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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 21, 1993                   TAG: 9304210178
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

N.C. STATE TOPS HOKIES IN BASEBALL

Two errors in the top of the ninth inning cost Virginia Tech a baseball victory as third-ranked North Carolina State defeated the Hokies 4-2 at Hooker Field in Martinsville on Tuesday.

Virginia Tech led 2-1 going into the ninth and starter Bryan Hastings struck out the first two Wolfpack batters. State second baseman Ryan Ferby hit a solo home run over the right field fence to tie the game.

Jeff Meszar singled and moved to second on an error by Hokie right fielder J.R. Hawkins. Hastings walked Rob Bark and right fielder Kevin Ross singled to score Meszar and give North Carolina State (37-6) a 3-2 lead. Bark scored on an error by Tech left fielder Mike Reedy.

Hastings (1-2) pitched 8 innings while allowing two earned runs, striking out 12 batters and walking three.

Tech (24-10) took the lead in the seventh inning when catcher Denny Hedspeth lined a two-out double to left. Reedy hit a double off the left field wall to score Hedspeth.

The Hokies will face Virginia at Salem's Municipal Field today at 7 p.m.

In other college sports:

James Kammerman scored five goals as Roanoke blasted Limestone (S.C.) 21-6 in a men's lacrosse game in Salem.

Brett Smith and J.J. Blatt each added three goals for the Maroons (8-2), ranked fourth in Division III.

Limestone (7-2) is the fifth-ranked team in Division II.

With the Roanoke win, coach Bill Pilat moved past his former coach, John Pirro, into second place on the school's all-time coaching wins list. Pilat is 43-25 in his fifth season; Pirro was 42-28 in five seasons.

The Maroons play at home against Hampden-Sydney on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Virginia Tech volleyball standout Lisa Pikalek and Virginia basketball player Dena Evans are two of 15 national finalists for a postseason scholarship award.

Finalists for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics/Walt Disney Postgraduate Scholarship were chosen from 240 nominees from sports other than football.

Five winners will be chosen and each will receive a $5,000 grant to be used for postgraduate studies.

Bill Terry went 3-for-4 and belted a two-run home run to lead VMI to an 8-4 victory over Radford on Monday in Lexington.

Terry's shot over the left field wall highlighted a four-run second inning as the Keydets (17-22) rapped a dozen hits on the day. Merlin Ikenberry had a pair of doubles and pitched three innings of relief to earn his sixth save. Alex Vermonsky went 3-for-4 and knocked in two runs for Radford (19-13).

At Williamsburg, Sammy Hudson shot a second-round 76 for a 149 total to win individual medalist honors and lead Methodist to the team title of the Dixie Conference golf tournament. The Monarchs finished at 305-300-605.

Ferrum was fourth (330-321-651) behind Greensboro (314-319-633) and Christopher Newport (312-333-645) on the par-72 Ford's Colony course. R.J. Weaver and J.J. Derman were Ferrum's top finishers at 162. Matt Jordan finished at 164, Stuart Smith at 165 and Jay Browning at 166.

by CNB