Washington and Lee Generals

Washington and Lee Generals
Washington and Lee Generals
University	Washington and Lee University
Conference	Old Dominion Athletic Conference
NCAA	Division III
Athletic director	Jan Hathorn
Location	Lexington, Virginia
Varsity teams	25
Football stadium	Wilson Field
Basketball arena	Warner Center
Baseball stadium	Cap'n Dick Smith Field
Soccer stadium	Alston Parker Watt Field
Nickname	Generals
Colors	Blue and white;
Website	generalssports.com

The Washington and Lee Generals are the athletic teams that represent Washington and Lee University, located in Lexington, Virginia, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports. The Generals compete as members of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for all sports except wrestling, which competes in the Centennial Conference. All together, Washington and Lee sponsors 25 sports: 13 for men and 12 for women.

Washington and Lee was one of the founding members of the Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1900, as well as the Division I Southern Conference in 1921. The Generals remained members of the SoCon until 1958. During this time, they played alongside other Virginia universities like Virginia, Virginia Tech, VMI (also located in Lexington), and William & Mary. Generals basketball won the Southern Conference twice: 1934 and 1937. The football team even made an appearance in the 1951 Gator Bowl against Wyoming.

After leaving the Southern Conference, the Generals moved into Division III and joined the College Athletic Conference in 1962. This was followed by a move to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in 1976, also as a founding member. Washington & Lee's men's lacrosse remained the school's only Division I program until 1987.^[2]

Varsity teams

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Equestrian
Football	Field hockey
Golf	Golf
Lacrosse	Lacrosse
Soccer	Soccer
Swimming	Softball
Tennis	Swimming
Track and field	Tennis
Wrestling	Track and field
	Volleyball

Men's lacrosse

Washington and Lee's first lacrosse team was fielded in 1938 and started the Dixie Lacrosse League along with Virginia, Duke, and North Carolina. The Generals soon were successful winning the Dixie League Championship in 1939 and 1940. No team was fielded from 1943 through 1946. The team resumed play in 1947.

After the school downgraded to Division III in 1958, the men's lacrosse team remained at the Division I level until 1987. Washington and Lee participated in seven NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournaments: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980. The Generals reached the tournament's semifinals three times: 1973, 1974, and 1975.

Since 1987, Washington and Lee have won thirteen Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Lacrosse Championships: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2023, and 2025. Washington and Lee have participated in seventeen NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship tournaments: 1987, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, & 2025. The Generals reached the quarterfinals five times: 1998, 1999, 2004, 2023, and 2024. The Generals reached the semifinals four times: 1987, 2000, 2002, and 2024.

Washington and Lee Hall of Fame Coach Jack Emmer is known for creating The Armadillo play where five players would surround a player with the ball, facing him and locking arms showing the defense only their backs. Any attempt by the defense to retrieve the ball would result in a penalty. Washington and Lee would then be able to run a man-up offense as a result of the penalty. Washington and Lee successfully used this play during the 1982 game against UNC. Following the game, The Armadillo was outlawed by the NCAA rules committee.

Washington and Lee lacrosse is also known for being on the losing side of one of the greatest upsets in lacrosse history when unranked Morgan State defeated the number 1 ranked Generals in the first game of the season in 1975. W&L had a 28 game regular season winning streak and had not lost at home in three years at the time.

Washington and Lee has played VMI every year since 1986. VMI is W&L's next-door neighbor in Lexington, VA. From 1988 until 2019, the game was known as the “Lee-Jackson Lacrosse Classic”. The Classic was named after Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Lee served as W&L's president from 1865-1870 and Jackson was a professor at VMI from 1851-1861. The Lee-Jackson trophy was a plaque featuring crossed swords. The Classic was held every spring as part of the main lacrosse season until 2007 when it moved to the fall as an exhibition game. Since 2022, the game has been held as a scrimmage and has been part of the HEADstrong Fall Events Series hosted by VMI. W&L holds a 33-5-1 lead in the all-time series against VMI.

