(ASHLAND, Va.) – Thursday will be the final chance fans get to see the No. 10 Randolph-Macon softball team at home during the regular season. The Yellow Jackets will square off against McDaniel in a rescheduled doubleheader from earlier in the season.

This will be just the fourth meeting all-time between the Jackets and the Green Terror. The series started in 2008 with a doubleheader sweep by the YJs by scores of 3-1 and 12-1.

The Basics

Time: 2:30 p.m.

Venue: R-MC Softball Field

Records: No. 10 Randolph-Macon 27-6, McDaniel 14-15

Series Record: Randolph-Macon 3, McDaniel 0

Last Meeting: No. 12 Randolph-Macon 6, McDaniel 4 – March 1, 2020, in Cary, N.C.

A five-spot in the fourth inning helped the Lemon and Black go up 6-0 and hold off a fifth inning rally by the Green Terror at the Triangle Grand Slam Classic. Eight different Yellow Jackets recorded hits and Maddie Stone provided a two-RBI single to right in what proved to be the difference in the game.

Last Time Out: No. 8 Randolph-Macon 5, Eastern Mennonite 6 (Game 1)
No. 8 Randolph-Macon 7, Eastern Mennonite 6 (Game 2)
Saturday, April 16, at Eastern Mennonite

Amanda Lanyon (Fr., Midlothian, Va. / Midlothian) had a big game in the nightcap as she went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs scored to help the Jackets to a split with the Royals. Rilee Baughan (Jr., Warsaw, Va. / Rappahannock) added two RBIs and scored a run to give R-MC's top two hitters in the lineup six total. Errors hurt the Yellow Jackets in the opener as five of the six runs were unearned in the daily split.

McDaniel 2, Haverford 5 (Game 1)
McDaniel 2, Haverford 4 (Game 2)
Saturday, April 16, at Haverford

McDaniel opened up Game 1 with a pair of runs in the top of the first only to see Haverford answer with solo runs in the next three frames and a couple of insurance runs in the sixth en route to the win. Game 2 saw the Green Terror tie the game at 1-1 in the fourth and take a 2-1 lead in the fifth, but Haverford again struck in the sixth with three runs.

Inside The Numbers

• After last week's sweep of then-No. 11 Virginia Wesleyan, the Yellow Jackets are 8-1 against nationally ranked teams this season.
• The Yellow Jackets are No. 12 in the nation with nine shutouts on the season.
• R-MC is sixth nationally and No. 2 in the ODAC with 15 sacrifice flies.
• Showing their good eye, the Lemon and Black are No. 21 in the nation in home runs with 23 and walks with 100. They are also 25th in total hits with 290 this season.
• Leading the way with the long ball is Rilee Baughan with nine home runs. That number currently is No. 16 nationally and No. 2 in the ODAC.
• Baughan is also No. 7 nationally with 41 RBIs on the season.
• Gracie Ellis (Fr., New Kent, Va. / New Kent) has put up some incredible numbers this season and is among the nation's leaders in multiple categories. She currently leads the ODAC and is No. 6 nationally with 157 strikeouts with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 10.47, No. 12 nationally.
• Ellis' 15 wins are ninth in the nation. She has also pitched in relief and has three saves this year, No. 5 in the nation.
• Baughan has 11 wins to put her No. 37 nationally.
• The Yellow Jackets have now recorded at least 26 wins in their last nine full seasons.