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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 7, 1993                   TAG: 9303070191
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C12   EDITION: METRO 
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TECH RIPS EAST CAROLINA 14-2

J.R. Hawkins belted two home runs to lead Virginia Tech to a 14-2 romp over East Carolina in college baseball Saturday in Blacksburg.

Brian Fitzgerald, who pitched six innings for the Hokies (3-0), surrendering only one earned run. Tech third baseball Bo Durkac had a two-run homer and three hits, and shortstop Dee Dalton cracked a two-run homer.

Center fielder Alex Vaxmonsky hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Radford to a 5-4 victory over Bucknell and a sweep of a doubleheader. The Highlanders won the first game 11-6.

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Memo: longer version ran in the New River edition.

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