ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, December 9, 1996 TAG: 9612100055
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
MEMO: Shorter version ran in Metro edition.
Debbie Keller scored with 9:04 remaining in the second overtime to give North Carolina a 1-0 win over Notre Dame in the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.
Keller's goal, off assists from Rakel Karvelsson and Tiffany Roberts, gave the top-seeded Tar Heels (25-1) their 13th NCAA title in the 15 years the tournament has been contested.
Second-seeded Notre Dame (24-2) had beaten North Carolina in the teams' past two meetings, including a 2-1 overtime decision earlier this year.
Notre Dame earned a 1-0 semifinal triumph in last year's NCAA tournament.
Keller's score came after a cross by Roberts was deflected by Karvelsson parallel to the goal line and beyond the reach of Notre Dame goalkeeper Jen Renola. Keller, stationed at the right post, easily touched it in.
North Carolina, now 47-2 in NCAA play, dominated territorially, outshooting Notre Dame 18-7 overall and 14-4 after halftime. The play of Renola and central defender Jen Grubb helped keep the game scoreless through regulation and into overtime.
The sellout crowd of 8,800 was the largest ever to see an NCAA women's title match.
* Pawel Krakowiak's header slipped past a diving Adin Brown as St. John's defeated William & Mary 2-1 in overtime in the NCAA men's soccer playoffs in Norfolk.
The win gives St. John's a berth in next weekend's final four in Richmond. Also advancing are: Florida International, a 1-0 winner over Indiana; UNC Charlotte, a 3-0 winner over Hartford; and Creighton, a 2-0 winner over Fresno State.
The other goal for the Red Storm (20-2-2) was scored by Kevin Daly.
Steve Jolley scored the only goal for William & Mary (20-3-1), which was outshot by St. John's 20-7.
ETC. JCPenney title to Andrews-Hulbert
Faced with a field that featured long hitters and celebrated youngsters, Mike Hulbert and Donna Andrews won the JCPenney Classic in Tarpon Springs, Fla., with simple, steady golf.
In a modified alternate-shot format, they parred the final three holes to shoot a 3-under-par 68 and win the rain-shortened event by one stroke over the teams of Tiger Woods-Kelli Kuehne and Joel Edwards-Missie McGeorge.
Hulbert and Andrews, a Lynchburg resident, finished at 16-under 197, earning them $375,000 in the event that pairs players from the PGA and LPGA tours.
``The key was we got off to a good start on the front nine, and they couldn't catch us,'' Hulbert said. ``We got up by three strokes and had a little cushion.''
Most of the attention was on the team of John Daly-Laura Davies, the longest hitters on their tours, and on Woods-Kuehne.
Kuehne, who won her second U.S. Women's Amateur title, was making her professional debut with the 20-year-old Woods, who won his third straight U.S. Amateur and then bagged two PGA Tour titles in a span of two months.
Woods-Kuehne shot a final-round 68, but hurt themselves with a three-putt bogey from 5 feet on the 14th hole. After Woods rolled the birdie attempt 2 feet past the hole, Kuehne lipped out coming back.
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