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Page 2B CULPEPER STAR EXPONENT Culpeper Va Sun September 121999 Virginia Tech defense paves the way past UAB wi Virginia Shyrone Stith left hurdles a player into the grasp of Alabama James Hampton 28 Howard 27 WASHINGTON (AP) Montrell Coley scored two touchdowns and Michael Bland blocked an extra point attempt with 3:24 remaining to pre serve 28 27 victory over Howard on Saturday game saving block came after Jermaine Hutchinson ran for his fourth touchdown of the game The Pirates (2 0 2 0 MEAC) also blocked Charles point after try after the first touchdown of the game Coley scored the winning touch down for the Pirates capping a 55 yard 10 play drive Howard (0 2 0 1) tried to get its passing game going but Bobby Townsend completed only six of 20 passes in the first quarter The Bison eventually turned to Hutchinson who rushed for 152 yards on 23 carries He had touchdown runs of 4 4 22 and 2 yards Coley finished with 20 carries for 66 yards Michael Jones who scored Island in 1985 with 78 touchdown passes Augustin got Villanova (1 1 1 0 Atlantic 10) rolling with a 5 yard touchdown run early in the first quar ter and Boden hit Murle Sango with a 30 yard TD pass with 2:45 remaining in the second quarter to put Villanova ahead 14 3 Miles was 21 of 34 for 281 yards and four touchdowns for the Spiders (1 1 0 1) Richmond had 405 offen sive yards while Villanova had 383 BLACKSBURG Va Michael Vick was hurt so No 1 1 Virginia Tech had to rely on backup Dave Meyer Meyer meanwhile relied on the stout defense Despite throwing three intercep tions and losing a fumble Meyer was able to pace Tech to a 31 10 victory over UAB thanks to a big effort by the defense were just coming up and saying with it We have confi dence in you just play the game The defense will back you Meyer said The Hokies allowed just 63 yards a school record and senior end Corey Moore had three sacks think everybody realizes what a great player seeing some Tech coach rank Beamer said has such a get off (on a pass rush) He just beats everybody a step ahead of everybody and then after that so fast I think there is an offensive lineman in the country that can catch played them all through the years and this is the toughest UAB coach Watson Brown said Tech has outscored UAB 109 10 in their three games three years have been really Brown said scheme is tough The players are very quick and very confident the best played and that includes Nebraska Tennesee and Arizona AP Photo Williams in the fourth quarter Saturday By Kia Breaux ASSOCIATED PRESS iifc lit ft 7 111 11 ik 1 rJPW iS Mv i fi r' AMP IM Get the signing bonus all the rookies missed lh Hh i Mk 1 Ja A Uw lit iWlrmiWW i ijllS III flLi 11 1 1 IB wSiSi lEI Mk IMI a deal for armchair quarterbacks and film critics alike The '99 NL SUNDAY TICKET subscription (only $159) brings you a whole season full of games you might not ordinarily see in your area Plus you get three free months of Total Choice PLATINUM programming which includes 32 premium movie 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101099 and subscribe to '99 NL SUNDAY ($159 OOreqular season) and DIRECTV Total PLATINUM SI "ewJKldent'at subscribers who Visit us at wwwradioshackcom played them Shyrone Stith rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown and Andre Kendrick threw a 35 yard halfback pass for the Hokies (2 0) pass got Tech started again after UAB (0 2) had cut a 17 0 deficit to 17 10 With 1 3:45 to play Kendrick a for mer high school quarterback took a handoff from Meyer and found Andre Davis for the TD that gave Tech all the margin it needed soon as I took the pitch I start ed laughing because the free safety came up so Kendrick said was so anxious I just threw it out there I was kind of scared I overthrew it because I was so Meyer opened the scoring with a 41 yard pass to Emmett Johnson 2:08 into the game defense set up the second touchdown forcing the Blazers to punt from their 1 after Ike Charlton and Moore each tackled runners for losses Tech had to drive only 39 yards in six plays the last 1 yard dive over the pile pass was intercepted at the Hokies 29 and UAB immediately con verted on Daniel TD pass to Percy Coleman with 11:10 left in the second