FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Senior Mary Castle (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) scored five goals on seven shots as the Randolph-Macon women's lacrosse team posted a 20-3 victory at Methodist on Sunday afternoon to kick off the 2020 season.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 20, Methodist 3

Site/Venue: Fayetteville, N.C./Monarch Stadium

Records: R-MC 1-0, MU 1-1

How It Happened

• Junior Bella Samper (Spring, Texas/Klein Oak) had the first two goals for the Yellow Jackets, with the first assisted by freshman Logan Schweiger (Church Hill, Md./Queen Anne's County). Junior Kendall Griffis (Cherry Hill, N.J./Bishop Eustace) had the third goal, while junior Erin Mattone (Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) added a pair of goals just 12 seconds apart to give R-MC a 5-0 lead with 21:12 remaining in the first half. Sophomore McKenzie Hynson (Pasadena, Md./Northeast) assisted on Mattone's second goal. After the Monarchs netted their first goal, junior Natalie Webster (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) had three straight scores, the final two on free position shots, as the lead grew to 8-1 midway through the half. Castle would tally the next two goals, with junior Kaylyn Hewes (Linthicum, Md./North County) assisting on the second, as the visitors took a 10-1 lead with 8:30 left. Hynson scored on an assist by sophomore Lily Henderson (Manakin-Sabot, Va./St. Catherine's) before MU had the final goal of the half to trail 11-2.
• Hynson had R-MC's first two goals in the second half, with Samper assisting on the second. Castle accounted for the next three goals, with junior Taylor Sheppard (Queenstown, Md./Queen Anne's County) assisting on the third, as R-MC went up 16-3 with 12 minutes remaining. Sheppard scored on an assist by Samper, Henderson added a goal, Webster converted a free position shot, and Mattone registered the final goal on an assist by Webster to make the final 20-3.

By The Numbers

• Webster had four goals on four shots. Mattone and Hynson both had three goals. Samper finished with two goals and two assists.
• R-MC held a 38-13 advantage on shots, including 29-10 for shots on goal.
• The Yellow Jackets had a 17-13 edge in ground balls. R-MC had 12 different players with at least one ground ball. Mattone paced the victors with three, while Hewes, Griffis and senior Jordan Dudley (Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) each recorded two.
• R-MC had a 16-9 advantage in draw controls. Hewes and Schweiger both had five.
• Dudley had four caused turnovers, while senior Olivia Cheezum (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's County) caused fwo.
• Senior Elicia Wells (Richmond, Va./Trinity) had four saves in the first half, while senior Katie Thompson (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) snagged three saves in the second half.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will travel to St. Mary's (Md.) on Wednesday, Feb. 19 for a 7 p.m. contest.