Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 30, 1993 TAG: 9310300157
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Roanoke and Virginia Wesleyan meet at 2 p.m. at Alumni Field. It's the third time in four years the teams have played for the title; Virginia Wesleyan has won the two previous times.
On Friday, Maroons midfielder Dustin Fonder broke the school record for goals in a season when he gave the Maroons a 1-0 first-half lead. Fonder has 21 goals. Abe Cortez and Todd Hallauer scored in the second half as Roanoke took a 3-0 lead that stood up.
Roanoke (17-3) is seeded No. 1. Wesleyan (15-2-2) is No. 2. The teams are ranked third and fifth, respectively, in the South Region.
Wesleyan won its semifinal game on penalty kicks after it played Randolph-Macon to a scoreless tie through regulation and two 15-minute overtime periods.
In other college soccer:
Radford University forward Sue Williams, the nation's leading scorer, was selected the Big South Conference most valuable player and was one of five Highlanders players chosen to the all-conference first team Friday.
Williams, a senior, scored 18 goals and assisted on 18 more for a total of 54 points. At one stage this year, she had back-to-back hat tricks and a game-winning goal as Radford won all three games.
Also chosen to the first team from Radford were freshman goalkeeper Amy Pseja, midfielder Jen Capece and defenders Laura Topolski and Erin McCarthy.
Liz Wedemeyer of North Carolina-Greensboro, a sophomore from Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, was a first team midfielder. Wedemeyer helped lead UNC Greensboro to a perfect record in the conference.
Don Staley, who directed the Highlanders to a 15-1-2 regular-season record was chosen the co-coach of the year along with Karrie Miller of Charleston Southern.
In Baltimore, Md., Maryland-Baltimore County's Kris Einarson scored just under four minutes into overtime as UMBC beat Radford 2-1 in a Big South Conference women's soccer tournament semifinal. Jennifer Capece scored on a Sue Williams assist for second-seeded Radford (15-2-2), upset by third-seeded UMBC (11-10).
In Ashland, Catherine Price scored a goal in each half to lead Roanoke to a 4-1 victory over Washington and Lee in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's semifinal. Robin McLaughlin added two assists for the Maroons (11-6-1). The Generals finished their season with a 10-7-1 record. Roanoke will meet host Randolph-Macon, a 7-2 winner over Lynchburg, in the final at 1:30 p.m. today.
In Boone, N.C., Appalachian State took its first victory over Virginia Tech in a men's game, beating the Hokies 3-1. Michael Gredlein scored on a header for Tech to cut ASU's lead to 2-1 with 12:49 to play in the first half, but Ryan Anderson sealed the win for Appalachian State (9-7) with a goal in the second half.
In Charlottesville, Mia Hamm and Rita Tower scored as top-ranked North Carolina edged Virginia 2-1 in an Atlantic Coast Conference women's game.
Erin Riddle scored the only goal for the Cavaliers (7-8-2, 0-2-1), tying the game 1-1 midway through the second half. Less than five minutes later, Tower headed in the game winner.
North Carolina is 16-0 and 4-0.
by CNB