For Immediate Release
March 30, 2000


Lynchburg Beats RC, 11-5
Maroons Drop First Game to Hornets Since 1994

SALEM, VA--The Lynchburg College Hornets walked away with an 11-5 victory over Roanoke College in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse game on Thursday afternoon. The Maroons fall to 3-4 on the year, 1-3 in the conference, while Lynchburg improves to 5-3-1, 2-2 in league action. The win was the first for the Hornets over Roanoke since the 1994 season, while the three conference losses Roanoke has suffered are its most since ODAC play began in 1983.

Four different Hornet players had two goals in the game, including Kelly Murray (Lusby, MD/Calvert) who scored he eventual game-winning goal with 58.3 seconds remaining the first half. Also finding the back of the net twice for LC were Jodi Graul (Alexandria, VA/Thomas Edison), Erin Campbell (White Plains, NY/Mamaroneck), and Kristen James (West Chester, PA/B. Reed Henderson). Lynchburg goalie Jen McHugh (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright) was the difference in the game, stopping 19 Roanoke shots on the afternoon.
 
Graul opened the game’s scoring, beating RC keeper Debbie Apazidis (Norwalk, CT/New Canaan) just 2:15 into the contest. After Meghan Stanton (Ayer, MA/Lawrence) drew the Maroons even at the 25:17 mark, the Lynchburg defense took control of the game, allowing just four more goals the rest of the way. The Hornets scored five more times in the first half to take a 6-2 lead into the break.

Linda Jack (Riva, MD/South River) put the Hornets up, 7-2, early in the first, but the Maroons again responded with a goal from freshman Erin Costello (Villanova, PA/Radnor), closing the gap back to four, 7-3. Roanoke would then go scoreless for 17 minutes, allowing the Hornets to break the game open. Lindsay Caruso (Darien, CT/Darien) scored with 8:10 left in the contest to make the score 10-3, LC’s largest lead of the game. 

Costello was Roanoke’s high-scorer, netting two goal on the afternoon. Apazidis stopped 12 of the shots Lynchburg fired at the net in the game.

Roanoke returns to the field on Saturday with a game against Goucher College in Baltimore, MD. Game time is 1:00. The Maroons then head to Lancaster, PA for a Sunday showdown with Franklin & Marshall College at 2:00.





Lynchburg (5-3-1, 2-2)	6	5-	11

Roanoke (3-4, 1-3)	2	3-	5

Goals: LC - Graul 2, Campbell 2, Murray 2, James 2, Ward, Jack, Caruso. RC - Costello 2, Wernert, Stanton, Hunt.

Assists: LC - Campbell. RC - None

Saves: LC - McHugh 19. RC - Apazidis 12.

Shots: LC - 25, RC - 33.

Groundballs: LC - 29. RC - 34.