W&L 3, Eastern Mennonite 2 (ODAC Championship Match)
Nov. 8, 1997 - Hollins, Va.

Washington and Lee captured the 1997 Old Dominion Athletic Conference 
championship with a 15-13, 5-15, 16-14, 14-16, 15-11 victory over Eastern 
Mennonite in the finals. The title was the second for W&L as the Generals 
also won the league crown in 1995.

Senior setter Alison Beard had 51 assists, her third career match over 50 
assists, and sophomore Nancy Reinhart added 16 kills. Hilary Martin and 
Holly Thomsen each added 13 kills.

W&L finished the season winning its final nine matches to close with a 
19-9 record. Beard, Martin and Reinhart were named to the all-tournament 
team.

W&L 3, Guilford 1 (ODAC Semifinal)
Nov. 8, 1997 - Hollins, Va.

Washington and Lee advanced to the ODAC Championship Match with a 15-10, 
14-16, 15-11, 15-6 victory over Guilford in the semifinals, avenging its 
only ODAC loss of the season. Sophomore Nancy Reinhart led the Generals 
with 23 kills and 24 digs and senior Holly Thomsen added 15 kills. Senior 
setter Alison Beard added 47 assists.

W&L 3, Emory & Henry 1 (ODAC Quarterfinal)
Nov. 7, 1997 - Hollins, Va.

Washington and Lee advanced to the semifinal round of the Old Dominion 
Athletic Conference volleyball tournament with a 15-4, 15-12, 13-15, 15-2 
victory over Emory & Henry at Hollins on Friday evening. The victory was 
the seventh in a row for the Generals who improved to 17-9 overall.

Junior Megan Snodgrass and sophomore Nancy Reinhart each had 14 kills to 
lead the W&L offense and senior Holly Thomsen added 12 kills. Senior 
setter Alison Beard had 42 assists as W&L finished with 56 kills in the 
victory. Defensively, the Generals were led by Nancy Reinhart with 19 
digs and Melissa Williams with five blocks.

W&L senior Hilary Martin was injured late in the first game and W&L 
struggled in games two and three with her out of the lineup, but she 
returned late in game three and helped W&L to the easy game four win. 
Martin finished with five kills in just 10 attack attempts and also had 
three blocks.

W&L 3, Greensboro 1
Nov. 1, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

Washington and Lee closed its regular season with a 16-14, 9-15, 15-8, 
15-11 victory over Greensboro College in women's volleyball action on 
Saturday. The Generals won their sixth straight match to improve to 16-9 
for the season. W&L will be the No. 1 seed for the ODAC Tournament which 
begins next Friday at Hollins.

The Generals, now 30-1 at home over the last three seasons, were led by 
Nancy Reinhart with 16 kills and 18 digs. Hilary Martin added 13 kills 
and Megan Snodgrass and Holly Thomsen each added 12 kills. Alison Beard 
had a season-high 51 assists, the second highest single match performance 
in school history.

W&L 3, Eastern Mennonite 0
Oct. 30, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

Washington and Lee won its third straight Old Dominion 
Athletic Conference regular season volleyball championship by defeating 
Eastern Mennonite 15-13, 15-9, 15-12 on Thursday night in the Warner 
Center. The Generals (15-9, 9-1 ODAC) will be the top seed for next 
weekend's ODAC Championship Tournament at Hollins. Eastern Mennonite fell 
to 13-15 overall and 8-2 in the league.

Sophomore outside hitter Nancy Reinhart led the Generals to their fifth 
straight victory with 13 kills and junior middle hitter Megan Snodgrass 
added eight kills. Senior middle hitter Hilary Martin had 10 digs, eight 
kills and five blocks. Senior setter Alison Beard, who became W&L's 
all-time leader in assists last week, had 36 assists to push her career 
total to 2,001.

W&L finishes the regular season by hosting Greensboro College on Saturday 
at 12:30 pm in the Warner Center.

