BRIDGEWATER, Va. - Trailing by 14 at the end of the first quarter, the Bridgewater Eagles (6-3, 3-2 ODAC) rattled off 21 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a seven point lead into the locker room. But, BC would get outscored by 19-2 margin in the second half en route to a 33-23 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) loss at the hands of Randolph-Macon (6-3, 4-1 ODAC) at Jopson Field.

The loss for the Eagles was the first at home this season and the first in 372 days.

Randolph-Macon used a Bridgewater fumble to earn excellent field position after pinning the Eagles at the one on a Ben Keyser punt. RM-C would score two plays after the Ryan Richmond fumble to take a 7-0 lead with 7:37 to play in the opening frame.

Following a Hagan Driskell interception which was returned to the Eagles seven following a facemask penalty on BC, the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 14-0 advantage on a Thaddeus Scruggs seven yard blast.

Bridgewater responded with a 14 play, 80 yard drive to even the score at 14-7. BC scored on the team's second fake field goal for a touchdown of the season, this time a three-yard run off of the right side on a keeper from Patrick Smoot.

Randolph-Macon looked like it was going to answer quickly following a dose of Eagles trickery when Scruggs broke free into the secondary. Scruggs reached the BC 11 before senior corner Tony Konate chased Scruggs down from behind and lodged the ball loose, to give the Eagles the ball back at their own one.

Driskell connected on his first touchdown pass of the game five plays later when he caught junior Tyler Beiler on a post pattern to go 77 yards to the endzone, knotting the game up at 14.

Bridgewater would round out its explosive second quarter with a 53 yard pitch and catch from Driskell to Leigh Bradley to take a 21-14 lead into the intermission.

On its first drive of the second half, Randolph-Macon was held to a 23-yard Josh Storm field goal as the Yellow Jackets cut BC's advantage to 21-17.

Randolph-Macon then netted the go-ahead score with 6:36 to play in the third quarter on a 13-yard dump pass from quarterback Austin Faulker to Steve Matthews to take a 24-21 lead.

Eighty-six seconds later, the Yellow Jackets struck again, this time on a one-yard QB keeper from Faulkner to take a 30-21 lead. Faulkner's keeper was set up by Driskell's second pick of the game.

Randolph-Macon added to its advantage with 14:50 to play in the game on a 35-yard field goal from Storm to extend the RM-C lead to 33-21.

Bridgewater would finally get back on the scoreboard when backup quarterback Jacob Hutchinson blocked a Keyser punt with the ball then rolling out of the back of the endzone to give the Eagles a safety. The punt block was the first of the season for the Eagles.

Both teams remained scoreless for the remainder of the game, giving Randolph-Macon a 33-23 conference victory over the Eagles.

Bridgewater was led on the ground by junior Thomas Tate's 60 yards on 12 carries. All of Tate's yards came in the first half as the Staunton, Va. native was unavailable for action in the second half. Tate's 60 yards put him at 1,015 yards on the season as the junior became only the eighth rusher in BC history to crack the 1,000 yard plateau in a season. His 60 yards broke a streak of five-straight games with 100-yards or more dating back to the Lycoming game on September 26.  

Through the air, Driskell turned in a season-best 260 yard performance. Driskell finished the day 17-of-28 with two touchdowns and a pair of costly interceptions.

Driskell's 260 yard game is the second-highest single game performance of the Caroline, Va. native's career behind a 321 yard game last season against Ferrum. His 260 yards moves the junior into fifth-place all-time on the career yardage list with 3,243 yards. His 17 completions moved him into fifth-place on the career completions chart.

Beiler recorded four catches for a game-high 123 yards and a touchdown to lead the Eagles on the receiving end. Beiler's 123 yard game gives him five 100-plus yard games on the year, including three in a row.

Beiler's 123 yards moves the Ronks, Pa. native into fourth place on the career receiving charts with 1,631 yards. His 77 yard touchdown catch moved him into a tie for sixth on the career receiving touchdowns list with 13.

On a banged up BC defense, Chris Wholey led the Eagles with eight tackles.

For Randolph-Macon it was Drake Sanders' 24 carries for 155 yards leading the way. Sanders received the bulk of the carries in the second half.

Through the air, Faulkner finished the day 9-of-14 for 159 yards and a score to go along with a pair of interceptions.

Bridgewater held the ODAC's leading receiver, Earl Peoples, to three catches on the day and a team-best 75 yards.

Christian Stahl recorded a game-high 12 tackles to lead the Yellow Jackets defense.

Bridgewater is back in action next weekend in the season finale against Catholic. The opening kick from Jopson Field is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start with the game marking Senior Day.