Roanoke Celebrates Seniors

seven RC women's soccer seniors posing on Senior Day
2021 women's soccer seniors

The Basics
Score: Roanoke 0 | Randolph-Macon 3

Records: Maroons 7-2-1 / 1-1-1 ODAC | Yellow Jackets 5-4-0 / 2-0-0 ODAC
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: Before Saturday's match with Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) rival Randolph-Macon, the crowd at Kerr Stadium took a moment to honor the seven graduating seniors in the women's soccer program. After the festivities, the match would remain scoreless for much of the first half. However, with less than two minutes before the break, the Yellow Jackets would score to break the tie and take a 1-0 edge into the half. Two Randolph-Macon scores in a two-minute span in the second half would see the visitors take the match, 3-0.

Highlights:

  • Neither team would score for the first 43 minutes of play. At the 43:18 mark, RMC would net the first goal of the afternoon and take a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
  • The Yellow Jackets would out-shoot the Maroons, 5-3 during the first 45 minutes of play.
  • With goals less then two minutes apart, 78:02 and 79:52, the visitors from Ashland would put the match out of reach for a banged-up Roanoke squad.
  • Makayla Metzler and Eliza Ryan accounted for half of the Maroon's eight total shots.
  • Carrington Lippi went the distance in net, recording a pair of saves.

Up next: Roanoke will be back n ODAC action next Saturday when they play host to Virginia Wesleyan at 2:00pm.