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

DATE: TUESDAY, March 30, 1993                   TAG: 9303300387
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

ROANOKE WOMEN WIN IN LACROSSE

Roanoke College overwhelmed Plymouth State 16-5 for a non-conference women's lacrosse victory at Salem on Monday. Seven Maroons scored as Roanoke took an 11-0 halftime lead.

Freshman Kirsten Wagner had three goals and an assist, and Jennifer Shimrek had three goals for Roanoke (2-1), which was ranked third in the nation in the preseason poll. Roanoke outshot Plymouth State 28-16. Maroons goalkeeper Kathleen Ostar had 12 saves, and Jenn Wiley had one save during the second half.

Roanoke opens its Old Dominion Athletic Conference schedule Wednesday at 4 p.m at Lynchburg.

In other college sports:

At Fayetteville, N.C., Mike Williams of Methodist hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie and provide the winning runs in the Monarchs' 5-2 Dixie Conference baseball win over Ferrum.

Matt Boucher got the complete-game victory for Methodist (11-3, 1-2).

Jerald Smith hit a solo home run for the Panthers (10-3, 5-1). Billy Wagner started for Ferrum and got a no decision after leaving in the sixth inning.

Ferrum golfers had the four best individual rounds as the Panthers dominated the first round of the two-round Bluefield College Tournament at the par-71 Tazewell Country Club.

Ferrum shot a 308, 10 shots better than second-place Bluefield State. Clinch Valley (331) is third, followed by Concord (333), Bluefield College (343) and King College (366). Stuart Smith of Ferrum is the first-round leader at 76. J.J. Derman and Chris George are tied at 77 and Matt Jordan shot 78. Five players are tied at 79.

The final round will be played today.

The Metro Conference has received automatic qualification for the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, league commissioner Ralph McFillen announced.

The national tournament, which this fall expands to 32 teams, will include automatic qualifiers from 16 conferences. The Metro soccer programs - Louisville, UNC Charlotte, South Florida, Virginia Commonwealth and Virginia Tech, plus soccer-only Metro affiliate South Carolina - will play a round-robin schedule, with the winner advancing to the tournament.

The addition of South Carolina gives the Metro the NCAA minimum of six league members required for automatic qualification.

by CNB