Kecoughtan) earned the assist on the play.
• Freshman Anna Gale (Chesapeake, Va. / Great Bridge) kept the Yellow Jackets rolling into the third quarter. She took a pass from Healy for goal about 30 seconds into the period. On the other side of the period, with about 30 seconds left, junior Erin Barringer (Catonsville, Md. / Indian Creek Upper School) got a look at goal and converted the chance to put R-MC ahead 7-0.
• Seconds into the fourth quarter, junior Katie Tanner (Spotsylvania, Va. / Riverbend) slipped a shot past the SBC defense as it careened off her stick and into the cage. In the 47^th minute, Gale scored her second of the night as senior Liz Jacobs (Laurel, Md. / Atholton) dribbled along the end line and sent a pass back towards the middle of the circle for Gale to convert the opportunity and settling the final score at 9-0.

Inside The Numbers

• Sophomore Gatlin Snyder (Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan) worked 25+ minutes in the cage as her defense, made up of Magill, junior Megan Harrah (Yorktown, Va. / Grafton) and junior Kendall Lewis (Suffolk, Va. / Lakeland) along with junior Kaylene Thomas (Suffolk, Va. / Lakeland) and freshman  Tori Mumm (Forest Hill, Md. / Bel Air) did not allow a single shot during the first half.
• Senior Katie Thompson (Burke, Va. / Lake Braddock) worked the remainder of the game in goal and helped earn the clean sheet as well, preventing SBC from gaining a single shot-on-goal.
• R-MC allowed just three shots to the Vixens on the night.  R-MC finished with 36 shots.
• Ambrogi-Torres led the Yellow Jackets with seven shots. She was followed closely by sophomore Katie Brookman (Culpeper, Va. / Eastern View), who had six.
• R-MC outearned penalty corners tonight, gaining six compared to Sweet Briar's three.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will face Mary Washington one week from tonight, Wednesday, October 2 at 4:00 PM in Fredericksburg.