ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 30, 1995                   TAG: 9505020054
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Long


MAROONS NAB WOMEN'S LACROSSE TITLE

Ali Oglesby scored three goals and assisted on another as Roanoke defeated Washington and Lee 12-7 in Lexington on Saturday to capture its second consecutive Old Dominion Athletic Conference women's lacrosse title.

Oglesby, who had four goals in the Maroons' 14-8 win over Randolph-Macon in the semifinals, scored one goal in the first half, helping Roanoke (12-4) to a 5-2 halftime lead and added two more in the second half before assisting Francesca Foord-Kelcey on another goal.

Lorraine Taurassi scored two goals to lead W&L (10-5). Lisa Franzino had two goals for the Maroons.

Goalie Kathleen Ostar made 16 saves for Roanoke while W&L keeper Brooke Glenn had 20. Roanoke outshot W&L 30-25.

In other lacrosse:

Mike Wilson scored four goals to lead Washington College past Washington and Lee 13-7 in a non-conference men's lacrosse game in Chestertown, Md.

Washington College (5-8), the 20th-ranked team in Division III, led 6-5 at halftime, but opened it up in the second half behind Greg Tomasso, who scored all three of his goals in the second half. W&L (8-5), the 10th-ranked team in Division III, was led by Adam Butterworth, who scored three goals and had an assist.

Midfielders Greg Traynor and David Jones each scored four goals to lead third-ranked Virginia to a 26-9 win over Maryland-Baltimore County in a men's game at Charlottesville.

Attackman Doug Knight had three goals for the Cavaliers (11-2). The hat trick gave Knight 45 goals for the season, breaking Kevin Pehlke's school record of 44 set in 1991.

The Retrievers (4-8) scored three straight goals over a four-minute span in the first and second quarters to pull to 7-4, but Virginia scored the next 11 goals.

Nick Pilla's four goals and three assists lifted Mount St. Mary's men's team to a 9-5 victory over Radford in Emmitsburg, Md. Pilla scored or assisted on each of the final five Mountaineer goals.

Corey Fenley scored twice and assisted on another goal for the Highlanders (2-11).

Mount St. Mary's (3-11) jumped out to a 1-0 lead but Radford scored four of the next five goals before Pilla scored an extra-man goal with 3:30 left in the half to pull the Mountaineers to 4-3. Mount St. Mary's dominated the second half, scoring six goals before the Highlanders netted their last goal with 2:05 left.

Former Rockbridge County standout Rob Worrell scored four goals and had three assists to lead VMI past St. Joseph's 21-12 in a non-conference men's game in Philadelphia.

David Belfiore added also had four goals and John Ripley added three more to lead the Keydets (9-4). St. Joseph's (3-10) was led by Chris McIsaac, who scored six goals and had an assist.

\ BASEBALL\ VMI ousted in Southern

In Charleston, S.C., East Tennessee State pitchers George Jones and Daniel Ball combined to strike out 15 VMI batters as the Buccaneers defeated the Keydets 8-4 to eliminate VMI from the Southern Conference baseball tournament at College Park.

The Keydets (19-28) committed five errors that led to six unearned runs for East Tennessee. Leading 1-0, ETSU scored three unearned runs to take a 4-0 advantage. VMI pulled to 4-2 in the fifth inning on Chris Cofer's two-run single, but the Buccaneers (24-25-1) put away the game with two runs in the seventh and two in the ninth.

With his stolen base in the bottom of the fifth inning, VMI's David Groseclose became the Southern Conference's all-time steals leader with 100.

Tomas Sanchez' RBI single in the 10th inning gave Chowan a 6-5 victory over Ferrum in Chowan. Ferrum (31-10) was an out away from winning the game before Chowan pinch hitter Terry Totty drove in two runs with a single.

Sanchez batted 2-for-5 to lead Chowan (28-6) and Andy Ward (6-0) picked up the win in relief.

Sean Hummel threw a complete game, and former William Byrd standouts Josh Herman and Matt Reynolds each had four hits as Virginia Tech defeated Louisville 11-1 in a Metro game at Parkway Field in Louisville, Ky.

The win broke a season-high four-game losing streak for the Hokies (26-22 overall, 7-7 Metro).

Hummell (5-2) scattered eight hits, struck out five batters and walked one in his second complete game of the season. The junior right-hander allowed just one unearned run.

Tech led 2-1 through seven innings before it got its bats going in the final two innings. The Hokies scored two runs in the eighth and broke lose for seven runs on five hits in the ninth, including a two-run homer by left fielder John Mader.

Herman finished 4-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI while Reynolds went 4-for-4 with one run and one RBI. David Fitt drove in three runs on two hits.

Aaron Hodgin (2-8), who allowed just two earned runs in 72/3 innings, took the loss for Louisville (15-35, 4-10).

Jon Horton's seventh-inning three-run homer tied the score and allowed Liberty to beat Radford 9-7 in nine innings in the first game of a Big South Conference doubleheader at Dedmon Center Park in Radford. The Flames (31-14, 13-5) also won the second game, downing the Highlanders 15-2.

Liberty trailed 7-4 in the first game before Horton smacked his second homer of the season. Jake Hines' two-out single in the ninth off Travis Toms (3-2) drove in Jake Miller and Horton and lifted the Flames to victory. Tim Bickers (3-0) tossed five innings of shutout relief to earn the win.

Liberty's Brian Gunter (5-2) scattered four hits to claim the win in the second game as the Flames' bats came to life. First baseman Mark Reed and third baseman Jason Benham each drove in four runs, including a two-run homer by Benham in Liberty's seven-run third inning.

First baseman Jeff Dean was the lone bright spot for Radford (25-22, 12-6). He went 5-for-5 with four RBI in the first game and 2-for-2 with both RBI in the second game.

Tech golfers in second place

Virginia Tech's Sean Farrell shot a second-round 71 and is tied for third place in the individual competition with a two-round total of 143 at the Cavalier Golf Classic held in Charlottesville.

Farrell's performance helped propel the Hokies into second place with a 587, three strokes behind team leader North Carolina State. Farrell is tied with Simon Cooke of Virginia and trails the leader, John McCann of UNC Greensboro, by four strokes. McCann shot a 6-under-par 66 in the second round to take the lead, and Todd Setsma of Liberty is in second with a 141.

The Hokies shot a 289, which was the low round of the day. Brian Sharp and David Havens both fired second-round 72s. The final round is today.



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