ASHLAND, Va. – Randolph-Macon held a 1-1 tie with #25 Lynchburg through three quarters but ultimately fell 3-1 in a physical rainy contest.
Score: #25 Lynchburg 3, Randolph-Macon 1
Venue: Nunnally Field at Randolph-Macon College
Records: Randolph-Macon (5-5, 0-1 ODAC); #25 Lynchburg (6-5, 1-0 ODAC)
How it Happened
- 53 seconds into the first frame, Breea Dresler (Yorktown, Va./Tabb) put a shot on goal, which led to a penalty corner. RMC was unable to convert and Lynchburg flipped the field to earn two penalty corners two minutes later, where it would post three shots with two being blocked and one sailing wide. Valentina Ambrogi-Torres (Richmond, Va./Trinity Episcopal School) was then forced to make her first two saves, after the Hornets earned a penalty corner. The visitors then converted on its following penalty corner with 7:23 left in the first half, creating a 1-0 edge. Kylee Gorham (Suffolk, Va./Lakeland) responded and came down field to put a shot on goal, which the LYN keeper cleared. Natalie Moul (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) sent a shot wide that resulted in a penalty corner at the five-minute mark and Neely Winefordner (Glen Allen, Va./Trinity Episcopal School) pushed a shot wide. With 1:41 left in the first, Janne Roelink (Den Helder, Netherlands/Norfolk Collegiate) inserted a pass to Gorham, who slotted the equalizer to knot the contest 1-1 after one.
- The two programs traded fouls for the first eight minutes of play until Dresler ripped a shot on goal but the Hornet goalkeeper made the save from the turf. The Hornets earned the quarter's first penalty corner with 6:10 remaining in the frame, where Ambrogi-Torres would make an incredible foot save. She went on to make two more acrobatic saves off deflections, keeping the contest level after two additional penalty corner chances. The Yellow Jacket keeper went on to make a diving stop and denied a five-hole attempt with 1:40 left, with the attempts coming off penalty corners, sending the game into the half at 1-1.
- The Hornets earned three quick penalty corners in the third, however, Ambrogi-Torres made the save on the only shot on goal. Once another shot was sent wide, the visitors earned another chance and put two attempts on net, with the RMC keeper there for both saves. The Yellow Jackets then found a fast break on offense and it was Dresler who sent a shot just wide halfway through the period. Despite not scoring, her team earned a penalty corner where Roelink and McKayla Clark (Gloucester, Va./Gloucester) both put shots on-goal but Schoones was there for the pair of saves. With five minutes left, the Hornets put another shot on net on a corner chance and Ambrogi-Torres went horizontal for the stop, guiding her team to the fourth.
- A shot on-goal from Dresler gave her team a penalty corner opportunity under two minutes into the fourth. The Hornets defended and on the ensuing possession, scored the go-ahead goal 3:11 into the frame. 36 second later, Sofia Boon scored her second goal of the contest, increasing the LYN lead to 3-1. RMC used two late shots on goal to earn itself a penalty stroke but Moul put it just wide with 1:41 left in the contest, ending the match down 1-3.
Inside the Numbers
- The Hornets held slight edges in shots (23-19) and shots on goal (15-14).
- RMC finished with substantially fewer fouls, totaling 29 compared to 42 from LYN.
- In the final frame, the Yellow Jackets led seven-to-two in shots and two-to-zero in penalty corners.
- Ambrogi-Torres made a season-high 12 saves, including eight in the first half.
- Gorham's goal gives her a score in each of her past three games. She also compiled four shots, with all being on target.
- Her four shots on-goal ties Dresler for a team-high and Gorham has posted two-or-more points and three-or-more shots in each of her last three contests.
- Dresler had five total shots to pace the Yellow Jackets.
- Roelink finished third on the team with three shots on goal, while adding an assist.
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets play their second consecutive home contest against Batten on Wednesday, October 7 at 7:00 p.m.
