Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 14, 1995 TAG: 9503140123
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The dinner-meeting will be held at the Roanoke Civic Center exhibition hall.
The program begins with a 5:45 p.m. social, followed by dinner at 6:15. Reservations are $10 in advance and $15 at the door for members and $15 for guests.
For reservations, call Dan Wooldridge at 389-7373 or Judy Moir at 989-5927 or write the club at P.O. Box 1112, Salem, 24153.
In other sports in the region:
Fourteen players scored for the Washington and Lee women's lacrosse team as the Generals coasted to a 24-5 victory over Hollins.
Lindsay Coleman scored the first goal 24 seconds into the game for the Generals (3-0 overall, 2-0 Old Dominion Athletic Conference), who led 20-0 at halftime. Nicole Ripken, who was named ODAC player of the week, scored three goals and had an assist in the first half. Meredith Long had three goals and an assist and Hilton Hines added three goals.
David Fitt hit a two-run home run to back the pitching of Brian Fitzgerald as Virginia Tech defeated Wyoming 7-3 in the first round of the Pepsi-Johnny Quik Classic in Fresno, Calif.
Wyoming starter Kyle Schwitzer had a perfect game going into the fifth inning before the Hokies (5-3) struck for four runs. Josh Herman singled, moved to second on a passed ball, and scored on a single by Matt Reynolds. Fitt then hit his two-run blast and Corey Snyder tripled and scored on a fielding error by the Cowboys.
Bo Durkac added a home run in the sixth and the Hokies added two more runs in the eighth for the win. Fitzgerald pitched eight and one-third innings, striking out four, and walking two. Schwitzer took the loss for the Cowboys (5-10).
The fourth annual J. Stephen Lindamood Memorial Basketball Tournament will be held March 24-26 at Bland High School with proceeds going toward a scholarship endowment for graduates of the school.
Fifteen teams from Virginia, Tennessee and West Virginia will compete in double-elimination play, with the first game at 6 p.m. on March 24. Tournament play starts at 8 a.m. on the other two days.
The tournament was founded in 1992 to honor Lindamood, who was an honor student at the school and a member of the varsity basketball team which competed in the Virginia High School League state tournament in 1990. Lindamood died in a 1991 car accident.
by CNB