Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 19, 1994 TAG: 9407260046
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Shirley, who plays out of Hunting Hills, shot a 38-43-81 on The Homestead's Cascades course to qualify for the Amateur, which begins today with match play.
Fran Hensley of Ridgeway qualified with an 82, and Jessica Adams of Bassett shot an 84 and then qualified in a playoff
Amy Ellerston of Richmond, Ellen McGowen of Springfield and Sherry Zaleski of Manassas each shot 77 to share medalist honors.
Local golfers who did not qualify were:
Marilyn Bussey, Countryside, 43-42-85; Kathy Dodd, Countryside 46-39-85; Judy Knight, Countryside, 43-43-86; Ann Kite, Water's Edge, 45-42-87; Dot Bolling, Hidden Valley, 44-43-87; Juanita Petrone, Blacksburg Country Club, 44-44-88; Joannah Pattison, Wytheville Country Club, 43-50-93; Valeta Pittman, Roanoke Country Club, 47-47-94; Neva Price, Blue Hills, 49-48-97; Penny Stallings, Roanoke Country Club, 52-46-98; Jeanette Templeton, Blue Hills, 51-54-105.
In qualifying for the 37th Virginia Women's Senior Championship on Monday at the Lower Cascades course, Chris Epperly won medalist honors with a 73.
Defending champion Kay Schiefelbien of Alexandria was forced to withdraw because of back problems. The 16 qualifiers begin match play today.
Local golfers who participated in qualifying were:
Audrey Najjum, Roanoke CC, 42-43-85; Dee Eanes, Bassett CC, 41-44-85; Brenda Brown, Willow Creek CC, 43-45-88; Norma Lemon, Alleghany CC, 44-47-91; Nina Farriss, Lexington Golf and CC, 43-50-93; Jeannett Hammin Blacksburg CC, 45-50-95; Eleanor Meredith, Waterfront, 47-50-97;
Sally Nicely, Alleghany CC, 50-48-98; Joanne Jacobs, Water's Edge, 49-51-100; Jane Watson, The Homestead, 51-50-101; Joyce Davis, Lexington CC, 54-47-101; Frances Dillon, Waterfront, 47-54-101; Kitty Fitzgerald, Alleghany 50-51-101; Lillian Fregeolle, The Homestead, 50-52-102; Madeline Hylton, Blacksburg CC, 52-52-104; Gwen Evans, Blacksburg CC, 53-51-104; Eileen Hand, Alleghany CC, 48-57-105; A.M. Feild, Cliftondale, 58-52-110; Evelyn Anderton, Roanoke CC, 54-61-115.
In other sports in the region:
The 1994-95 Virginia men's basketball schedule, announced Monday, features at least 16 regular-season home games, two more than last season.
The Cavaliers open the schedule Nov.16 at University Hall against Old Dominion in the Preseason National Invitation Tournament, but the teams' previously scheduled regular-season meeting has been dropped. More home games in the NIT are possible if UVa advances.
The Cavs' other non-conference home games are against North Carolina A&T (Nov.30), Towson State (Dec.3), Bethune-Cookman (Dec.8), VMI (Dec.19), Stanford (Dec.22) and Nevada-Las Vegas (Feb.12). UVa will visit Vanderbilt (Dec.6) and Rice (Dec.10), in addition to its ACC games and its annual meeting with Virginia Tech (Feb.28 in Richmond).
Southern Conference baseball officials have learned the league has regained its automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for 1995.
The NCAA determines which conferences receive automatic bids in baseball by compiling a Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for each league as it does in basketball. Although exact RPI figures were not released for 1994, the NCAA ranked the Southern Conference 17th. among 32 baseball leagues. Two Southern Conference teams still made the '94 tournament: tournament champion The Citadel, as the winner of a play-in game; and regular-season champion Western Carolina, as an at-large team.
K.J. Hippensteel of Roanoke teamed with Reston's Andrew Vu to win two doubles matches and reach the quarterfinal round in the 14-and-under division of the U.S. Tennis Association National Clay Courts Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Tom McKnight of Galax is one of four Virginia golfers chosen to represent the United States in the Biarritz Goodwill match July 26-27 in France.
by CNB