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COLLEGES BE SUNDAY DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. ROCHESTER. N.Y.. NOVEMBER 5. 1989 Defense, Scharr lead SU, 23-11 Ithaca routs Cortland, 28-0, to boost post-season hopes A IK fc i rv Scharr's presence was immediately felt in the second half.

On his second series, he drove the Orange 81 yards in five plays with Duane Kinnon scoring on a one-yard plunge to give SU a 10-5 lead. On his next possession, Scharr moved SU into BC territory but had to leave the game briefly when he reinjured his bruised left shoulder. McDonald came in and promptly made a bad pitch to Michael Owens and Labbe recovered at the SU 45. SU held but Lowe kicked a career-best 52-yard field goal to make it 10-8. On SU's next play, Owens (21 carries, 90 yards) fumbled and BC's Ed Duran recovered at the SU 12.

Again, the defense held and Lowe kicked a 22-yard field goal to give the Eagles an 11-10 lead with :18 left in the third. Scharr then took charge. He marched the Orange 65 yards in six plays to the winning touchdown, hitting Rob Moore with a nine-yard scoring strike. The touchdown gave Moore an SU record 18 for his career. Scharr was sacked on a two-point conversion attempt leaving the score 16-11.

The defense followed with another huge effort BC moved to a first-and-goal at the eight and on second down, scored an apparent go-ahead TD with 6:57 left. However, the officials ruled that Cherry had stepped out of bounds before he caught the ball, nullifying the play. On third down, Bary made a great play to deflect a pass in the end zone to Cherry. Hicks argued for a pass interference penalty and was hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that pushed the ball back to the 26. DeRiggi then blocked Lowe's 42-yard field-goal attempt.

Scharr came on the field and capped a 75-yard, eight-play drive with a beautifully lofted 20-yard TD pass to Moore (five catches, 114 yards) to ice the game. EAST F00TDALL Blocked punt helps Dartmouth slip by Columbia, 13-12 The Associated Press NEW YORK Robert Birge blocked a punt at the Columbia 13 with 1:40 remaining and Karl Romero kicked a 19-yard field goal with 16 seconds left yesterday to give Dartmouth a 13-12 victory over the Lions. Birge, a defensive back, got both hands on Matt Pollard's punt and then recovered the ball. Dartmouth took over and Clark gained four yards on third-and-three, moving the ball to the two with :19 remaining. Dartmouth called time and Columbia called time twice more before Romero kicked his second field goal of the game.

Former University of Rochester Coach Ray Tellier has yet to win a game with Columbia (0-5 in the Ivy League, 0-8 overall). The Lions have won only two of their past 62 and have lost 17 of their past 18 games against Dartmouth since 1971. The lone exception was a 17-17 tie in 1983. The Big Green (2-4, 3-5) have won their past two games at Columbia by a total of three points. Yale 34, Cornell 19 NEW HAVEN, Conn.

Darin Kehler threw for 158 yards and rushed for 89 as Yale defeated Cornell to remain in a first-place tie in the Ivy League. The fifth straight victory for Yale (5-0, 7-1) sets up a showdown next week with Princeton for a share of the Ivy League title. Cornell (1-3, 3-4) took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, but Yale came back to score 17 straight points in the second quarter. Kehler started the scoring with a two-yard run and threw a five-yard pass to Chris Kouri for another score. Colgate 46, Lehigh 30 HAMILTON Dave Goodwin passed for 448 yards and three touchdowns, including one to Greece.Athena grad Jeff Stenglein, and Jim Tierney ran for three scores as Colgate overcame a record-breaking day by Todd Brunner to defeat then won it.

Ithaca (16-0-6) blanked Hartwick, 2-0 Jen Flanigen's goal at 35:30 gave Alfred University a 1-0 victory over Binghamton in the semifinals of the ECAC Division Mid-Atlantic Tournament at Binghamton. Alfred will meet Oneonta State in the title game at 11 a.m. today William Smith (17-2-1) blanked Eastern Connecticut (12-6), 2-0, in the NCAA Division III Northeast Region semifinals at Willimantic, Conn. Nicole Rassmuson scored at 14:43 of the second half and Karen Miller at 36:50 for the winners. William Smith faces Plymouth State in the final at 1 p.m.

today. Plymouth State beat Salem Sate, 1-0, in the other semifinal. Men's cross country Rochester Institute of Technology totaled 44 points to win its fourth straight ECAC Championship at Colby College. The Coast Guard was second with 67. RIT had four runners in the top 15, led by runner-up Pete Jensen at 27:27.

Rhode Island's Jim Dandenau was first over 5.5 miles in 27 minutes, 17 seconds The University of Rochester won the New York State Collegiate Track and Field Association Championships at Roberts Wesleyan. The UR totaled 35 points to 79 for runner-up Colgate. Ithaca was fifth with 143. Petri Aho of St. Lawrence was first over 8,000 meters in a course-record 25:24.

The UR's Dave Boutiller was second in 25:31 Alfred State totaled 41 points to edge Mohawk Valley CC by two in the Region III Championships at Delhi Tech. Both teams advanced to the NCJAA National Championships at Overland Park, Kan. It was FROM PAGE 1E MacPherson knew better. "The game ball went to Fred DeRiggi," he said. "That ball is precious to our people and it's something he's dreamed of.

He's come a long way in this program." As has been the case all year in the Dome, the SU offense sputtered badly, especially in the first half. BQ took a 5-3 lead into the locker room at halftime but its lead could have been much bigger. "With the pressure our defense was under and where we gave them (BC) the ball, for us to keep them out of the end zone was unbelievable," MacPherson said. Said DeRiggi: "Everyone did a great job. The secondary did a great job, our contain men were outstanding and so were the linebackers.

Everyone did their jobs. I felt I had a lot of big plays but I still have to touch up on a lot of things. It was. the biggest game I've played." It afio was one of the biggest games Schatt has played. Scharr was benched in favor of Mark McDonald but when McDonald struggled in the first half, MacPherson turned to Scharr.

"As we were coming in at the half, he (MacPherson) just told me to 'Get loose because you're going Scharr said. "I felt confident but I thought Mark was playing pretty well when he was in there. He had a couple of things happen like the fumble and the interception, but I thought Mark moved the team pretty well." Not well enough. AH SU could manage was a 47-yard field goal by John Biskup in the second quarter. Three drives ended on punts, one'ended on an interception by BC's DIVISION III FOOTBALL Harrison shatters record for rushing as UR tops Fisher Democrat and Chronicle and The Associated Press Sehior tailback Rick Harrison rushed for 'ji school-record 236 yards on 38 carries yesterday as the University of Rochester posted a 21-7 victory over St.

John Fisher at Fauver Stadium in the first-ever football meeting between the two schools. Fullback John Richard ran for two touchdowns and tailback Carmen Mala-tino added another for the Yellowjackets (7-2). Malatino finished a nine-play, 59-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run in the, opening series. Richard scored from the one with 6:07 to play in the third quarter to increase the lead to 14-0. St.

John Fisher (6-3) cut the lead in half when Paul Brescia blocked a punt in the-fttd zone and Mark Morse recovered it early in the fourth quarter. The Yellowjackets drove 72 yards in 13 plays, for the clinching score in the final quarter. Richard dove through right guard from three yards out with 4:49 left. Morse had 10 solo tackles and two assists for the Cardinals (6-3), who had a five-game victory streak ended, Alfred 24, Canisius 7 BUFFALO Alfred senior running back Ray Rogers rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Saxons. Alfred (7-2) piled up 252 yards on the ground while limiting Canisius (5-4) to only 39 rushing yards.

Alfred took the opening kickoff and drove 88 yards in 17 plays to take a 7-0 lead on Rogers' eight-yard run. Alfred surprised Canisius with a squib kick following the TD and recovered the ball on the Griffins' 42-yard line. Eleven plays later, Steve Milne kicked a 29-yard field goal for a 10-0 Alfred lead. Rogers went over 1,000 yards for the season for the second time in his career. He has 1,039 with one game to play.

Hobart 13, Gannon 0 GENEVA Don Papa and Andy u. UPDATE Pearson's OT goal carries RIT hockey past Elmira, 5-4 Democrat and Chronicle The Rochester Institute of Technology's hockey team (3-1) won its tournament championship with a 5-4 double-overtime victory over Elmira College (2-1) last night at Ritter Arena. Todd Pearson scored the winning goal for the Tigers at 1:52 of overtime. It was his second goal of the game. Pat Coyle assisted on the play.

