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Article: ADMIRALS AMBUSHED BY SOUTH CAROLINA.(SPORTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 18, 1996
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Byline: KEITH NAMM, CORRESPONDENT
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Trailing by one at the start of the third period, the Hampton RoadsAdmirals surrendered five unanswered goals Sunday and fell to the South Carolina Stingrays, 7-1.
The defeat means it's likely the Admirals will face East Division leader Richmond in the first round of the Riley Cup playoffs.
Richmond will play the East's fifth-place team in the best-of-five first round, and the Admirals are fifth with 75 points, a point behind fourth-place Roanoke.
The fourth-place team will meet second-place Charlotte.
Roanoke lost at home to Raleigh 5-1 Sunday, but has three games remaining. The Admirals have ...