Box Score Playing their third game in five days, the Lady Royals wore out in the second half at Roanoke on Saturday. EMU gave up four second-half goals and lost by a final of 5-1.
The first half was relatively even, with the Maroons taking a 1-0 lead with a goal in the eighth minute.
RC then took over in the second, netting three goals in the span of 3:18 to go ahead 4-0 with 28 minutes to play. The Maroons added one more in the 81st minute.
Sophomore Kelsey Zook (Broadway, VA/Broadway) scored her first career goal with 7:07 remaining, when she lofted a shot from 40 yards out that sailed over the keeper's head and eliminated the shutout.
The Lady Royals were out-shot 15-1 in the second and 23-3 for the game. Jenni Beck (Archbold, OH/Archbold) finished with seven saves.
The loss drops Eastern Mennonite to 2-12 overall and 2-5 in the conference. The women have four important games left as they try to work their way into the eight-team ODAC Tournament. High-scoring Bridgewater comes to Harrisonburg Wednesday at 7:00pm for the final home game of the year.
