Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 17, 1994 TAG: 9411170076
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Tonight's game will be the third time Radford has hosted Finland in an exhibition game. Finland pulled out a 76-75 win in 1990-91, but fell to the Highlanders 89-69 last year.
Tickets are $7 for reserved seating and $5 for general admission. Radford students and children are admitted free of charge.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has announced changes in traffic patterns in the New River Valley for Saturday's Virginia-Virginia Tech game.
Traffic signals and roadway lanes will be changed starting at 8 a.m. Saturday to accommodate increased traffic. The length of the green lights at Routes 460 and 114 (Pepers Ferry Road) at the New River Valley Mall will be extended to quickly move traffic and avoid backups on I-81 and Route 460.
This adjustment will cause delays for eastbound traffic on Route 114. Travellers should allow extra time in the mall area from 9 a.m. to noon. Game traffic on Route 114 should use Route 685 (Prices Fork Road) to Blacksburg.
VDOT will also provide recorded traffic information on AM radio station 1610. Messages will be updated throughout the day as traffic conditions change.
Bridgewater's Stephanie Gardner was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Year in a vote of the conference coaches. The middle blocker led the conference in kills per game (3.48 average) and was third in blocks with a 1.57 average.
Geanette Lehman of Eastern Mennonite is coach of the year.
Area players named to the first team were Crystal Wilson of Roanoke and Hilary Martin of Washington and Lee. Mary C. Johnson of Emory & Henry and Cheryl Taurassi of Washington and Lee received second-team honors.
Lynchburg Baseball Corp. has unveiled a new name for it's minor-league baseball team. The Class A Carolina League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates will be called the Lynchburg Hillcats. The name was suggested in a "Name the Team" contest.
Ticket prices for the Virginia men's soccer NCAA first-round match against North Carolina-Greensboro on Sunday at 1 p.m. have been set at $6 for adults, $3 for UVa students and children.
Bridgewater College head football coach Max Lowe resigned Wednesday after an evaluation of the school's 1994 season.
Bridgewater said in a news release that Lowe decided to resign after discussing the 0-10 season with college president Phillip Stone.
Lowe, a 1967 Bridgewater graduate, had been the Eagles' head coach since the 1991 season. He was 5-25 at Bridgewater.
The school is forming a committee to search for a new coach.
by CNB