LEXINGTON, Va. -- Senior midfielder Kate Lester (Wilmington, Del./Friends) scored a goal and added an assist to help lead the Washington and Lee field hockey team to its school-record sixth consecutive victory and its school-record tying 10th win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Rhodes on Monday afternoon at the W&L Turf Field.
The Generals (10-5) took a 1-0 lead at the 10:35 mark when sophomore forward Maggie Nugent (Louisville, Ky./Collegiate) notched the first of her two goals off an assist from Lester. The Lynx (6-6) tied the game at 1-1 just 58 seconds later when junior midfielder Elizabeth Erny (Louisville, Ky.) scored off a feed from junior forward Hilary Mast (Louisville, Ky.). Just 1:09 later, Nugent took a pass from sophomore midfielder Kendall Korte (Virginia Beach, Va./Cox) and buried her shot into the back of the Lynx net to give W&L a 2-1 lead, which it would take into halftime.
In the second half, Lester gave the Generals a 3-1 advantage at 40:52 when she scored off a penalty corner. Senior forward Jane Beall (Richmond, Va./James River) and Korte assisted on the goal. Rhodes cut the deficit to 3-2 at 56:24 when Mast tallied a penalty corner goal off assists from Erny and sophomore midfielder Sara Haney (Allison Park, Pa.), but it wouldn't be able to score the equalizer.
The Generals outshot the Lynx, 11-4, and held an 8-3 advantage in penalty corners.
W&L senior goalkeeper Courtney Harrison (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) played the opening 35 minutes, while classmate Elise Gelinas (Gladwyne, Pa./Agnes Irwin) played the final 35 minutes and made one save to earn her first win of the season. Senior Alice Cowley (Louisville, Ky.) was between the posts for the entire game and stopped three shots for the Lynx.
Washington and Lee returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Eastern Mennonite at 7:00 pm.
-- GENERALS --
GOALS
W&L - Maggie Nugent (2), Kate Lester
RHO - Elizabeth Erny, Hilary Mast
ASSISTS
W&L - Kendall Korte (2), Kate Lester, Jane Beall
RHO - Hilary Mast, Elizabeth Erny, Sara Haney
GOALKEEPERS
Courtney Harrison (W&L) - 35:00, 1 GA, 0 Saves
Elise Gelinas (W&L) - 35:00, 1 GA, 1 Save
Alice Cowley (RHO) - 70:00, 3 GA, 3 Saves
TEAM STATS
W&L - 11 shots, 8 penalty corners, 0 penalty strokes, No Cards
RHO - 4 shots, 3 penalty corners, 0 penalty strokes, No Cards
