Generals grab 1st place in a squeaker
The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) October 24, 2010 | Mark Berman As Bridgewater’s Will Davis prepared to kick a field goal that would have given his team the lead in the final minutes Saturday, Washington and Lee quarterback Charlie Westfal sat on the bench with his head down.
He couldn’t bear to watch.
Finally, he looked up and saw the 39-yard attempt sail wide left with 1:37 to go.
The Generals erupted in jubilation. They hung on for a 35 – 34 win and gained sole possession of first place in the ODAC.
Since mustering just 10 points in a Sept. 25 loss to Averett, W&L has won four in a row thanks to its ground game. The Generals ran for 438 yards Saturday.
W&L (5 – 2, 4 – 0), which won at Jopson Field for the first time since 1998, will claim an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs with a Nov. 6 win over Hampden-Sydney.
“After that Averett loss, I would’ve called you a liar if you were to tell me something like that was going to happen,” Westfal said.
A missed extra-point kick by Davis in the third quarter and his missed field-goal attempt were the difference in Saturday’s shootout.
“What I told the kids at the end of the game, all I could say was, ‘Wow!’ ” W&L coach Frank Miriello said. “[BC] just kept going up and down the field, just like our offense. It was a circus.” The Eagles (5 – 2, 2 – 2) had won nine of the previous 10 meetings in the series. web site how many plays did shakespeare write
They entered the game ranked seventh in Division III in run defense, having kept every opposing team below 100 yards rushing.
But the Eagles could not stop the Generals’ triple-option scheme. W&L entered the game ranked fifth in Division III in rushing offense.
“When you get something that’s unique, it’s tough to simulate during the week,” BC coach Mike Clark said. “That offense has turned them into a championship contender.” Slotback Harrison Hudson (Salem) hurt BC on the flank, rushing for a career-high 204 yards. Running back Luke Heinsohn hurt BC up the middle, rushing for 99 yards and three touchdowns.
“With him, … the defense has to respect the run game up the middle, so it opens some lanes up outside,” Hudson said.
Westfal ran for 62 yards and the go-ahead touchdown that put W&L up 35 – 34 with 8:31 to go. Slotback Brett Murray ran for 59 yards and a TD. in our site how many plays did shakespeare write
Miriello hugged all four players at game’s end.
No matter what happens in W&L’s game at Catholic next weekend, the Generals will go to the NCAA playoffs if they beat visiting Hampden-Sydney (7 – 0, 3 – 0) in W&L’s league finale on Nov. 6.
“It’s a little surreal,” Heinsohn said.
Hampden-Sydney was idle Saturday.
Darrin McKenzie, who ran for 146 yards and three TDs, scored on a 12-yard run to give BC a 34 – 28 lead with 2:06 left in the third quarter. Davis’ extra-point kick was wide right.
Heinsohn fumbled at the BC 20 early in the fourth quarter, but the Generals forced the Eagles to go three-and-out.
Westfal was just 3-of-6 through the air Saturday, but he had a crucial pass on the next drive. On third-and-9, he found Cody Smith for a 32-yard pass that moved W&L to the BC 14.
On third-and-4, Westfal ran 8 yards for the touchdown. Peter Alston’s extra-point kick gave W&L the 35 – 34 lead.
BC drove to the W&L 21. But McKenzie slipped and lost 1 yard, putting his team in a third-and-10 situation. Hagan Driskell threw an incomplete pass, and Davis came on to try the field goal.
“I don’t know that I managed that last drive well,” Clark said. “When it got to third-and-10, [offensive coördinator] Joe [Soltis] said, ‘How many plays do I got?’ I said, ‘You get [the first down] on this one.’ “As inept as our place-kicking and field-goal game has been, … to put [Davis] in that situation, I wasn’t being fair to him.
“That was a bad choice. … I should’ve told Joe ‘You got two downs. The [heck] with the kicker.’ ” As he walked off the field, W&L receiver Tate Davis triumphantly carried a shovel — the symbol of the team motto this season to “Dig deeper” in the fourth quarter.
Washington and Lee 7 14 7 7 — - 35 Bridgewater 14 7 13 0 — 34 First Quarter BC — Tate 1 run (Davis kick), 10:03 W&L — Murray 4 run (Alston kick), 3:14 BC — McKenzie 2 run (Davis kick), :02 Second Quarter W&L — Heinsohn 2 run (Alston kick), 11:23 BC — Beiler 40 pass from Driskell (Davis kick), 8:25 W&L — Heinsohn 3 run (Alston kick), 4:07 Third Quarter BC — McKenzie 1 run (Davis kick), 10:23 W&L — Heinsohn 7 run (Alston kick), 5:21 BC — McKenzie 12 run (kick failed), 2:06 Fourth Quarter W&L — Westfal 8 run (Alston kick), 8:31 Att. — 2,645 W&L BC First downs 26 21 Rushes-yards 68 – 438 40 – 231 Comp-Att-Int 3 – 6– 0 9 – 19-0 Yards passing 36 119 Penalties-yards 4 – 26 4 – 33 Fumbles-lost 2– 2 0 – 0 Punts-average 2 – 41 3 – 40 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — W&L, Hudson 18 – 204, Heinsohn 19 – 99, Westfal 14– 62, Murray 10 – 59, Stewart 3 – 16, Vandalov 1 – 3, team 1-minus-5; Bridgewater, McKenzie 26 – 146, Beiler 1 – 46, Tate 11 – 40, Delbridge 1– 6, Driskell 1-minus-7.
PASSING — W&L, Westfal 3 – 6-0 36; Bridgewater, Driskell 9 – 19– 0 119.
RECEIVING — W&L, Smith 1 – 32, Hudson 1 – 3, Murray 1 – 1; Bridgewater, Delbridge 4 – 41, Beiler 3 – 58, Hicks 1 – 10, McKenzie 1– 10.
Mark Berman
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