ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: TUESDAY, April 13, 1993                   TAG: 9304130188
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


VIRGINIA TECH TENNIS COACH HOSPITALIZED

Virginia Tech men's tennis coach Larsen Bowker was hospitalized Sunday night after suffering a mild heart attack, Tech assistant athletic director Steve Horton said Monday.

Horton said Bowker, in his seventh year as Tech's men's coach, drove himself to Montgomery Regional Hospital after experiencing chest pains. Tests will be performed today to determine if there is blockage in Bowker's arteries.

Virginia Tech is hosting the Metro Conference tennis championship this weekend.

In other college sports news:

Defending champion Campbell shot a 604 team total to take a 14-stroke lead after the opening rounds of the Big South Conference men's golf championship in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Liberty's Tom Anthony (74-75-149) leads the field after two rounds on the par-72 course at Colonial Charters Golf and Country Club. Three golfers are one stroke back.

Liberty is fourth (626) and Radford is sixth (634) entering today's final round.

(Results in scoreboard)

At Lexington, Hampden-Sydney scored five runs in the second inning on its way to an 8-3 win over Washington and Lee in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball game. The Tigers are 10-4, 5-3 ODAC); W&L is 4-5, 3-3.

Washington and Lee's 11th-ranked men's lacrosse team battered Virginia Wesleyan 29-1 in Norfolk.

W&L improved its record to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference; Virginia Wesleyan is 2-6 and 0-4.

At Sweet Briar, a balanced offensive attack led the unbeaten Washington and Lee women's lacrosse team to a 14-5 victory over Sweet Briar in the ODAC.

For the Generals (8-0, 5-0), Paige Henke scored four goals, Lindsay Coleman had three and Nicole Ripken and Meredith each added two.



by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB