THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, July 1, 1996 TAG: 9607010129
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY REA FARMER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 28 lines
Reprinted from Sunday's late editions.
Hampton Roads keeper Matt Olson denied Richmond a shot at the James River Cup on Saturday night before 2,374 at First Colonial.
Olson shut out the Kickers in a shootout as the Mariners posted a 2-1 Select League victory.
Olson came out to meet each Richmond kicker in the shootout. He deflected Ben Crawley's kick, took Steve Kinsey's shot on the shoulder, kicked the ball off Kevin Scott's foot and kept Neil Ryan from getting off a shot in the allotted five seconds.
Meanwhile, Nate Houser and Danny Creech beat Richmond keeper Phil Wellington to give the Mariners the win.
The Mariners were presented the inaugural James River Cup following the game. The cup is awarded to the best-of-three winner between the two Select League rivals. Hampton Roads defeated Richmond 3-2 in a shootout 10 days ago.
Dave Shifirin scored his first goal of the season to give the Mariners (10-2, 6-1) the early lead. Richmond (7-7, 4-6) evened the score 11:28 into the second half on Tim Hardy's 20-footer.
The Mariners host Roanoke at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. by CNB