Kara
Culkin Lifts LC Field Hockey to 2-1 Win over Randolph-Macon
LYNCHBURG
,
VA
– Senior attack Kara Culkin (
Gloucester
,
VA
/
Gloucester
) scored the game-winning goal with just over two minutes to play
Tuesday as the
Lynchburg
College
field hockey team defeated visiting
Randolph-Macon
College
2-1. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) win extends the Hornets streak
of victories to 11.
The score was scoreless at halftime, but Laura
Christianson (
Virginia Beach
,
VA
/Tallwood) scored on a penalty corner with 32:34 remaining in the
game from Andrea Fleming (
Milford
,
DE
/
Milford
). The Yellow Jackets scored less than two minutes later as Carrie
Peirce scored from Torrie Higgins and Lyndsay Edginton, and the score remained
tied until Culkin netted the game-winner from Samantha
Howard (
Fairfax
Station, VA/W.T. Woodson).
Lynchburg
out shot Randolph-Macon 16-10 and held a 7-6 edge in penalty corners. Nicole
Vega made six stops for the Yellow Jackets (8-5/5-3 ODAC), while Elizabeth
Foskey (
Williamsburg
,
VA
/
Jamestown
) made two stops for
Lynchburg
.
The Hornets end the regular season at 13-5 overall and 7-1 in the ODAC. LC will
host a first-round conference tournament game, with pairings and times to be
announced.
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Lynchburg
Women’s Soccer Defeats Sweet Briar, 2-0
SWEET BRIAR, VA – Junior Melanie Chidester
(
Fairfax
,
VA
/Robinson) scored both goals as the
Lynchburg
College
women’s soccer team defeated
Sweet
Briar
College
2-0 Tuesday in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) action.
Chidester’s first tally came from Christina
DiLiddo (
Sutton
,
MA
/Holy Name) two minutes into the contest and her second came from Lauren
Askey (
Baltimore
,
MD
/
Loch
Raven) at the 27:35 mark.
Lynchburg
out shot Sweet Briar 24-1 and had a 6-1 edge in corner kicks. Vixen goalie
Kristen Johnson made 10 stops.
The Hornets end the regular season at 13-3-2 overall and 9-2 in the ODAC. LC
will host a first-round conference tournament game on Saturday, with pairings
and times to be announced.
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W&L’s
Jack Palmer Scores Two in 2-1 Defeat of LC Men’s Soccer
LYNCHBURG, VA – Sophomore Jack Palmer netted two goals,
including the game winner with 5:20 on the game clock, as the Generals of
Washington & Lee University defeated LC men’s soccer 2-1 Tuesday in Old
Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) action.
Palmer scored his first goal in the 11th minute, capitalizing on a
Hornet turnover and finding the back of the net. After the halftime break,
LC’s Brian Cocchiola (
Midlothian
,
VA
/
Midlothian
) found the equalizer in the 55th minute, knotting the
score at one apiece. The game seemed destined for overtime, but Palmer struck
again, putting his head on a Ryan Light cross to put the game away.
Todd Perkins (Wilmington, DE/Brandywine)
and Corey Zimmerman (Virginia Beack, VA/Kellam)
both played a half in net for LC, both making three saves, while Generals keeper
Ted Sheedy also made three stops.
Lynchburg
out shot W&L 13-11, with the corner kick category finishing up even at two.
Lynchburg
(8-8/3-6) will advance to the ODAC Tournament Saturday thanks to an Emory &
Henry/Guilford 2-2 tie. The time and opponent will be announced on Wednesday.
