(CHESTERTOWN, Va.) – The Randolph-Macon men's lacrosse team battled Washington tooth and nail Saturday afternoon, but found itself on the bottom end of a 10-8 decision in the mutual season opener for both teams.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 8, Washington 10

Location/Venue: Chestertown, Md. / Roy Kirby Jr. Stadium

Records: R-MC 0-1, Washington 1-0

How It Happened

• After battling each other to a 2-2 tie for the first quarter, the Yellow Jackets took their only lead of the contest 44 seconds into the second when Jack Smith (Fr., Stevensville, Md. / DeMatha Catholic) found the back of the net.
• The lead held up for most of the frame until the Shoremen equalized with 4:28 left when Joe Maimone found the back of the net on a helper from Logan Clefisch.
• Both teams appeared to finish the second quarter as they did the first in a tie, but the hosts' Ewan Temple scored before the first half buzzer to put the Jackets down one at the break.
• The momentum carried over into the second half as the Shoremen scored the first two goals in the third. The first came just 42 seconds in, while the second gave the Shoremen a three goal lead 29 seconds later.
• The Jackets refused to quit and came within one goal on a couple of occasions. After an Austin Zappia (So., Roanoke, Va. / North Cross) goal, Jamie Smith (So., Roanoke, Va. / Patrick Henry) cut the deficit to 6-5 with 9:27 to go in the third.
• Washington answered with the next two goals before Jamie Smith and Jack Smith connected to make it 8-6 heading to the fourth.
• Brandon Smith (Jr., / Richmond, Va. / Douglas Freeman) took advantage of a Washington penalty to make the score 9-7 in favor of the hosts thanks to an assist from Jack Averna with 9:33 to go in the game. Averna brought the deficit back to one at 9-8 with 7:39 to play, but the Shoremen added another score just over a minute later to set up the final score and make it last.

By The Numbers

• Jamie Smith was one of three players to score three goals in the game and was the only player for R-MC.
• Six players had multiple point games for the Jackets. In addition to Jamie Smith, Zappia followed with two goals. Brandon Smith had a goal and two assists, Averna and Jack Smith had a goal and an assist each, and Andrew Tiffey (Jr., Columbia, Md. / Wilde Lake) assisted two scores.
• Brandon Smith and JD Spotts led the team with five ground balls each. Spotts also bested his opponent Joey Sivo in the circle as he won 11 of the 20 face offs taken.
• R-MC outshot the hosts 41-35 on the day. Of those 35 shots faced, goalkeeper Oz Potter (Fr., Midlothian, Va. / Midlothian) made eight saves in his debut.

Up Next

• The Jackets will play their home opener on Wednesday when they entertain St. Mary's at 7 p.m.