ASHLAND, Va. – The Lemon and Black posted their third sweep in the past four matches, driving them to a non-conference win in the last home match of the regular season.
Score: Randolph-Macon 3, Regent 0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-17)
Venue: Crenshaw Gymnasium
Records: Randolph-Macon (14-10, 7-5 ODAC), Regent (15-13, 0-0 C2C)
How it Happened
- Caitlin Smith (Greensboro, N.C./Greensboro Day School) located Allison Lach (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) for the first point of the game, before finding Olivia Leonard (Mechanicsville, Va./The New Community School) for a kill to take an early 3-2 lead. Once Avery Jastrzemski (Richmond, Va./Goochland) checked in and ripped a kill, Mia Goode (Chesapeake, Va./Hickory) tallied back-to-back service aces to give her team a 9-6 edge. The Royals fought back on a 4-0 run that included two kills, forcing RMC into a timeout with it trailing, 9-10. A block between Ella Courtney (Arlington, Va./Wakefield) and Lach knotted the set at 10 but another 5-2 run from RU put RMC into its second timeout, down 12-15. Olivia Roark (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School) countered with back-to-back kills, while Leonard, Jastrzemski and Lach all tallied kills to recapture a 19-16 lead on a 7-1 surge. Even though the Royals talked it over, Goode fired an ace before Courtney rejected a shot and drilled a kill, giving the Lemon and Black a 25-21 set one win.
- Randolph-Macon exploded on a 5-0 run to force a timeout from the visitors early in set two, thanks to two aces from Smith. Leonard and Jastrzemski continued with a pair of aces, leading to two consecutive kills from Lach, ballooning the run to 9-1 and the score to 11-2. Ellie Rock (Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield) kept the momentum up with an ace, while two other Yellow Jackets ripped kills to push the advantage to 15-3. Smith and Leonard joined for a rejection, allowing Rock to drop an ace in to solidify a 25-13 set two victory.
- Regent flipped the script and forced a timeout from the Yellow Jackets, as a they put together a 5-2 run that featured three kills. Once Leonard and Courtney turned a kill away, the team went on a 6-1 run to put the Royals into a timeout, as it was Smith assisting three different Yellow Jackets. Jastrzemski added a kill out of the break which helped ignited a 6-0 run for the Lemon and Black, forcing a timeout from the Royals with them down 11-18. The offensive firepower came from Roark, as she had two aces in a three-point span. The lead was too much for Regent to overcome, as Randolph-Macon went on a 4-1 run to close set three, 25-17.
Inside the Numbers
- Randolph-Macon led .275-to-.105 in hitting percentage, including a .409-to-.105 cushion in set two.
- RMC paced BC 37-to-24 in kills, 32-to-30 in digs, 25-to-19 in assists and 12-to-two in aces.
- The Lemon and Black finished with fewer attack errors (12-to-15) and service errors (six-to-seven).
- Jastrzemski had a match-high 10 kills on a .333 hitting percentage for a match-high 10 points.
- Leonard followed closely with nine kills for 9.5 points, adding four digs.
- Goode and Rock each compiled three aces, good for the most in the contest.
- Roark had eight points while amassing a .600 hitting percentage.
- Smith led all players with 19 assists.
Up Next
Women's Volleyball closes its regular season with a tri-match in Fredericksburg, Va., on Saturday, November 7. The Yellow Jackets face Eastern at 1:30 p.m., before taking on Mary Washington at 4:00 p.m.
