Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 18, 1995 TAG: 9507180052
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
As champion, Ellertson didn't have to qualify for the tournament played on the Cascades course at The Homestead.
In second place, with a 78, was Lee Shirley of Salem. The only other player in the field of 86 to break 80 in hot, muggy conditions was Longwood's Karla Robertson, who finished with an 8-over-par 79. (Area scores in Scoreboard.)
The championship flight of 32 begins match play today. Two survivors will fight for the championship Friday.
In the Seniors championship, Chris Epperly produced three birdies and 15 pars on the nearby Homestead course to easily win the qualifying medal by three shots over two-time champion Ruth Ann Verell of Alexandria.
Peggy Woodard of Virginia Beach was third with 73 and Gay Stillwell of Charlottesville finished five shots back at 74.
In other sports in the region:
K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke defeated Max Hilkey of Chapel Hill, N.C., 6-1, 1-0 (retired) in the round of 64 at the Boys' 16-and-under National Clay Court tennis championships at Belle Meade Country Club in Nashville, Tenn.
The victory, attained in temperatures in the mid-90s, avenged a defeat to Hilkey in a semifinal of the Easter Bowl tournament in Miami during the spring.
Hippensteel, who is unseeded, plays 10th-seeded Chris Porter of Canton, Ohio, today. Hippensteel beat Joost Hall of Santa Ana, Calif., 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 on Sunday in the opening round.
Chip Smith, a former catcher at Virginia Tech, has been hired as the head baseball coach at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C.
Smith previously was head coach at Pfeiffer College, where he compiled a 172-153-1 record and was voted the Carolinas Conference coach of the year in 1995. He is a native of Danville and graduated from GW-Danville High School.
Smith batted .326 as a senior for the Hokies and was a member of the 1977 team that won a school-record 32 consecutive games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Mike Montoro has been appointed sports information director at Liberty University, returning to his alma mater after having worked at West Virginia University and at Brescia College in Owensboro, Ky.
Brent Cochran and Paul Wallace scored goals as the Under-15 Roanoke Star soccer team defeated Bonlanden SV 2-0 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Danny Talmedge preserved the shutout in goal for the Star, which has another match today in Stuttgart and leaves Wednesday for Essen, Germany.
Eight Timesland players have been named to the all-state softball team as picked by the Virginia High School Coaches' Association.
In Group AA, William Byrd junior infielder Tamasa Adams was a first-team choice. In Group A, Glenvar infielder Kristi Robinson and James River utility player Angie Sink were first-team choices. Robinson is a senior; Sink a junior.
In Group AA, Timesland Player of the Year Tracy Doupnik of William Byrd was chosen as a second-team pitcher, along with her freshman sister, Carrie Doupnik, who is a second-team outfielder. In Group A, Glenvar pitcher Amy Layman, and James River infielder Tiffany Cox and outfielder Heather Vines, were second-team choices.
No Timesland players were chosen on the Group AAA first or second team. (Complete teams in Scoreboard.)
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