Phil Roe's goal at 12:58 of the third period sent the game into overtime. Chris Palmer was named tourney most valuable player. More hockey Bishop Kearney grad Ken Doohan scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead Cortland State (2-0) to a 6-3 victory over visiting Potsdam State (2-2). The Red Dragons, despite being outshot, 24'21, notched the victory as goalie David Cooper turned in 21 saves. Doug Gillen scored twice for the victors The UR (3-5) routed Scranton, (0-4), in the consolation of the Brockport Invitational, 10-5 Keith Lewis and Brett Wormley each scored twice as host Brotkport State (2-0) downed Conestoga (Ont), 9-3 Oswego State (1-0) beat host Hobart (1-1), 5-3, with Sean Green scoring a goal and assisting on two.

Phil Hammel, a former three-sport high school star at Attica, rolled up 180 yards and a touchdown with his eight catches, and the Bombers ripped the nation's third-best yardage defense for 504 yards. The Bombers, who had been averaging 125 passing yards a game with their option-dominated offense, rolled up 241 on a sunny, crisp afternoon as Tom Pasquale completed 11 of 21 attempts. "I guess they underestimated our passing game and decided to key on our run and the option game," said freshman Jeff Wittman (Gates-Chili), who scored the day's final TD on a five-yard run. But Cortland didn't have much luck stopping that running game either. Fullback Keith Molinich (Pittsford Sutherland) rolled 57 yards around the left side for a score against an ill-timed middle blitz on Ithaca's seventh play of the day.

The points were all the Bombers would need, but the Pasquale-to-Hammel combination would provide highlights for the rest of the Parents Weekend afternoon. First, they teamed on a 40-yard bomb late in the first quarter that eventually led to a missed field goal. Then they ran essentially the same down-the-middle play about 3:30 before the half. This time, the ball was thrown high and slightly short, but Hammel, who began the day with 27 catches for the year, came back for it and outjumped Ted Fox and Steve McCormick for a 57-yard gain. "1 didn't even see it until it started coming down because the sun was in my eyes.

But it was a great throw," he said. Ithaca's longest pass play of the season set up an even better Pasquale-to-Hammel collaboration with 1:12 left in the half. downs as the Tigers (5-0, 6-1-1) stayed unbeaten in the Ivy League. Punting problems for Penn (2-2, 4-3) set up two of the Tigers' scores en route to a 20-0 halftime lead. Princeton's fifth-straight victory sets up a first-place battle next week with Yale, which defeated Cornell, 34-19, to improve to 5-0.

Penn fell from contention for the Ivy crown it shared last year with Cornell. Holy Cross 4S, Northeastern 13 WORCESTER, Mass. Tom Ciaccio passed for 182 yards and two touchdowns and Joe Segreti ran for two scores during a 43-point first half as the Crusaders (8- 1) defeated the Huskies (3-6). Hofstra 42, Fordham 35 NEW YORK Quarterback Rhory Moss went 19-for-31 for 255 yards and two touchdowns and Brian McGee ran for two TDs as the Flying Dutchmen (7- 2) outlasted the Rams (1-6). Massachusetts 17, Richmond 14 AMHERST, Mass.

Quarterback Gary Wilkos ran for 100 yards and a touchdown and Marco Gabrielli kicked a 23-yard field goal with 1:27 left to play to lift the Minutemen (2-4, 4-4-1) over the Spiders (0-7, 1-8) in a Yankee Conference game. Bucknell 54, Lafayette 33 LEWISBURG, Pa. Scott Auchen-bach threw three touchdown passes and ran for one score in leading Bucknell (1-1, 4-4) to a Colonial League victory over Lafayette (1-2, 4-5). Bucknell never trailed and took its i largest lead of the game at 31-0. Boston U.

30, Maine 28 BOSTON Stan Greene passed for 372 yards and four touchdowns, including a short scoring strike to Brian Straughter with :47 left, and the Terriers (4-2, 4-5) held on for a Yankee Conference victory over the Black Bears (6-2, 8-2). Harvard 27, Brown 14 PROVIDENCE, R.I. Tim Perry passed for two touchdowns and rushed for a third to give Coach Joe Restic his 100th career victory as the Crimson (3-5) defeated the Bears (1-7) in an Ivy League gamei Ruthrauff, 4. Heidi Splete, 10. Catherine Desmond, while Allegheny (60) was second, also with three in the top 10 (5.