quarter When Jake Arians son of former Virginia Tech quarterback Bruce Arians kicked a career long 47 yard field goal 38 seconds before half time the Blazers trailed only 17 10 Reserve tailback Lee Suggs scored final touchdown on a 1 yard run with 2:07 left in the game think you give Alabama Birmingham Beaner said an improved program Watson Brown has done a good job there a good win for us and now we see if we can get ready for Villanova 35 Richmond 30 RICHMOND Va (AP) Chris Boden passed for 250 yards and two touchdowns and Ducarmel Augustin ran for two more scores Saturday as Villanova beat Richmond 35 30 in the Virginia Continued from Page IB Jones had churned to 1 1 on next possession when he fumbled Ellis was 19 of 33 for 233 yards The Tigers moved the ball easily and punt until midway through the fourth quarter Clemson had fallen far in the decade since ord who never lost to Virginia in 11 seasons The Tigers were 1 7 in the ACC last year and had lost five of their past six games It was first victory over a ranked team since beating North Carolina State on Sept 13 1997 This was what Clemson wanted when it went after Bowden who led Tulane to a 12 0 season last year and replaced Tommy West with the Tigers But last week the offense was outgained and its defense spotty in a 13 10 home loss to Marshall Streeter a senior made sure that happen again He hit 10 of his first 11 passes and was 17 of 23 for 232 yards in the first half He led a 77 yard drive which ended with TD to start the third quarter and put Virginia away get more and more comfort able and more and more Streeter said that happens when making big players it builds confidence and it definitely builds Agassi Martin in US Open final By Steve Wilstein ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Andre Agassi took aim at Yevgeny weak backhand as if throwing darts at a eye to reach his third straight Grand Slam final at the US Open an all American affair against a rejuve nated Todd Martin Bouncing back from a wild start Agassi exploited back hand with brutal shots to that side wearing him down and breaking his spirit on the way to a 1 6 6 3 6 3 6 3 victory Saturday Agassi winner of the rench Open and runner up at Wimbledon this sum mer regained the No 1 ranking as he advanced to the title match against Martin the new No 4 after a 6 4 6 1 6 2 romp over Cedric Pioline so happy for Todd the been said Agassi whowon the US Open in 1994 and is seeking a fifth major title good to see another American in the final been a great year for me and hoping to make it a little bit better The all American final will be only the fifth here in the Open era which began in 1968 and the first since Pete Sampras beat Michael Chang in 1996 Agassi and Martin are both 29 and have known each other since rising through the junior ranks Agassi holds a 9 5 advantage in their pro matches Though virtual opposites in personali ty the flamboyant Agassi and the scholarly Martin speak of the tremen dous respect they have for each other Yet Agassi knows better off playing Martin than another final against Sampras who beat him at Wimbledon two months ago and in the US Open finals in 1990 and 1995 a little bit easier going to sleep thinking about Todd Martin than Agassi said you still have a job to do My state of mind is very much on the business at Agassi came out a little too pumped up against Kafelnikov trying to dictate play with deep groundstrokes but more often clubbing shots long and wide while the Russian played well enough to take advantage Kafelnikov won 12 of 13 points in one stretch from 2 1 to 5 1 in that set and put it away in just 21 minutes But just as he did in the rench final after a slow start Agassi raised the level of his game as he mercilessly went after backhand The shot of the match was not one spectac ular point but a series of overpowering backhands crosscourt by Agassi that Kafelnikov sprayed outside the lines or into the net with his two handed back hand Atlantic 10 opener for both teams Boden who was 19 of 31 set a new Atlantic 10 record with 79 career touchdown passes breaking a record set by Tom Ehrhardt of Rhode Island Ehrhardt finished his career at Rhode first touchdown on a 3 yard run led the Pirates with 14 carries for 92 yards.