ASHLAND, Va. – Sophomores Evie McNeally (Severna Park, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and Rianna Lowery (Bel Air, Md./Notre Dame Prep) both registered four goals and two assists for six points as the RMC women's lacrosse team beat Bridgewater 22-12 in ODAC action on Wednesday evening to hand the Eagles their first conference loss of the season.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 22, Bridgewater 12

Venue: Day Field

Records: RMC 7-6, 3-1 ODAC; BC 8-5, 3-1 ODAC

How It Happened

• Freshman Emma Moxham (Street, Md./Garrison Forest) netted the game's first goal just over a minute into the contest for the Yellow Jackets. The Eagles tied it a minute later before McNeally had two goals sandwiched around a score by Lowery as RMC built a 4-1 lead with 9:37 left in the first period. Lowery answered a BC goal with 8:12 remaining to give the home team a 5-2 advantage. The Eagles scored with 37 seconds remaining to pull within two before sophomore Taylor Mittelstadter (Chesterfield, Va./Manchester) got a goal with 23 seconds left and McNeally assisted freshman Kiley Kurcoba (White Marsh, Md./Perry Hall) on a score with five seconds remaining as the Yellow Jackets led 7-3 after one quarter.
• BC had the first four goals of the second period to pull even at 7-7 before sophomore Amanda Maxwell (Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven) scored on a free position shot with 8:22 left as RMC reclaimed the lead at 8-7. The Eagles tied it 20 seconds later before the Yellow Jackets dominated the rest of the quarter. Junior Amelia Davis (Davidsonville, Md./South River) and freshman Lilly Fowler (Phoenix, Md./Notre Dame Prep) both had two goals, while McNeally and junior Annie Bartley (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) added single scores as RMC led 14-8 at intermission.
• Senior Logan Schweiger (Church Hill, Md./Queen Anne's County) had the first goal of the third period on an assist by Bartley as the Yellow Jackets went up 15-8. BC scored with eight minutes remaining before Mittelstadter, McNeally and Lowery added goals to give RMC an 18-9 lead after three quarters.
• The Eagles registered the first goal of the fourth period before Fowler and Mittelstadter scored to make it 20-10 with 8:49 remaining. BC netted a goal before Lowery fed sophomore Jordyn Schwartz (Reistertown, Md./St. Paul's) with three minutes left to make it 21-11. After an Eagle score, Lowery netted the final goal with 34 seconds remaining to make the final 22-12.

By The Numbers

• RMC had five players with multiple goals. McNeally and Lowery both had four goals. Fowler had three goals and one assist for four points. Mittelstadter also scored three goals. Davis had two goals and two assists for four points.
• Bartley had two assists to go along with one goal for three points. Moxham, Kurcoba and Maxwell each had one goal and one assist for two points.
• Senior Italia Carnazza (Fairfax, Va./Paul VI) led all players with nine draw controls. Moxham added six draw controls.
• Carnazza paced the victors with five ground balls. Junior Emma Taylor (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) had three ground balls and Moxham picked up two.
• Fowler and junior Abi Detrich (Federalsburg, Md./Easton) both had three caused turnovers.
• Taylor finished with six saves. She had two saves in each of the first two periods.

Up Next

• RMC will host Lynchburg on Saturday, April 15 for a 7 p.m. ODAC contest for Senior Night.