LYNCHBURG, VA – Wilton Megargel scored the game winner with under five minutes to play as the Washington & Lee University women's lacrosse team held on for an 11-10 win over Lynchburg College Tuesday in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) action.

The Generals netted three quick goals out of the gate – two by Meredith Freeman, but LC answered back with three to tie the score with just five minutes expired in the contest. Washington & Lee scored three more after the Lynchburg surge, and LC closed out the half with two goals to close the W&L lead to 6-5.

The Generals took a 10-8 lead late in the contest before back-to-back goals by Deana Welsch (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) and Patti Sheahan (Lutherville, MD/St. Timothy's) tied the score at 10 with 6:20 on the game clock. Megargel scored from Emmy Mathews at 4:53 and the Hornets had several chances at the goal, but W&L's Colleen Evans caused a late turnover and the Generals were able to run out most of the rest of the clock to seal the victory. The Hornets got the ball back in their own end with nine seconds left, but were unable to get a shot off before the final buzzer.

Sophomore midfielder Morgan Logue (Barrington, IL/Barrington) scored four times for LC and added an assist. Sheahan and Welsch each scored two goals, and Lindsay Gengras (Avon, CT/Avon) tallied a goal and an assist. Katie Ollice (West Chester, PA/West Chester) also found the back of the net, and keeper Christina Tran (Sterling, VA/Severn) kept LC in the game with 13 saves.

Freeman paced W&L (7-4/4-1 ODAC) with four scores and Britten Mathews had two goals and an assist. Katie Flippen added a goal and an assist. W&L out-shot Lynchburg 31-23 and held a 15-8 edge in draw controls.

Lynchburg (5-4/0-2 ODAC) travels to ODAC rival Randolph-Macon College for a contest Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Sophomore midfielder Wilton Megargel (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne's-Belfield) scored off an assist by sophomore midfielder Emmy Mathews (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) with 4:53 remaining to lift 12th-ranked Washington and Lee to an 11-10 victory over Lynchburg in ODAC women's lacrosse action on Monday evening at Shellenberger Field.

The Generals (7-4, 4-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening 2:48 of the game on the strength of two goals from junior attacker Meredith Freeman (St. Louis, Mo./MICDS) and one from senior attacker Kelsi Robinson (West Chester, Pa./Westtown).

The Hornets (5-4, 0-2) tied the game at 3-3 with 24:48 left in the first half following a three-goal barrage over a span of 1:54, but W&L used its' own three-goal run for a 6-3 lead at 17:30. Junior attacker Britten Mathews (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) scored one goal and assisted on another during the stretch.

Lynchburg closed the first half with two-straight tallies, including one by Kathryn Ollice with just 24 seconds remaining, to make it a 6-5 game at the break.

The Generals opened the second half with two scores for an 8-5 lead just 4:05 in, but the Hornets again responded with a three-goal spurt, including a pair of goals from Morgan Logue, to tie the game at 8-8 with 17:33 left.

W&L again assumed the lead with free positions goals by Britten Mathews and sophomore midfielder Kate Donnelly (Houston, Texas/St. John's) to take a 10-8 advantage with 12:43 to play, but Lynchburg fought back to knot the game at 10-10 with 6:12 to play, setting up Megargel's game-winner.

Freeman led W&L with four goals, while Britten Mathews had two goals and one assist. Senior attacker Katie Flippen (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Academy) chipped in one goal and one assist and sophomore netminder Katharine Farrar (Lexington, Va./Episcopal) stopped three shots in 60 minutes of play.

Logue paced the Hornets with four goals, while Patty Sheahan and Deana Welsch tallied two goals apiece. Christina Tran played all 60 minutes between the pipes and totaled 13 saves.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Wednesday as it hosts Hollins for a 4:00 pm contest.

2009-03-31