LEXINGTON, Va. -- Junior righthander Steve Marcott (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) hurled six innings of three-hit scoreless ball as the Washington and Lee baseball team extended its winning streak to six games with a 4-1 ODAC win over Guilford on Wednesday afternoon at Cap'n Dick Smith Field.

The Generals (8-3, 3-0) opened the scoring in the first inning as sophomore centerfielder Terrence McKelvey (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip) hit a solo homerun to rightfield and upped their lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning when senior second baseman David Miller (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) sent a solo-shot to centerfield. In the bottom of the fourth, a triple by senior shortstop Ray Sweeney (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville) scored freshman catcher Will Lewis (Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora) and Miller singled to bring Sweeney home and give the Blue and White a 4-0 lead.

The Quakers (5-8, 0-3) attempted a late rally in the top of the eighth inning as junior catcher Phil Drew (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee) grounded out to Sweeney with the bases loaded to score sophomore centerfielder Joe John (Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road). W&L junior lefthander Jeff Pharis (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) walked sophomore designated hitter Byron Myers (Alexandria, Va./Bishop O'Connell) to load the bases once again, but junior third baseman Zack Schlesinger (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax) lined out to first base to end the comeback attempt.

Miller and McKelvey paced the Generals with a homerun apiece. Miller hit 2-for-5 with two RBI, while McKelvey went 1-for-4 with one RBI. Sweeney batted 2-for-3 with one RBI, while senior designated hitter Richard Garland (Fort Worth, Texas/Arlington Heights) went 3-for-4 from the plate. Marcott (3-0) tallied two strikeouts to pick up his third win of the season. Pharis pitched two innings of relief, while freshman righthander Jim Plantholt (Pylesville, Md./North Harford) pitched the final inning for W&L.

Drew went 1-for-3 with one RBI for GC, while junior righthander Andrew McClannon (Mocksville, N.C./Davie) took the loss (1-2) for the Quakers after tossing 3.1 innings and allowing seven hits and four earned runs.

The Generals look to extend their winning streak when they travel Eastern Mennonite for a doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will begin at noon.

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