THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 20, 1994 TAG: 9410200502
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: By KEVIN DOEPP, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 76 lines
Former Maury High School soccer standout Lindsay Huffman is third on the Randolph-Macon women's soccer team in scoring and is the only freshman starter for the Lady Yellow Jackets this season.
``Coming to Randolph-Macon, I knew that I would have to work to get a starting position, Huffman said. ``I am surprised I'm starting, but I am not intimidated by being a freshman.''
Huffman, who played halfback and fullback at Maury, is playing forward for the first time in her soccer career.
``I'd rather play forward than any other position,'' she said. ``I like the system we play, and I like to create. I think my ability to create is my best skill.''
Huffman says she chose Randolph-Macon because of its ``well-established women's soccer tradition.'' The Lady Jackets are unbeaten in their last 29 games - the longest streak in Division III women's soccer history and the third-longest overall in women's collegiate soccer.
The Lady Jackets face Virginia Wesleyan today in Ashland, Va., for first place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Both teams are undefeated in conference play.
ODAC FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Guilford will play host to Emory & Henry this week in a battle of the unbeatens that could decide the conference title. Guilford's Quakers (6-0), in their 103rd year of football, have never started a season 7-0. They are ranked sixth in the Division III South Region. The Wasps (6-0) will be looking to clinch their sixth ODAC championship. . . . Washington & Lee freshman tailback Seth McKinley started his first collegiate game on Saturday and rushed for 135 yards on 32 carries in the Generals' 21-17 loss to Hampden-Sydney. . . . In losing, 14-0, to Emory & Henry, Randolph-Macon was shut out for the first time in 38 games. The last time? At the hands of the Wasps in 1990.
OLD DOMINION REPORT: When the Monarchs' men's soccer team meets American, expect overtime. Monday's game was the fifth in a row between the two schools to run long. ODU is 3-0-2 in those games. . . . Field hockey star Sue Callahan (Princess Anne) has 44 career assists, putting her 10th on the Lady Monarchs' all-time list. She is three assists behind Christy Morgan and four behind Yogi Hightower-Boothe. Senior goalie Kim Decker has 42 career shutouts. . . . Sailor Evangeline Callahan will travel to Boston this weekend for the ICYRA Women's Singlehand.
NORFOLK STATE ROUNDUP: The Spartanettes' volleyball team (14-9, 12-4 CIAA) has won eight of its last 11 matches and is in second place in the CIAA North behind Hampton. Junior co-captain Holly Gray leads the team with a .278 hitting percentage. Junior Kim Mumford leads the team in kills with 196. Defensive specialist Aricka Spellman leads the team with 217 digs and 60 service aces. ... The men's cross country team finished second behind Christopher Newport in the Men's Five-Miles at the Virginia Division II-III State Championship. Calvin Graham finished fifth, Robert Gerrard sixth and Yousif Omar 12th. ... The women's cross country team finished sixth out of eight teams in the women's 5,000 meters at the Virginia Division II-III meet. Karen Sinclair was fourth overall.
VIRGINIA WESLEYAN REPORT: Three good reasons the men's soccer team is unbeaten: Jim Hickling (19 goals), Evan Whitson (16) and Mike Duffy (15) have combined for 50 goals in 16 games. Also, keeper Scott Morgenroth has allowed only seven goals on 91 shots. ... The Lady Marlins (12-1) have extended their school-best winning streak to 12 games. Their only loss came to Division I Old Dominion. Freshman scoring sensation Marcie Blackbourn continues to lead the team with 14 goals. Her eight assists also are a team high. Keeper Sonya Huss (Princess Anne) has allowed only nine goals on 127 shots faced.
ALUMNI UPDATE: Julie Mason (Princess Anne) a junior soccer player at Mary Washington, is sixth in the Capital Conference in scoring with six goals and four assists. . . . Bridgewater's Charlie Meek (Lake Taylor) finished second in the Ferrum Invitational golf tournament with a 153. Meek placed ahead of last year's Division III national champion, Scott Scovil of Christopher Newport. . . . Meredith Blackman (First Colonial) continues to lead Longwood in scoring with five goals (for 10 points). by CNB