Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 30, 1994 TAG: 9412240007
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B14 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Tech's top finisher was former Cave Spring High School runner, John Hawthorne, who placed third with a time of 24 minutes, 32 seconds behind two South Florida runners. Hawthorne was followed by teammates Tom Lankowicz and Matt Zacharias, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively, and Marshall Ferguson, who placed eighth. All four Hokies runners earned All-Metro honors with their top 10 finishes.
Tech's scoring was rounded out by Mike Cox, whose 11th-place finish just ahead of South Florida's fourth and fifth runners helped seal the championship.
The title marks the tenth time since 1980 that Tech has won the Metro title.
Tech's women's cross country team finished fourth in the Metro Conference Championship with 95 points - 58 behind co-champions South Florida and UNC Charlotte.
Junior Michelle Bartlett led the Hokies with her 12th-place finish in 18:04. Former Pulaski County High School star Jennifer Pohlig came in 27th at 19:28.
In other sports in the region:
In Towson, Md., Liberty University won its third men's title in four years at the Big South Conference cross country championships.
The Flames took three of the top 10 places to easily outdistance second-place Coastal Carolina. Radford finished a distant eighth.
Radford, led by Shannan Wilkey's 10th-place finish, was sixth behind first-place UNC Asheville in the women's competition. The top 10 finish puts Wilkey, an all-conference basketball player, on the All-Big South cross country team in her first year with the team.
In Norfolk, Andy Smith scored one goal and assisted on another as Roanoke College won its second consecutive Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's soccer championship with a 2-0 victory over Hampden-Sydney.
Smith scored his goal at the 55-minute mark on assists from Rich Aftora and Todd Hallauer. Rick Wells added a goal a minute later on the assist from Smith to give the Maroons (11-8) the victory. Hampden-Sydney finishes with a 15-4-1 record.
In Charlottesville, A.J. Wood scored one goal and assisted on two as Virginia broke a 1-1 tie in the second half to defeat Old Dominion 4-1 in men's soccer.
The Cavaliers (14-3) scored three goals in a 12-minute span in the second half. Billy Walsh and Nate Friends scored goals three minutes apart - both on assists by Wood - to help UVa take a 3-1 lead. Wood added a goal in the 76th minute to provide the final margin. Old Dominion is 8-7-1.
In Lexington, Geoff Blum broke out of a five-game scoring drought with three goals to lead VMI to a 5-1 victory over The Citadel in Southern Conference men's soccer.
Blum, who sat out the previous two games because of an injury, scored the first goal for the Keydets (4-9-1, 2-4) after The Citadel (4-13-1, 2-4) had taken a 1-0 lead. Blum then scored two goals - his sixth and seventh of the season - late in the game to ice the victory.
In Lexington, the VMI tennis team defeated UNC Asheville 4-3 to give Ken Alrutz his 100th victory as the Keydets' head coach. Alrutz, in his eighth year at VMI, has a career record of 100-49. This year's team is 10-1.
In Baltimore, Radford dropped a 4-1 decision to UNC Greensboro on penalty kicks in a semifinal of the Big South Conference women's soccer tournament. Kelly Moran was the only Highlander to convert a penalty kick in the tie-breaker. Goalkeeper Lexi Thomasson recorded 13 saves as Radford finishes 8-9-2.
Meanwhile, Radford's Missy Gaitka and UNC Greensboro's Penny Rich headed the All-Big South team as the league's co-players of the year. Gaitka, a senior forward, led the Big South in scoring with 19 goals and four assists. Rich, a junior forward, led the Spartans to their second consecutive undefeated season in Big South play by scoring nine goals.
Gaitka's twin sister, Nadine, was named first-team all-conference on defense. Radford's Dee Dee Herndon was named first-team midfielder.
Liberty's Summer Abel and UNC Greensboro's Raila Maisonlahati were named co-rookies of the year. Jack Poland of UNC Greensboro and Jamie Watson of Maryland-Baltimore County were named co-coaches of the year.
Louisville kept the Virginia Tech's women's soccer team winless on the road this season with a 3-0 win in Louisville. Senior goalie Penny Goode made 17 saves for Tech (8-9), which was outshot 39-15 by the Cardinals (5-9-3).
Che Henderson scored two goals and Gerald Lakatos added a goal and an assist as Radford moved into a second-place tie in the Big South with a 5-0 victory over Coastal Carolina at Dedmon Center Stadium. Highlanders goalkeeper Chris Barrett recorded eight saves before yielding to fellow senior goalie Patrick Hughes with seven minutes remaining.
Radford (11-5-2, 6-2), which finished 4-13-3 last season, advances to next week's Big South tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Coastal Carolina is 9-9, 5-3.
In Radford, Christina Limpens and Barbara Lagrotteria scored two goals each as William and Mary beat Radford 4-0 in a Colonial Athletic Association field hockey match. Radford is 8-8, 2-4.
In Lynchburg, North Cross won its third straight Blue Ridge Conference boys volleyball tournament title. The Raiders did not lose a game in wins over Timberlake Christian, Holy Cross and Lynchburg Christian (15-6, 15-2 in the final). North Cross has not lost a conference match for three years. Blair Calvert, Heather Perry and Armstead Lemon from North Cross were named to the all-tournament team while Raiders coach Donna Satterwhite was named the conference's coach of the year.
In Staunton, Emily Cook scored a goal and had an assist as North Cross won the Blue Ridge Conference field hockey tournament with a 2-0 victory over Stuart Hall. Mary Margaret Stoeckle had a goal and Mary Jennings had an assist for the Raiders (5-4-4).
For the second year in a row, Appalachian State's men and Furman's women won Southern Conference cross country championships. In Chattanooga, Tenn., the Mountaineers placed four runners among the top 10 finishers - led by Tommy Holland's first-place finish in 24:37 on the eight-kilometer course - to claim the men's title. VMI was sixth. The Paladins won the women's championship behind Heather VanDeBrake's first-place finish in 17:40 on the five-kilometer course.
In Columbia, S.C., Virginia Tech has freshman Mark Tepes (B-2 singles) and Andrew Krafft and Miki Pusztai (doubles) in the main draw of the University of South Carolina 1994 Region II Fall Invitational. Tepes is the final after wins over Lander's MIchael Aulit (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Charleston Southern's Kyle McLellan (6-1, 6-1). Krafft and Pusztai reached the semifinals with two wins Saturday.
by CNB