Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 30, 1993 TAG: 9303300196
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Seven Maroons scored as Roanoke took an 11-0 halftime lead. Freshman Kirsten Wagner had three goals and an assist, and Jennifer Shimrek had three goals for Roanoke (2-1), which was ranked third in the nation in the preseason poll. Roanoke outshot Plymouth State 28-16. Maroons goalkeeper Kathleen Ostar had 12 saves, and Jenn Wiley had one save during the second half.
Roanoke opens its Old Dominion Athletic Conference schedule Wednesday at 4 p.m at Lynchburg.
In other college sports:
At Fayetteville, N.C., Mike Williams of Methodist hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie and provide the winning runs in the Monarchs' 5-2 Dixie Conference baseball win over Ferrum.
Matt Boucher got the complete-game victory for Methodist (11-3, 1-2).
Jerald Smith hit a solo home run for the Panthers (10-3, 5-1). Billy Wagner started for Ferrum and got a no decision after leaving in the sixth inning.
Ferrum golfers had the four best individual rounds as the Panthers dominated the first round of the two-round Bluefield College Tournament at the par-71 Tazewell Country Club.
Ferrum shot a 308, 10 shots better than second-place Bluefield State. Clinch Valley (331) is third, followed by Concord (333), Bluefield College (343) and King College (366). Stuart Smith of Ferrum is the first-round leader at 76. J.J. Derman and Chris George are tied at 77 and Matt Jordan shot 78.
The Metro Conference has received automatic qualification for the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, league commissioner Ralph McFillen announced.
The national tournament, which this fall expands to 32 teams, will include automatic qualifiers from 16 conferences. The Metro soccer programs - Louisville, UNC Charlotte, South Florida, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia Tech, plus soccer-only Metro affiliate South Carolina - will play a round-robin schedule, with the winner advancing to the tournament.
The addition of South Carolina gives the Metro the NCAA minimum of six league members required for automatic qualification.
by CNB