Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 10, 1995 TAG: 9511100078
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Staley, a former Virginia point guard, suffered torn cartilage in her left knee and is expected to miss at least five games on the national team's NCAA tour and hopes to return for the Nov.28 game at the University of Washington.
``I'm very disappointed that I'm going to have to miss the next few games of our NCAA tour,'' Staley said, ``but at the same time, I know I need to take care of myself, and the most important thing is that my knee needs to be ready to go next summer'' at the Olympics in Atlanta.
In other sports in the region:
Richmond football coach Jim Reid suspended starting quarterback Jason Gabrels for Saturday's game with William and Mary after Gabrels was charged with assault in a campus fight.
The fifth-year senior was charged with felonious assault following a fight Saturday night.
Gabrels appeared Monday in Richmond General District Court, and his court date was continued to Nov.17, the day before the Spiders wrap up their regular season at Villanova.
Reid said Gabrels will be suspended for one game.
``Jason is as hard a worker as we have on our team, and he's led us to where we are now. I'd be happy if my son grew up like him,'' Reid said. ``But there were certain circumstances he got caught up in, and we have very strict team rules. I can't make an exception.''
The Spiders (7-1-1 overall, 5-1 Yankee Conference) are ranked No.13 in NCAA Division I-AA, while William and Mary (6-4, 4-3) is ranked No.25.
Reid will start Joe Elrod in Gabrels' place.
Gabrels is the Spiders' second-leading rusher, with 607 yards and five touchdowns, and has completed 50 of 111 passes for 619 yards, four touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Top-seeded Virginia begins its quest for a fifth consecutive ACC men's soccer championship at 7 p.m. today in Durham, N.C.
The Cavaliers (16-0-2) will face host Duke (12-5-1), a 3-1 winner over Wake Forest on Thursday night.
Duke scored twice in the final 1:35 of overtime to hand No.1-ranked UVa one of its two regular-season ties, 3-3, when they played Oct.22 in Durham.
Eleventh-ranked Virginia (14-4-2) has received a bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament and will serve as host for a first-round game next weekend against the winner of tonight's game between Stanford (16-3) and Santa Clara (14-3-2).
The time and date of the second-round women's game has not been determined. The men are expected to be at home for a first-round game Nov.19.
Radford University men's and women's basketball tickets are on sale at the Dedmon Center box office.
For men's games, season tickets are $75 and single-game tickets are priced at $7 for reserved seats and $5 for general admission. Women's season tickets are $25 and single-game tickets are $5 for general admission and $2 for non-Radford students with an ID card.
For information, call (540) 831-5228.
Anne Glaser Hubach, a resident of Thaxton, will be inducted into the Western Maryland College Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Hubach was the outstanding female athlete at the Westminster, Md., school during the 1982-83 season. The Towson, Md., native was captain of the 1983 Green Terror volleyball team that went 39-5-1 and played in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Hubach also lettered three times each in swimming and lacrosse and was Division III All-American in swimming in 1981 as a member of Western Maryland's 200-yard medley relay team.
PH welcomes Albemarle for semis
Patrick Henry will take on Albemarle at 1 p.m. Saturday in a Group AAA Northwest Region volleyball semifinal on the Patriots' floor.
In the second game, at 3 p.m., defending Group AAA champion C.D. Hylton meets Woodbridge. The championship game follows the two semifinals.
Only the champion will qualify for the Group AAA tournament at Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach on Nov.17-18. Indian River and Salem-Virginia Beach have qualified from the East Region, which is the only region with two schools.
The Northwest champion will play Indian River at 7 p.m. Nov.17. The Central Region champion, Clover Hill or Mills Godwin, will take on Salem 30 minutes after the opening match.
The First Virginia Bank Fall Soccer Classic will bring 240 teams to Roanoke on Saturday and Sunday. Squads from Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, as well as Virginia, will play 389 games on 32 fields to crown 22 men's and seven women's age-group champions.
The Roanoke Star Under-18 White boys' soccer team will take on the Braddock Road Phoenix at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal of the Virginia State Championship at Striker Park in Richmond.
by CNB