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BYUH, HPU teams in NCAA II tennis tourney
Advertiser Staff
The Brigham Young-Hawai'i men's and women's tennis teams and the Hawai'i Pacific men's team each won West regional championships yesterday and advanced to the 16-team NCAA Division II National Championships on May 8-11 at Altamonte Springs, Fla.
The second-ranked BYUH men defeated UC-Davis, 5-2, and the top-ranked BYUH women defeated UC-San Diego, 5-0, yesterday at La'ie. The 11th-ranked HPU men defeated 20th-ranked UC-San Diego, 7-1, yesterday at La Jolla, Calif.
The West region women's championship between 10th-ranked HPU and 19th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona was delayed by rain yesterday and is scheduled to be played today at Pomona, Calif.
The BYUH men and women are the defending Division II national champions. The Seasiders have the top-ranked men's player, Jan Krejci, the top-ranked men's doubles team, Krejci and Peter Madarassy and the top-ranked women's player, Adrienn Hegedus.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UH's Sopoaga on Nagurski list: The Charlotte Touchdown Club and the Football Writers Association of America have announced the 2003 watch list of candidates for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's top defensive college players.
Three players from the Western Athletic Conference have been named to the watch list, including University of Hawai'i defensive tackle Isaac Sopoaga.
GOLF
Hongo's team tops Pro-Am: Ben Hongo and his team of Keith Nagata, Cedric Chun, Craig Lee and Mike Nitta won the Verizon Hawai'i Hall of Fame Pro-Am yesterday at the Plantation Course at Kapalua, shooting a 21-under-par 52.
Twenty seven teams participated in the Pro-Am.
The first round of the championship begins today.
MEETINGS
QB Club featured guests: Robin Campaniano, president and CEO of AIG Insurance and a member of the Honolulu Stadium Authority will be among the featured speakers at tomorrow's weekly meeting of the Honolulu Quarterback Club.
Other guests will be George Toma, National Football League turf specialist and Thomas Sadler, associate athletic director at the University of Hawai'i.
The luncheon-meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Pagoda Restaurant and is open to the public. Lunch is $7.50 for club members, $8 for non-members.
SOCCER
Ching sparks Earthquakes: Hale'iwa's Brian Ching (Kamehameha, 1996) factored into both of his San Jose Earthquakes' goals in their 2-0 win against the New England Revolution in a Major League Soccer game yesterday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.
Three minutes before the half, Ching, 24, was battling for position with Carlos Llamosa on a free kick by Jeff Agoos. The ball deflected off of Llamosa for an own goal.
Ching scored later in the second half, on a header from a cross from Brian Mullan, in the 56th minute.
"Brian Mullan served a great ball to me and I just beat my defender and headed past the goalkeeper," Ching said. "Brian made it easy for me. The space opened up at the near post and I just filled the space."
Four from Hawai'i among select: Four Hawai'i soccer players were selected for the United States Adult Soccer Association National Select Team Region IV camp, which provides players the opportunity to train in a competitive environment, with the purpose of being singled out for the selection to the National or professional teams.
They are University of Hawai'i goalkeeper Mahie Atay, former Southern California midfielder Carol Hatcher, and two former Hawai'i Pacific players: defender Iovo Stefanov and midfielder Jordan Inouye.
The camp is in Seattle from June 18-22, and consists of players from California, Washington, Idaho, and Hawai'i.
TEAMS USA
Hawai'i athletes honored: Taylor Takata (judo) and Lindsey Berg (volleyball) of Honolulu were among more than 70 USA athletes and coaches in 10 sports honored Friday by the United States Olympic Committee in a ceremony at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Complex.
Takata was honored for winning the New York Open and Berg for being a member of the bronze medal team at the Mexicali Centenarian Women's Volleyball Cup.
Takata has a busy month ahead. He leaves for the Dominican Republic on Thursday, and will be competing in Puerto Rico, followed by two tournaments in Mexico City, one of which is a qualifier for the 2004 Olympic Games.
