NORFOLK, Va. -- The Washington and Lee men's soccer team won its fourth straight game by defeating Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon, 3-2.

The Marlins jumped on the board first as Jon Mills scored just 3:30 into the game off an assist from Josh Nolz. W&L (5-1-1, 4-0 ODAC) tied the game at the 35:34 mark when junior forward Brad Murphy (Mantoloking, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) scored his third goal of the season.

Virginia Wesleyan (7-4, 4-1 ODAC) went ahead 2-1 at the 65:50 mark as Curtis Shank scored off an assist from Jon Mills. W&L senior forward Andrew Grimes (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay) tied the game at 2-2 when he scored his second goal of the season at the 77:00 mark off an assist from sophomore forward Bret Grote (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny). The game remained tied for the next five minutes until Murphy tallied his second goal of the afternoon with eight minutes to play off an assist from Grote.

W&L junior goalkeeper Brad Hearn (Raleigh, N.C./Broughton) made six saves to earn the victory. Marlin goalkeeper Sean Wreston made three saves.

The Generals will return to action on Thursday when they host Hampden-Sydney at 4:00 pm.

-- GENERALS --

GOALS
W&L - Brad Murphy (2), Andrew Grimes
VWC - Jon Mills, Curtis Shank

ASSISTS
W&L - Bret Grote (2)
VWC - Jon Mills, Nolz

GOALKEEPERS
Brad Hearn (W&L) 90:00, 6 saves, 2 GA
Sean Wreston (VWC) 90:00, 3 saves, 3 GA

TEAM STATS
W&L - 6 shots, 2 corner kicks, 6 saves, 4 fouls (Stoehr, Philip Miller - Yellow Cards)
VWC - 13 shots, 3 corner kicks, 3 saves, 5 fouls (Krezons, Nolz, Hills - Yellow Cards)