Chris Darling, 7. Jenny Kriese, 8. Julie Talbot, 19:41.) Jannette Bonrouhi set a course record of 18:48 over five kilometers to lead Ithaca to the ECAC Championships at Colby College. The previous record was 19:52, held by teammate Jill Vollweiler. Ithaca's Jennifer Vollwciler was second (19:06) and Jill Vollweiler third Bonnie Glecson of Ithaca was fifth Women's field hockey Host Lock Haven (Pa.) overcame a 3-2 deficit to defeat William Smith (13-7), 5-3, in an NCAA Division III Regional final.

After Ann Lynch gave William Smith a 3-2 lead early in the second, Lock Haven scored three straight goals, two by Teresa Cisney. Women's volleyball Cortland State defeated Rochester Institute of Technology (38-9), 15-12, 15-4, in the title match of the New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Geneseo State. Cortland had beaten St. John Fisher, 15-3, 15-9. and RIT whipped Brockport State, 5- 15, 15-8, 15-9, in the semifinals.

Fisher knocked off Brockport for third place, 18- 16, 12-15, 15-6. New York University defeated Nazareth (21-26) in the consolation quarterfinals, 8-15, 15-13, 15-9. Nazareth's Laurie Beach had 14 kills and nine digs. RIT's Tammy Conrad (Spencerport) and Jennifer Polo made the all-tournament team. By John Moriello Democrat and Chronicle ITHACA Ken Hammel reduced eight mostly exciting catches to as many words.

"They threw to me and I caught it," the junior split end said. Oh, if only life for Ithaca College were always so simple. With their 28-0 victory over Cortland before 10,051 fans at South Hill Field yesterday, the Bombers have created a very thorny situation when it comes to ranking Division III football teams and figuring post-season berths. The Bombers control their own destiny, but only to a certain extent. Ithaca is 7-2 headed into next week's game at Washington Jefferson, which is sitting at 7-1 after a 17-7 loss to Carnegie-Mellon.

With a victory there, the Bombers would seemingly force the NCAA to invite them to the 16-team playoffs. However, Cortland is sitting at 8-1, and Union, St. John's and a whole bunch of small schools in the Northeast are pointing to their own sparkling records. Maybe a few of them should point to the strength of their schedule or lack thereof. "The selectors count wins and losses," Ithaca Coach Jim Butterfield said, "but when we can play an American International (a 6-2 Division II team) 7-6 and have an opportunity to win, it's not for me to say we lost to them." That game and a 17-10 loss to Alfred in September are the two pocks on Ithaca's record.

Yesterday, though, the Bombers inflicted some damage of their own on the Red Dragons, the No. 1 Division III team in the Lambert Poll. The Associated Press Al Rosier of Dartmouth is stopped short by Columbia's Galen Snyder. Lehigh in the Colonial League. The Red Raiders (1-2, 4-5) caused six Lehigh turnovers, including two fumbles and four interceptions.

Lehigh (1-1, 5-4), which came into the game averaging 38 points and more than 500 yards a game on offense, had 607 total yards as the twc teams combined for 1,198 yards. Goodwin finished the day 29-for-43 for 448 yards, giving him 2,606 yards for the season, a school record. He also became the first player in Colgate history to throw for more than 400 yards in consecutive games. Connecticut 21, Delaware 17 STORRS, Conn. Matt DeGennaro passed for two touchdowns and Kevin Wesley ran for another as the Huskies (4-2, 6-3) defeated Delaware (4-3, 5-4) in a Yankee Conference game.

DeGennaro's 18-yard pass to Mike Nolan after a scramble around the backfield with 1:44 to go in the third quarter proved to be the difference. Princeton 30, Penn 8 PHILADELPHIA Judd Garrett carried for 115 yards and two touchdowns and Joel Sharp passed for two touch- Alfred State's fourth straight regional title. Cayuga CC was third with 109, and CCFL had 114. Monroe Community College totaled 196. Erie CC's Scott Wawr-zynek (Pembroke) was first over five miles in 27:38.

Mark Andrews of Alfred State and Canisteo was third in 28:09, Matt Cottom (Greece Athena) fifth (28:48) and Paul Pebbles (Webster) eighth All advanced to the nationals. Women's cross country Mary Shaver of MCC and Joy Conner of Alfred State finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the NCJAA Region III championships at Delhi Tech. Both qualified for the nationals next weekend. Mohawk Valley CC took team honors with 43 points, with Cobleskill second with 66. Alfred State was fifth with 78.

