84 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, April 28 - May 4, 2000
Cape's Carolyn Schranck moves the ball down-
field in an 8-0 shutout of Dover April 20.
Casey Cahill fakes out a Dover defender as the
Vikings improved their record to 4-3 on the season.
Dan Cook photos
Eli Pratt scored one goal and had three assists in
the victory over the Senators.
Quick Hitters
Lady Viking soccer team rolls past Dover Senators for 8-0 shutout
SOCCER GIRLS BLAST
DOVER 8-0 - Caesar Rodney is
the team to beat in Heniopen Con-
ference girls soccer. They have
beaten everybody soundly, includ-
ing Cape and Dover.
But Dover had beaten everyone
else, at least until Thursday, April
20. Led by freshman Erin
Williams' hat trick, the 4-3 girls of
coach John Myers dominated
Dover 8-0 to celebrate the begin-
ning of spring break. Other goals
in the game were scored by Lau-
ren Cooper, Elizabeth Pratt, Bran-
di Reed, Jackie Wolak and Jodie
Moore.
Cape put 26 shots on goal. Eli
Pratt, in addition to scoring a goal,
had three assists. Cape will host a
tough Caesar Rodney team on
Tuesday, May 2, which will be no
vacation.
"It seems half our games were
rained out," said striker Erin
Williams.
The month of May will be noth-
ing but playing soccer games.
The Vikings have an outside shot
at the state tournament, which be-
gins May 24.
WESLEY COLLEGE NEWS
- Local products Tina Walls
pitched a shutout and Kim Smith
launched a home run as the
Wolverines defeated Beaver 2-0
in the opening round of the Penn-
sylvania Athletic Conference soft-
ball playoffs. In lacrosse action,
Wesley traveled to Virginia Wes-
leyan and pinned a 10-9 loss on
the heavily favored VWU team in
double overtime. Wesley has Josh
Wyatt, Billy Brennan and Greg
Plummet on the roster while
VWU has Jack Lingo, Bill Lingo,
Rich Welsh, Derrick Quillen and
Jeff Trench. Jack Lingo recorded
two goals in the game and Jeff
Trench had 17 saves for VWU.
Sales were reported to be slow in
the Lingo real estate office the
next day.
DELAWARE LOSS COSTLY
- The Delaware lacrosse team was
in the driver's seat on the road to
the American East regular season
lacrosse title. But they forgot to
buckle the seat belt on a trip
through Hartford, Conn. The
Blue Hens fell back to a three-
way tie with Hofstra and Hartford
with a 10-9 overtime loss. The
winner of the upcoming American
East tournament gets an automatic
bid to the NCAA tournament.
Delaware will host 13-1 Hartford
at Delaware on May 3. Hofstra
will play Towson in the other
semifinal game. The champi-
onship game will be played Satur-
day, May 6, at the field of the
highest seed. Hofstra is No. 1
seed going into the tournament
while Delaware is No. 2. It will
be a tough road for the Blue Hens.
MILTON SOFTBALL RE-
MAINS UNDEFEATED - The
Milton Middle School softball
team remained undefeated with
two more victories - a 20-12 win
over Fifer Middle School on April
12, followed by a 26-2 romp over
Dover Air Middle School on April
20. In the win over Fifer, winning
pitcher Lisa Williams helped her
own cause with a double, while
teammates Amanda Hudson had a
triple and two doubles and Nicole
Gentry homered. Against Dover
Air, Pitchers Marybeth Betts and
Amanda Haxton combined to toss
a one-hitter. The offense was led
with doubles by Lisa Williams,
Haxton, Domenique Scott and Jan
Wagner.
CAPE JV SOCCER CON-
TINUES SHUTOUTS - The jun-
ior varsity Lady Viking soccer
team continued its unscored-upon
streak with a 5-0 victory over
Dover, followed by a i-0 win over
Indian River. Against Dover, the
Vikings were led by Christa Baird
with two goals. Cassie King, iau-
ten Greaves and Bridget Colburn
each scored one goal. Ann Funk
had the lone goal against Indian
River as Cape improved its record
to 6-0-1 on the season. The tie
was a 0-0 battle with Caesar Rod-
ney; the two teams play again on
May 2 at Cape Henlopen High
School.
Wally Abrams elected ESA co-director
Longtime Eastern Surfing As-
sociation (ESA) competitor and
judge, Wally
Abrams, was
recently elect-
ezJ as tbe
Delaware
ESA's first-
ever co-direc-
tor.
Abrams, the
technical co-
Seaford School District, will now
assume an administrative role at
the nonprofit organization, along
with Harry Wilson, who founded
the Delaware ESA in 1982.
Surf Team Delaware
A group of Delaware's top ama-
teur surfers have earned the op-
portunity to represent the state in
regional surf competition.
The following athletes will trav-
Eastern Surfing Association Mid-
Atlantic Surf-Off May 5-7:
Jake Buchler, menehune; Tory
Federico, boys; Aaron Powell,
junior men, open and junior long-
board; Hunter Merritt, men; Ed-
win Smith, masters; Wally
Abrams, senior men; Josh Merritt,
grandmaster and senior long-
board; Mort Stimler, legends; Jor-
dan Lorah, girls; and Billy Pow-
ell, menehune bodyboard.
ordinator at ABRAMS el to Kill Devil Hills, N.C., for the Continued on page .86