LEXINGTON, Va. – Host Washington and Lee hit a big 3-point bucket down the stretch to key a 72-69 ODAC women's basketball victory over Shenandoah Saturday afternoon.

With both teams playing to clinch a home game in the first round of the upcoming ODAC Tournament, Taylor Casey drained a baseline 3-pointer with 2:55 to play to put W&L (15-9, 9-7 ODAC) on top to stay versus Shenandoah (11-14, 7-9).

The Hornets, who trailed by 13 points with 4:03 to play in the third, clawed back in it with a 22-9 run that saw the squad tie it at 59-59 following a Kirstyn Arcata turnaround layup with 4:19 to play.

The two teams then traded buckets, with Jordan Sondrol knotting it at 61-61 on a layup at 3:17.

The Generals answered with four straight points, starting with the Casey '3', and led for the remainder of the contest.

Shenandoah was able to cut the deficit to one on two separate occasions, the last with two seconds remaining, but W&L hit its final five free throws to clinch the victory.

Sondrol led the Hornets with 28 points and 11 rebounds with Ashley Stone adding 14 points and Arcata 10.

Shannon Kuhn had eight points off the bench.

W&L shot 48 percent (27-of-56) to 42 percent (25-of-60) for the Hornets. SU grabbed 33 of the game's 64 rebounds.

The win puts Washington and Lee into a tie for fifth place in the league standings with Virginia Wesleyan and sends Shenandoah into ninth, one-half game behind Eastern Mennonite.

The Royals host Hollins tonight at 7, and if EMU wins, SU would enter the tournament as the ninth seed and play at either Bridgewater or Eastern Mennonite Monday night.

A Hollins wins over EMU means the Hornets and Royals tie for eighth with the No. 8 seed (and accompanying hosting opportunity) determined by tie-breaking procedure.

The two teams split the season series this year with each winning on the other's home floor.

Official pairings will be released following the completion of league play tonight.

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