ASHLAND, Va. – The Randolph-Macon men's lacrosse team hosted the reigning ODAC champion Lynchburg for a Saturday afternoon matchup in Ashland. The Yellow Jackets had a stellar defensive effort to down the eighth-ranked Hornets 13-9.

The Basics

Score: Randolph-Macon 13, Lynchburg 9

Venue: Ashland, Va./Randolph-Macon College/Day Field

Records: Randolph-Macon (10-5, 5-2 ODAC), Lynchburg (9-5, 5-1 ODAC)

How It Happened

• RMC tallied the first goal of the afternoon, thanks to Cameron Foti (Annandale, Va./Annandale) to put the Yellow Jackets up 1-0. Lynchburg would score the ensuing four goals to take a 4-1 lead with just under three minutes to play in the first. Ethan Robinette (Charlotte, N.C./Providence Day) got one back to cut the lead to two with 11 seconds left in the opening frame.

• The Yellow Jackets flipped the game around in the second, sandwiching a Hornets goal with two goals on either side. Cameron Foti scored his second of the game to begin the quarter, and then Duncan O'Brien (Virginia Beach, Va./Frank W. Cox) tied it 4-4 just five minutes later. LYN added a goal to re-take the lead, but RMC stormed back with two more goals, beginning with Foti's hat trick goal and ending with Ethan Robinette's second of the game to take a 6-5 lead to halftime.

• RMC kept piling on the goals in the third, as Ethan Robinette netted his hat trick goal to open the half, and four others following behind including a man up goal by Logan Sinsebox (Monkton, Md./Hereford) that helped RMC push out to a 11-5 lead. After a nearly 22 minute scoring drought, Lynchburg got back on the board with 14 seconds left in the quarter to cut the lead to five.

• The two teams traded goals in the fourth quarter, as stellar defense and goaltending by Owen Gucwa (Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons) kept the Hornets from coming back, as RMC finished out the win, 13-9.

By The Numbers:

• Cameron Foti notched three goals  in the win. It marks his first career hat trick and puts him at 10 goals on the season. 

• Ethan Robinette also tallied a hat trick. He now has three hat tricks in his last three games and 10 goals over that span.

• Owen Gucwa shined with 14 saves and only nine goals allowed to help RMC shutout the Hornets over nearly 22 minutes to build the lead.

• Duncan O'Brien totaled two goals in the game, marking his fourth game on the year with multiple goals.

• Ryan Pritchard (Crofton, Md./DeMatha) had a goal and two assist. It's his sixth game with three or more points.

Up Next

Randolph-Macon will have a week off before playing Averett on the road next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.