SEWANEE, Tenn. -- The Washington and Lee football team improved to 3-4 on the season with a come-from-behind 31-28 victory over the Tigers of Sewanee.
Sewanee (4-3) jumped ahead early when quarterback Max Fuller hit wideout David Witt from 10 yards out only 10:46 into the first. The Tigers extended their lead to 14-0 when Fuller took a quarterback plunge into the endzone from the one-yard line. W&L freshman tailback Chris Sullivan (San Antonio, Texas/ Alamo Heights) cut the lead in half on a two-yard touchdown run with only 1:53 gone by in the second quarter. W&L tied the game at the 6:55 mark of the second when senior fullback Scott Moses (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop) took the ball into the endzone from two-yards out. The teams went into halftime with the game knotted at 14 points apiece.
The Generals (3-4) once again found themselves in a hole when the Sewanee defense picked off a pass on the W&L 10-yard line and carried it into the endzone for a 21-14 lead with only 2:54 gone-by in the third quarter. Washington and Lee once again retaliated, this time with a 41-yard touchdown pass from senior signal-caller Christian Batcheller (Stuart, Va./Patrick County) to freshman tight-end Davis White (Birmingham, Ala./Episcopal) at the 14:26 mark of the fourth quarter.
Fuller tallied what proved to be the Tigers final points just 3:04 later when he once again called his own number from two-yards out, making the score 28-21. W&L began its final comeback at the 5:09 mark when junior placekicker Andy Vendig (Arlington, Va./Washington-Lee) booted a 34-yard field goal to cut the Sewanee lead to 28-24. Sullivan then scored the winning touchdown for W&L on a four-yard carry, putting the Generals ahead 31-28 with 4:21 left in the game.
W&L was able to stop the Tigers on their final effort to score. The Sewanee drive ended when W&L sophomore linebacker Jeff Bahl (Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Country Day) recovered a fumble inside W&L territory with only :50 left in the game. On the day, Bahl tallied 15 tackles, four fumble recoveries, a quarterback sack, and a pass deflection.
Batcheller completed 13-of-27 pass attempts for 197 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. White caught four passes for 86 yards and a TD, while Sullivan had six catches for 81 yards.
The Generals return to action next week against red-hot Bridgewater College in Lexington, Va. Kickoff is set for 1:00 pm.
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