Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, November 8, 1993 TAG: 9311080072
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Now that the Maroons are there, they don't want to go home.
Dustin Fonder scored one goal and set up another as 19th-ranked Roanoke rolled past rival Virginia Wesleyan 3-0 on Sunday in the South Regional final at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg.
The Maroons (20-3) advance to a quarterfinal match against fifth-ranked UC-San Diego, which defeated 15th-ranked Colorado College 1-0. The date has not been determined for the match in San Diego.
After a scoreless first half, Fonder set up a goal by freshman Dennis Yanco at 1 minute, 41 seconds of the second half.
"The pace of the game was really slow in the first half," said Scott Allison. "The field was in poor condition, and both teams were physically and emotionally drained from yesterday [Roanoke's 1-0 victory over Methodist and Virginia Wesleyan's 3-1 overtime upset of host Mary Washington]. At the break, I told the team we needed to pick up the pace in the second half.
"We got a quick throw-in to Dustin, who hurried the ball up the field and crossed it over to Dennis, who was all alone. He was so open he had no choice but to score."
Abraham Cortez, who scored the Maroons' goal in Saturday's victory over Methodist, made it 2-0 nearly 10 minutes later.
Fonder sealed the victory with a goal at the 58:13 mark.
Rick Keeley made three saves en route to his 10th shutout of the season.
Allison said he doesn't care who Roanoke meets next in the NCAA Tournament.
"We're excited. We're excited to take on whoever shows up," Allison said. "After what this team accomplished this weekend, we feel we can play with any team in the country."
In other college soccer:
In Chapel Hill, N.C., third-seeded Virginia rallied for two goals in a span of 36 seconds to edge top-seeded Clemson 2-1 and win its third consecutive ACC Tournament title.
The Cavaliers, tied it at 1 on Claudio Reyna's free-kick goal with 20 minutes left in the game. Damian Silvera tapped the ball to Reyna, and the midfielder curled a shot around the defensive wall and into the upper right corner of the net.
UVa (17-3) scored the game-winner 36 seconds later. Silvera beat the Tigers' defense on a breakaway, but his shot was knocked down by goalie Jaro Zawislan. Nate Friends knocked in the rebound.
Cavs defender Brandon Pollard preserved the victory when he cleared a shot off the goal line while goalie Jeff Causey was on the ground with 8:30 to play.
Zawislan kept Clemson (17-4-1) in the game by making 11 saves, including a penalty kick by Brian Bates in the second half. The goalie was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
UVa dominated the all-tournament team with five selections: Reyna, Friends, Bates, Silvera and A.J. Wood. The Cavaliers advance to the NCAA Tournament as the ACC's automatic qualifier. Clemson can count on an at-large berth.
In Raleigh, N.C., top-ranked North Carolina used its quickness to dominate Duke 4-1, winning its fifth consecutive ACC women's tournament title.
Freshman forward Debbie Keller, the ACC rookie of the year, scored two goals and junior midfielder Tisha Venturini, the tournament MVP for the second time, scored the game-winner as the Tar Heels beat the nation's No. 9 team.
In Blacksburg, Jason Entlich tied the Virginia Tech single-season scoring record as the Hokies edged South Florida 2-1 in a Metro Conference men's game.
Entlich's assist on the game-winning goal by Chris Chladek with 4:30 left gave him 34 points for the season (13 goals, eight assists), tying the mark set by Ray Crittenden in 1988.
Robert Ashworth scored the first goal for Tech (9-8-1 overall, 1-4-0 Metro).
by CNB