Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 2, 1994 TAG: 9404020152
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
VCU (18-8 overall, 3-1 Metro) got started early when Sauve slammed a two-run homer in the first inning.
Tech's Popeye Smith smacked a solo homer in the bottom of the first to make it 2-1. That was as close as the Hokies (10-14, 2-4) would come as the Rams scored five runs in the second.
Buff Hockman went the distance for VCU, scattering eight hits and striking out five. Brian Young took the loss. Tech's hitting was led by Kris Turberville with a triple and two singles.
In other sports in the region:
Darkhorse Kenny Wagner took the Late Model Stock Car pole in qualifying at Franklin County Speedway on Friday night, earning a $250 prize.
Wagner turned the track in 14.33 seconds, a time later equaled by defending track champion Dudley Lawhorn who will start on the outside.
The Crossroads Mall/AMBA 300 will begin at 6 tonight. Gates open at noon, and qualifying for the other classes begins at 4:30. Admission is $5 for adults, no charge for children 10 and under.
Virginia Tech freshman Johli Carscallen broke the school record in the hammer throw for the second week in a row at the Colonial Relays, a track meet with more than 70 teams at William and Mary in Williamsburg.
Carscallen registered a throw of 139 feet, nearly eight feet better than her record-breaking throw of 131 feet, 3 inches two weeks ago at the Wake Forest Relays.
Detra Edmunds placed fifth in the 400 meters and the triple jump.
Two Virginia Tech men finished fifth in the men's competition: Brett Matthews in the 800 meters and Marshall Ferguson in the 1,500 meters.
In Miami, K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke finished third in the boys' 14-and-under division of the U.S. Tennis Association's Easter Bowl tournament. Hippensteel defeated Nicholas Boeker of Miami 6-3, 7-5 on Friday in the third-place match of the prestigious tournament.
by CNB