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Coogan hurls no-hitter for UH softball
Advertiser Staff
Melissa Coogan pitched a five-inning no-hitter and April Crowell hit a grand slam to lead the University of Hawai'i over host North Carolina-Greensboro, 10-0, in the first game of a non-conference softball doubleheader yesterday.
In the second game, the Spartans (23-8) beat the Rainbow Wahine, 5-4. In the loss, Stacey Porter hit her seventh home run of the season, giving her 28 in her career and placing her one shy of Dana Degan's UH career mark.
Crowell also homered in the second game, giving her a team-leading nine home runs.
Coogan (15-7) faced only one batter over the minimum because she hit Jennifer Hubbard with a pitch. She struck out four in a game called after five complete innings because of softball's eight-run differential mercy rule.
Denise Dahlberg batted 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Hawai'i (19-14) opens Western Athletic Conference play with doubleheaders Friday and Saturday at Fresno State.
MORE SOFTBALL
• UH-Hilo swept: Cal State-Dominguez Hills swept Hawai'i-Hilo, 3-0 and 5-1, yesterday in a non-conference doubleheader at Carson, Calif.
Valerie Long pitched a one-hitter (Kayla Kahuli's third-inning single) and struck out 10 in the opener.
Long faced only 22 batters, one over the seven-inning minimum.
The Vulcans took a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game on Erin Castillo's RBI groundout, but the Toros finally got to UHH starter Kristine Kahoallii with three runs on four hits in the fifth.
UHH is 22-9, CSDH is 23-8-1.
GOLF
• Carll, Hall lead: Kevin Carll and Matt Hall teamed to shoot a 9-under-par 63 yesterday to hold a two-shot lead after the first round of the Aloha Section PGA Pro Pro Championship at Ko Olina Golf Club.
Carll, of Ko Olina, and Hall, of Turtle Bay Resort Golf Club, shot 32 on the front nine and 31 on the back.
Regan Lee, a Gateway Tour member, and Beau Yokomoto of Pearl Country Club are tied for second at 65 with Kevin Hayashi of Pearl Country Club and Lance Taketa of Hilo Municipal Golf Course.
The tournament concludes today.
• Warriors wind up 16th: The University of Hawai'i men's team finished 16th in the 21-team field of the Bite/Pacific Coast Intercollegiate yesterday at Sandpiper Golf Course in Santa Barbara, Calif.
UH shot a three-round total of 18-over-par 882, led by Matt Kodama (216, tie for 24th).
Fresno State won with a 23-under 841, led by individual champion Nick Watney at 199. UC-Irvine was second at 843, followed by UC-Riverside (845), UTEP (848) and Long Beach State (856).
• Vulcans finish 12th: The University of Hawai'i-Hilo men's team finished 12th at the two-day Division II Aggie Invitational yesterday at the El Macero Country Club in Davis, Calif.
Hilo shot a 58-over-par 922, led by Kevin Shimomura (225) and Colin Gilliam (230).
Western Washington University and Cal State-Bakersfield each shot 881 to tie for the team title.
• Eguchi, Nakano prevail: Junko Eguchi and Keiko Nakano teamed to shoot a 9-under-par 63 on Monday to win the Hawai'i State Women's Golf Association Two Partner Better Ball Tournament at the Kapolei Golf Course.
Sharon Kong and Kathy Ordway, and Barbara Millslagle and Cyndy Urry shared second place in A Flight with 65's.
