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

DATE: MONDAY, March 14, 1994                   TAG: 9403140131
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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HR IN 10TH LIFTS VMI

In Lexington, Nathan Shepperson's two-out, two-run homer in the 10th inning gave VMI a 6-4 victory over Furman in the Southern Conference.

Louis Napoleon led off the inning with a roller that was bobbled by shortstop Bryan Mahon. Napoleon stole second as John Payne struck out and went to third on Franco Martin's bouncer to the pitcher. Shepperson drove the first pitch he saw from Mark Kruthoffer over the center-field fence.

Billy Goodrich (3-0) picked up the victory in relief for the Keydets (9-5 overall, 6-3 in the conference). Furman is 5-10, 3-6.

In Radford, the Highlanders scored 10 runs in a fourth-inning rally that carried them to a 13-11 victory over North Carolina-Asheville in the third game of a Big South Conference series.

Radford (6-4, 2-1) trailed 6-2 going to the bottom of the fourth inning before the offensive explosion. The bigs hits came off the bats of former Northside High School standout Kelly Dampeer, who had a single and a triple in the inning, driving in two runs and scoring two; Duane Filcher, who drove in two runs with a double and scored once; and Robert Wilson, who had a single and a double, scored twice and drove in two runs.

In Rocky Mount, N.C., Chris Bryant hit two home runs to power North Carolina Wesleyan to a 9-1 victory over Ferrum in a battle of the Dixie Conference's top baseball teams.

Bryant, who hit the game-winning homer in Saturday's 8-7 Bishops victory, backed the pitching of John Cimmanond (3-0). Jim Hamilton (2-1) took the loss for the Panthers (4-2 overall, 0-2 in the conference). N.C. Wesleyan is 8-0, 2-0.

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