W&L 3, Averett 2; W&L 3, Christopher Newport 1
Oct. 25, 1997 - Newport News, Va.
	Washington and Lee's volleyball team picked up two key regional 
victories on Saturday, by defeating Averett in five games and then 
defeating Christopher Newport in four games. With the two wins, the 
Generals are now 14-9 for the season, and will face Eastern Mennonite on 
Thursday in a key Old Dominion Athletic Conference match at 6:30 PM in 
the Warner Center.

	In the day's first match, W&L defeated Averett, the eighth ranked 
team in the south region, 11-15, 16-14, 8-15, 15-11 and 16-14. Senior 
setter Alison Beard had 46 assists in the Averett match, while sophomore 
Nancy Reinhart added 23 kills and 21 digs, senior Hilary Martin had 20 
kills and junior Megan Snodgrass had 16 kills. In the Generals second 
match of the day, W&L defeated host Christopher Newport 15-9, 16-14, 
13-15 and 15-12. Against CNU, Reinhart led the way with 21 kills, and 
Snodgrass added 13 kills and three service aces. 


W&L 3, Hollins 1
Oct. 23, 1997 - Hollins, Va.
	Junior Megan Snodgrass had a season-high 18 kills to lead 
Washington and Lee past Hollins 15-4, 14-16, 16-14, 15-7 in an ODAC 
volleyball match on Thursday evening. Freshman setter Katherine Kline 
added a career-high 33 assists for the Generals who improved to 12-9 
overall and 8-1 in the league.
	The victory sets up a showdown with league-leading Eastern Mennonite 
next Thursday evening in the Warner Center where a W&L victory would 
assure the Generals of their third straight ODAC regular season 
championship. W&L will prep for that match with a pair of nonconference 
matches on Saturday in Newport News, Va. The Generals play Averett at 
2:00 and then will play Christopher Newport at 4:00. 

W&L 3, Randolph-Macon 0
Oct. 21, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

	Washington and Lee took over sole possession of second place in 
the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with a 15-6, 15-11, 15-8 victory 
over Randolph-Macon on Tuesday evening in the Warner Center. Both teams 
entered the game with 6-1 league marks, one half game behind 
league-leading Eastern Mennonite (6-0).
	W&L was led by junior hitter Megan Snodgrass and sophomore hitter 
Nancy Reinhart with eight kills each. Seniors Holly Thomsen and Hilary 
Martin contributed seven and six kills, respectively and senior Alison 
Beard had 24 assists.
	The Generals (11-9 overall) rolled to a 15-6 victory in game one, 
but trailed 9-1 early in game two before rallying for a 15-11 victory. 
W&L's third game victory was highlighted by five service aces, including 
three from Reinhart.
	W&L plays at Hollins on Thursday evening.

Guilford 3, W&L 1
Oct. 16, 1997 - Greensboro, N.C.
	Guilford defeated Washington and Lee 14-16, 15-11, 15-4, 15-8 on 
Thursdayevening in ODAC volleyball, snapping W&L's 23-match ODAC regular 
seasonwinning streak that dated to 1995. Hilary Martin had 11 kills and 
becamethe first player in schooly history to go over 1,000 career kills. 
The senior middle blocker now has 1,001. W&L is now 10-9 overall and 6-1 in
the league.

Emory Invitational
Oct. 10-11, Atlanta, Ga.

	Sewanee 3, W&L 2: The Generals opened up with a 15-6 win in the first 
game against the Tigers, but then dropped two straight games 15-10 and 
15-5. W&L came back to win game four 15-8, but then lost 15-10 in rally 
scoring. Nancy Reinhart had 23 kills and 22 digs for W&L and Holly 
Thomsen had 19 kills and 20 digs. Alison Beard had 34 assists.
	Westminster 3, W&L 0: Westminster, ranked eighth in the South, 
breezed past W&L 15-2, 15-7 and 15-12. Hilary Martin led W&L with seven 
kills.
	Centre 3, W&L 1: Centre beat W&L 15-6, 15-17, 15-3 and 15-4 in 
the final match in pool play. Nancy Reinhart led the Generals with 11 
kills and Megan Snodgrass added nine. Alison Beard had 27 assists and 13 
digs.
	Greensboro 3, W&L 1: Greensboro beat W&L 15-4, 15-5, 11-15 and 
15-6 in the match for seventh place. Nancy Reinhart had 10 kills for W&L 
and Melissa Williams had a career-high seven blocks.

