Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 12, 1995 TAG: 9503130086
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: E10 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Horton won the national title in the 100 butterfly Friday, making her the first swimmer in Hollins history ever to win a national championship. Horton completed the 200 butterfly in 2:05.88 in securing her second title.
Washington and Lee junior Rebekah Prince finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke. Prince, who had earned All-America honors at the meet with a 10th-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke and a 15th-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, has earned All-America honors nine times, including first-team honors four times.
In other sports news in the region:
Washington and Lee outscored Randolph-Macon 11-2 in the last 22 minutes to win 20-10 and advance to the championship game of the Washington and Lee Lacrosse Tournament today.
The Generals will play Trinity, Conn., which defeated Swathmore 13-5, in the championship.
Washington and Lee (3-0), which is ranked seventh in the Division III, led by one goal late in the game before scoring six straight to take a 15-8 lead. Scott Mackley led the Generals with four goals and one assist, and Russell Croft added three goals and two assists. Ande Jenkins, who scored two goals in the six-goal run, finished with four.
Randolph-Macon (1-2) was led by Frank Smollon, who scored four goals and had an assist.
Lexington native Rob Worrell scored five goals and had two assists to lead VMI to a 15-12 upset victory over Lehigh in a men's lacrosse game in Lexington.
The Keydets (3-0) outshot Lehigh (0-1), ranked 26th in the preseason polls, 42-29 and used three goals and three assists from Joe Brockman to pull away for its first victory over the Engineers in over three years.
In a rematch of last year's NCAA Division I lacrosse championship game, Greg Traynor and Doug Knight each scored four goals as Virginia defeated Princeton 11-4 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, N.J.
The Cavaliers (3-0), who lost in the title game 9-8 in overtime, led 3-1 after one quarter and never were challenged. Virginia, which is ranked second in the coaches poll, shut out Princeton (0-2) in the second quarter, and the Cavaliers used two goals six seconds apart to blow open the game.
Lindsay Coleman took a pass from Nicole Ripken and scored to help Washington and Lee's women's lacrosse team overcome two-goal deficits twice in the second half to beat Division II Lock Haven 10-9.
Lock Haven (0-1) led 7-5 before the Generals (2-0) tied it on goals by Cheryl Taurassi and Ripken, who finished with three goals and three assists. Lock Haven then took a 9-7 lead, but the Generals defense shut out the Bald Eagles the rest of the way and scored three unanswered goals for the win.
Anthony Smith pitched seven innings and struck out eight for his first win of the season as Ferrum beat Lindenwood 11-3 in a non-conference baseball game at Ferrum.
Riley Hodges led the offensive attack with a three-run homer in the fourth, and Chad Maddox went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs. Chad France also went 2-for-4 and scored two runs for Ferrum, which saw coach Abe Naff win his 295th career game.
Bobby Matthews held Washington and Lee to two hits in seven innings on his way to a complete game as Randolph-Macon beat the Generals 7-0 in the first game and 8-2 in the second game to sweep the college baseball doubleheader.
The Generals' Matt Ermigiotti gave up six runs in the first game and was hurt by six Washington and Lee errors. The Yellow Jackets (5-3 overall, 2-0 Old Dominion Athletic Conference) scored three runs in the second inning and four in the fourth.
In the second game, Todd Stanton was the only bright spot for Generals (2-8, 0-2), going 2-for-3.
Cole Kelly shot a two-under par 70 at the second round of the Golf Digest Collegiate at the Tournament Players Course in The Woodlands, Texas, to keep the Cavaliers in third place after two rounds.
Virginia's score of 589 trails first-place Oklahoma State by 12 strokes. Texas is in second place with a two-round total of 582, and North Carolina is in third with 584.
Lewis Chitengwa, who shot a first-round 70, followed that with a second-round 73, and Simon Cooke fired a 72 to help the Cavaliers. The last round is today.
Sophomores Detra Edmunds and Michelle Smith each won two events as the Virginia Tech women's track team opened their outdoor season by taking part in the Seahawk Invitational in Wilmington, N.C.
Edmunds won the triple jump with a leap of 38 feet, 8 inches that also set a school record. Her leap of 18 feet, 1/2 inch was good enough to win the long jump. Smith won the shot put and discus events with throws of 38 feet, 3 inches, and 123 feet, respectively. Junior Meredith Newby finished second in the shot put and fourth in the discus.
by CNB