ASHLAND, Va. - Shenandoah University held a one-goal lead after 15 minutes Wednesday afternoon in its non-league men's lacrosse contest with Randolph-Macon, but the Yellow Jackets scored the only four goals of the second and pulled away for a 12-6 victory.
Shenandoah (1-3) got 24 saves from JD Killian (Stafford, Va./North Stafford), but a five goal run by R-MC (3-3) spelled doom for the Hornets upset chances.
After taking a 2-1 lead on an unassisted goal by Elmer Baker (Fort Montgomery, N.Y./O'Neill) with 25 seconds remaining in the first, the Hornets did not score again until just under nine minutes remained in the third. The Jackets scored five unanswered in that span and took a lead they would not relinquish.
Baker led his club with three goals while James Hernandez (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa./HCC) added two goals and an assist.
Complete statistics for this game will be available Thursday morning.
SU is up again on Saturday when it opens Pennsylvania Athletic Conference home action against Neumann College.
Score by Qtrs
1 2 3 4 Final
SU (1-3) 2 0 2 2 6
R-MC (3-3)1 4 3 4 12
SHENANDOAH SCORING
GOALS (6): Elmer Baker 3, James Hernandez 2, Sam Johnson 1
ASSISTS (3): James Hernandez 1, Patrick Jewell 1, Justin Ratcliff 1
RANDOLPH-MACON SCORING
GOALS (12): James Lentz 4, P.C. Johnsen 3, Joe Fleury 2, Brendan Toone 1, Jack Parrish 1, Michael Dunn 1
ASSISTS (7): James Lentz 2, P.C. Johnsen 2, Brendan Toone 2, Joe Fleury 1
SHENANDOAH GOALIE
JD Killian, 60 minutes, 24 saves and 12 goals against
RANDOLPH-MACON GOALIES
Brian Vierheller, 57 minutes, 10 saves and 5 goals against
James Schiefer, 3 minutes, 1 save and 1 goal against
SHOTS
Shenandoah: 24
Randolph-Macon: 62
GROUND BALLS
Shenandoah: 35
Randolph-Macon: 58
FACEOFFS
Shenandoah: Won 8-of-21
Randolph-Macon: Won 13-of-21
PENALTIES
Shenandoah: 8 for 6:00
Randolph-Macon: 5 for 3:30
EXTRA-MAN
Shenandoah: 0-for-6 (one of R-MC's penalties overlapped from the first to the second quarter)
Randolph-Macon: 3-for-8
GOAL-SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
SU at 14:38: Sam Johnson from James Hernandez (0-1)
R-MC at 2:!7: Joe Fleury from P.C. Johnsen (1-1)
SU at :25: Elmer Baker unassisted (1-2)
SECOND QUARTER
R-MC at 13:10: Joe Fleury from James Lentz MAN-UP (2-2)
R-MC at 9:35: Michael Dunn from Brendan Toone (3-2)
R-MC at 8:51: P.C. Johnsen unassisted (4-2)
R-MC at 1:03: P.C. Johnsen unassisted (5-2)
THIRD QUARTER
R-MC at 10:15: James Lentz from P.C. Johnsen MAN-UP (6-2)
SU at 8:57: James Hernandez unassisted MAN-DOWN (6-3)
SU at 6:02: James Hernandez unassisted (6-4)
R-MC at 4:14: James Lentz unassisted (7-4)
R-MC at 1:33: P.C. Johnsen unassisted (8-4)
FOURTH QUARTER
R-MC at 12:51: Jack Parrish from James Lentz (9-4)
R-MC at 11:42: Brendan Toone unassisted (10-4)
R-MC at 8:42: James Lentz from Joe Fleury MAN-UP (11-4)
SU at 5:17: Elmer Baker from Patrick Jewell (11-5)
R-MC at 4:32: James Lentz from Brendan Toone (12-5)
SU at :59: Elmer Baker from Justin Ratcliff (12-6)
