ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, November 1, 1993                   TAG: 9311010155
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


ROANOKE MEN GET 1ST NCAA BERTH

The Roanoke College men's soccer team got plenty of treats Sunday for Halloween.

The Maroons officially received their first NCAA Division III tournament bid, after winning the Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament Saturday. Roanoke (18-3) was seeded third in the South Region and will meet second-seeded Methodist (14-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. The host Eagles (14-2-2) will meet fourth-seeded Virginia Wesleyan (15-3-2) in the second game.

The Maroons also swept the ODAC postseason awards announced Sunday. Roanoke's Dustin Fonder, a senior midfielder from the North Cross School, was selected the conference's player of the year. Scott Allison, who guided Roanoke to the regular-season and tournament titles, was voted coach of the year.

Joining Fonder on the All-ODAC first team were forward Andy Smith and defender Nelson Vasquez. Midfielder Rick Wells and defender Jason Gildea were second-team choices, and goalkeeper Rick Keeley was an honorable-mention selection.

Washington and Lee defender Eric Christensen was a first-team choice.

(All-ODAC men's soccer team in Scoreboard. B4)



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