Washington and Lee competes against Christopher Newport every year for the Virginia LtN Cup and generates support for LtN. LtN or "Lacrosse the Nations" is an organization that uses lacrosse and other physical activities to teach important life skills and help improve education and health while creating opportunity and hope for children in need. W&L holds a 6-5 lead in the all time series against Christopher Newport.

Championships

National Championships

Washington and Lee holds two NCAA National Championship titles. In 1988, the men's tennis team won the NCAA Division III National Championship title. In 2007, the women's tennis team claimed the NCAA Division III National Championship title. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2021 the Generals football team won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship. In 2009, the Generals baseball team won the ODAC championship.^[3]

Conference tournament championships

Titles indicate Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships unless otherwise noted.

Sport	Titles	Winning years
Baseball	2	1972^{[n 1]}, 2009
Basketball (m)	10	1934, 1938^{[n 2]}, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976^{[n 1]}, 1977, 1978, 1980
Basketball (w)	10	2010, 2023, 2024
Cross Country (m)	15	1972^{[n 1]}, 1982, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Cross Country (w)	20	1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
Equestrian	3	2006, 2014, 2022
Field hockey	4	2005, 2017, 2021, 2022
Golf (m)	18	1934, 1955^{[n 2]}, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2019
Golf (w)	6	2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Lacrosse (m)	14	1939, 1940^{[n 3]}, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2025
Lacrosse (w)	24	1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Soccer (m)	8	1986, 1989, 2000, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024
Soccer (w)	5	2002, 2003, 2009, 2016, 2024
Swimming (m)	17	1935, 1936, 1937, 1938^{[n 2]}, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007^{[n 4]}, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Swimming (w)	33	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Tennis (m)	48	1967, 1968, 1969, 1972^{[n 1]}, 1973, 1976^{[n 5]}, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Tennis (w)	33	1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Track and field (m, indoor)	11	1930^{[n 2]}, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Track and field (w, indoor)	1	2009
Track and field (m, outdoor)	6	1925 (State Champion), 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 2017
Track and field (w, outndoor)	1	1995
Volleyball	19	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Wrestling	14	1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1948, 1949, 1950^{[n 2]}, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2020, 2022, 2023

Notes

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Baseball

2009
Southeast Regional
Salisbury, Maryland

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Salisbury	L 2–3
	Elimination Round	Washington & Jefferson	L 3–8

Men's Basketball

1975

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Glassboro State	L 48–66
	Regional 3rd Place Game	Methodist	L 58–71

1977

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	William Paterson	L 68–92
	Regional 3rd Place Game	Glassboro State	L 87–103

1978

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Jersey City State	W 66–65
	Regional Championship	Kean	L 64–80

1980

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Upsala	L 70–78
	Regional 3rd Place Game	Allegheny	L 80–103

Women's Basketball

2010

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	L 51–68

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	NYU	L 61–71

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	L 55–58

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Vassar	W 68–61
	Second Round	Catholic	W 80–70
	Third Round	Rhode Island College	W 61–55
	Quarterfinals	Wartburg	L 58–68

2025

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Merchant Marine	W 65–53
	Second Round	Baldwin Wallace	L 71–75

Men's Cross Country

Appearances: 1975, 1995, 2016, 2023, 2024

Field Hockey

2005

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Montclair State	L 0–2

2017

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Denison	W 1–0 (2OT)
	Second Round	Messiah	L 2–3

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Scranton	W 2–0
	Quarterfinals	Rowan	L 0–3

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Ohio Wesleyan	W 3–0
	Second Round	Williams	L 0–3

Men's Golf

Appearances: 1972, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1990, 1991, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

Women's Golf

Appearances: 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Men's Lacrosse

1972

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Johns Hopkins	L 5–11

1973

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Navy	W 13–12 (OT)
	Semifinals	Maryland	L 7–18

