LEXINGTON, Va. -- Fifth-ranked Washington and Lee surged to a 7-1 halftime advantage and held off a furious second half rally by sixth-ranked Washington College for a 10-8 win over the Shoremen on Saturday afternoon. The win makes head coach Jim Stagnitta (109-39) the winningest lacrosse coach in W&L history, surpassing Jack Emmer (1973-83).

W&L (3-0) went up top 4-0 with 13:24 remaining in the first half on a pair of goals by senior attackman Colin Dougherty (Timonium, Md./Loyola) and one each by senior attackman Chris Brown (Towson, Md./Towson) and junior midfielder Bernie Norton (Timonium, Md./Calvert Hall).

Washington (0-1) retaliated on a goal by senior midfielder J.D. Radebaugh (Freeland, Md./Boys' Latin) off an assist from senior midfielder Kevin Dorst (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) with 6:33 left in the half to cut the W&L lead to 4-1.

The Generals then reeled off three goals in the final 4:49, one by sophomore midfielder John Moore (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll), and two by Brown, to take to 7-1 halftime lead.

Washington then began its comeback. Senior midfielder Owen Mulhern (Havertown, Pa./Trinity-Pawling) scored a goal off an assist from sophomore attackman Jon Fellows (Millington, Md./Kent County) with 12:57 left in the third period and Radebaugh added a pair of goals in the next 10:52 to cut the Generals lead to just 7-4 with 2:05 left in the third. However, Brown would add another goal for W&L with :35 remaining in the period to give the Generals an 8-4 edge heading into the final quarter.

In the fourth, W&L struck first as junior midfielder Tom Burke (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) scored off an assist from Norton with 13:33 remaining to give the Generals a 9-4 lead.

The Shoremen came back with a goal by Fellows just 18 seconds later and a goal by Radebaugh just 18 seconds after that to slice the W&L lead to 9-6. Mulhern then tallied his second goal of the day with 10:59 remaining and freshman attackman Eric Kuehn (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) scored off an assist from Dorst with 9:24 remaining to make the score 9-8 in favor of W&L.

Dougherty notched his third goal of the day with 7:14 remaining to give W&L a 10-8 lead and the defense would stiffen to hold the Shoremen scoreless for the duration of the game. Dougherty led the Generals with three goals and three assists, while Brown tallied four goals. Norton notched one goal and three assists, while junior attackman Matt Dugan (Rockaway, N.J./Mountain Lakes) added a pair of assists. Junior goalie Wes Hays (Towson, Md./Loyola) notched eight saves in goal.

Radebaugh scored four goals and Mulhern totaled two goals and an assist to lead the Shoremen. Sophomores John Chrismer (Darlington, Md./John Carroll) and Ray Pagano (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) combined to make nine saves in goal.

Washington and Lee will be in action again on Sunday, Mar. 12, as it hosts third-ranked Gettysburg in a 1:00 pm contest.

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