LYNCHBURG, Va. — The inaugural Averett University men's lacrosse season ended with the Cougars' 15-3 road loss at Randolph College on Monday night.

Freshman Keshawn Downing netted a pair of second-half goals for Averett (0-11). Downing put the Cougars on the scoreboard at the 9:15 mark of the third quarter with a man-up goal to cut Randolph's lead to 9-1. Downing added a second goal in the final seconds of the third quarter to make it 15-3. Freshman Joonas Mattila scored Averett's other goal minutes earlier.

Randolph (1-14) opened with a 4-0 lead after one quarter and took an 8-0 lead into halftime. The WildCats held a 15-3 advantage entering the final quarter in which neither team scored.

Averett freshman goalkeeper Jacob Shriver had five saves. Freshman Will Merritt led the Cougars with four ground balls and Mattila had a team-best three caused turnovers.