Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 4, 1993 TAG: 9305040218
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press and staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The award honors the outstanding female senior collegian shorter than 5 feet 6. Evans, a 5-5 senior guard, will receive the award Saturday at an awards dinner, one of the events associated with the May 10 Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. Sam Crawford, a 5-8 point guard from New Mexico State is the male Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner.
Evans, from Deer Park, Texas, averaged 13.5 points and 6.7 assists in leading UVa to a 26-6 record in 1992-93. The co-captain ranks third on the Cavaliers' careers assists list with 528. Evans scored 1,138 points in her career, an average of 8.5 per game.
In other college sports:
At Charlottesville, Virginia defeated Radford 8-0 in non-conference baseball at UVa Field.
Tom Crowley (5-4) pitched the victory, striking out eight and allowing six hits for his second consecutive complete-game shutout. At the plate, Crowley went 3-for-5 with two RBI. UVa had 13 hits and made two errors.
The Cavaliers' Tim Coughlin went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, and Brian Buchanan hit a two-run homer.
Radford's Chad Langher (3-2) took the loss. Duane Filchner and Rob McCandless each went 2-for-4 for the Highlanders, who made three errors.
Lenny Bernstein, an assistant wrestling coach at Virginia, has been appointed head coach, replacing George Edwards, who resigned March 21 after 25 years as the Cavaliers' wrestling coach.
Bernstein, 27, is a 1989 graduate of North Carolina with degrees in math and speech communications. He was the ACC champion at 142 pounds in 1986 and 1987 and finished fourth in the NCAA Tournament in 1987. Bernstein has been an assistant coach at Virginia for three years while working on a master's degree in sports psychology.
by CNB