1974

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Navy	W 11–9
	Semifinals	Johns Hopkins	L 10–11

1975

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Johns Hopkins	W 11–7
	Semifinals	Maryland	L 5–15

1976

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Cornell	L 0–14

1977

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Maryland	L 2–14

1978

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Cornell	L 2–12

1980

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division I	First Round	Syracuse	L 4–12

1987

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Roanoke	W 19–11
	Semifinals	Ohio Wesleyan	L 4–17

1991

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Ohio Wesleyan	L 10–19

1993

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Ohio Wesleyan	L 8–9

1998

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Denison	W 16–13
	Quarterfinals	Ohio Wesleyan	L 8–17

1999

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Denison	L 7–17

2000

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Kenyon	W 22–4
	Quarterfinals	Gettysburg	W 12–10
	Semifinals	Salisbury	L 9–10

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Widener	W 13–8
	Quarterfinals	Washington (MD)	W 11–8
	Semifinals	Gettysburg	L 8–12

2004

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Messiah	W 12–8
	Quarterfinals	Salisbury	L 6–15

2009

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	FDU–Florham	W 6–5
	Second Round	Gettysburg	L 10–15

2013

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sewanee	W 19–6
	Second Round	Salisbury	L 4–7

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sewanee	W 9–5
	Second Round	York (PA)	L 5–12

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Transylvania	W 23–5
	Third Round	Dickinson	L 9–10

2019

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Piedmont	W 23–2
	Third Round	York (PA)	L 12–14

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Cabrini	L 8–14

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Centre	W 21–10
	Third Round	Grove City	W 13–10
	Quarterfinals	Salisbury	L 9–12

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Lake Forest	W 17–4
	Third Round	Lynchburg	W 16–13
	Quarterfinals	Salisbury	W 16–15 (OT)
	Semifinals	Tufts	L 13–19

2025

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Scranton	W 20–9
	Third Round	Gettysburg	L 12–14

Women's Lacrosse

1993

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Trenton State	L 4–18

1998

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	St. Mary's (MD)	L 8–11

2001

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	L 6–10

2003

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Regional Semifinals	Mary Washington	L 7–12

2004

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Regional Semifinals	Gettysburg	L 8–13

2005

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Regional Semifinals	Amherst	W 11–9
	Regional Championship	Salisbury	L 4–15

2006

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	W 19–9
	Regional Semifinals	TCNJ	L 6–16

2007

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Regional Semifinals	Wooster	W 14–4
	Regional Semifinals	Salisbury	L 7–10

2008

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Regional Semifinals	Amherst	L 8–10

2010

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Elizabethtown	L 12–13

2011

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	W 15–6
	Regional Semifinals	Salisbury	L 12–13

2012

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	L 8–16

2013

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	York (PA)	L 6–13

2014

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Denison	W 13–5
	Regional Semifinals	TCNJ	L 7–13

2015

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	W 18–4
	Regional Semifinals	SUNY Fredonia	L 5–9

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mount Union	L 10–11

2017

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	W 18–4
	Regional Semifinals	Catholic	W 9–6
	Regional Championship	William Smith	W 7–6 (OT)
	Division III Semifinals	TCNJ	L 4–5 (2OT)

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Cabrini	W 27–7
	Second Round	York (PA)	L 3–10

2019

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Ithaca	W 18–9
	Regional Semifinals	Wesleyan (CT)	L 7–13

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	FDU–Florham	W 19–5
	Regional Semifinals	Ithaca	L 11–16

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Transylvania	W 21–0
	Regional Semifinals	Wesleyan (CT)	W 13–11
	Regional Championship	Gettysburg	L 4–8

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Capital	W 22–5
	Regional Semifinals	Wesleyan (CT)	L 8–11

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Rhodes	W 17–7
	Regional Semifinals	Christopher Newport	W 12–10
	Regional Championship	Salisbury	L 8–12

