ISLE FILE
Rainbow Wahine split two in softball
Advertiser Staff
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| University of Hawai'i pitcher Sheri Oronoz delivers against California during the first day of the Hawai'i Invitational. The Bears beat the Rainbow Wahine 4-0.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
In other games, the Wahine defeated Nittaidai No. 1 of Japan, 10-2, and California stopped Nittaidai No. 2, 5-3.
Cal starting center fielder Kaleo Eldredge, a Baldwin graduate, went 2-for-4 against Hawai'i. Veronica Nelson hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Jessica Pamanian had three hits for the Bears.
California is 30-9, UH 20-13.
In Hawai'i's victory over Nittaidai, Natalie Gonzales and Stacey Porter each had three hits for the Rainbow Wahine.
The tournament continues today.
California 301 000 0—4 8 0
Hawai'i 000 000 0—0 2 1
Jocelyn Forest and Courtney Scott. Sheri Oronoz, Melissa Coogan (6) and Jennifer Tandarich. WP—Forest. LP—Oronoz.
Leading Hitters: CU—Kaleo Eldredge 2-4; Chelsea Spencer 2-4, double; Jessica Pamanian 3-4; Veronica Nelson home run.
Nittaidai #1 100 001 —2 2 2
Hawai'i 241 102—10 13 4
Rie Takahashi, Iyo Okada (1) and Maki Kikuchi, Mika Sawano. Shannon Tabion and Denise Dahlberg. WP—Tabion. LP—Takahashi.
Leading Hitters: UH—Natalie Gonzales 3-5; Stacey Porter 3-3, triple; Trisha Ramos 2-4; Kate Judd double.
WRESTLING
Lee advances: Travis Lee of Honolulu pinned a much higher-seeded opponent with eight seconds left in the match last night to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Albany, N.Y.
Lee, a freshman at Cornell, is seeded 11th in the 125-pound division. He was leading sixth-seeded veteran Matt Ridings of Oklahoma 6-5 in a second-round match when he pinned Ridings at 6 minutes and 52 seconds of the 7-minute match.
The victory thrusts Lee, a 2001 St. Louis School graduate from Liliha, into this morning's quarterfinals against third-seeded Skyler Holman of Oklahoma State.
Ridings had defeated Lee 8-6 at the Lone Star Duals in Dallas, Texas, early in the season. Since then Lee ran his record to 28-7 and was the only freshman to win an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championship.
Lee defeated Matthews Pitts of Chattanooga 6-3 in the first round yesterday.
