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

DATE: TUESDAY, November 2, 1993                   TAG: 9311020140
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Knight-Ridder/Tribune, Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

E&H 6TH IN REGION IN FOOTBALL

With two Saturdays left in the regular-season, the number of unbeaten teams in the NCAA Division III football poll has dwindled to 12.

The 16 teams aiming for the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, scheduled Dec. 11 at Salem Stadium, will begin play in the Division III tournament on Nov. 20 at campus sites. Selections will be made Nov. 14.

The only Virginia team in the South Region poll is sixth-ranked Emory & Henry (6-2), which plays host to Ferrum on Saturday. The Panthers (5-3) also received votes for the South poll but did not make the top six.

Last year's Stagg Bowl participants, Washington and Jefferson (Pa.) and Wisconsin-LaCrosse, lead their regions, along with Buffalo State and Mount Union (Ohio).

(Polls in Scoreboard. B3) In other college sports:

North Carolina State's women won the ACC cross country title for the seventh consecutive year, and Wake Forest won the men's title. The Wolfpack women had 46 points, 18 points ahead of second-place Virginia in the meet at Clemson, S.C. Wake Forest had 36 points in the men's competition at Clemson's cross country course. N.C. State finished second, followed by Clemson.

Athletes from N.C. State won both individual titles. Sophomore Kristen Hall of Long Valley, N.J., won the women's race in 17 minutes, 5 seconds. Junior Anthony Riley of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., was the top man at 24:37.

Wake Forest coach John Goodridge was chosen men's coach of the year. Virginia coach Fred Binggeli won the honor on the women's side.

(Team scores in Scoreboard. B3)

North Carolina's women's basketball is predicted to finish first in the ACC in 1993-94. Coach Sylvia Hatchell's team received all 36 first-place votes in a preseason poll of sportswriters and broadcasters at the league's annual basketball media day in Greensboro, N.C. The Tar Heels totaled 324 points, 40 points more than Virginia.

The Tar Heels, who finished tied for second in the ACC at 11-5 last season, return all five starters off a team that went 23-7 and reached the NCAA round of 16.

Defending ACC Tournament champion Virginia was among those hit hardest by graduation, having lost 6-5 twins Heather and Heidi Burge and Dena Evans. The Cavaliers do, however, return three starters - Charleata Beale, Jenny Boucek and Amy Lofstedt - and expect to get immediate help from freshman Konecka Drakeford.

(Voting, preseason All-ACC team in Scoreboard. B3)

by CNB