Date: Saturday, October 04, 2008
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne, Sports Information Director
(804) 752-7387, christopherkilcoyne@rmc.edu

Washington and Lee Tops Randolph-Macon 28-16 in ODAC Football
(Box Score) 

LEXINGTON, VA -- Stuart Sitterson ran for 135 yards and a touchdown as he led Washington and Lee to a 28-16 victory over Randolph-Macon Saturday afternoon in Lexington, Virginia.

W&L (4-1 / 1-0 ODAC) led 7-0 after a first quarter that saw both teams commit a pair of turnovers. The Generals capitalized following an interception of R-MC (2-3 / 1-1 ODAC) quarterback Austin Faulkner deep in the Jackets territory and then got an eight yard touchdown from Sitterson.

The Generals doubled their lead about five minutes into the second frame when they drove 83 yards on 10 plays, capping the drive when quarterback Charlie Westfal connected with Ryan Welsh on fade pass in the corner of the end zone to put W&L in front 14-0.

On Randolph-Macon's ensuing possession, the Jackets drove down to the W&L 18, but the drive stalled and they were forced to kick a 34 yard field by Scott Shope.

W&L then extended its lead to 21-3 on its next possession when it drove 74 yards in nine plays, scoring on a one yard plunge by Westfal.

Washington and Lee sealed the game on the opening possession of the second-half, scoring on a 28 yard pass from Westfal to Billy Murray at the 10:50 mark of the third quarter.

R-MC cashed in on its first touchdown of the afternoon with 12:12 to go in the game when Faulkner hit tight-end Stuart May who knocked down two defenders on his way to a 25 yard touchdown reception.

The Jackets cut into the deficit further, when Faulkner delivered a fade pass in the direction of wide out Brandon Braner, the pass was deflected by a W&L defender but Braner was able to catch it on his way down to the ground for the score to make it 28-16 in favor of the Generals .

Braner finished with 13 catches for 141 yards to lead the Jackets offense. Faulkner was 24-of-41 for 297 yards and two touchdowns. Derrick Tyler and Jaryd Grimsley led R-MC defensively with nine tackles each.

Westfal added 87 yards on the ground for the Generals, while Matt Cassilly made 12 tackles for W&L to go along with 1.5 sacks.

Randolph-Macon will be off next weekend, before heading to Emory and Henry College for an ODAC game on October 18th.

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