Washington and Lee Football Release
Swarthmore at Washington and Lee - Nov. 15, 1997

THE SERIES: 
	The series between two of the top academic schools in the country 
was renewed in 1994 and has been very competitive. W&L holds a 3-1 lead 
in the series, including last year's 31-21 victory, but two of the last 
three games have been decided by three points or less.

THE TEAMS: 
W&L - 3-6, 2-3 in the ODAC
SWAT - 0-9, 0-7 in the Centennial

THE COACHES:
W&L - Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg '67)
	Overall Record: 13-14-1 (3rd year)
	Record vs. SWAT: 1-1
	Record at Wilson Field: 7-6-1
	
SWAT - Karl Miran (Middlebury '77)
	Overall Record: 29-50-1 (8th year)
	Record vs. W&L: 1-1

A LOOK AT SWARTHMORE
	It's been a long season for Swarthmore as the Garnet come into 
the season finale winless at 0-9. Swarthmore has been shut out in six of 
its games and is allowing 55.6 points per game. Junior wide receiver 
Mason Tootell is the top offensive threat with 32 catches for 321 yards. 
Sophomore running back Joe Aleffi has run for 387 yards and a pair of 
touchdowns and also has 21 receptions. Sophomore linebacker Tucker 
Zengerle leads the defense with 119 tackles.

ODAC STANDINGS
TEAM		W	L	W	L
Emory & Henry	4	1	8	1
Guilford	4	1	7	2
Randolph-Macon	3	1	7	2
W&L		2	3	3	6
Bridgewater	1	4	1	8
Hampden-Sydney	0	4	0	9

Last Week
Emory & Henry 27, W&L 17
Randolph-Macon 37, Bridgewater 20
Guilford 46, Greensboro 7
Methodist 7, Hampden-Sydney 0 (ot)

Last Week
EMORY & HENRY RALLIES TO AVOID UPSET
	Washington and Lee went to nationally-ranked Emory & Henry last 
week looking to beat the Wasps for the first time since 1982, and it 
almost happened. The Generals took a 17-6 lead into the fourth quarter, 
but the Wasps scored three touchdowns in the final 8:30 of the game to 
rally for a 27-17 victory.
	After E&H pulled to within 17-14, the Generals fumbled the 
ensuing kickoff, but the defense held and forced a punt. The punt went to 
the W&L one-yard line and W&L fumbled on second down to set up the Wasps 
go ahead score. Now trailing 21-17 with 5:36 to play, W&L sophomore 
quarterback Christian Batcheller hooked up with wide receiver J.T. 
Malatesta three times to drive to the Emory & Henry 12-yard line, but 
Batcheller then had a pass deflected at the line of scrimmage on second 
down and a Wasp defensive lineman came up with an interception to end the 
scoring threat. E&H's Chris Helvey scored his third touchdown of the game 
with 1:29 to play for the final points.

Generals' Notebook
LUKA NAMED ODAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
	For the second straight week Washington and Lee senior linebacker 
Matt Luka has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Defensive 
Player of the Week. Luka had 12 tackles, including a sack as the Generals 
held the top-rated offense in the ODAC to 90 yards under its season 
average. Luka also had a huge fourth down stop at the W&L 10-yard line 
early in the fourth quarter that allowed W&L to hold on to a 17-6 lead. 
Luka is second on the team with 60 tackles, trailing defensive tackle 
Omar Moneim who has 65.

BATCHELLER THROWS FOR CAREER-HIGH
	Sophomore quarterback Christian Batcheller threw for a 
career-high 304 yards Saturday, only the sixth 300-yard passing game in 
W&L history. Batcheller completed 24-of-44 passes for a pair of 
touchdowns. He enters this week's final game within reach of two W&L 
single season records. Batcheller has thrown for 1,702 yards and needs 
175 yards to break Phillip Sampson's school record of 1,876 passing yards 
set in 1989. Sampson also holds the school mark for TD passes in a season 
with 14 in both 1987 and 1989 and Batcheller has 12 TD strikes this season.

MALATESTA BREAKS OUT
	After two relatively quiet weeks, sophomore wide receiver J.T. 
Malatesta had a huge game on Saturday. Malatesta hauled in seven passes 
for 184 yards with a 78-yard touchdown, the longest completion in the 
ODAC this season. Malatesta's 184 receiving yards was the fourth best 
effort in W&L history and he now has 42 catches for 733 yards and five 
touchdowns this season. Malatesta's 733 receiving yards is the third best 
single season total at W&L.

MATCHUP OF RANKED TEAMS
	Swarthmore and W&L are both ranked in the top 10 in the nation Q 
in the U.S. News listing of the nation's top liberal arts colleges. 
Swarthmore is ranked first and W&L is one of several schools tied for 
eighth. The two schools will meet again in just six days when W&L's men's 
basketball team opens its season at Swarthmore on November 21.

GENERAL NEWS
	W&L's defensive front of Jack Boyd, Scott King, Ben Middendorf 
and Omar Moneim combined for 38 tackles against E&H with King registering 
12 tackles, including two for losses...junior tight end David Ritchey has 
18 catches for 299 yards this season to rank second on the team in 
receiving...Matt Holbrook moved into fourth place at W&L with his 13th 
career field goal and he's now made 34 consecutive PAT attempts, a W&L 
record.