W&L 3, Lynchburg 0
Oct. 7, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

Sophomore Nancy Reinhart and senior Hilary Martin combined for 
26 kills to lead Washington and Lee to a 15-6, 15-11, 15-11 victory 
over Lynchburg College in an Old Dominion Athletic Confernece volleyball 
match on Tuesday night. W&L won its fourth straight match to improve to 
10-4 overall and 6-0 in the ODAC while Lynchburg fell to 14-6, 2-3.

W&L, which won its 23rd consecutive ODAC regular season match, 
trailed 10-6 in game two before rallying for the win in that game. 
Reinhart had 14 kills while Martin had 12 and a team-high 11 digs. 
Freshman setter Pam Saulsbury led the Generals with 23 assists and she 
also had two of W&L's nine service aces in the match.

W&L 3, Bridgewater 2
Oct. 2, 1997 - Bridgewater, Va.

For the second year in a row Washington and Lee rallied from a two-game 
deficit to defeat Bridgewater. The Generals beat Bridgewater 12-15, 
12-15, 15-9, 15-6, 15-10 on Thursday evening in Bridgewater to stretch 
their ODAC regular season winning streak to 22 matches. That streak dates 
to a 1995 loss to Bridgewater which fell to 8-2 and 2-1 in the ODAC with 
the loss.

W&L (9-4, 5-0 ODAC) was led by sophomore hitter Nancy Reinhart with a 
season-high 19 kills. Reinhart picked up 14 of her kills in the crucial 
third and fourth games as the Generals rallied to get back into the 
match. Senior Holly Thomsen helped key the game three win with three 
service aces and junior Megan Snodgrass had four of her seven kills in 
the fourth game.

Seniors Hilary Martin and Alison Beard also had big nights for the 
Generals. Martin had 13 kills while Beard had a season-high 42 assists 
and a career-high 23 digs.

W&L will be idle until hosting Lynchburg on Tuesday, October 7.

W&L 3, Randolph-Macon Woman's College 0
Sept. 30, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

Washington and Lee defeated Randolph-Macon Woman's College 
15-4, 15-4, 15-5 in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference volleyball match 
on Tuesday evening, giving head coach Terri Dadio her 100th career 
victory. Dadio is in her fifth season coaching the Generals and has 
compiled a record of 100-34 while leading W&L to the ODAC championship in 
1995.

Sophomore hitter Nancy Reinhart led the Generals (8-4, 4-0 ODAC) with 
nine kills and senior setter Alison Beard added 21 assists. The Wildcats 
(6-6, 1-2) were led by Ginger Raymond and Sarah Kittlaus with 10 kills each.

W&L travles to 1996 ODAC champion Bridgewater on Thursday evening for a 
key early season showdown. The Generals have won 21 consecutive ODAC 
regular season matches dating to a 1995 loss to Bridgewater.

Maryville Tournament
Sept. 26-27, 1997 - Maryville, Tenn.

Savannah A&D d. W&L 3-0
  Savannah, No. 5 in the South, beat the Generals 15-7, 15-8, 15-6. 
Nancy Reinhart led the Generals with 11 kills and Holly Thomsen had six.
Westminster d. W&L 3-0
  Westminster, No. 6 in the South, beat the Generals 15-1, 15-11, 15-11. 
Nancy Reinhart had 12 kills and 13 digs and Hilary Martin added 11 kills. 
Alison Beard led W&L with 21 assists.
Maryville d. W&L 3-2
  Maryville held off the Generals 16-14, 5-15, 15-11, 11-15, 15-10 in a 
five-game match. Nancy Reinhart led the Generals with 16 kills and 16 
digs while Megan Snodgrass and Melissa Williams each had five blocks.\
W&L d. Eastern Mennonite 3-1
  The Generals claimed seventh place at the tournament with a 15-5, 
13-15, 15-9, 15-6 win over Eastern Mennonite. Nancy Reinhart led the way 
once again with 15 kills and 19 digs while Holly Thomsen had 12 kills. 
Alison Beard had a season-high 29 assists in the victory.

