Washington and Lee University
LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee men’s soccer team netted two goals in the first half to post a 2-0 ODAC victory over Randolph on Tuesday afternoon at Watt Field.
The Generals got on board in the 19th minute when senior midfielder Tommy Pignatelli (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) booted the ball into the upper right-hand corner of the net off of a feed from first-year midfielder Will Bouch (Charleston, S.C./Porter-Gaud). Senior defender Fletcher McCraw (Greenville, S.C./Christ Church Episcopal) then made good on a penalty kick at 25:51 and W&L held on to the two-goal lead for the duration of the game.
With the win, the Generals improve to 9-5-2 overall and 4-5-1 in the ODAC, while the WildCats fall to 7-11 overall and 4-6 in league play.
Sophomore Ben Bartlett (Towson, Md./McDonogh) and first-year Alex Lambert (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Chaminade) split time in goal and combined to make seven saves for the Blue and White, while sophomore Aaron Humphreys (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan) played 90 minutes between the pipes and recorded six saves for Randolph.
The Generals will begin ODAC-tournament play on Saturday in the first-round. Game time, opponent and location is to be determined. Please check the W&L athletics website towards the end of the week for that information.
AGATE:
Scoring Summary:
W&L – Tommy Pignatelli (Will Bouch) – 18:26
W&L – Fletcher McCraw (Penalty Kick) – 25:51
Goalkeeping:
W&L – Ben Bartlett – 68:15 – 0 GA, 3 saves
W&L – Alex Lambert – 21:45 – 0 GA, 4 saves
RAND – Aaron Humphreys – 90:00, 2 GA,6 saves
Team Stats:
W&L – 11 shots, 0 corner kicks, 7 saves, 10 fouls
RAND – 17 shots, 5 corner kicks, 6 saves, 13 fouls, 2 Yellow Cards (Jonas Kjaer – 46:20; Edward Young – 61:17)
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