ASHLAND, Va. – Senior Madie Rhoads (Portsmouth, Va./Nansemond River) tossed a one-hit shutout in the opener with 11 strikeouts and senior Ali Celiberti (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) went the distance in the nightcap as the 20th-ranked Randolph-Macon softball team swept a doubleheader from Mary Washington on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

Score: #20 Randolph-Macon 4-6, Mary Washington 0-2

Site/Venue: Ashland, Va./R-MC Softball Field

Records: R-MC 10-3-1, UMW 5-7

How It Happened: Game 1

• Rhoads was perfect through four. She allowed a leadoff walk in the fifth, a two out double in the sixth and a two-out walk in the seventh. She struck out the side in the third and capped the game with a pair of strikeouts in the seventh.
• The Yellow Jacket offense was held in check for five innings. Senior Maddie Stone (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen) had a leadoff walk in the sixth, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by sophomore Rilee Baughan (Warsaw, Va./Rappahannock) to break the scoreless deadlock. Celiberti reached on an error with one away, moving freshman pinch-runner Olivia Allen (Dinwiddie, Va./Dinwiddie) to third. A groundout by senior Shelby Hill (Mechanicsville, Va./St. Margaret's) plated Allen with the second run. Sophomore Jessica Pittman (Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville) and senior Sami Davidson (Stafford, Va./Brooke Point) added RBI singles to give R-MC a 4-0 advantage.

By The Numbers

• Stone walked twice and scored once.
• Senior Kamryn Steinruck (Glen Allen, Va./Glen Allen) doubled in the third, the only extra-base hit for the Yellow Jackets in the opener.
• Rhoads reached double figures in strikeouts for the fourth time this season and for the third consecutive start. She has fanned 33 in 19.1 innings in her past three starts.

How It Happened: Game 2

• The Yellow Jackets started the scoring early in the nightcap. Stone had a leadoff walk, moved to second on an errant throw, went to third on a base hit by senior Erin Doyle (Moseley, Va./Cosby) and came home on a fielder's choice from Celiberti to make it 1-0. A double by Hill drove in Celiberti to make it 2-0.
• R-MC put up another crooked number in the second. Pittman had a leadoff single and went to second on a base hit by Davidson. Steinruck sacrificed to move the runners up. A single by freshman Olivia Owens (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) brought home Pittman to raise the score to 3-0. Stone knocked in Davidson with a sacrifice fly and Baughan doubled home Owens to give the Yellow Jackets a 5-0 lead.
• The Eagles tallied single runs in the third and sixth, sandwiched around a steal of home by Doyle to make the final 6-2.

By The Numbers

• Celiberti allowed six hits and one earned run in seven innings with one walk and four strikeouts.
• Hill was the lone Yellow Jacket with multiple hits, going 2 for 2 with a walk.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon is scheduled to host Roanoke on Saturday, April 10 in a 1 p.m. ODAC doubleheader.