WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Washington and Lee junior lefthander Peter Dean (Vienna, Va./James Madison) threw a complete-game five-hitter and the Generals' offense banged out 20 hits in a 16-1 win over Lynchburg in a first-round ODAC Tournament baseball game on Thursday in Winston-Salem, N.C. The win ups W&L's mark to 23-5, tying the 2001 squad's mark for wins in a season.

Lynchburg put runners on second and third with one out in the top of the first inning to mount an early threat. However, Dean recorded the first of his eight strikeouts and retired catcher Gary Schafer on a grounder to senior shortstop Michael Hanson (Atlanta, Ga./Pace Academy) to escape unscathed.

The Generals then took a lead they would never relinquish in the bottom of the first inning as junior catcher Bryan Mulhern (Chadds Ford, Pa./Unionville) and sophomore designated hitter Zach Bausch (Vienna, Va./McLean) each hit two-out, two-run doubles.

After adding a run in the second inning, W&L scored four more in the bottom of the third to take a 9-0 lead. Bausch again doubled home two runs, while sophomore rightfielder Warren Hunter (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) hit a two-run single to rightfield.

The Generals kept up the onslaught by adding one run in the seventh, two in the eighth and four more in the ninth, highlighted by Hanson's three-run homer to centerfield.

Bausch's 3-for-4, four RBI-day led W&L. Mulhern finished 4-for-6 with three RBI and now has 45 RBI on the season tying the W&L single-season mark set by Christian Batcheller '00 in 1997.

Dean (7-2) allowed one run on five hits in notching his sixth complete game of the season and lowering his ERA to a team-best 1.49.

Lynchburg (19-18) lefthander Brett McColley (5-6) took the loss after getting touched for nine runs (eight earned) on eight hits and two walks in two innings of work. Third baseman John Garrison accounted for the Hornets' only run with a solo homer left.

W&L continues tourney play against Bridgewater on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m.

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