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Hawai'i's Kanoa, Iosua in Hula Bowl

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i offensive lineman Manly Kanoa III and defensive tackle Mike Iosua have accepted invitations to play in the Feb. 2 Hula Bowl Maui all-star football game at War Memorial Stadium.

Earlier, UH quarterback Nick Rolovich, slotback Craig Stutzmann, defensive end Joe Correia and safeties Nate Jackson, Jacob Espiau and Robert Grant agreed to participate.

Two weeks ago in San Francisco, Kanoa played in the East-West Shrine game, executing a key block on Deonce Whitaker's touchdown run. Kanoa is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools.

Iosua, who was raised in Washington state, was named the Warriors' most inspirational player in 2001 after playing most of the season with a dislocated right shoulder and knee injury. Iosua, who attended the Air Force Academy before transferring to UH, is a math major who hopes to earn a post-graduate degree in business or engineering.

"I've been staying in shape, lifting weights, in case something came along," Iosua said.

Hula Bowl organizer Lenny Klompus said 96 players, including 2001 Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch of Nebraska, will compete.

VOLLEYBALL

• Ah Mow hurt in car accident: Olympic volleyball player Robyn Ah Mow suffered a concussion and other minor injuries in an automobile accident Monday in Italy, where she is playing professionally.

Ah Mow, a McKinley High graduate and volleyball All-American at the University of Hawai'i, is expected to leave the hospital soon and be able to work out within two weeks.

Ah Mow was driving the car. Her Vicenza Volley teammate, Iskra Mijalic, was with her and suffered what was reported as "a fractured vertebra and spine luxation." Mijalic underwent a successful 4-hour operation Monday. Doctors expect her to fully recover.

Angelica Ljungquist, Ah Mow's teammate at UH, visited her at the hospital Tuesday night. Ah Mow's parents, Lovina and Talmage, were expected to arrive yesterday.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

• HPU, Sonoma split: Derek Little had three doubles and drove in three runs, powering Hawai'i Pacific to a 17-5 victory over Sonoma State in the first game of doubleheader yesterday at Hans L'Orange Park.

In the second game, Tim Worthington and Scott Griggs combined on a five-hitter to lift Sonoma to a 3-0 victory.

Jonathan Torres, T.C. Everett and Nicholas Longpre drove in two runs each for HPU in the first game.

With the split, the Sea Warriors are 3-5. Sonoma State, from California, is 9-3.

TENNIS

• Chang wins opener: Michael Chang, the 29-year-old former French Open champion, won his opening-round match at the Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger yesterday, sweeping fellow American Kevin Kim, 6-3, 7-5.

"It was tough match out there today," said Chang, seeded third. "Kevin played really good. He served really well."

Up next for Chang is another Kim — Alex, the 2000 NCAA singles champion for Stanford. He handled Russia's Artem Derepasko, 7-6 (5), 6-1, and is coming off an upset last week over No. 4 ranked Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the Australian Open.