Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 18, 1991 TAG: 9102180055
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JOHN SMALLWOOD SPORTSWRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The sixth-seeded Maroons (13-12 overall, 6-10 in the ODAC) try to continue that streak Tuesday in the 1991 men's ODAC Tournament at third-seeded Hampden-Sydney (20-5, 12-4).
"We match up with them fairly well," said Roanoke coach Page Moir, whose team lost both regular-season games to Hampden-Sydney. "They're a quality team. It's going to be awful tough, but we're going to have our opportunity.
"To win a championship, you've got to beat good teams along the way. It doesn't matter whether you play them first, second or third."
In the other first-round games Tuesday, top-seeded and defending champion Randolph-Macon (22-2, 15-1) plays host to eighth-seeded Lynchburg (8-17, 4-12); seventh-seeded Bridgewater (12-13, 5-11) travels to second-seeded Emory & Henry (22-3, 13-3); and fourth-seeded Washington and Lee (12-13, 7-9) plays host to fifth-seeded Virginia Wesleyan (11-13, 7-9).
In women's games tonight, seventh-seeded Hollins College (7-13, 7-11) is host to 10th-seeded Randolph-Macon Woman's College (0-18, 0-17) tonight and Mary Baldwin (2-16, 2-16) travels to Eastern Mennonite (5-16, 5-13) for playoff games to see which will advance to Wednesday's first round.
Top-seeded Roanoke College (24-1, 18-0), the ninth-ranked women's team in Division III, will play the winner of the Eastern Mennonite-Mary Baldwin game, and the Hollins-RMWC winner travels to second-seeded and defending tournament champion Bridgewater (18-7, 15-2).
In the other games, third-seeded Lynchburg (15-8, 12-6) plays host to Emory & Henry (10-14, 9-9) and fifth-seeded Randolph-Macon (11-12, 10-8) travels to Virginia Wesleyan (12-13, 11-7).
The men's and women's semifinals will be played Friday at the Salem Civic Center. The women's games are scheduled for 1 and 3 p.m., and the men play at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. The finals are Saturday the civic center with the women tipping off at 6:30 p.m. to be followed by the men's title game at 8:30.
In the Dixie Conference men's tournament beginning Wednesday, Ferrum College (15-9, 7-3) won a coin flip over Averett (12-13, 7-3) to get a bye into Friday's semifinals at North Carolina Wesleyan.
The Panthers will play the winner of Averett's game against Methodist (7-16, 1-9). Greensboro (10-15, 2-8) plays at North Carolina Wesleyan (7-17, 3-7) on Wednesday with the winner to play top-seeded Christopher Newport (21-4, 10-0).
The women's Dixie Tournament begins Tuesday with Methodist (12-9, 4-6) at Ferrum (8-16, 4-6) and Averett (0-23, 0-10) at North Carolina Wesleyan.
The winners advance to Friday's semifinals to join top-seeded Christopher Newport and Greensboro, which received byes.
by CNB