Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 24, 1992 TAG: 9202240102
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
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ROANOKE HITS ROAD FOR ODAC OPENER
Although it took the final day of the regular season to determine, Hampden-Sydney lived up to its preseason billing and captured the top seeding for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament, which begins Tuesday with opening-round games at campus sites.Led by ODAC player of the year candidate Russell Turner, the Tigers (20-5 overall, 14-4 ODAC) clinched the regular season title outright by beating Lynchburg on Saturday, while Virginia Wesleyan lost at Bridgewater. Hampden-Sydney will play host to eighth-seeded Randolph-Macon (9-16, 5-13) on Tuesday.
Virginia Wesleyan's loss dropped the Marlins from a tie for first to No. 4 seed. The Blue Marlins (17-8, 13-5) will play host to Roanoke College (15-10, 12-6). In the other opening round games, No. 7 Lynchburg (9-15, 6-12) plays at No. 2 Emory & Henry (18-7, 13-5), while No. 6 Guilford (12-12, 8-10) travels to No. 3 Bridgewater (20-5, 13-5).
The winners will advance to the ODAC championships this weekend at the Salem Civic Center.
By not finishing in the top eight after the regular season, Washington & Lee and Eastern Mennonite were eliminated from the tournament.
In the ODAC women's tournament, Roanoke College begins defense of its title by playing host to Eastern Mennonite on Wednesday. Other opening-round games have Emory & Henry at Bridgewater, Lynchburg at Va. Wesleyan and Randolph-Macon at Guilford.
Ferrum College is seeded second in the Dixie Conference men's tournament and gets a bye to Friday's semifinals against the Greensboro-North Carolina Wesleyan winner at Greensboro College.
Ferrum's women's team, seeded fourth in the Dixie, opens first-round play as host to North Carolina Wesleyan on Tuesday. - Staff report
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