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Washington St. player to join UH volleyball

Advertiser Staff

A middle/outside hitter from Washington State will join the Hawai'i women's volleyball team in August, UH head coach Dave Shoji announced yesterday.

Victoria Prince, a 6-foot junior from Kennewick, Wash., will have two years of eligibility remaining when she joins the Rainbow Wahine for fall practice.

Prince played two years for the Cougars before sitting out this past season. She led Washington State in blocks with 1.19 per game during her sophomore season. She also averaged 1.78 kills per game.

"Victoria will add some valuable experience to our young squad next season," Shoji said in a news release. "She can play on the right or in the middle for us and she can hit the high ball and quick set."

SOFTBALL

Rainbow Wahine swept: The Hawai'i softball team dropped its second consecutive Western Athletic Conference doubleheader to Tulsa yesterday — 2-1 and 5-4 — at Tulsa, Okla.

UH is 23-26 overall, 5-7 in the WAC. Tulsa is 38-15, 11-3.

In the first game, Denise Dahlberg and Ashley Ruff paired hits for the Rainbow Wahine, who were held scoreless after scoring a run in the first inning.

In the second game, Tulsa went out to a 5-2 lead, but the Rainbow Wahine scored on consecutive homers by Ruff and Stacey Ritter in the seventh. Tulsa reliever Julie Fennell then got three consecutive outs to end the game.

BASEBALL

HPU loses: Chico State scored three runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Hawai'i Pacific, 7-4, in a college game at Aloha Stadium yesterday. HPU is 23-26. Chico State is 32-15-1.

Sean Paiva had three hits and Ikaika DuPont drove in three runs for HPU.

Pac-Five wins: Owen Simmons pitched a two-hitter, striking out eight and walking three in five innings, in Pac-Five's 11-0 Interscholastic League of Honolulu victory over Damien yesterday at Joey DeSa Field.

GOLF

Gammie one stroke back: Hawai'i's Dale Gammie shot a 3-under-par 69 and was in fourth place, one stroke behind the leaders, after the first day of the Western Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championship at Underwood Country Club in El Paso, Texas.

Hawai'i was in fourth place with a 306, 15 strokes behind leader San Jose State. Tulsa was second with a 294, followed by Nevada (298).

San Jose's Ashley Gomez, Tulsa's Julie Tvede and Nevada's Erin Long were tied at 69. Gammie is a freshman from Pukalani, Maui.

The three-round tournament continues today.

SURFING

Ballard advances: Kaua'i's Rochelle Ballard advanced to the quarterfinals of the Roxy Pro women's surfing contest yesterday.

The second and third rounds were completed in 3- to 4-foot waves at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Four Hawai'i surfers were in the third round, but only Ballard advanced.

Ballard defeated Wai'anae's Melanie Bartels in the third round, 14.85-11.0. Ballard took control midway through the heat with an 8.5 ride (out of 10).

Kaua'i's Keala Kennelly, who won the Roxy Pro in Fiji last year, was upset by Australian Trudy Todd.

Megan Abubo of Waialua was eliminated by six-time world champion Layne Beachley of Australia.

TENNIS

BYUH's Krejci, Hegedus honored: Brigham Young-Hawai'i juniors Jan Krejci and Adrienn Hegedus were named the Pacific West Conference tennis Players of the Year for the third consecutive time.

Krejci, of Prague, Czech Republic, is the No. 1-ranked men's player in NCAA Division II. Hegedus, of Budapest, Hungary, is No. 2 in the women's rankings.

BYUH's Dave Porter was named conference women's Coach of the Year. HPU's Henry Somerville was the men's Coach of the Year. Each coached their teams to the conference title. Both teams are ranked No. 1 in the nation.

HPU's Matey Pampulov, a junior from Dornbirn, Austria, led the men's academic All-Conference team with a 4.0 grade-point average in computer science. Lee Sowada of Montana State-Billings posted the top GPA among women's players with a 3.93 in communications.

CORRECTION

Time corrected: Canadian and 2000 Olympic triathlon gold medalist Simon Whitfield won Sunday's U.S. Olympic Trials Triathlon in 1 hour, 55 minutes, 52 seconds. An incorrect time was reported because of an editing error.