2025

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Transylvania	W 26–2
	Second Round	Sewanee	W 19–5
	Regional Semifinals	Gettysburg	L 10–18

Men's Soccer

2000

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Frostburg State	W 4–1
	Round of 16	Christopher Newport	L 0–1

2015

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Methodist	W 3–0
	Second Round	Haverford	L 1–2

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	St. Lawrence	T 1–1 (2OT) (Advances 5–3 on PK)
	Second Round	Franklin & Marshall	L 0–2

2017

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	W 2–0
	Second Round	Oglethorpe	T 3–3 (2OT) (Advances 5–4 on PK)
	Round of 16	North Park	L 0–3

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Johns Hopkins	T 0–0 (2OT) (Falls 2–4 on PK)

2019

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	NC Wesleyan	W 1–0
	Second Round	Gettysburg	W 3–2
	Round of 16	Tufts	L 1–2 (OT)

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Baruch	W 6–1
	Second Round	Covenant	W 2–1
	Round of 16	Christopher Newport	W 3–2
	Quarterfinals	Messiah	W 3–1
	Semifinals	Connecticut College	L 1–2 (OT)

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Brevard	W 5–1
	Second Round	Muhlenberg	W 5–2
	Round of 16	Kenyon	L 1–3

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Western Connecticut State	W 2–0
	Second Round	SUNY Oneonta	W 2–1
	Round of 16	Tufts	W 1–0
	Quarterfinals	Colorado College	T 0–0 (2OT) (Advances 5–4 on PK)
	Semifinals	Amherst	T 2–2 (2OT) (Falls 0–2 on PK)

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Otterbein	W 1–0
	Second Round	Johns Hopkins	T 1–1 (2OT) (Advances 4–2 on PK)
	Third Round	Williams	T 1–1 (2OT) (Advances 4–3 on PK)
	Quarterfinals	Dickinson	W 3–2
	Semifinals	Connecticut College	L 0–1

Women's Soccer

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Greensboro	W 2–0
	Round of 16	UT Dallas	L 0–1

2003

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Round of 16	Greensboro	T 0–0 (2OT) (Advances 4–1 on PK)
	Quarterfinals	Virginia Wesleyan	L 0–1 (2OT)

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Moravian	L 1–2 (2OT)

2006

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Meredith	W 6–0
	Second Round	Maryville (TN)	W 1–0
	Round of 16	Washington St. Louis	W 2–1
	Quarterfinals	Virginia Wesleyan	T 0–0 (2OT) (Falls 3–4 on PK)

2009

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	W 4–0
	Second Round	Lynchburg	L 0–2

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Hardin–Simmons	L 0–3

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Centre	L 1–2

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Carnegie Mellon	L 0–1

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Farmingdale State	W 3–0
	Second Round	Ohio Northern	W 2–0
	Third Round	William Smith	L 0–2

Men's Swimming

Appearances: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024

Women's Swimming

Appearances: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022

Men's Tennis

1985

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Swarthmore	L 3–6
	Consolation	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	L 4–5
	Consolation	Gustavus Adolphus	L 3–6

1986

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Washington St. Louis	W 8–0
	Semifinals	Whitman	W 6–3
	Championship	Kalamazoo	L 3–6

1987

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Rochester (NY)	W 7–2
	Semifinals	UC Santa Cruz	W 5–4
	Championship	Kalamazoo	L 3–6

1988

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Emory	W 5–2
	Semifinals	Swarthmore	W 5–0
	Championship	UC Santa Cruz	W 5–4

1989

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Quarterfinals	Swarthmore	L 4–5
	Consolation	Pomona–Pitzer	L 2–7
	Consolation	UC San Diego	L 3–6

1991

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Emory	W 5–4
	Quarterfinals	Swarthmore	L 1–8
	Consolation	UC San Diego	L 3–6
	Consolation	Gustavus Adolphus	L 1–8

