(ASHLAND, Va.) – Randolph-Macon's 10-game home stand comes to a close this weekend as it hosts Bridgewater and Guilford for a pair of softball twin bills. The No. 6 Yellow Jackets host the Eagles on Saturday and the Quakers on Sunday.
Both dates have a first pitch set for 1 p.m. with Sunday also serving as Senior Day for the Lemon and Black.
The Basics
Times: 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Venue: R-MC Softball Field
Records: No. 6 Randolph-Macon 21-4, 6-2 ODAC
Bridgewater 17-11, 7-1 ODAC
Guilford 10-16, 1-5 ODAC
Series Records: Randolph-Macon 15, Bridgewater 29
Randolph-Macon 24, Guilford 16
Last Meetings: Randolph-Macon 1, Bridgewater 7 (Game 1)
Randolph-Macon 7, Bridgewater 3 (Game 2)
April 9, 2019 at Bridgewater
Randolph-Macon 2, Guilford 6
Randolph-Macon 4, Guilford 6
April 13, 2021 at Guilford
Last Times Out: No. 6 Randolph-Macon 2, Lynchburg 1 (8 inn.) (Game 1)
No. 6 Randolph-Macon 8, Lynchburg 10 (Game 2)
Saturday, April 9, at Randolph-Macon
Bridgewater 3, Eastern Mennonite 1 (Game 1)
Bridgewater 3, Eastern Mennonite 0 (Game 2)
Monday, April 4, at Bridgewater
Guilford 3, Bridgewater 5 (Game 1)
Guilford 1, Bridgewater 9 (6 inn.) (Game 2)
Saturday, April 2, at Guilford
Game Details
- Saturday's games will be Green Bandana Games. For more information on the Green Bandana Project visit thebandanaproj.org.
- Sunday's games will be Senior Day for No. 3 Kellie Ferguson (Capron, Va. / Southhampton Academy) and No. 5 Sami Davidson (Stafford, Va. / Brooke Point).
Inside The Numbers
- Gracie Ellis (Fr., New Kent, Va. / New K) ranks No. 7 in the nation in total strikeouts with 128 on the season. She also ranks in the top 10 at No. 10 in shutouts with four.
- Ellis' strikeouts per seven innings stands at No. 19 with 10.5. Her strikeout-to-walk-ratio is No. 16 at 10.67. She's also tied for 14th nationally with two saves.
- As a team the Yellow Jackets have done well producing runs and have scored 163 on the season. That number ranks 24th in the nation.
- The Jackets are third nationally with 13 sacrifice flies. They are No. 11 with 25 sacrifice bunts.
- The lineup has proven to be a tough out for opposing pitchers with 80 walks on the year. That's No. 22 nationally and No. 3 in the ODAC.
- Home runs have been a large source of the offense with 16 round trips taken this year, No. 26 nationally and tops in the ODAC. Kayla Davis (Fr., Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan) and Rilee Baughan (Jr., Warsaw, Va. / Rappahannock) are third and fourth in the ODAC with five and four homers, respectively.
League Standings
CONFERENCE |
|
OVERALL |
|
GP |
RECORD |
WIN % |
|
GP |
RECORD |
WIN % |
LAST 10 |
STREAK |
Bridgewater |
8 |
7-1 |
0.875 |
|
28 |
17-11 |
0.607 |
7-3 |
Won 4 |
Randolph-Macon |
8 |
6-2 |
0.750 |
|
25 |
21-4 |
0.840 |
7-3 |
Lost 1 |
Lynchburg |
8 |
6-2 |
0.750 |
|
30 |
16-14 |
0.533 |
7-3 |
Won 1 |
Ferrum |
6 |
4-2 |
0.667 |
|
22 |
14-8 |
0.636 |
5-5 |
Lost 2 |
Virginia Wesleyan |
8 |
4-4 |
0.500 |
|
29 |
21-8 |
0.724 |
5-5 |
Won 2 |
Roanoke |
6 |
3-3 |
0.500 |
|
24 |
17-7 |
0.708 |
5-5 |
Won 2 |
Eastern Mennonite |
8 |
3-5 |
0.375 |
|
24 |
17-6-1 |
0.729 |
4-5-1 |
Lost 2 |
Shenandoah |
8 |
2-6 |
0.250 |
|
22 |
7-15 |
0.318 |
4-6 |
Lost 4 |
Guilford |
6 |
1-5 |
0.167 |
|
26 |
10-16 |
0.385 |
2-8 |
Lost 3 |
Randolph |
6 |
0-6 |
0.000 |
|
27 |
6-21 |
0.222 |
1-9 |
Lost 8 |