Isle File
Maui takes World Series baseball title
Advertiser Staff
Kalehua Moniz batted 5-for-5 to tie a P.O.N.Y. Bronco (ages 11-12) World Series record as Maui defeated South Korea, 11-4, last night in the championship baseball game at Monterrey, Calif.
Moniz homered, doubled and stroked three singles to tie a record for most hits in a series game.
Moniz also pitched a complete game, allowing four hits and striking out five in seven innings.
Maui finished the tournament with a 4-0 record.
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FISHING
• Catch of the day: Pajaro Valley (Calif.) Gamefish Club moved into first place but had to share the limelight with the Hokulia Anglers on the second day of the 42nd Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament in waters off Kona.
Pajaro Valley has 1,050 points, moving ahead of first-day leader Team Odyssey of Northern Ireland with 900. Hokulia, thanks to angler Mike Harper, leaped into third with 884 points.
Harper caught a 513-pound Pacific blue marlin worth 513 points, plus an additional 371 points for various bonuses.
Twenty other marlin were tagged and released, and two ahi were caught — bringing the two-day total catch to 40.
Competition resumes tomorrow.
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VOLLEYBALL
• HPU ranked No. 4: The Hawai'i Pacific women's volleyball team, which put together an unprecedented 28-0 record en route to the NCAA Division II national championship last season, is ranked fourth in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll, which was released yesterday.
West Texas A&M was ranked No. 1, followed by North Alabama and Augustana, which HPU swept in the title match last year.
Brigham Young-Hawai'i is ranked No. 17.
The Lady Sea Warriors were the first team in the 20-year history of NCAA II volleyball to finish a season undefeated, and led the nation in team attack percentage.
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YOUTH SOFTBALL
• Pearls win fourth in row: Tricia Arneson had two hits in support of winning pitcher Kehau Yamaguchi as the Pearl City Pearls beat Washington Township (N.J.), 6-2, yesterday at the Babe Ruth World Series (16-under) in Abbeville, La.
The Pearls, who finished pool play 4-0, begin championship round play today.
