March 8, 2008
#11 WC Overcomes Generals in OT, 12-11
Kirby Scores Game-Winning Goal with 58 Seconds Left

LEXINGTON, VA -- Senior attackman Kolyn Kirby (Chestertown, MD/Kent County) scored the game-winning goal with 58 seconds remaining in the extra session to lift 11th-ranked Washington College to a 12-11 overtime men's lacrosse victory over host Washington and Lee this afternoon at the W&L Turf Field in Lexington, VA. The Shoremen improved to 4-0 on the season with the win, while the Generals fell to 2-2 with the loss.

Washington and Lee jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the game after one quarter as Ned Rider scored back-to-back goals with 2:47 and 37 seconds remaining, respectively, to give the Generals the three-goal cushion after one period.

The score remained 5-2 for over six minutes into the second quarter before the Shoremen reeled off four unanswered goals to take a 6-5 lead at the half. Senior attackman Chris Read (Baltimore, MD/Boys Latin) scored the final two goals of the half with 4:17 and 2:27 remaining, respectively, to put the Shoremen in front.

The Generals tied the score eight seconds into the third quarter as Rider scored off a feed from Will Keigler. Washington regained the lead with 10:22 remaining as junior attackman Jimmy Kielek (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) found senior attackman Mike Sutter (Ellicott City, MD/Mount St. Joseph) for a goal to make it 7-6. W&L knotted the score again when Seth Fishman scored a man-down goal off an assist from Griffin Bealle with 8:58 remaining, but the Shoremen answered immediately as Kielek scored off a feed from Kirby eight seconds later. Washington extended its lead to 9-7 when Read assisted on a Kirby goal with 5:56 left in the third quarter. The Generals trimmed that lead back to one goal 18 seconds later when Harry St. John scored an unassisted goal.

W&L tied things up once again by opening the fourth quarter scoring on a goal scored by Rider and assisted by Fishman with 13:20 to go. The Generals pulled in front, 10-9, when Keigler scored a man-down goal off a feed from Spotty Robbins with 8:39 remaining, but an extra-man goal by Read off an assist from junior midfielder Matt Moreton (Darnestown, MD/Northwest) 14 seconds later evened the score at 10-10. St. John put the Generals back in front with a goal with 4:42 left in regulation, but a goal by Read with 2:59 left tied the score at 11-11. Will Englehart got a shot off for W&L in the final seconds of regulation, but it went wide.

The Generals' only shot attempt in overtime was a blocked attempt by Drew Koeneman that resulted in a Washington possession. Kirby's goal came on the Shoremen's second shot of the overtime.

Read finished with five goals and two assists for the Shoremen, while Kirby tallied three goals and two assists. Kielek and Moreton each had one goal and two assists, while junior midfielder Will Fletcher (Roanoke, VA/Woodberry Forest) had a pair of assists.

Rider led the Generals with four goals, while St. John had three. Keigler had a goal and two assists, while Tim Skeen notched one goal and one assist.

Washington held a 47-32 advantage in shots in the game and a 46-38 edge in ground balls. The Shoremen won 17 of the game's 27 face-offs. Junior goalie Gordon Cohen (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) made 11 saves for the Shoremen, while Connor Locke had 12 saves for the Generals.

The Shoremen return to action Thursday with a 7:00 p.m. home game against Elizabethtown.

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