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Washington and Lee put the finishing touches on its first undefeated regular season and school-record 10 wins with a victory on Saturday, setting up next weekend's entrance into the NCAA Division III Football Tournament. Bridgewater, Emory & Henry and Randolph-Macon also capped their seasons with victories.
Washington and Lee opens the NCAA Division III Tournament on the road at Thomas More College. The Saints earned an automatic bid after claiming the Presidents' Athletic Conference crown following an 8-0 run thru its league counterparts. W&L and Thomas More met in a 2010 NCAA Tournament first round contest and the Saints claimed a 42-14 victory. The Generals are making their fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament and carry an 0-3 overall record. W&L fell to Hobart (38-20) in its last NCAA appearance during the 2012 season.
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THE GAMES
WASHINGTON AND LEE 34, SHENANDOAH 21 -- Box Score
The Story: Washington and Lee ran for 455 yards and staved off a 21-point fourth quarter comeback attempt from Shenandoah in the Generals 34-21 win, wrapping up a perfect 10-0 regular season for the first time in program history. Marshall Hollerith and Duncan Maxwell each went over 100 yards and ran for a pair of touchdowns. Cedrick Delaney ran for 120 yards for SU, putting him over 1,000 yards for the second straight season.
GUILFORD 41, EMORY & HENRY 30 -- Box Score
The Story: Quarterback Matt Pawlowski registered his second 400-yard game of the season and threw for four touchdowns to lead Guilford to a 41-30 win over Emory & Henry. Pawlowski was 17-of-20 for 278 yards and three touchdowns in the second half as GC recovered from a 23-13 deficit. De'Eric Bell ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns, while Adam Smith hauled in 15 passes for 132 yards and two scores. E&H got 339 yards and three touchdowns passing from quarterbakc Kevin Saxton.
BRIDGEWATER 45, CATHOLIC 13 -- Box Score
The Story: Bridgewater capped its season with the team's highest output of 2015 in its 45-13 triumph over Catholic. Quarterback Matt Pisarcik threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns in addition to a 10-yard touchdown run. Keith Jennings finished with seven catches for an ODAC weekly-high 163 yards and an 85-yard touchdown. Kevon White ran for 97 yards and a scored. Catholic quarterback T.J. Tutone threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and ran for 51 yards and a score.
RANDOLPH-MACON 14, HAMPDEN-SYDNEY 9 -- Box Score
The Story: Randolph-Macon forced four turnovers in defeating Hampden-Sydney, 14-9, in the 120 edition of "The Game." Joe McBride capped the game's first drive with a touchdown run, while JJ Hill intercepted a pair of passes with a 31-yard pick-six in the first quarter. Hampden-Sydney got 145 yards and a 74-yard touchdown run from Kyree Koonce, who sits atop the ODAC ranks with 1,313 yards rushing following his first season at H-SC.
ODAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE: Guilford quarterback Matt Pawlowski, a senior from Greensboro, N.C., put together his second 400-yard passing game of the season in the Quakers 41-30 win over Emory & Henry. Pawlowski completed a season-best 76.6-percent (36-of-47) of his passes for 411 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. He was especially potent in the second half, leading Guilford back from a 23-13 deficit and directing the offense to scores on four straight possessions. He was 17-of-20 for 278 yards and three touchdowns in the final two frames. His touchdown plays went for 20, 27, 39 and 18 yards. He has now thrown for an ODAC-best 39 touchdowns this season, three off the conference record (J.D. Ricca, H-SC, 2005). He is also now seventh in NCAA Division III history with 116 touchdown passes, eight short of the ODAC record (Josh Vogelbach, GC, 2005-08). Pawlowski currently leads the ODAC in passing yards (3,333) and yards per game (333.3) in addition to touchdown passes.
DEFENSE: Randolph-Macon defensive back JJ Hill, a freshman from Roanoke, Va., helped spearhead the Yellow Jacket's "bend-but-snap-back" defensive performance in Randolph-Macon's 14-9 victory over Hampden-Sydney in the 120th edition of "The Game." R-MC surrendered 339 yards of offense, but also forced four turnovers on two interceptions and a pair of fumbles. It was Hill that came up with both of those interceptions, with each directly scoring or preventing points. He picked off his first pass in the opening frame, returning it 31-yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 lead. His second INT came in the third quarter when he stopped a Tigers' scoring drive in the end zone. Hill broke up two other passes in the game and registered a pair of tackles, including a quarterback sack. The interceptions brought his season total to three, all coming in the last two weeks.
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