Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 30, 1995 TAG: 9503300098
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Games 1 and 2 of the series will be played Friday and Sunday in Richmond. A fifth game, if necessary, will be played in Richmond on April 9.
Game 3 on April 5 is scheduled for 7 p.m., while Game 4 on April 7 will start at 7:30. Tickets are on sale at the civic center for $9.50, $8.50 and $7 for adults, $6 for students and senior citizens and $3 for children 12-and-under with a paying adult.
The Express are 2-2-2 against the Renegades at home and 3-2-0 at Richmond.
In other sports in the region:
The Washington and Lee women's tennis team pulled off an upset victory over Williams, the top-ranked team in the nation, 7-2 Wednesday in Lexington.
The Generals, ranked No.4 in NCAA Division III and playing without two of their top six players, handed the Ephs their first loss of the season.
Washington and Lee won five singles matches, led by sixth-ranked Marilyn Baker, who defeated No.17 Becky Mallory 6-2, 6-2. Baker and doubles partner Helen Chandler, however, lost 8-3 to Mallory and Julie Greenwood, the No.1-ranked doubles team in the nation.
No. 2 singles player Natalia Garcia is representing the Dominican Republic at the Federation Cup. Garcia and Baker usually team up to form the nation's No.4-ranked doubles team.
Fifth-ranked Washington and Lee got four goals from Ande Jenkins and went on to blast Guilford 21-1 in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's lacrosse game in Lexington.
The Generals (6-2, 4-1), who will take an 11-day break before playing Virginia Wesleyan on April 9, also got a career-high three goals from freshman Ed Dougherty and two goals and three assists from Scott Mackley. Twelve different players scored as the Generals got the last 18 goals of the game. Alex Gorman scored the lone goal for Guilford (0-7, 0-3) in the first period.
Gayle Avery scored the winning goal and goalie Kathleen Ostar saved a free-position goal attempt late in the game to lead Roanoke to a 9-8 ODAC women's lacrosse victory over host Lynchburg.
Avery and Ali Ogelsby scored three goals each for the Maroons (4-2, 2-0). Lisa Franzino added two goals and Kirsten Wagner had three assists. Caitlin Sarkisian led Lynchburg with three goals and Jessica Satinsky added two.
Jay Adams hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning to score Scott Mealey and cap a three-run rally as Richmond defeated Virginia Tech 5-4 in a non-conference baseball game in Richmond.
Mark Budzinski led off the 11th with a double and Sean Casey reached on an error which scored Budzinski. After Mealey doubled, Sean Ryan singled to bring home Casey and tie the score at 4. Adams then hit his sacrifice fly to score Mealey for the winning run for the Spiders (22-3), the 21st-ranked team in the USA Today weekly coaches' poll.
The Hokies (14-8), who tied the score in the ninth inning on an RBI double by Kevin Barker, scored twice in the top of the 11th on singles by Barker and Corey Snider to take a 4-2 lead.
Charlie Gillian (2-1) took the loss in relief of Brian Fitzgerald who went 72/3 innings and struck out 10. Henry Ogden (4-0) picked up the win.
At High Point, N.C., Todd Cunningham smacked a two-run triple in the 10th inning to break a 3-3 tie as Ferrum defeated High Point 5-3 in a non-conference baseball game.
Former Laurel Park standout Jason Wilson went 2-for-2 with 2 RBI, including a double, and scored a run to lead Ferrum (18-5).
Keith Mayhew (6-0) picked up the victory for the Panthers and Jimmy Hamilton earned the save. Lonn Frazier took the loss for High Point (8-13).
James Madison scored twice in the top of the 10th inning and then held off a Radford rally for an 8-7 non-conference baseball win in Radford.
Jay Johnson and Chad Ginder, who each had three hits, belted run-scoring singles in the top of the 10th inning to give the Dukes (21-9) a 8-6 lead.
The Highlanders (12-14) cut the lead to 8-7 when Eric Hungate hit a leadoff single in the bottom of the 10th, advanced to third on a single and a walk, and scored on a wild pitch by the Dukes' Casey Brookens. With runners on second and third, Duane Filchner popped out and Kelly Dampeer struck out to end the rally. Dampeer had hit a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the score and send it to extra innings.
Brookens (5-1) picked up the win in relief. Dub Salyers (2-1) took the loss.
Roanoke has been chosen as a site for a Virginia Slims Legends Tour Grassroots Challenge Tennis Tournament April 21-23.
The women's doubles event will be held at the River's Edge and Crystal Spring tennis complexes. Winners will advance to the regional challenge tournament in Richmond May 19-21.
The tournament is open to women 21 years and older. Two divisions - 3.5 and below, 4.5 and below - will be offered.
Regional champions qualify for the national tournament in Delray Beach, Fla., Nov.30-Dec.5.
Players can call 772-4408 to register.
Three Roanoke wrestlers who won state titles earlier this month will participate in the National High School wrestling championships in Pittsburgh, Pa., beginning Friday.
The three are 152-pounder Patrick Henderson of William Byrd, and Leland Keeling (130) and Chip Nininger (189) of Northside. All three took Group AA state crowns.
by CNB