Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 8, 1994 TAG: 9404080153
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Osborne was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Metro tournament, which Tech won for the first time. She had 19 points and seven assists in the championship game. Osborne scored a team-high 22 points in Tech's first-round NCAA Tournament game against Auburn.
Osborne, from Burlington, Ky., earned a 3.94 grade-point average in early childhood development and communications last semester. She was named second-team 1994 GTE Academic All-America.
Donny Burks had three hits, including a two-run homer and three RBI as James Madison whipped Virginia Tech 12-4 in a baseball game in Harrisonburg.
Scott Forster struck out 11, gave up five hits and walked three in eight innings of work, picking up his second victory of the season for the Dukes (19-11). JMU has won six in a row.
The Hokies (12-17) held a 3-0 lead after one inning, but the Dukes took control with a three-run fourth inning. Mike Terhune led Tech with two hits and an RBI. Ron Preston (0-5) took the loss.
The Virginia Tech-North Carolina A&T game that was scheduled for 3 p.m. today at Blacksburg has been postponed without a makeup date.
In Fairfax, Paul Medley led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a solo homer, providing the winning run as George Mason rallied for a 6-4 victory over VMI.
The Keydets (13-17) scored all four of their runs in the third inning, led by Louie Napoleon's two-run homer. But the Patriots (8-15-1) tied the score at 4 in the sixth and took the lead with two runs in the eighth. Merlin Ikenberry (0-3) took the loss.
In Rocky Mount, Kevin Anderson struck out five and gave up two hits in three innings of work as Ferrum beat High Point 6-2 in a nonconference game.
Chad France was 3-for-3 with one RBI and two runs, and David Jones was 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI to lead the Panthers (18-2) on offense.
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