Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 29, 1995 TAG: 9505010027
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Glynn drove in his first run in the Keydets' five-run fifth inning that included Franco Martin's two-run triple and Nate Shepperson's two-run single. Glynn, a junior, also drove in a run in the third inning, two in the fifth, and hit a three-run homer, his 14th of the season, in the ninth.
Jay Adams (4-6) struck out nine and scattered seven hits for the complete-game victory for VMI, which plays in today's 1 p.m. elimination game against Marshall, an 8-5 winner over Davidson. Appalachian State finished at 17-30-1.
In other baseball:
Jim Abbott set a Radford season record with his eighth win of the season in a 9-0 two-hit shutout of Liberty at Dedmon Center Park in Radford. Abbott (8-2) struck out nine batters as Radford improved to 25-20 overall and 12-4 in the Big South. Abbott broke Phil Leftwich's 1989 record of seven victories.
Bill Brennan went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs for Radford, which had 13 hits against the Flames (25-14, 11-5). Kelly Dampeer of Roanoke had two doubles to give him 19 this season, breaking the school record of 18 set last year and again this season by Duane Filchner.
The Highlanders and Flames both trail first-place Winthrop (14-4) in the Big South and meet in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. today in Radford. The Big South champion, determined by most league victories, will play the winner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in a play-in game for the NCAA Tournament.
Louisville rallied from a three-run deficit in the last two innings to beat visiting Virginia Tech 7-6 in Metro Conference baseball, handing the Hokies (25-22, 6-7) their 11th one-run loss of the season.
Tech pounded out 16 hits against Cardinals pitcher Jeremy McGraw (6-4), but 14 of them were singles. Brian Fitzgerald went seven-plus innings, leaving the game after walking a batter in the eighth and going to a 2-0 count on the second hitter. Louisville (15-34, 4-9) tagged Hokies closer Charlie Gillian (2-2) with the loss.
Leo Burke, an all-conference outfielder at Virginia Tech in 1954, 1955 and 1956, has been named to the Southern Conference's 75th Anniversary Baseball Team. Burke hit .327 in his Tech career before playing eight seasons in the major leagues. Former Duke shortstop Dick Groat, who was the National League's batting champion and most valuable player in 1960, was the team's leading vote-getter.
LACROSSE\ Roanoke, W&L women reach final
Roanoke led 6-1 after 12 minutes and rolled to a 14-8 victory over Randolph-Macon in the semifinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's lacrosse tournament in Lexington. Ali Ogelsby scored four goals and had an assist for the Maroons, who will play Washington and Lee in today's 2 p.m. championship game.
Gayle Avery added three goals and two assists for Roanoke (11-4), which is ranked 12th in Division III, and Kathleen Ostar made 11 saves.
Alison Smith scored four goals for Randolph-Macon (13-5).
Nicole Ripken had three goals and an assist as top-seeded Washington and Lee defeated No.4 Lynchburg 9-4 in an ODAC women's lacrosse tournament semifinal. Ripken's goal with 49 seconds left before halftime gave the Generals (10-4), the 11th-ranked team in Division III, a 5-3 halftime lead. She added two second-half goals.
Lorraine Taurassi added two goals for W&L and goalie Brook Glenn did not allow a goal in the final 25 minutes. Lynchburg (9-7) got two goals from Jill O'Connor.
RACING\ Rumley returns to NRVS
The return of Johnny Rumley and the first Enduro race will highlight the NASCAR Winston Racing Series program, sponsored by New River Valley Mall, tonight at New River Valley Speedway.
The Winston-Salem, N.C., driver, who now has a full-time Busch Grand National ride, will make his first appearance of the season in his former car now owned by Mark Huff of Wytheville. Rumley will go against a full field of 25 or more Late Model drivers in the 100-lap event.
This marks the first time an Enduro race has been held with regular Saturday night events. Last season, Enduro races were staged Sunday afternoons.
The Enduro race, sponsored by Kool 100 Radio, will be 100 laps with a time limit of one hour.
In addition to the LMSC and Enduro, there will be 35-laps for the Limiteds along with 25 laps for the Mini Stock and Pure Stock drivers.
Gates open at 2 p.m., with practice at 4. Qualifying is at 6, with the first green flag at 8. Admission is $10 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under.
Modified cars from the 1940s and 1950s will race in a 25-lap feature tonight at Franklin County Speedway in Callaway. The field will include cars of drivers such as Curtis Turner and Wendell Scott. There will be racing in six other divisions, including the Late Model Stock Car 100-lap race which will feature Kenny Wagner and Todd Philpott.
Keydet wins at Penn Relays
VMI's Damon Richardson set a record in winning the Eastern college men's division of the long jump at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Richardson leaped 24 feet, 1 inch to set a division record.
Liberty's Todd Setsma and Tom Anthony are among four golfers tied for the individual lead and the surprising Flames are in second place after the first round of the 17-team Cavalier Classic at Charlottesville's Birdwood Golf Club.
Setsma and Anthony shot 2-under-par 70s to tie with North Carolina State's Press McPhaul and Maryland's Greg Bowser for the individual lead. The Wolfpack's even-par 288 is good for a six-shot lead over Liberty.
Virginia Tech is fifth at 298, bolstered by Sean Farrell's 72 and a 73 from Curtis Deal. Seventh-ranked Virginia is tied for sixth place with UNC Charlotte at 299.
The second of three rounds will be played today.
Radford honored 55 student athletes for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better through the end of last semester. Among those honored were Wytheville's Anne Fontaine (senior, volleyball), Blacksburg's Jennifer Kellogg (junior, golf), Radford's Dawn Turpin (sophomore, gymnastics), Collinsville's Travis Wells (junior, basketball), Galax's Kevin Knepshield (senior, cross country), and three Christiansburg athletes - runners Hollie Slusser and Meredith Fitter and basketball freshman Rebecca McNeil.
Defensive end John Harris was selected by the coaching staff as the Most Improved Player Award for the University of Virginia football team's 1995 spring practice period. Harris, a redshirt junior who will replace Mike Frederick, had 23 tackles in 1994, including three quarterback sacks, and blocked two kicks.
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