Isle File
UH's Smith runs away in 5,000

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i junior Cheryl Smith completed a distance double yesterday, capturing the 5,000-meter run at the Texas Invitationals in Austin.

Smith, who won the 3,000 on Friday, finished yesterday's race in 16 minutes, 52.33 seconds to win by 36 seconds.

UH sophomore Casey McGuire-Turcotte won one of the 1,500-meter events with a time of 4:39.74.

The Wahine finished second in the 4X400 relay in 4:04.54.

SOFTBALL

• HPU swept away: Hawai'i Pacific lost two games yesterday — 2-1 to Western New Mexico and 4-0 to Humboldt State — and were eliminated from the Pacific West Conference championship tournament in Bellingham, Wash.

The fourth-seeded Lady Sea Warriors (34-15) saw their postseason hopes all but dashed with the double setback.

HPU's Jessica Parra pitched a two-hitter in the opener, but Western New Mexico scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out the victory.

In the loser-out second game, Jessame Kendall pitched a three-hitter, striking out three and walking none, to lift sixth-ranked and top-seeded Humboldt State. Kendall improved her record to 31-10.

Kim Coker had two RBI singles for the Lady Lumberjacks (48-12-1), who went on to capture the PacWest title by defeating second-seeded Western New Mexico, 2-1 in eight innings and 3-2 in 13 innings.

• UHH's best: Pitcher Taysha Anderson, who won her last 10 decisions, was named University of Hawai'i-Hilo's Most Outstanding Player.

Anderson, a junior from Central Point, Ore., earned second-team all-Pacific West Conference honors after compiling a 13-4 record and a 1.42 ERA.

Also honored were Nancy Vega (Rookie of the Year), Michelle LaRose (Coaches Award) and Kealohi Reppun (Scholar/Athlete).

Vega, a freshman from Mililani, led the team with 14 doubles and three homers. She batted .317 with 19 RBIs.

GOLF

• Hines' team wins: The team of Makaha Golf Resort pro Tommy Hines and partners John Yamane, James Leavitt, Glenn Inouye and Charles Burch won the Verizon Hawai'i Hall of Fame Pro-Am yesterday at Kapalua's Plantation Course with a 20-under-par score of 53.

Also shooting a bestball 53, but losing in a tiebreaker, were Makena pro Brian Sasada and amateur partners Jim LaClair, John Happ, Don Kendall and Allen Uyeda.

In third at19-under were pro Beau Yokomoto and partners Joel Matsunaga, Kurt Osaki, Elton Tanaka and Donna Kim.