ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, September 23, 1996 TAG: 9609230157
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Tom McKnight of Galax shot his third straight even-par 71 Sunday and won his second State Mid-Amateur championship.
McKnight, who also won this event in 1985, finished five shots ahead of defending champion Keith Decker of Fieldale. Decker closed with a 70, one of three rounds below par on the third trip over the Augustine Golf Club in Stafford.
``It was kind of a strange day,'' said McKnight, who made birdies on the first two holes and barely missed two more on Nos.3 and 4. He also had a double-bogey on the 16th hole after hitting to an unplayable lie.
Decker's round included an eagle 2 on the 308-yard 15th hole, where he holed his shot from a bunker about 20 yards from the cup.
``I'm fairly pleased to finish the way I did,'' said Decker, who also birdied the final two holes. ``I'd like to start over, though.''
First-round leader Pat Tallent of Vienna, Jake Allison of Roanoke and 1992 state amateur champion Allen Barber of Yorktown shared third with 219s. Tallent and Allison shot 74s Sunday, and Barber had a 69.
Lexington's J.W. Entsminger fired a 74 to finish tied for seventh at 226.
In other news in the region:
* The Virginia Tech men's tennis team upset Oklahoma to win the Navy Invitational tournament in Annapolis, Md.
Aaron Marchetti was undefeated at No. 1 singles, Marek Pfiel was undefeated at No.2 and Andrew Krafft went unbeaten at No.5. The Hokies beat Richmond 7-0, Navy 7-0 and Oklahoma 5-4.
* Mike Morris of Roanoke finished third in the Clydesdale division of the Florida Challenge Triathlon in Clermont.
Morris, who competed in the 200-pound plus division, completed the half-ironman course in 6 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds. The course consisted of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile cycling leg and a 13.1-mile run.
Roanoke's Victor Baranauskas finished the course in 6:38.0, while Salem's Mark Raskin needed 7:20.0. Both were competing in the over-40 division.
Of the 350 starters, 329 finished the course.
* Virginia finished fourth and Virginia Tech eighth at the Keswick Club Cavalier Classic at the Keswick Golf Course. The Cavaliers carded a three-round total of 865 and the Hokies shot an 878.
North Carolina won the tournament for the first time with a 7-under-par 845. Duke and Florida State tied for second at 862.
* Virginia's Tim Prisco scored in the 68th minute and Michael Slivinski added a goal 14 minutes later as the third-ranked Cavaliers shut out Wake Forest 2-0 in a men's soccer game in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Virginia improves to 5-0-2, 1-0-1 ACC, while the Demon Deacons fall to 3-2-1, 0-1-0.
* In Ferrum, junior forward Chris Teepe scored off an assist by Tomotaka Ishikawa as Lynchburg nipped Ferrum 2-1 in a men's soccer game postponed by Hurricane Fran. David Carey scored for the Panthers (2-3).
* Katie Irish, Melissa Pao, Rachel Hash and Trinity Stalker all scored goals in the first half as Virginia Tech nipped Old Dominion 4-3 in a non-conference women's soccer game in Blacksburg.
Goalies Danielle DeSerio and Hope Handley combined to stop 10 shots for the Hokies (3-2-1). Virginia Tech travels to Virginia for a game Tuesday at 7p.m.
* Karin Treese, Caroline Keen and Jenni Grant all scored in the second overtime period to lift the Washington and Lee women's soccer team to a 6-3 decision over Greensboro College in Lexington. Washington and Lee (4-0) got nine saves from the combined goalie tandem of Beth Mozena (3) and Stephanie McKnight (6).
* Lisa Franzino and Courtney Gross scored for Roanoke as the Maroons (5-2-0) shut out Maryville College 2-0 in a women's soccer game in Salem. Maroon goalie Kara Hedges made two saves to record her 20th career shutout.
* In Richmond, Jennifer Payton, Laura Morrow and Margaret Reid scored for the Highlanders as Radford shut out Virginia Commonwealth University 3-0 in a Colonial Athletic Association field hockey game.
* The Southern Modified Auto Racing Teams (SMART) event scheduled for Saturday night at Franklin County Speedway was postponed because of rain and will be run this Saturday.
* Kim and Frank Haranzo both notched top-three finishes for Team Xaloy in the 2nd Annual Greenbriar Criterium in Chesapeake. In the one-mile unlicensed category, Kim took first in the 12-and-under division. In the licensed category, Frank took third place in the masters 35-plus division and fifth place in the category 4-5 division. Both were 20-mile events.
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