ISLE FILE
Iolani's Sun 8th in nationals
Advertiser Staff
Iolani School junior Hongzhe Sun finished eighth in the 100-meter backstroke last night at the USA Swimming Spring National Championships at Minneapolis, Minn.
Sun, 15, was the youngest swimmer to make the finals. His time was 58.51 seconds, slightly slower than his qualifying time of 58.18 earlier yesterday.
Sun ranked No. 1 in the nation last year in the 15-16 age group with a time of 56.51 seconds.
Iolani sophomore Mark Eckert Jr. was 36th in yesterday's 400 freestyle trials in 4:12.60 and did not advance.
Sun and Eckert will swim the 200 individual medley today in the long-course meet.
SOFTBALL
Northwestern tops UH: Erin Jancic batted 4-for-4, including two home runs, scored four runs and had four RBIs to lift Northwestern to a 8-5 victory over Hawai'i in the Hawai'i Invitational Tournament yesterday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Hawai'i is 20-14, Northwestern 7-6-1.
Jancic, the Wildcats' left fielder and lead-off hitter, had singles in the first and third innings, hit a three-run homer to left in the fourth and a bases-empty homer, also to left, in the sixth.
Stacy Porter had two hits, and Kate Judd hit a solo homer for Hawai'i.
In the Rainbow Wahine's second game yesterday, April Crowell went 2-for-3, including a two-RBI double in the third inning to lift UH past Nittaidai No. 2, 4-1.
UH's Melissa Coogan pitched a six-hitter, striking out three and walking none.
In other games, California beat Hofstra, 4-2, and Northwestern defeated Nittaidai No. 2, 10-4.
Hawai'i 100 120 1—5 8 0
|Northwestern 102 311 X—8 10 1
WP—Lauren Schwendimann. LP—Sheri Oronoz. Leading Hitters: UH—Kate Judd 2-4, homer; Stacey Porter 3-4, double, 2 RBIs; Stacie Hirano double; Oronoz double. NW—Erin Jancic 4-4, 2 homers, 4 runs, 4 RBIs; Erin Mobley 2-2; Rane Gunderson 2 runs.
Hawai'i 102 000 1—4 3 4
Nittaidai #2 000 000 1—1 6 3
WP—Melissa Coogan. LP—Mami Gotoh. Leading Hitters: UH—April Crowell 2-3, double, 2 RBIs; Kate Judd double. Nit—Asami Kanaya 2-3; Saori Shirai 2-3, triple.
WATER POLO
Rainbow Wahine lose: Ninth-ranked University of Hawai'i out-shot seventh-ranked Long Beach State but could not out-score the 49ers, falling 8-5 last night in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
The Rainbow Wahine (7-8) dropped to 2-5 in the conference while LBSU (9-7) is 2-3. Hawai'i plays another MPSF match Tuesday against UC-Santa Barbara, which shares the No. 9 national ranking.
The Rainbows got off 19 shots to the Beach's 17, but never led. The score was tied at 1 after the first quarter. Angelica Garcia scored the first of her three goals to put Long Beach ahead 2-1 at halftime.
Karin Van Hoff and Chelsea Garner-Prohs, Hawai'i's leading scorers, each had a goal in the third period. But the Beach scored three to extend its advantage to 5-3. The Rainbow Wahine never got within two in the final period.
Van Hoff and Garner-Prohs each had two goals, with Erin Kocher getting the other. Christa Tackaberry, Hawai'i's only senior aside from Van Hoff, had five saves. Ashley Richardson added two goals for the 49ers.
Hawai'i has lost to LBSU twice this season, after winning the first 10 matches between the teams.
BASEBALL
16th straight for Komine: Honolulu's Shane Komine won his 16th straight Big 12 Conference game, and tied the Nebraska record with his 16th career complete game as the Cornhuskers defeated Texas Tech 3-1 yesterday in Lincoln, Neb.
Komine (5-0), a senior right-hander, allowed five hits, walked none and struck out nine in his first complete game this season. A ninth-inning home run prevented Komine from getting a shutout.
"I had control of all my pitches today," Komine said. "I had them off balance until the ninth inning. I just wish I had that pitch back." He retired 14 of 15 at one point.
Komine has a 1.17 earned run average and 58 strikeouts in 46 innings this season.
Komine, a two-time All-American, increased his other Nebraska career records to 453 strikeouts, 36 wins, 52 starts and 380¡ innings pitched. His career home-field record is 18-0.
His last conference defeat was nearly two years ago, 4-2 to Baylor on March 31, 2000.
Komine is a 1998 Kalani High graduate.
WRESTLING
Lee loses, but earns All-America honors: Travis Lee of Honolulu lost in the 125-pound quarterfinals yesterday at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Albany, N.Y., but still earned All-American distinction.
Lee, a freshman at Cornell who was seeded 11th, will wrestle today for seventh place; the first eight places earn All-American.
Lee lost yesterday morning's quarterfinal to third-seeded Skyler Holman of Oklahoma State, 12-9. Holman succeeded in forcing a slower pace than Lee likes.
The defeat dropped Lee, a 2001 St. Louis School graduate from Liliha, into the consolation bracket and a chance at third place.
He defeated Shawn Bunch of Edinborough 12-10 on a takedown in sudden-victory overtime, but lost to ninth-seeded Jason Powell of Nebraska 5-3 last night.
Lee (31-9) will wrestle Chris Rodrigues of North Carolina for seventh place.
Rodrigues defeated Lee 13-11 earlier this season.
