LEXINGTON, Va. -- Washington and Lee jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the game's first 8:37 in cruising to a 9-0 win over Sweet Briar in ODAC Field Hockey action on Wednesday evening at the W&L Turf Field.

The Generals (5-2, 2-0) opened the scoring just 1:04 into the game as junior midfielder Kay Dyt (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes) found the cage off a feed from sophomore forward Christina Merchant (Midlothian, Va./Collegiate). Freshman forward Sallie Armstrong (Houston, Texas/St. John's) scored off an assist from senior forward Amy Volkmann (Norfolk, Va./Granby) just 3:16 later and Merchant scored off an Armstrong helper just 4:17 later for the 3-0 lead.

W&L added three more scores before halftime and the Generals' defense held the Vixens (1-7, 0-5) without a shot in the contest in producing a nine-goal victory and the team's third shutout of the season.

Merchant and Armstrong led the Generals with one goal and one assist each. Junior Tara Rubenstein (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) and freshman Caroline Habliston (Alexandria, Va./St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) combined for the shutout in goal.

Juniors Cat Cox (Prince Frederick, Md./Calverton) and Alex DiFeliceantonio (Wilmington, N.C./Amy Bradley) both played in goal for Sweet Briar, combining to make five saves.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Friday as it travels to Bridgewater for a 4:00 pm contest.

-- GENERALS --

GOALS
W&L - Sallie Armstrong, Louise Bance, Alex Caritis, Melissa Dolan, Kay Dyt, Katie Flippen, Lizzie Gotimer, Christina Merchant, Sarah Kate Moore
SBC - None

ASSISTS
W&L - Sallie Armstrong, Mary Dozier, Christina Merchant, Laura Nugent, Amy Volkmann
SBC - None

GOALKEEPERS
Tara Rubenstein (W&L) - 14:49, 0 GA, 0 Saves
Caroline Habliston (W&L) - 55:11, 0 GA, 0 Saves
Cat Cox (SBC) - 37:01, 5 GA, 2 Saves
Alex DiFeliceantonio (SBC) - 32:59, 4 GA, 3 Saves

TEAM STATS
W&L - 18 shots, 3 penalty corners, 0 penalty strokes, No Cards
SBC - 0 shots, 1 penalty corner, 0 penalty strokes, No Cards