BRIDGEWATER, Va. - The Bridgewater College Eagles fell to a nationally recognized Randolph-Macon 15-7 in their regular season finale on Wednesday afternoon.  

The Basics 

Score: Bridgewater 7, RV Randolph-Macon 15 

Records: Bridgewater (10-7, 4-6 ODAC), Randolph-Macon (12-4, 6-3 ODAC) 

How it Happened 

• Bridgewater came out firing on all cylinders, as they jumped to an early 3-0 lead against the nationally recognized Yellow Jackets. Shortly after a RMC turnover in the first minute of game action, Jake Wagner drew first blood on an assist from Isaac Beals. Over the next three minutes, both teams put a couple shots on target, but were unable to find the back of the net. Bridgewater scored their second goal of the competition with 10:04 left on the clock when Wagner connected with Riley Stewart. Colt Short added to the BC tally shortly after when he won the faceoff and scored unassisted. Randolph-Macon rebounded by scoring the next two goals. Wagner hit nylon for the second time in the contest to extend the BC lead back to two. Macon scored twice more, including a goal in the waning seconds of the opening stanza to send both teams into the break tied at four apiece. 

• 45 seconds into the second quarter, Luke Wendler found the back of the net to give the Eagles the lead. Over the next few minutes, RMC ripped a few shot attempts but were unable to set the game back to a tie. After losing a man to a penalty, the Eagles finally surrendered a goal with 10:15 remaining in the half, sparking a 4-0 RMC run to enter the halftime break down 8-5.  

• Bridgewater was outscored 3-0 in the third quarter. Despite what the score showed, both the Eagles and the Yellow Jackets put four shots on target, and BC was a perfect five for five on clear attempts. RMC also recorded more turnovers in this period than Bridgewater. 

• The Bridgewater offense was able to add tallies to their total score in the final period. Wendler broke the Eagles scoring drought with 5:46 left on the clock on an assist from Beals. Wendler secured the hat trick scored the final goal of the contest with 77 seconds left in the contest. 

Game Notes 

• Despite the loss, RMC had their smallest margin of victory over the Eagles since 2022.  

• BC out-shot RMC 11-9 in the opening period.  

• Colt Short went 8-17 at the dot. Andrew Orsi won three of his eight reps in the faceoff circle. 

• Ian Cook made 13 saves. 

• Luke Wendler finished with three goals. Jake Wagner added two goals with two assists for a team-high four points. 

• Three Eagles had 5+ ground balls (McNamara, Short, Cook) 

What's Next? 

Bridgewater finished the regular season with a 10-7 record, and a 4-6 record in league play. The ODAC tournament will be held starting Monday, Apr. 27. Information regarding seedings, dates, and times will be released by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in the coming days.