WINCHESTER, Va. – Visiting Randolph-Macon scored three of the game's final four touchdowns to secure a 52-38 ODAC football victory over Shenandoah Friday night on the Sprint Field at Shentel Stadium turf.
 
Shenandoah (0-3, 0-2 ODAC) led 31-30 following a Rashadeen Byrd Jr. 68-yard touchdown run with 2:06 remaining in the third quarter only to see R-MC (3-0, 3-0) score the initial three touchdowns of the fourth to pull away.

IN DEPTH

Brant Butler capped the high-scoring affair by hauling in a one-yard TD pass from Chris Sonnenberg with 64 seconds remaining, but Macon recovered the ensuing on-side kick and ran out the clock.
 
After R-MC took a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter, SU came alive after making the switch to Sonnenberg at quarterback.
 
The sophomore came in and directed a nine-play, 76-yard drive that ended with a 23-yard Patrick Ritchie field goal. Sonnenberg hit four consecutive passes on the drive, totaling 77 yards, before the drive stalled following a Macon timeout.
 
The Shenandoah defense stepped up, picking off R-MC quarterback Presley Egbers on two consecutive possessions to turn that 14-3 deficit into a 17-14 lead.
 
Byrd Jr. finished off the first drive with a five-yard TD run while Daquan Pridget had a 48-yard pick six on the second.
 
Egbers redeemed himself on the next drive, running it in from the 8 to give the visitors a 20-17 halftime lead.
 
This lead change would be the second of five before the night was done.
 
Byrd Jr. made it three lead changes in three possessions with a 51-yard TD run on 4^th-and-1 4:13 into the third.
 
Macon came right back, driving 67-yards in just four plays to go back on top 27-24. Egbers, who finished the night with 174 yards rushing and 153 passing, scored this TD on a 25-yard rush.
 
Byrd Jr. had his third and final TD following a 41-yard Macon field goal to give SU the lead for the last time at 31-30.
 
David Wallis put R-MC on top to stay with a 1-yard TD reception from Egbers with 9:59 left. The two-point conversion gave the Yellow Jackets a 38-31 lead and they padded that advantage with TDs at 7:03 and 2:34.
 
Macon finished with 490 yards in total offense to 336 for SU.
 
Byrd Jr. led the Hornets with 143 yards rushing and three TDs on 10 attempts. Sonnenberg was 20 of 30 for 176 yards and one TD.
 
Ben Burgan had 13 tackles and Mason Caldwell 10 for the defense. Caldwell also converted a seven-yard run from punt formation on a 4^th-and-1 from the SU 34. That drive ended with Byrd Jr.'s second TD run.
 

UP NEXT

Shenandoah completes its regular season with a 7 p.m. game Friday night at Bridgewater.
 
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