Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 23, 1995 TAG: 9504250039
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-12 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
This much is known: The Tigers snapped Roanoke's school-record 10-game winning streak, deprived the Maroons of a school-record 13th victory and forced a three-way tie for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship.
What remains to be seen is whether Roanoke, ranked fifth in NCAA Division III before Saturday, receives one of the eight spots in the NCAA Tournament.
``I don't see anybody else with 12 wins,'' said Maroons coach Bill Pilat, inducted Saturday night into the Roanoke College Athletic Hall of Fame with former All-American Sean Smith. ``We deserve to be in the playoffs. Historically speaking, when something like this happens, the [higher-ranked] team makes the playoffs. In our case, I don't know. We've been left out before.''
Tenth-ranked Hampden-Sydney (10-4 overall, 5-1 ODAC) scored its first goal after only 12 seconds and never trailed, although Roanoke closed to 9-8 early in the third quarter.
The Maroons (12-3, 5-1) subsequently went more than 15 minutes without scoring.
Roanoke outshot the Tigers 68-35, but was victimized by goalie Ben Heinsohn, one of 12 Hampden-Sydney seniors who had never beaten the Maroons. Heinsohn had 22 saves.
In the opening game of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C., Ross Moscatelli and Scott Harrison scored three goals each to lead Duke to its first ACC victory of the season, a 17-10 upset of second-ranked Virginia (10-2), the top seed in the tournament.
Jim Gonnella and John Fay each added two goals for the Blue Devils (10-3).
Duke will meet eighth-ranked North Carolina for the championship today in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Tar Heels upset No.3 Maryland 14-9.
by CNB