in last week’s game in Salem.
PHOTO BY BRIAN HOFFMAN
The Roanoke College men’s lacrosse team defeated Shenandoah University in Salem Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament. Third seeded Roanoke won 24-10 and will play at the second seeded University of Lynchburg today at 4 pm.
Roanoke missed out on a chance to tie for the top spot in the conference when the Maroons lost a heart-breaker to Washington & Lee in their last regular season game. That was last Wednesday, April 23rd, at Kerr Stadium as the visiting Generals pulled out a 13-12 win. That made the seeding easy as the Generals, ranked ninth in the country by the USILA, went 10-0 in league play to earn one-of-two two-round byes into the semifinals of the ODAC’s altered-format eight-team bracket. The University of Lynchburg owns the other spot with the 15th-ranked Hornets going 9-1 on the way to the second seed. Roanoke lost two ODAC games, dropping one goal losses to Lynchburg,19-18, and W&L last week.
The conference championship game is scheduled for this Saturday at 2 pm at the highest remaining seed. The Maroons finished the regular season with a 12-5 overall record.
