(ASHLAND, Va.) – Pitching was on display as No. 19 Randolph-Macon swept Shenandoah in an ODAC softball twin bill Saturday afternoon. Madie Rhoads (Sr., Portsmouth, Va. / Nansemond River) opened up the day with a one-hit blanking of the Hornets, while Ali Celiberti (Sr., Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan) followed with a three-hit goose egg of her own.

The Basics

Score: Game 1 – No. 19 Randolph-Macon 1, Shenandoah 0
Game 2 – No. 19 Randolph-Macon 4, Shenandoah 0

Venue: RMC Softball Field

Records: No. 19 Randolph-Macon 12-7-1, 6-4 ODAC; Shenandoah 4-16, 1-11

How It Happened (Game 1):

• The game remained scoreless until the bottom of the seventh, and a lot of that had to do with Rhoads who matched her career high 12 strikeouts in her third shutout of the season. She allowed just one hit with three walks.
• Natalie Robinson (So., Woodbridge, Va. / Forest Park) provided the late game heroics in the seventh. With the bases loaded, she singled to left field. Olivia Owens (Fr., Salisbury, Md. / James M. Bennett) scored on the play after she reached safely with a single to center earlier in the inning.

Inside The Numbers (Game 1):

• Rhoads has thrown at least 10 strikeouts in four of her last six games. She has 83 on the season, good for second in the ODAC.
• It's the third game in her last five appearances that Rhoads hasn't allowed an earned run.
• Rilee Baughan (So., Warsaw, Va. / Rappahannock) hammered two of the Jackets' six hits, one of which was a double.

How It Happened (Game 2):

• Following the walk-off hit in the opener, small ball and timely hitting followed for the night cap. All four runs were scored in separate innings starting in the second when Robinson hit a sac fly to right which brought in Shelby Hill (Sr., Mechanicsville, Va. / St. Margaret's). Hill reached on base hit, stole second, and advanced to third on a passed ball to get into scoring position.
• Baughan's big day continued as she brought in the next run. After Maddie Stone (Sr., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) opened up the third inning with a single to the shortstop, Baughan launched a pitch to right center for a double to bring around Stone.
• The squeeze play provided the Jackets a 3-0 lead in the fourth. Kamryn Steinruck (Sr., Glen Allen, Va. / Glen Allen) laid down a perfect bunt which allowed Bailey Hairfield (Fr., Chesterfield, Va. / Cosby), who was pinch running for Robinson who doubled to open the inning, to score.
• Randolph-Macon made it 4-0 when Owens scored on a single to right by Sami Davidson (Sr., Stafford, Va. / Brooke Point). Owens led off the frame with a single through the left side, stole second and advanced to third on a sac bunt.

Inside The Numbers (Game 2):

• Celiberti recorded her second shutout of the season with three strikeouts against three hits and one walk.
• Baughan once again went 2-for-3 with a double, making her 4-for-6 with two doubles on the day. She is 6-for-13 in her last four games.

Up Next

• The Jackets are back in action again tomorrow as they host No. 8 Salisbury for a doubleheader. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.