Washington and Lee Football Release
Washington and Lee at Randolph-Macon - Oct. 4, 1997

THE SERIES: 
	Randolph-Macon has dominated the series in recent years to take a 
21-20-3 lead in the all-time series. R-MC has won seven straight 
since a 33-8 victory by W&L in Ashland in 1989. W&L opened up a 10-0 
lead last year before the Yellow Jackets came back for a 21-10 
victory. R-MC pulled out a 24-21 win in Ashland in 1995, returning a 
blocked W&L field goal attempt for a touchdown in the second half.

THE TEAMS: 
W&L - 0-3, 0-1 in the ODAC
R-MC - 2-1, 0-0 in the ODAC

THE COACHES:
W&L - Frank Miriello (East Stroudsburg '67)
	Overall Record: 10-11-1 (3rd year)
	ODAC Record: 5-6
	Record vs. R-MC: 0-2
	
R-MC - Scott Boone (Wabash '81)
	Overall Record: 2-1 (1st year)
	Record vs. W&L: 0-0

A LOOK AT RANDOLPH-MACON
	The Yellow Jackets are off to an impressive start under first year 
coach Scott Boone. R-MC sandwiched a 34-21 loss to nationally-ranked 
Catholic between a 37-25 season-opening win over Franklin & Marshall 
and last week's 38-3 win over Chowan. All-ODAC QB Sidney Chappell has 
thrown for 619 yards and seven TD's while running for 156 yards and 
four TD's. 

ODAC STANDINGS
TEAM		W	L	W	L
Guilford	2	0	2	1
Emory & Henry	1	0	3	0
Randolph-Macon	0	0	2	1
W&L		0	1	0	3
Hampden-Sydney	0	1	0	3
Bridgewater	0	1	0	3

Last Week
Centre 30, W&L 14
Randolph-Macon 38, Chowan 3
Emory & Henry 49, Davidson 35
Guilford 34, Hampden-Sydney 7

Last Week
CENTRE BEATS THE GENERALS 30-14
	Centre fullback Steve Herron ran for four touchdowns and the 
Colonels pulled out a 30-14 victory over W&L in a nonconference game. 
The Generals were held to just three first downs in the first half, 
but trailed just 21-14 at halftime thanks to two long pass plays from 
Christian Batcheller to J.T. Malatesta that set up touchdowns. The 
score was tied 14-14 before Herron scored his third touchdown of the 
game with just 37 seconds remaining in the half.
	In the second half W&L's defense tightened up and held Centre to 
just four first downs in the last 30 minutes. Seventy-four of 
Centre's 120 yards in the second half came on one long pass play in 
the final minutes of the game with the Colonels already leading 
24-14. W&L was unable to generate much offense in the second half and 
started with an average field position at its own 13-yard line in the 
third quarter.

Generals' Notebook
MALATESTA RESPONDS WITH ANOTHER BIG GAME
	With junior wide receiver Chas Chastain sidelined with an injury, 
W&L sophomore J.T. Malatesta came through with another big game. The 
6-foot-5 wideout had career-highs of seven catches for 166 yards. 
Malatesta hauled in catches of 53 and 41 yards to set up both of 
W&L's first half touchdowns. Malatesta is the third leading receiver 
in the ODAC with 17 catches for 293 yards and two touchdowns.

MONEIM STRONG UP FRONT FOR W&L
	Senior defensive tackle Omar Moneim led the Generals defensive 
effort again last week. Moneim had a game-high 11 tackles (3 solo, 8 
assists) and combined with senior linebacker Mike Vasallo for a 
quarterback sack. Moneim is tied with junior safety Trey Carr for the 
team lead with 28 tackles this season and leads the team with one and 
a half quarterback sacks.

MIDDENDORF HELPS DEFENSIVE EFFORT
	Playing alongside Moneim and recording a great effort was junior 
defensive tackle Ben Middendorf. Middendorf had eight tackles, 
including the first sack of his career, and he also recovered a 
fumble on Centre's first offensive possession of the second half. 
That fumble was forced by junior Brad Baker who had eight tackles in 
the contest.

YOUTH EVIDENT FOR W&L
	Injuries have forced a number of freshmen into action for the 
Generals, including three rookies starting on offense. Colin 
Fitzgibbons and Justin Holton have started at the offensive guard 
spots the last two weeks and Wesley Hardy started at wide receiver 
last week. A number of other freshmen have seen considerable playing 
time, most notably backup tight end Scott Humphreys. On the defensive 
side of the ball, freshman tackle Michael Navalkowsky has seen 
extensive action in short yardage situations.

GENERAL NEWS
	Sophomore QB Christian Batcheller's bid for a third straight 
200-yard passing game came up just short as he threw for 181 
yards...Batcheller, who also ran for a touchdown Saturday, leads the 
ODAC in passing yards with 706 in three games and ranks second in 
total offense...senior TB Seth McKinley scored his 16th career 
touchdown Saturday on a four-yard run in the first 
quarter...McKinley, J.T. Malatesta and placekicker Matt Holbrook are 
tied for ninth in the ODAC in scoring with an average of 4.0 points 
per game...W&L senior defensive end Jack Boyd leads the team with 
four tackles for loss and has 20 total tackles...senior DB John 
Benazzi remains tied for the ODAC lead in interceptions with two.