1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

SHORT AND SCRAPPY
Young and outsized, lady cagers tenaciously hold their own
V
1.,lnill
Tech's 1981·1984
.... om .. n'l bllskelb~1I , .. am
arne ~p 'lion. not si>olt In the
sen~ of playlnl badly. b~1
!lither beaU§/! the,,, 1QS nobodyon
the enU~ '.-p","yer rosler thai was
even 6$ ~11 as 6 feeL Nonelhelns. Wi:th­
)'N' o»ch Ciorol Alfano _ned thai Ihls
small learn ... 15 " the most 1",lllmllle
chance ft'.,., hid to wJlI 1M' Metro Confer­
OMO
In $pile 01 ~If he"lu dlsadYan~ the
~y Hokln used "'rd·~ Ikfense lind
the fasl break to lumpoif to1l4·1 Slart. Tech
opened the sena .. al home ~ln51 the
University 01 Ch.orl«lon IW V_I wUh II 101-
as vl(:lory. cllIekln, the century man:. In
seorin, for only the third time In [he prolram's
history. Fo .... ards Robin lee.lunlor,
and RenH Dennis. freshlTliln. led Ihe way
with 21 aMI 19 points respectively. Then.
IIlte' 1051111 al East Tl!nn~ Stale. the
ulers 1\llned around lind knocked off
HowiIrd 126 poinl5 110m Leel. M.I...t..II. and
Geoqii Southern In succession
Trouble bel~n dlhl aher ChrlslmaS
thou,h al the Dogwood CLassk In ra~eue·
Ville , North CiorolinJ Ahe. loslnll n·H to ~
pc!VIi!nul UNC team. Tech dropped 3 of the
nut 4. Indudl", a he"r1·b~ker 10 Illh
ranked N C. SUOte. 1>4-63 The L;ody HokJes
stood It an even SOO mld .... y throuch the
$elson. I' they ,ured up 10. the 111-
ImporUln l Metn) Conference play
"South Cioroll ..... Florid .. State. ilnd Cln·
dn .... tI all lllve eood pn:lIrilms." soold AIhono.
"but I thlnk .. e on finIsh ~s one of the
toP three In the confe.ence."
Altho"", Illit', a tilil order lor iI ohon
leim .. Ith only 2 ~nlo