1996

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Averett	L 2–5

1997

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Salisbury	L 1–6

2001

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Swarthmore	W 4–1
	Second Round	Washington (MD)	L 0–4

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	W 5–1
	Second Round	Washington (MD)	L 1–4

2003

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Washington (MD)	L 2–4

2004

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Piedmont	W 6–1
	Second Round	Emory	L 2–5

2005

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Carnegie Mellon	W 4–1
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–4

2006

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sewanee	W 4–0
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–4

2007

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Johns Hopkins	L 1–5

2008

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Messiah	W 5–0
	Second Round	Mary Washington	L 4–5

2010

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	TCNJ	W 5–3
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–5

2011

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	NC Wesleyan	L 1–5

2012

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	UT Tyler	W 5–3
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–5

2013

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	NC Wesleyan	L 3–5

2014

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Catholic	W 5–0
	Second Round	Kenyon	L 1–5

2015

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	NC Wesleyan	L 3–5

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	NC Wesleyan	W 5–4
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–5

2017

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sewanee	L 3–5

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Thomas More	W 5–0
	Second Round	Emory	L 1–5

2019

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Emory	L 0–5

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Rose–Hulman	W 5–1
	Third Round	Williams	L 0–5

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	UMass Boston	W 5–0
	Second Round	Bowdoin	L 2–5

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	NC Wesleyan	L 1–5

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	L 2–5

Women's Tennis

1991

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	St. Thomas (MN)	L 3–6
	Consolation	Vassar	L 4–5
	11th Place Match	St. Olaf	L 2–7

1994

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Williams	L 3–5
	Consolation	UC Santa Cruz	W 6–3
	5th Place Match	Emory	L 4–5

1995

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Skidmore	W 8–1
	Quarterfinals	Amherst	W 6–3
	Semifinals	Kenyon	L 4–5
	Consolation	Trinity (TX)	W 5–4

1996

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sewanee	W 5–0
	Quarterfinals	Pomona–Pitzer	W 5–2
	Semifinals	Trinity (TX)	W 5–2
	Championship	Emory	L 1–5

1997

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Pomona–Pitzer	W 8–1
	Quarterfinals	Gustavus Adolphus	W 6–3
	Semifinals	Kenyon	L 3–6
	Championship	Emory	L 4–5

1998

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Williams	W 5–3
	Quarterfinals	Gustavus Adolphus	L 3–6

1999

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Kenyon	W 5–4
	Quarterfinals	Trinity (TX)	L 2–7

2000

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Rhodes	W 8–1
	Quarterfinals	Kenyon	W 6–3
	Semifinals	Trinity (TX)	L 3–6
	Consolation	Amherst	W 5–4

2001

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Salisbury	W 8–1
	Second Round	Mary Washington	W 8–1
	Quarterfinals	Trinity (TX)	L 2–7

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	W 9–0
	Second Round	Salisbury	W 9–0
	Quarterfinals	Pomona–Pitzer	W 5–4
	Semifinals	Emory	L 4–5
	Consolation	Trinity (TX)	W 5–4

2003

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Salisbury	W 9–0
	Second Round	Swarthmore	W 8–1
	Quarterfinals	Pomona–Pitzer	W 8–1
	Semifinals	Amherst	W 7–2
	Championship	Emory	L 1–5

2004

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	W 7–0
	Second Round	Swarthmore	W 7–2
	Quarterfinals	Gustavus Adolphus	W 5–3
	Semifinals	Emory	L 0–5
	Consolation	Williams	L 4–5

2005

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Swarthmore	W 5–0
	Second Round	Carnegie Mellon	W 5–0
	Quarterfinals	Denison	W 5–1
	Semifinals	Middlebury	W 5–3
	Championship	Emory	L 3–5

2006

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mary Washington	W 5–0
	Second Round	Carnegie Mellon	W 5–0
	Quarterfinals	Williams	W 5–0
	Semifinals	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	W 5–1
	Championship	Emory	L 1–5

