EMORY, Va. – The Washington and Lee football team scored 24 second quarter points and racked up 532 yards of total offense in a 45-7 victory over ODAC-foe Emory & Henry on Saturday afternoon at Fullerton Field. For W&L, it was the first victory at E&H since the 1981 season.

The Generals (6-3, 4-2) took a 7-0 lead just 15 seconds into the game when freshman running back Stuart Sitterson (Atlanta, Ga./Westminster) returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown. The return was Sitterson's second for a touchdown this season, tying the W&L season record.

Sitterson then started the second quarter scoring explosion on a 22-yard touchdown run with 10:43 left in the quarter to make it 14-0. With 3:08 remaining, senior quarterback Greg Tweardy (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) found sophomore wide receiver Jack Martin (Princeton, N.J./Hun School) for a 27-yard touchdown pass to give W&L a 21-0 advantage.

After the Wasps (1-8, 1-4) fumbled on their next possession, Tweardy and Martin hooked up on a 24-yard scoring strike to make the score 28-0. Junior placekicker Ben Long (Frankford, W.Va./Hargrave Military) ended the scoring surge with a 26-yard field goal as the second quarter expired to give the Generals a 31-0 halftime lead. The field goal was the 24th of Long's career, tying the W&L record held by Bill Devine since the 1982 season.

Emory & Henry cut the deficit to 31-7 with 12:01 left in the third quarter on a 70-yard scoring pass from junior quarterback Todd Woods to junior wide receiver Brennan Stewart, but W&L closed out the scoring with 14 points in the fourth quarter. Junior wide receiver Colton Ward (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day) found paydirt on a 55-yard run with 14:40 remaining and junior quarterback Hunter Dawkins (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Day) scored on a five-yard run with 1:45 left in the game for the final margin.

Tweardy completed 19-of-27 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns and one interception. He now has 2,369 passing yards for the season, breaking the former W&L record of 2,273 yards set by Christian Batcheller in 1999 Sitterson totaled 225 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, including a season-high 90 yards rushing. Martin caught eight passes for 203 yards and the two scores and Ward amassed 125 all-purpose yards and one touchdown. Defensively, freshman linebacker Bradley McAllister (Upper Saint Clair, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) had a team-high eight tackles and one sack. Sophomore defensive back Kyle Luby (Dallas, Texas/Highland Park) and freshman defensive lineman Tommy Matteo (Worcester, Pa./Germantown Academy) each notched six tackles.

For Emory & Henry, Woods finished 16-of-32 for 202 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Stewart caught four balls for 97 yards and one touchdown, while junior running back Andrew Hemp rushed 10 times for 41 yards. Freshman linebacker Dustin Jordan notched a game-high 14 tackles.

Washington and Lee will look for its first seven-win season since 1985 as it hosts Case Western Reserve University on Saturday at 1:00 pm.

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