Posted on: Thursday, March 15, 2001
UH-Hilo executes third straight softball sweep
Advertiser Staff
Taysha Anderson earned a save in the opener and a win in the second game as Hawai'i-Hilo swept a softball doubleheader from St. Xavier (Ill.), 3-2 and 8-5, yesterday at the UHH field.
The third straight doubleheader sweep pushed Hilo's record to 12-6. St. Xavier fell to 0-4.
Tara Holler's home run closed St. Xavier to 3-2 in the top of the sixth in the opener. The Cougars then put runners on second and third with two outs before Anderson replaced starter Chenelle Chikazawa and got Leslie Podlasek to pop out.
Leinani Hashida, Diana Kim and Melissa Martinez each had two hits in support of Chikazawa (3-1), who allowed four hits over 6° innings.
Claresa Asuncion had two hits and three RBIs for Hilo in the second game.
MORE SOFTBALL • BYUH splits: Lyndi Frei pitched a five-hitter and Marie Maese singled in two runs, including the go-ahead score in the sixth, as Brigham Young-Hawai'i defeated Wisconsin-Parkside, 4-3, to salvage a doubleheader split in La'ie.
Wisconsin-Parkside won the opener, 7-2, behind Amanda Fitzgerald's three-hitter.
BYUH is 7-17 and Wisconsin-Parkside 1-3. • UH in Klassic: The University of Hawai'i will try its tournament luck at the 2001 KIA Klassic, hosted by Cal State-Fullerton.
The 16-team, four-pool tournament began yesterday, but the Wahine do not play until today. The tournament runs through Sunday.
The Wahine (19-8) are coming off a second-place finish to Pacific at their own Malihini Tournament. They also finished second in the Paradise Classic (to Cal State-Fullerton) and were 3-1 at the South Florida Tournament to open the season last month.
There are nine nationally ranked teams in the tournament, but the Wahine's pool is the only one with just one.
Today, in Pool A, UH will play No. 13 Washington and New Mexico State. Tomorrow, the Wahine face Texas to end pool play.
The other pools have at least two ranked teams. Ranked teams in the tournament are No. 2 Arizona and No. 24 Cal State-Northridge in Pool B; No. 9 Arizona State, No. 10 Cal State-Fullerton and No. 11 DePaul in Pool C; and No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 7 Fresno State and No. 14 Notre Dame in Pool D.
BOXING • Two advance: Two Hawai'i fighters won preliminary bouts yesterday in the 2001 U.S. National Boxing Championships at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Samson Guillermo (119 pounds) of Wai'anae defeated Donnie Hanon of Pennsylvania when the referee stopped it in the third round.
Van Oscar Penovaroff (132) of Kailua-Kona outpointed Leon Bobo of St. Louis, 9-2.
Dat Nguyen (119) of Wailuku, Maui, lost to Jason Litzau of Minnesota when the referee stopped it in the fourth round.
