LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Randolph Macon women's soccer team fell short on the road Tuesday afternoon, falling 1-0 to Lynchburg in the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament.
The Basics:
Score: No. 2 Lynchburg 1, No. 7 Randolph-Macon 0
Location/Venue: Lynchburg, Va./Shellenberger Field
Records: Randolph-Macon 6-8-4 (3-4-3), Lynchburg 12-3-3 (7-0-3)
How it Happened:
- Randolph-Macon was playing the majority of the first half defending, as they saw 13 Lynchburg shots in 45 minutes. Kelly Rogers (Crozet, Va./Western Albemarle), Abigail Pesut (Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam), Charlotte Bradshaw (Boydton, Va./Bluestone), Grace Turney (Dayton, Md./River Hill) and Lily Alexander (Wake Forest, N.C./Wakefield) held tough, keeping the Hornets from scoring on any of those shots.
- The Lemon and Black had two real opportunities on the offensive end in the first half with shots from Sammie Hoefs (New Market, Md./Linganore), but both were turned away by LYN netminder Jade Lecklider to keep the 0-0 tie into the half.
- Lynchburg found the first goal of the game as Leilianis Irigoyen made a run at the right side of the Yellow Jacket net and found the back of the net to give the Hornets the advantage in the 61st minute.
- Bradshaw had a chance to score the equalizing goal in the 74th minute, but Lecklider saved it to seal the 1-0 victory for Lynchburg.
By The Numbers:
- Lynchburg tallied 20 shots in the contest to the Yellow Jackets nine. LYN put ten shots on frame to RMCs three.
- The Hornets had five corner opportunities to Randolph-Macon's two.
- Zoe Long (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) finished the contest with nine saves in 90 minutes for Randolph-Macon.
Up Next:
Randolph-Macon closes the 2023 fall season after the loss this afternoon, seeing their season end in the ODAC Quarterfinals for the fourth straight season. The Yellow Jackets look to return nine starters in a young core that found much success throughout the course of the campaign.
