SALEM - For the ninth time in school history, the Roanoke College men's soccer team won the ODAC Championship, defeating Virginia Wesleyan 1-0 in double overtime to take the title. With the win, the Maroons earned an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament.

The ninth ODAC Championship for the Maroons (13-4-1) actually ties the Marlins (8-10-2) all-time for second most conference titles, and is Roanoke's seventh in the ODAC Tournament era. Lynchburg leads all teams with 13. Roanoke and Virginia Wesleyan last faced each other in the ODAC tournament in 2011, when the Marlins ousted the Maroons 2-0 in the quarterfinals. The last ODAC championship game to go to overtime was in 2005, when Virginia Wesleyan defeated Eastern Mennonite in penalty kicks.

The Maroons, who are 10-1-1 in the last 12 games, move on to play in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in school history. The last appearance came in 2007, where Roanoke lost in the opening round to Greensboro College 2-1.

The game-winner came with just 59 seconds to play in the second overtime period. AJ Tierce scored his fifth game-winner of the season with a header goal off a pass from Brian White to send the Maroons to the NCAA Tournament. The goal was Tierce's seventh of the season, and White's fourth assist.

Virginia Wesleyan outshot Roanoke 14-4 during regulation (17-8 overall), and had multiple opportunities to score in the contest. On one such occasion, Chris Conover actually had to make a goal line save that kept the Maroons in the contest.

Patrick Bain and Tierce led the Maroons in shots with two each, while White, Tyler Carbaugh, Dionys Beck and Johnny Hughes each tallied one. The Marlins' Travis Walke and Josh McNamara led all players with four shots each. Cole Sinclair, who played all 109 minutes and change in goal, tallied six saves.

The NCAA Selection Show will air at approximately 1:00 PM on Monday November 5^th at NCAA.com. If you can't see the show, the time, date and location will be posted on Facebook, Twitter and on maroons.roanoke.edu.
Listed below is the 2012 ODAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team:
Cole Sinclair - Roanoke College
Chris Conover - Roanoke College
Brian White - Roanoke College
AJ Tierce - Roanoke College
Jake Burtch - Virginia Wesleyan College
Isaac Arrington - Virginia Wesleyan College
Josh McNamara - Virginia Wesleyan College
Josh Adams - Randolph College
John Vecchietti - Randolph College
Robin Gollbach - Washington and Lee University
Albert Civitarese - Washington and Lee University

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