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Brooks manning goal for U.S. water polo team
Advertiser Staff
Brandon Brooks of Honolulu is one of two goalies with the U.S. Water Polo team playing in a tournament in France tomorrow through Sunday.
The French International at Piscine Jean Bouin in Nice will also include Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Netherlands.
Brooks, a 1999 Punahou graduate, was a first-team All-American last season for UCLA. The other U.S. goalie is Genai Kerr, a UC Irvine alumnus from Imperial Beach, Calif.
SOFTBALL
• BYUH wins one, loses one: Echo Hatch pitched a five-hitter and fellow freshman Shea Seever batted 2-for-3, including an RBI single in the fifth inning, as Brigham Young-Hawai'i beat Western New Mexico, 1-0, in a Pacific West Conference softball game at the BYUH field in La'ie.
Tiffany Mondhink pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts as Western New Mexico (25-2, 5-1 PacWest) beat BYUH (15-15, 7-7) in the second game of the doubleheader.
Hatch, who is from New Mexico, allowed two singles and her only walk of the game in the first inning to load the bases with two outs. But Hatch got Bethany Harris to ground out to second to end the threat.
BYUH's Lisa Hansen pitched a six-hitter in the second game, but errors in the first, fourth and fifth innings led to three unearned runs.
The teams play another doubleheader today at BYUH, starting at 2 p.m.
• UHH overpowers Chaminade: The University of Hawai'i-Hilo swept a pair of non-conference games against Chaminade, 6-1 and 8-0, yesterday at Palolo field.
Leinani Hashida hit a two-run home run in the third inning and Wendy Layton added another two-run shot in the seventh of the first game for the Vulcans.
In the second game, Natalie Fujimoto also hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning, and Tara Martinez and Sarah Steele combined for a three-hitter.
Claresa Asuncion batted 6-for-8, Hashida went 4-for-8 and Leo Sing Chow 4-for-7 in the doubleheader.
GOLF
• USC leading: Southern California shot a two-round total of 595 yesterday to take the first-day lead of the Dr. Donnis Thompson Rainbow Wahine Golf Invitational at the Kane'ohe Klipper course.
Second-place Arizona is eight strokes back at 603, followed by Rollins College at 606.
Host Hawai'i, led by freshman Tara Chappell's two-round total of 157 (tie for 24th), is 12th in the 17-school field at 661. Brooke Jackson, playing for the UH-Silver squad, led all Wahine golfers with 156 (tie for 21st). The UH-Silver team is in 15th at 679.
Cassandra Kirkland of Arizona shot a 2-under 142 to lead the individual race. Mikaela Parmlid of USC is second at 143, followed by Julia Kraschinski of Arizona at 146 and Miranda Smith of Kansas State at 147.
Nebraska's Merynn Ito, a 2001 'Aiea High graduate, is in seventh at 149.
The final round will be played today, starting at 7:30 a.m.
