Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/19/19
Staff Report
Senior attackman A.J. Witherell (Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum School) totaled two goals and two assists and became Washington and Lee’s all-time scoring leader, as the 18th-ranked Generals defeated Virginia Wesleyan by a score of 15-5 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse action on Wednesday evening at Birdsong Field.
Matt Dugan ’01 held the W&L record for career points (290) since 2001. Witherell set the record at the 11:28 mark of the third quarter, assisting on a goal by his brother, sophomore attackman Taylor Witherell (Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum School), which gave the Generals an 11-2 lead.
The Generals are 10-4 and 7-0 in the ODAC.
Junior midfielder Garrett Cannon (Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum) scored two goals for W&L, while Taylor Witherell had two goals and one assist.
With the win, the Generals also set a new program record for consecutive regular-season conference victories (18), a streak which dates back to the 2017 season. The former record (17) covered the 1998-2001 seasons.
