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

DATE: TUESDAY, February 8, 1994                   TAG: 9402080147
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

ESPN TO TELEVISE TECH-WVU

The Big East Football Conference will have one other date on the series, when Boston College visits Louisville for a Nov. 3 non-conference game. The ACC has two home appearances - Arizona at Georgia Tech on Sept. 1 and Army at Duke on Sept. 15.

The only date not filled is the Thanksgiving night game, traditionally belonging to Texas-Texas A&M. The Aggies' NCAA probation prevents that, so the cable network is seeking another game to move to that date.

The Thursday night ESPN schedule:

Sept. 1, Arizona at Georgia Tech; Sept. 8, Nebraska at Texas Tech; Sept. 15, Army at Duke; Sept. 22, West Virginia at Virginia Tech; Sept. 29, Kentucky at Auburn; Oct. 6, Kansas State at Kansas; Nov. 3, Boston College at Louisville; Nov. 10, San Diego State at Brigham Young; Nov. 24, to be announced.

In other sports in the region:

Three spring sports programs at Washington and Lee and two at Roanoke College are ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division III by College Sports Magazine.

The Washington and Lee women's tennis team is ranked second behind Trinity (Texas), which finished third in last year's national tournament. The Generals are ranked ahead of No. 3 Kenyon, the 1993 national champion.

The Roanoke men's lacrosse team is ranked sixth in the nation and W&L is eighth. Hobart (N.Y.), which has won 13 of the 14 lacrosse national championships, is the top-ranked team.

In women's lacrosse, the Generals are ranked eighth and Roanoke is 10th. The No. 1 team is Trenton (N.J.) State, which has won six national titles in nine years.

The Roanoke Star Youth 13 White soccer team won a tournament championship Sunday night in Kingsport, Tenn. The Roanoke team finished 4-0-1 in the two-day event. Goalie Kirk Vogel posted a 3-0 shutout in the final against Johnson City Divided.

The Ferrum College baseball team will have posters for sale Feb. 19 from 9 a.m. until noon at the McDonald's in Rocky Mount. Proceeds from the sale will help sponsor the Panthers' trip to Atlanta, where the team will open the season with a six-game stint.

The Cave Spring boys and girls won their third straight Roanoke Valley District swimming titles on Monday at Radford University's Dedmon Center pool. Patrick Henry finished second in both boys and girls, and Pulaski County was third in both.