The individual winner over three miles was MVCC's Tammy Rule Delhi Tech's Patty VanDermallie (Spencerport), the defending champ, was third in 20:23. Shaver (Brighton) was timed in 20:44, while Conner finished at 20:47. If Shaver places in the top 25 next weekend she'll be MCC's first Ail-American Senior Kata Ritenburg's second-place finish helped the University of Rochester finish third in the 10-team Rochester Invitational at Genesee Valley Park. Ritenburg (19:13) finished well behind Fredonia State's Jennifer McNer-ney, who won with a course record 18:31 in the field of 61. Other UR finishers included Christine Litke (ninth, 19:44) and Jacqueline Jennings (12th, Colgate won the meet with 41 points and three runners in the top 10 (3.

Abbey The Associated Press BC's John Raqan celebrates after nail ing SU's Ousmane Bary for a safety. Rico Labbe and another ended when McDonald fumbled a snap at the BC two-yard-line. Earlier SU mistakes gave BC its first five points. Cornerback Ousmane Bary intercepted a Hicks pass at his own two but ran into the end zone on the return and was tackled for a safety midway through the first quarter. Moments later, Marcus Cherry returned a punt 66 yards to the SU eight.

The defense stiffened and Brian Lowe kicked a 32-yard field goal. Pemberton scored on short runs as Hobart (2-7) blanked Gannon (0-6). Papa scored from one yard out with 6:46 left in the first half. Pemberton added his four-yard TD 10:27 into the third quarter. Westminster 35, Buffalo State 10 NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

Joe Micchia threw three touchdown passes to lead undefeated Westminster (8-0) over Buffalo State for its 22nd consecutive victory. Micchia completed seven of 13 passes for 106 yards and threw touchdowns of 13 and 12 to Dave Foley and another of nine yards to Mike Beggy. Brad Tokar ran for 106 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown on Westminster's first possession. It was his fifth 100-yard game this season and the 17th of his career. Jeff Schearer threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Hall, and Dale Brown kicked a 34-yard field goal for Buffalo State (1-8).

Tufts 30, Hamilton 23 CLINTON Tufts (5-2) built a 30-14 lead earlv in the fourth quarter, then held off Hamilton (4-3). The Jumbos rushed for 336 yards. Mike Joyce had 112 of them. Hamilton quarterback Kieran Clair ran for 70 yards and threw a touchdown pass. Rochester's Kevin Hooten caught four passes for 70 yards.

St. Lawrence 32, RP1 18 CANTON Quarterback Chris Phelps threw four touchdown passes, three of them to Kurt Lanning, for the second straight game as St. Lawrence defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Phelps hit Lanning on TD passes of 18, 71 and 27 yards, the last one coming in the fourth quarter to give St. Lawrence (5-4) a 25-12 lead.

Phelps, who finished the game 12-for-29 for 225 yards, also threw a TD pass to Tim McGuckin that gave the Saints a 15-6 halftime lead. Lanning made 12 catches for 183 yards. RPI (2-6) got a big game from running back Kurt Stapleton, who rushed 11 times for 142 yards and touchdown runs of two and 85 yards. Ron Frissora added a 45-yard field goal for St. Lawrence.

McCarthy, Dana Angelo and John Strain scored for Hobart, which held a 2-0 lead. All three Hobart goals were on the power play. Goalie Gabe Halleus made 24 saves for the Statesmen. Oswego's Mike Tetreault stopped 36 Fredonia trounced host St. Bonaventure, 11-3, in the championship game of the Manufacturer's Hanover Tournament as Pat Bau-man had two goals nad an assist.

Fredonia had a huge shot advantage, 48-13. Women's basketball Michele Wilson scored 17 points but the University of Rochester was beaten by visiting Ontario Rainbow, 74-68, in an exhibition game. Men's soccer Alfred State (20-2) upset top-seeded Herkimer County Community College (20-2-1), 1-0, in the NCJAA Region III Upstate men's soccer final at Alfred. Alfred advances to the NCJAA national championships, Nov. 15-19 at Trenton, N.J.

Senior striker Daniel Panol scored the only goal for second-seeded Alfred at 34:35 off a direct kick from Tom Bonus. Alfred goalkeeper Michael Hermen (Rush-Henrietta) made 12 saves for his 1 1th shutout of the season. Women's soccer The University of Rochester (15-1-1), defeated Cortland State, 1-0, in a shootout at the Division III East Region semifinals at Hartwick College. The UR will meet Ithaca at 1 p.m. today.

It was a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime. In the five-shot shootout it was tied, 3-3. Lea Perkins' sudden-death goal i.