GREENVILLE, Pa. – Senior attackman Cam Lewis (Chapel Hill, N.C./Durham Academy) scored a school-record tying eight goals to lead the 15th-ranked Washington and Lee men's lacrosse team to an 11-5 win over ninth-ranked Denison on Saturday at Thiel College.

Lewis got things started just 19 seconds into the game when he scored unassisted.  It was part of a five-goal run to start the game for W&L (1-1) in the initial 18:40 of the contest.  He followed the game's opening score with two more goals as the Generals led 3-0 at the 5:14 mark of the first half.  Sophomore midfielder Joe Perrella (Larkspur, Calif./Redwood) scored off a feed from senior midfielder Garrett Paglia (Forest Hill, Md./Gilman) with 16 seconds left in the first quarter for a 4-0 lead.  Lewis then finished the 5-0 run with an unassisted tally at the 11:20 mark of the second quarter.

Denison (0-1) got on the board when sophomore midfielder Jamie McCahan scored with 9:16 left in the half.  Neither team could find the net for the remainder of the period and the Generals carried a 5-1 lead into the intermission.

Denison junior midfielder Blair Farinholt scored unassisted at the 12:55 mark of the third quarter to pull the Big Red within three goals (5-2), but Lewis scored in transition off an assist from junior midfielder Andrew Riehl (Reisterstown, Md./St. Paul's) to make it 6-2 at the 11:32 mark.

Denison scored three of the game's next five goals to pull within 8-5 with 13:11 remaining in the game, but Lewis posted three more unassisted scores in the final 6:54 to finish things off.

W&L out-shot Denison by a count of 42-33 and held a 29-24 edge in ground balls.  Paglia supplemented Lewis' effort with one goal and one assist, while junior Wyatt Devine (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Academy) played all 60 minutes in goal and made eight saves.  Junior defenseman Buck Armstrong (Austin, Texas/Episcopal) spearheaded a solid defensive effort for the Generals, totaling four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

The Big Red was led by Farinholt's two goals and one assist, and two goals from senior midfielder Benjie Colberg.  Junior goalkeeper Clark Bullington played the duration and posted 13 saves.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts the College of Wooster for a 12:00 pm contest.

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