LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee scored four goals in the final 7:42 of the game to pull out a 12-9 victory over Randolph-Macon in ODAC men's lacrosse action on Saturday at Wilson Field.

The win was the 100th for Head Coach Gene McCabe at W&L.  McCabe is now 100-56 (.641) in nine seasons with the Generals.

After W&L (9-6, 4-3) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening 15 minutes, the Yellow Jackets (6-10, 3-5) slowly chipped away at the Generals' advantage, eventually taking a 9-8 lead with 12:50 left in the game on a goal by first-year midfielder Kyle Keepers (Roswell, Ga./Roswell).

However, the momentum swung back to the Blue & White shortly thereafter.  Senior goalkeeper Warren Berenis (Ocoee, Fla./Lake Highland Prep) relieved junior Wyatt Devine (Norfolk, Va./Norfolk Academy) following Keepers' scored and he posted three saves, while the woodwork turned away several more opportunities for the Yellow Jackets.

Junior midfielder Christian Zanetis (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) scored the equalizer at the 7:42 mark and Lewis gave W&L the lead back at 6:13 when he found rope off an assist from senior attackman Cameron Dabir (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./Culver Academy).  Lewis then found Dabir for a goal at 3:51 and Zanetis scored in transition at the 1:56 mark for the final margin.

Dabir, Lewis and junior midfielder Jack Clarke (Basking Ridge, N.J./Delbarton) each scored one goal and sophomore midfielder Joe Perrella (Larkspur, Calif./Redwood) tallied twice as the Generals built the first-quarter lead. 

R-MC scored five of the next six goals to pull within one (6-5) at the 6:17 mark of the third quarter, but junior midfielder Graeme Weaver (Newtown Square, Pa./Malvern Prep) stopped the run with a goal off an assist from junior attackman Kevin Katzmann (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) at 5:33.  Randolph-Macon first-year midfielder Alex Camilliere (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) then scored two straight to tie the game at 7-7 with 1:43 left in the third period.  Perella scored a third goal with 38 seconds left in the penultimate quarter to give W&L the lead back, but junior midfielder Nick Benhoff (Phoenix, Md./Dulaney) scored off a faceoff win just nine seconds later to send the teams into the final quarter knotted at 8-8.

W&L held a 46-37 advantage in shots, a 37-23 edge in ground balls and dominated the faceoff X, winning 17-of-24 draws.

Lewis finished with three goals and two assists, while Perella scored three goals.  Dabir totaled two goals and two assists, while Zanetis had two goals and one helper.  Clarke won 15-of-22 faceoffs.  Devine played the first 47:10 in goal, making 11 saves with nine goals allowed.  Berenis finished with three saves in 12:50 to get the win. 

Benhoff and sophomore midfielder Sam Mayer (Severna Park, Md./Severna) registered two goals and one assist each for the Yellow Jackets.  Camilliere and Keepers added two goals each.  Junior Brian Davies (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass) played the duration between the pipes and posted 14 stops. 

Washington and Lee returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Guilford for a 7:00 pm contest.

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