ISLE FILE
UH will get NCAA volleyball title banner Saturday
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will unveil a banner commemorating its 2002 NCAA championship before Saturday's match against Shanghai Oriental in the Stan Sheriff Center, UH coach Mike Wilton said yesterday.
That match is the final one of the three-night Outrigger Hotels Volleyball Invitational. Because UH's first two opponents — Penn State and Ball State — competed in last year's NCAA final four, Wilton felt it would be inappropriate to unveil the banner before matches against those teams.
Last May, the Warriors won the first men's team title in UH history. The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team won four national titles in the 1970s and 1980s, and banners commemorating those championships already hang in the Sheriff Center.
A committee is working on a plan that will allow UH's other two arena teams — men's and women's basketball — to hang banners in the arena for NCAA tournament appearances and league titles.
BOXING
Viloria to have hand examined: Brian Viloria is scheduled to be examined by a hand specialist in Los Angeles today to determine the extent of the injury to his right hand suffered during Friday's bout.
Viloria ran his record to 11-0 (6 knockouts) in retaining his North American Boxing Federation flyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Alejandro Moreno on ESPN2.
Viloria complained of pain in his right hand after striking Moreno's head in the third round of their bout in Connecticut.
An orthopedic surgeon who attended the fight said he did not believe there was a fracture, according to Gary Gittelsohn, Viloria's manager.
"But it appears to be badly bruised and we want to take every precaution," Gittelsohn said.
He said Viloria is to undergo X-rays and be examined today by Dr. David Kulber, the specialist who performed the surgery after the fighter sustained a fracture on the right hand in his 2001 professional debut.
BASKETBALL
Silverswords share award: Chaminade backcourt teammates Roy Stigall III and Byron Sykes shared Pacific West Conference Player of the Week honors after leading the Silverswords in a sweep of Western New Mexico.
Stigall, a junior guard from Sacramento, Calif., was 16-of-27 from the field and scored 41 points in victories over Western New Mexico on Tuesday and Thursday. He shot 6-of-11 from 3-point range and also added 16 assists and two steals.
Sykes, a junior guard from San Jose, Calif., scored 47 points on 16-of-23 shooting, including 10-of-13 from behind the arc. He also had seven rebounds, five assists and seven steals.
After starting the year 1-5, the Silverswords are now above .500 at 8-7 and tied for first place with Hawaii-Hilo at 3-0 in the PacWest.
PADDLING
Grant will help start canoe program: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hawai'i will receive a $50,000 grant from Nike to fund a canoeing program.
A ceremony will be held today at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hawai'i, Kapa'a Clubhouse, in Kaua'i at 3:30 p.m.
Scheduled to attend the ceremony will be Lokelani McMichael, a triathlete and Kailua, Kona, native.
The grant is part of the NikeGo program that is designed to combat childhood obesity by increasing physical activity in children ages 9-15.
SOFTBALL
Waipahu wins: Waipahu scored four runs in the fourth inning en route to a 7-4 victory over Waialua, despite a 15-strikeout performance by the Bulldogs' Jaylyn Keao, in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association game yesterday.
Nicole Enos (seven strikeouts, five walks) and Noela Noga each had triples, and catcher Jenna Rosario went 2-for-4 (two singles) for the Marauders.
Waipahu (3-2) 000 410 2—7 5 2
Waialua (0-6) 010 000 3—4 2 4
Nicole Enos and Jenna Rosario. Jaylyn Keao and Ashley Onozuka. WP—Enos. LP—Keao.
Leading hitters: Waipahu—Rosario 2-4, 2 singles; Noela Noga triple; Enos triple. Waialua— J. Keao 2-4.
