LEXINGTON, Va. -- Junior midfielder Brian Pirkle (Lexington, Va./Woodberry Forest) scored a pair of goals to propel the Washington and Lee men's soccer team past Catholic, 3-1, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.

Fellow junior midfielder Justin Mygatt (Marietta, Ga./Woodward Academy) scored the Generals (3-0) third goal of the contest and assisted on Pirkle's first score of the day. The victory marks the first time W&L has won three straight games since the 2001 squad put together a three-game, and a seven-game winning streak.

Pirkle found the back of the net early in the match, burying a cross from Mygatt 3:35 into the contest. He scored again, this time unassisted, at 20:46 to give the Generals a 2-0 lead going into halftime. Mygatt netted his goal at 52:49 to give W&L a 3-0 lead. Freshman forward Sandy Piracci (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) earned an assist on the goal.

Sophomore defender Matt Brideau (Fairfax Station, Va./Bishop Ireton) scored Catholic's (0-3-2) lone tally at 87:00.
Sophomore Michael Stanton (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Olympia) and junior Christopher Carlson (Santa Monica, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) split time in the Generals' goal and logged a saves each. Freshman keeper Evan Phillips (Salisbury, Md./Bennett) made eight saves for the Cardinals.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 24, when the Generals host Eastern Mennonite. Game time is 4:00 p.m.

-- GENERALS --

GOALS
W&L -Brian Pirkle (2), Justin Mygatt
CUA- Matt Brideau

ASSISTS
W&L - Justin Mygatt
CUA- none

GOALKEEPERS
Michael Stanton (W&L) 45:00, 0GA, 1 saves
Christopher Carlson (W&L) 45:00, 1GA, 1 saves
Evan Phillips (CUA) 90:00, 3GA, 8 saves

TEAM STATS
W&L - 25 shot, 9 corner kicks, 2 saves, 14 fouls (Kyle Garcia, Ryan Light: Yellow Card)
CUA- 3 shots, 4 corner kicks, 8 saves, 11 fouls (Dan Clifford: Yellow Card)