WINCHESTER, Va. - Visiting Randolph-Macon College turned in a strong defensive effort Wednesday afternoon in a 7-3 non-league men's lacrosse victory over future ODAC foe Shenandoah.

The Yellow Jackets (4-1) held Shenandoah without a goal for the opening 36:28 of play on their way to the four-goal victory.

R-MC only led 4-0 when junior P.J. Cooper snapped the Hornets scoreless string with a goal off of a Mac Hedrick assist at 8:32 of the third, but SU could not make any additional headway.

Macon answered with a Taylor Wicke tally 34 seconds before the end of the third, and eventually scored three of the game's final five goals to clinch the victory.

Tim Rowe had what proved to be the game-winning goal for the 'Jackets when he scored unassisted at the 32-second mark of the second.

This goal capped a 4-0 R-MC run to start the contest. Macon led 1-0 after the first and scored twice in the first 2:43 of the second quarter to take a 3-0 lead.

Junior Gregory Love paced SU with two goals; Cooper assisted on the first of Love's two goals to give both players two points on the day.

The Yellow Jackets outshot Shenandoah 30-25 and won the groundball battle 30-27.

The two goalies, Ryan Reechia (R-MC) and Andrew Fleischmann (SU) both had 11 saves.

The Hornets complete this season-opening homestand on Saturday with a 1:00 non-league game against Oberlin.

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