LEXINGTON, VA--Behind a 15-save performance from goalie
Katlyn Scarlett, the Roanoke College women's lacrosse team advanced to the 2007 Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship game with a 9-8 win over Randolph-Macon. The Maroons improve to 14-2 with the win on Saturday, which came in Lexington, VA. Roanoke will play Washington & Lee University on Sunday at 2:00pm in the title game.
With the game tied at eight late in the contest, Scarlett made two points-blank saves on Randolph-Macon's Traci Phipps. On the ensuing Roanoke possession, sophomore Kayla Moore dodged through three Yellow Jacket defenders and with just 38 seconds left scored the game-winning goal.
Moore's goal prevented a second-half RMC comeback. The Maroons led 6-3 at halftime and went up 7-3 early in the second half on a Paige Mason goal on a curl through the middle and finish of a Chelsea Rankin pass. The Yellow Jackets, however, scored the next four goals and with 19:13 left in the game tied the score at seven.
The Maroons recaptured the lead with 16:03 left when freshman Brooks Laufman scored on a high shot. The Yellow Jackets got an unassisted goal from Kelly Cramer with 10:15 left to set up the late game heroics from Scarlett and Moore.
The Maroons got three goal from junior Amanda Hutchins, all in the first half, two goals and an assist from Rankin and two goals from Moore. Mason, Rachel Hutchinson, and Katharine DiNinno all forced two RMC turnovers.
Roanoke vs. Randolph-Macon Box Score