(RALEIGH, N.C.) – The Randolph-Macon women's volleyball team opened up its longest road stretch of the season on the right foot as it defeated Meredith 3-1 on Tuesday evening. The Yellow Jackets opened the match with a win in game one before the Avenging Angels answered with a win in the second. The third saw R-MC equal its score in game one and closed out the victory with a narrow three-point win in the fourth.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 3, Meredith 1 (25-19, 14-25, 25-19, 25-22)

Venue: Weatherspoon Athletic Center

Records: Randolph-Macon 2-0, Meredith 3-2

How It Happened

• The Yellow Jackets used an 8-0 rally to come back from a three point deficit to take a 20-15 lead and put them in position for the opening set win. Danielle LaRosa (Sr., Charlottesville, Va. / Albermarle) sparked the run with three consecutive kills. It was a dominant first game for her as she finished with five kills on six attempts in the frame.
• After the Avenging Angels countered with the next four points, R-MC closed out the set with a 5-0 run.
• The second set started out well for the Jackets as they went up 5-2, but Meredith stormed back with a 10-0 rally to take back momentum en route to the set win knotting the match up at one game apiece.
• Randolph-Macon created some separation in the third set a 7-1 run aided by three Ashlyn Knott (So., Clarksville, Va. / Bluestone) kills gave the Jackets a 15-8 lead. Meredith battled back to cut the deficit back to two at 17-15, but the next five points went R-MC's way to go up by seven en route to the win.
• The fourth set was the closest of the night as neither team held a lead of more than three points. The set was tied at 20-all before Randolph-Macon's offense took charge and closed the match with five kills out of the next seven points with LaRosa responsible for the first three.

Inside The Numbers

• LaRosa had a career night with a new personal best 12 kills. She made just one error on 17 attempts for a kill percentage of .647. Defensively she gave Meredith problems up front and blocked three attacks.
• Speaking of blocks, Knott also did well to disrupt the Angels offense as she led the team with four.
• Leslie Currie (So., Mechanicsville, Va. / Hanover) and Madison Warlick (Sr., Charlottesville, Va. / Albermarle) paced the team on the receiving end. Currie had co-match high honors along with Meredith's Lauren Phillips with 23 digs. Warlick added 15.

Up Next

The Yellow Jackets will head north this weekend to the Keystone State to play in the Asics Invitational hosted by Juniata. They'll open up with Juniata on Friday before playing Franklin & Marshall and Arcadia on Saturday.