BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Junior Grace Parker (Andover, N.J./Pope John XXIII) had 21 kills as the Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team stormed back from an 0-2 deficit to win the final three games at Bridgewater on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 3, Bridgewater 2 (21-25, 20-25, 25-19, 26-24, 15-9)

Venue: Nininger Hall

Records: R-MC 7-4, 3-0 ODAC; BC 5-7, 2-2 ODAC

How It Happened

• The Eagles scored the first three points of Game 1 before the Yellow Jackets tied it with three straight. BC tallied the next three points before three more by R-MC knotted the score at 6-6. The Yellow Jackets trailed 16-14 before four straight points put R-MC on top 18-16. The visitors led 20-17 before the Eagles used an 8-1 run to win the opener 25-21.
• BC recorded the first two points in the second game before R-MC got six of the next eight points to lead 6-4. The Yellow Jackets built a 10-6 advantage The Eagles used a 6-0 run to take a 12-10 edge. The lead grew to five at 19-14 and BC would take Game 2 by a score of 25-20.
• After BC got the first point in Game 3, Junior Gracyn Draney (Forest, Va./Jefferson Forest) and senior Danielle LaRosa (Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle) had kills in a 4-0 spurt for the Yellow Jackets. A kill by senior Sydney Koch (Raleigh, N.C./Sanderson) put R-MC up 12-6. Two more kills by Parker helped the Yellow Jackets go up 20-10. R-MC would claim a 25-19 win.
• The teams were deadlocked at 5-5 in the fourth game before a kill and two service aces by Parker sparked a 4-0 run as R-MC went up 9-5. BC would eventually tie it at 11-11. The Yellow Jackets were ahead 14-13 before a 6-2 spurt gave the Eagles a 19-16 edge. BC had two match points at 24-22 before a pair of kills by Parker capped a 4-0 run as the Yellow Jackets claimed a 26-24 victory.
• R-MC would not trail in Game 5. The Yellow Jackets tallied the first two points and built leads of 4-1 and 9-3. BC would close within two at 10-8 before a 5-1 finish gave R-MC the match win. The Yellow Jackets hit .381 in the final game, with nine kills, one error and 21 total attacks.

By The Numbers

• Parker had 54 total attacks and hit .278.
• LaRosa finished with 14 kills, 25 total attacks and a hit percentage of .480. She also had three solo blocks and a pair of block assists.
• Madison Warlick had 10 saves and 16 digs.
• Senior Macguire Gubba (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) recorded 38 assists and had eight digs.
• Sophomore Leslie Currie (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) paced the victors with 22 digs.

Up Next

• Randolph-Macon will step out of conference for a 7 p.m. match at Christopher Newport on Thursday, Sept. 30.