Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1994 TAG: 9404200032
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The Panthers (23-5) rapped 14 hits off four Lynchburg pitchers and scored eight runs in the final four innings to win going away.
Six players, including Wilson, had two hits each for Ferrum, and seven players drove in runs. Third baseman Chad Maddox had two hits and scored three runs.
Jimmy Hamilton (8-1) was the winning pitcher, scattering nine hits and striking out eight.
Chad Evans had three hits for Lynchburg (23-8).
In other college news:
In Blacksburg, William Byrd graduate Matt Reynolds hit an RBI-single with two out in the 10th inning to give Virginia Tech a 14-13 baseball win over James Madison.
The 14 runs were the most scored against JMU this season.
Tech held a 13-5 lead after six innings, but the Dukes (25-14) rallied to tie the score in the ninth.
The score was 13-13 after nine innings. The Dukes stranded the potential go-ahead run at second base in the top of the 10th. In the bottom of the inning, the Hokies got their leadoff runner aboard when Justin Dobson walked. Shortstop Mike Terhune sacrificed him to second and JMU intentionally walked third baseman Bo Durkac. Cleanup hitter David Fitt also walked to load the bases. Reynolds then hit a long drive to the right-field warning track to score Dobson.
Durkac led Tech (20-17) with three hits and six RBI. JMU's Jason Troilo had four hits, including a home run, and four RBI.
The Hokies will play a doubleheader against Virginia today at English Field beginning at 1 p.m.
Barry Shelton of Roanoke has been chosen the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball player of the week. Shelton, a sophomore third baseman at West Virginia State, was 8-for-14 for the week (.571) as State won three of four games. The former Patrick Henry High School standout is hitting .415 for the Yellow Jackets (18-10) with three home runs and 22 RBI. He leads the WVIAC with 13 doubles.
Seven area athletes were among 51 students honored at Radford University's annual academic honors banquet. Among those honored for maintaining a 3.0 grade point average through the fall semester were senior volleyball players Anne Fontaine and Eva Turpin of Wytheville; junior cross country runner Hollie Slusser of Christiansburg; sophomore golfer Jennifer Kellogg of Blacksburg; and freshmen gymnasts Stephanie Turpin of Radford, and Lori O'Dell and April Southern of Dublin.
The 51 student-athletes included other standouts such as senior tennis player Rachid Benjelloun, the Big South Conference player of the year, and senior women's basketball player Samantha Gilbert, who played for the Highlanders' NCAA Tournament team. Both athletes have earned GTE Academic All-American honors.
Other notable student-athletes were all-conference golfer Olivia Faison, all-conference baseball players Denny Van Pelt and Brian Pardue, soccer and softball standout Amy Pseja, and Big South cross country champion Merrill Hausenfluck.
Doug Smith has been chosen head assistant coach for the University of Virginia's women's soccer team. He replaces Bill Wilkins, who left in December to take the head coaching job at Auburn. Smith, a 1987 graduate of North Carolina, served as a part-time assistant at UVa last season.
The National Wrestling Coaching Association selected University of Virginia wrestlers Mike Krafchick and Chris Jordan to the All-America team and placed the UVa team 10th in academic rankings.
Krafchick, a senior, was selected to the first-team NWCA squad. It was the second honor for Krafchick, who received honorable mention Academic All-America honors in 1991-92. Krafchick placed fifth in the 134-pound division at the NCAA meet an earned All-America honors for his performance.
Jordan, also a senior, was an honorable mention Academic All-American selection. Jordan qualified for the NCAA meet by placing third in the 150-pound division at the Atlantic Coast Conference championships.
Nicole Ripkin scored four goals and six Washington and Lee players had two goals or more as the Generals (6-5 overall, 4-3 ODAC) routed host Hollins 21-5 in a Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's lacrosse game.
by CNB