ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, September 9, 1996              TAG: 9609090156
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: B-4  EDITION: METRO 
                                             TYPE: IN THE REGION 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS


OLSEN LIFTS UVA SOCCER TO VICTORY

Sophomore midfielder Ben Olsen scored the game-winner on a corner kick 38 seconds into overtime Sunday as the Virginia men's soccer team put away Saint Louis 2-1 in the final game of the Coca-Cola Classic in Charlottesville.

Senior midfielder Mike Fisher gave the top-ranked Cavaliers (2-0-1) a 1-0 lead with a penalty kick 2:15 into the game. The Billikens, ranked fifth, tied it at the 67:45 mark when Craig Corbett beat UVa goaltender Yuri Sagatov from 12 yards out.

Cal-State Fullerton, which beat American 4-2, tied Virginia with a 1-0-1 mark in the tournament, but claimed the title with a plus-2 goal differential to Virginia's plus-1.

In other sports news in the region:

*Kevin Duhaime scored two second-half goals as VMI rallied from a one-goal deficit to defeat Maryland-Eastern Shore 3-1 in men's soccer action in Lexington.

Michael Maire scored the first goal for the Keydets (3-1), which outshot UMES 26-8.

*Keith Cozzens, Todd Hallauer and Sam Starkweather scored for Roanoke as the Maroons tied Sewanee 3-3 to win the Kyle Rote Jr. Invitational men's soccer tournament in Sewanee, Tenn.

The Maroons (2-0) won the tournament on goals scored (10) during the weekend. Midfielders Brad Bandera and Demis Yanco and forward Starkweather were named to the All-Tournament team.

*Forward Heidi Skinner scored for Virginia Tech (1-0-1) as the Hokies tied American (0-1-1) 1-1 in women's soccer in Blacksburg.

*Stacie Gause tallied twice as East Carolina blanked Radford 4-0 in women's soccer in Greenville, N.C.

*Alyson Patrick scored 13:10 into the second half as North Carolina Wesleyan topped Roanoke 1-0 in women's soccer in Salem.

*The Radford University women's golf team placed fourth in the Tina Barrett/Longwood Invitational held at the Longwood Golf Course in Farmville.

The Highlanders finished the two-day event with a 711 team score, 61 shots off the pace of tournament winner James Madison.

Radford's Candace Dean fired a two-day total of 164 and placed fifth in the individual competition. Teammates Alana Smarrelli and Lindsey Horen finished 15th and 19th, respectively.

*The Salem Sabres Maroon Under-13 boys' soccer team finished runner-up in the Autumn Chase Soccer Tournament, held this weekend in Bristol, Tenn.

Salem fell 3-2 to Wood County (W.Va.) Thunder in a shootout in the championship match. Logan Reeves led the Sabres with five goals and goalkeeper Nick Capito posted a 2-1 record in goal.

The Roanoke Star Under-11 girls' team also posted a runner-up finish. Roanoke finished with two wins and a tie and finished second to a team from Johnson City (Tenn.), which edged Roanoke on points.


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