2007

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Sawrthmore	W 5–0
	Second Round	Mary Washington	W 5–0
	Quarterfinals	Middlebury	W 5–0
	Semifinals	Williams	W 5–0
	Championship	Amherst	W 5–2

2008

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Hunter	W 5–0
	Second Round	Carnegie Mellon	W 5–2
	Quarterfinals	Gustavus Adolphus	W 5–3
	Semifinals	Denison	W 5–1
	Championship	Williams	L 4–5

2009

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Meredith	W 5–0
	Third Round	Emory	L 2–5

2010

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Meredith	W 5–0
	Third Round	Emory	L 0–5

2011

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Wilkes	W 5–0
	Third Round	Carnegie Mellon	W 5–4
	Quarterfinals	Emory	L 0–5

2012

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Ohio Northern	W 5–0
	Third Round	Emory	L 2–5

2013

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Methodist	W 5–0
	Third Round	Sewanee	L 4–5

2014

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	W 5–0
	Third Round	Emory	L 1–5

2015

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	NC Wesleyan	W 5–0
	Third Round	MIT	L 3–5

2016

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Westminster (PA)	W 5–0
	Third Round	Emory	L 0–5

2017

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	W 5–3
	Third Round	Emory	L 1–5

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Franciscan	W 5–0
	Third Round	Mary Washington	L 4–5

2019

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	Sewanee	W 5–4
	Third Round	Emory	L 0–5

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	TCNJ	W 5–1
	Third Round	Denison	W 5–2
	Quarterfinals	Wesleyan (CT)	L 0–5

2022

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	St. Mary's (MD)	W 5–0
	Second Round	Mary Washington	L 1–5

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	NC Wesleyan	W 5–2
	Second Round	Emory	L 1–5

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	Second Round	UT Dallas	W 5–0
	Third Round	Johns Hopkins	L 0–5

Men's Indoor Track & Field

Appearances: 2014, 2015

Women's Indoor Track & Field

Appearances: 2009, 2015, 2016, 2022

Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Appearances: 2014

Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Appearances: 2008, 2009, 2014

Volleyball

1999

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	SCAD	L 2–3

2001

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	W 3–0
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–3

2002

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	W 3–1
	Second Round	Trinity (TX)	L 0–3

2003

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Averett	W 3–1
	Second Round	Emory	L 0–3

2004

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Maryville (TN)	W 3–0
	Second Round	Emory	L 1–3

2005

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Southwestern (TX)	L 0–3

2006

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Vassar	W 3–1
	Second Round	NYU	W 3–2
	Regional Championship	Stevens	L 1–3

2007

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Southwestern (TX)	L 0–3

2008

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mount St. Joseph	L 0–3

2010

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mount St. Joseph	W 3–1
	Second Round	Emory	L 1–3

2012

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Christopher Newport	L 0–3

2013

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Berry	L 0–3

2014

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Mount Union	L 0–3

2018

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Colorado College	L 2–3

2021

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Southwestern (TX)	L 1–3

2023

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	Berry	L 1–3

2024

Division	Round	Opponent	Result
Division III	First Round	John Jay	W 3–0
	Second Round	Stevens	W 3–1
	Regional Championship	Christopher Newport	W 3–0
	National Quarterfinals	Hope	L 0–3

Wrestling

Appearances: 1936, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2017, 2022, 2023

Rivalries

Washington and Lee and Roanoke College have been rivals since the 1870's. The rivalry is fueled by a long history of competition; conference affiliation, and geography also plays a role in this rivalry as both schools are charter members of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and are located about 50 miles from each other along Interstate 81. Both schools historically have had nationally ranked men's lacrosse teams and have been ranked in the top twenty when meeting each other toward the end of the regular season. In addition to men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse games with Roanoke has drawn much interest as both schools have had highly successful programs and have competed against each other in the ODAC Championship game multiple times.