LEXINGTON, Va. -- Washington and Lee scored three goals in the opening 16:16 of the game and cruised to a 5-0 win over Emory & Henry in ODAC men's soccer action on Wednesday afternoon.
The Generals (7-5-2, 3-4-2) opened the scoring just 1:01 into the match as sophomore midfielder Derrick Lott (Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic) found the net off a feed from senior midfielder Jacob Stoehr (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights).
The ball found the net again just 8:01 later as a Wasp defender headed the ball into his own goal. Junior midfielder Justin Mygatt (Marietta, Ga./Woodward Academy) scored unassisted at the 16:16 mark and junior midfielder Joshua Grahe (Hagerstown, Md./Mercersburg Academy (Pa.)) scored off an assist by freshman forward Sandy Piracci (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) at 28:37 to round out the first half scoring.
The Generals would add an unassisted tally by sophomore midfielder Walker Nickles (Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora) at 74:17 to cap the scoring.
Sophomore Michael Stanton (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Olympia) played all 90 minutes in goal for W&L, recording one save.
Sophomore Robert Andrews (Cary, N.C./Apex) and freshman Philip Johnson (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) split time in goal for E&H (1-14-2, 0-9), notching six saves each.
The Generals will return to action on Saturday as they travel to Roanoke for a first-round ODAC Tournament contest. W&L will be the No. 7 seed, while Roanoke is the No. 2 seed. The match will begin at 1:30 pm.
-- GENERALS --
GOALS
W&L -Joshua Grahe, Derrick Lott, Justin Mygatt, Walker Nickles
E&H - Own Goal
ASSISTS
W&L - Sandy Piracci, Jacob Stoehr
E&H - None
GOALKEEPERS
Michael Stanton (W&L) 90:00, 0 GA, 1 save
Robert Andrews (E&H) 45:00, 4 GA, 6 saves
Philip Johnson (E&H) 45:00, 1 GA, 6 saves
TEAM STATS
W&L - 29 shots, 6 corner kicks, 1 save, 1 foul, 0 cards
E&H - 1 shot, 0 corner kicks, 12 saves, 3 fouls, 1 card (Y - Ryan Krzastek)