W&L 3, Roanoke 0
Sept. 23, 1997 - Salem, Va.

The Generals defeated Roanoke 15-3, 18-16, 15-7 in an ODAC match in Salem 
to improve to 6-1 for the season and 3-0 in the ODAC. The victory was 
W&L's 20th consecutive ODAC regular season win dating to a 1995 loss to 
Bridgewater. The Generals trailed 13-8 in game two before rallying for 
the 18-16 win.

W&L 3, Sweet Briar 0
Sept. 18, 1997 - Lexington, Va.

LEXINGTON -- Sophomore Nancy Reinhart had 10 kills as Washington 
and Lee easily defeated Sweet Briar 15-0, 15-6, 15-6 in an Old 
Dominion Athletic Conference match on Thursday evening. W&L 
improved to 5-1 overall with the win and 2-0 in the ODAC, 
stretching its ODAC regular season winning streak to 19 matches. 
Sweet Briar fell to 0-9, 0-2.

Junior Megan Snodgrass aided the W&L offense with five service aces 
and four kills and sophomore Mary Beth Brookby had three service 
aces. Freshman Pam Saulsbury had 14 assists.

W&L will be until until a match at Roanoke on September 23.

W&L 3, Emory & Henry 1 
Sept. 16, 1997 - Emory, Va.
Washington and Lee's volleyball team opened up Old Dominion Athletic
Conference play with a 15-13, 15-13, 9-15, 15-11 victory at Emory &
Henry on Tuesday evening. The win improved W&L's record to 4-1
overall and 1-0 in the league and extended W&L's ODAC regular season
winning streak to 18 matches. W&L trailed 13-5 in the second game
before rallying for the final 10 points of the game to earn the
victory.

Sophomore outside hitter Nancy Reinhart led the Generals with 14
kills, 12 digs and three service aces while junior Megan Snodgrass
added 12 kills, 12 digs and three blocks. Senior Hilary Marty also
contributed 11 kills ans senior Alison Beard had 18 assists.

The Generals will be home on Thursday evening in the Warner Center
for an ODAC match against Sweet Briar. The match will begin at 6:30.

7th Annual W&L Invitational
Sept. 12-13, Lexington, Va.
Washington and Lee opened the volleyball season with a second place
showing at the 7th Annual W&L Invitational. The Generals won their
first three matches before falling in four games to Johns Hopkins in
the final. The loss snapped a 23-match home court winning streak
that dated to 1994.

In the opener W&L routed Mary Baldwin 15-12, 15-3, 15-0 as senior
Hilary Martin registered 11 kills and two solo blocks. W&L capped
off Friday night's action with a thrilling 15-4, 12-15, 15-7, 8-15,
16-14 win over North Carolina Wesleyan. The Generals trailed 14-11
in the fifth and deciding game before sophomore Nancy Reinhart
served out the final five points for the victory. Reinhart led the
Generals with 16 kills in the match and senior setter Alison Beard
added 26 assists.

On Saturday the Generals opened with a 15-2, 15-13, 15-9 victory
over Catholic as Reinhart had 17 kills and just two attack errors in
30 attempts. Senior Holly Thomsen added 10 kills and freshman setter
Pam Saulsbury had 19 assists. After dropping the first game to Johns
Hopkins 15-5, the Generals came back to win game two 15-13, but the
Blue Jays cruised 15-3 and 15-3 in games three and four. Thomsen led
the Generals with 10 kills.

W&L opens Old Dominion Athletic Conference play with a match at
Emory & Henry on Tuesday and a home match against Sweet Briar on
Thursday evening.

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