(WINCHESTER, Va.) – The regular season ODAC championship will be on the line as No. 10 Randolph-Macon takes on Shenandoah in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets enter the final weekend a game ahead of both Bridgewater and Lynchburg. A sweep of the Shenandoah Hornets would secure the top seed in the ODAC tournament the following week.

The Basics

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Venue: Rotary Field

Records: No. 10 Randolph-Macon 29-6, 12-4 ODAC; Shenandoah 11-21, 6-10 ODAC

Series Record: Randolph-Macon 21, Shenandoah 6

Last Meeting: No. 19 Randolph-Macon 1, Shenandoah 0 (Game 1)
No. 19 Randolph-Macon 4, Shenandoah 0 (Game 2)
April 17, 2021, at Randolph-Macon

Madie Rhoads did the honors in the first shutout with 12 strikeouts to match a career high. Natalie Robinson (Woodbridge, Va. / Forest Park) provided the heroics in the opener with a walk-off single to score Olivia Owens (Salisbury, Md. / James M. Bennett). The second game saw small ball and timely hitting with four solo runs spread throughout the game. Ali Celiberti struck out three in the three-hit blanking.

Last Time Out: No. 10 Randolph-Macon 3, McDaniel 0 (Game 1)
No. 10 Randolph-Macon 12, McDaniel 0 (Game 2)
Thursday, April 21, at Randolph-Macon

Gracie Ellis (New Kent, Va. / New Kent) recorded her sixth shutout of the season and struck out eight in the process to help give R-MC a 3-0 win. Robinson hit a home run to highlight the offense in Game 1 before the bats exploded for all 12 runs in the opening two innings of Game 2.

Shenandoah 0, Lebanon Valley 1 (Game 1)
Shenandoah 0, Lebanon Valley 1 (Game 2)
Thursday, April 21, at Lebanon Valley

The Hornets were locked in a pair of pitchers' duels with Lebanon Valley and ended up on the short end of both. LVC scored in the third to win the first and scored in the first to provide the difference in the second.

Inside The Numbers

• With her home run against McDaniel, Rilee Baughan (Jr., Warsaw, Va. / Rappahannock) moved into fourth in the nation with 45 RBIs. She is No. 13 nationally with 10 home runs.
• Baughan has totaled 88 bases on the season putting her ninth in the nation.
• Ellis is No. 9 nationally with 165 strikeouts. She is 10th in the nation with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 11.00.
• With her shutout of McDaniel, Ellis now has the seventh-most in the nation. She is also eighth in total victories with 16.
• In terms of total shutouts, the team has 11, No. 8 in the nation.
• Sacrifices have been a strong part of the offense this season. The Jackets have tallied 17 sac flies this season, No. 5 nationally.
• Home runs have also been important as they are No. 20 in the nation with 25 round trips.'
• A win would give the Yellow Jackets 30 wins for the third time in as many full seasons.

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