Randolph-Macon holds off Eagles for title

Randolph-Macon College used a late 14-0 run to take control and
defeat Bridgewater College, 69-65, in the ODAC Women's Basketball
Championship game Sunday at the Salem Civic Center.
Randolph-Macon led by nine, 33-24, at the half, but the Eagles
opened the second half with a 9-0 run to tie the score. Jordan
Burkholder sandwiched a pair of layups around a 3-pointer from
Jennifer Saunders and Emileigh Lambert hit two free throws to knot
the score at 33-33.
The Eagles led seven times in the second half, but never by more
than one point. The final lead came at 56-55 with 5:11 left when
Lambert knocked down two foul shots.
Then, the Yellow Jackets put together their decisive run. Amanda
Hiltunen swished a long 3-pointer to give R-MC the lead for good
and Molly Ariail hit two foul shots to make it a four-point game,
60-56.
Hiltunen then knocked down another three-pointer and four straight
foul shots to push the margin to 11. Lindsay Riesbeck added two
free throws to make it 69-56 with 42 seconds left.
The Eagles scored nine points in the final 42 seconds making the
final, 69-65.
Burkholder led the Eagles with 20 points and Emileigh added 14.
Hiltunen scored 19 to lead the Yellow Jackets.
Saunders and Rebecca Henderson were named to the all-tournament
team for the Eagles.
The Eagles finish the season with a 17-11 record.








