LEXINGTON, VA (April 26, 2009)–In the past 13 years, Washington & Lee has won 13 men's tennis championships, and has won 28 of the 32 total ODAC Championships. The last time the Generals lost a conference match was in 2000; the opponent - Hampden-Sydney. The Tigers, behind two-time ODAC Player of the Year Will Moss (Fredericksburg, VA/Fredericksburg), downed the Generals nine years later, this time in the ODAC Championship game, winning 5-3.

Hampden-Sydney, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, had a stellar weekend that started with a 9-0 win over #7 Lynchburg College. They followed that win with another dominating 9-0 win over #3 Bridgewater. Though they were facing a dynasty, the Tigers were playing their best tennis and were ready for a rematch of the 2008 ODAC Championship, where they fell to the Generals 9-0.

The Tigers came out with a bang winning the first two doubles matches, jumping ahead to a 2-0 lead. The duo of Moss and Rich Pugh (Augusta, GA/Lakeside) had a solid 8-3 win to start things off. Shad Harrell (Richmond, VA/Mills Godwin) and Kevin Calhoun (Richmond, VA/Mills Godwin) had been playing in-sync all season, and Sunday was no different has they teamed up for a thrilling, nail-biting 8-6 win.

Though Hampden-Sydney dropped the final doubles match, Moss came back out to win the first singles match. He was followed by a 6-3, 6-3 win from Harrell. The fifth and deciding win came fromPhilip Parrish (Richmond, VA/Douglas Freeman) in dramatic fashion. Hampden-Sydney leading 4-3, they needed a win to clinch the school's third championship. Parrish won the first set 6-4, but things got interesting when Tim Watson won the second set 6-1. Down to the last set, Parrish collected himself and asserted himself as a dominate force winning 6-3 and giving the Tigers a 5-3 victory.

With the win the Tigers improve to 14-5 on the year and will receive an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.