Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, November 13, 1995 TAG: 9511140029
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The unbeaten Cavaliers captured their fifth straight ACC championship and improved their season mark to 18-0-2.
Clemson, which dropped to 15-5-1, lost to the Cavaliers in the ACC title match for the third time in five years.
Fisher, the ACC Player of the Year, was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Both teams battled scoreless for more than 58 minutes before Fisher lofted a free kick into the box and Walsh guided it in.
Clemson outshot the Cavaliers by a 13-12 margin.
``One goal makes the difference in a game like today,'' said Virginia coach Bruce Arena. ``It's a great honor to win the championship, because this is the best league in college soccer. To win the championship five years in a row is something very special for our program.''
The win marked Virginia's first shutout against Clemson in their past 11 meetings.
Members of the All-Tournament Team are: Imad Baba, Matt Jordan, Miles Joseph and Dana Quick of Clemson; Fisher, Walsh, Damian Silvera, Brandon Pollard and Andriy Shapowal of Virginia; Brian Kelly and Jay Heaps of Duke; and Temoc Suarez of North Carolina.
Hollister leads White to victory
In a Virginia Tech women's basketball scrimmage at Blacksburg, Michelle Hollister had 28 points and 17 rebounds, leading the White team to a 60-57 win over the Maroon.
Former Floyd County standout Lynette Nolley had 18 points for the winners. Katie O'Connor led the Maroon side with 19 points, Martinsville's Cynthia Lee had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Dublin's Terri Garland scored 10.
Virginia Wesleyan scored three second-half goals to down Ferrum 3-0 in the championship match of the VISA men's soccer tournament at Ferrum.
Evan Whitson, Gary DePalma and Jim Hickling each scored for the Marlins.
Virginia Tech had two wrestlers place in the West Virginia Open wrestling tournament held in Morgantown, W.Va.
John Dattalo took third place in the 177-pound division after defeating Scott Shipman from West Liberty State 9-5. Matt Mogel took fourth in the heavyweight division after winning his first two matches before losing to eventual champion Tony Vaughn of Purdue 9-3.
At the VMI Invitational in Lexington, Tech freshmen Kent Lyons and Jeff Maontague won at 134 and 126, respectively.
by CNB