Princeton's Trigg-Smith to play in soccer final 4
By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer
Princeton junior defender/midfielder Romy Trigg-Smith will be making her national television debut when the Tigers (19-2) take on UCLA (17-6) in the semifinal game of the NCAA Women's College Cup, college soccer's version of the final four.
The game is scheduled to be televised Friday at 9 a.m. Hawai'i time on ESPN2.
Trigg-Smith
Trigg-Smith, a 2002 graduate of Punahou from Kailua, is the only player from Hawai'i — male or female — still competing in the NCAA tournament.
She is the first player from Hawai'i to advance to the College Cup since Iris Lancaster (Kamehameha) of Notre Dame and Crissy Marti (Kapa'a) of Portland did so in 2000.
Santa Clara (18-4-2) and Notre Dame (23-1-1) meet in the other semifinal. The championship match is Sunday at 8 a.m. Hawai'i time.
Men's Water Polo
• Four Punahou graduates are playing in the NCAA Men's Water Polo National Collegiate Championship hosted by Stanford, tomorrow and Friday.
Stanford's Forrest Schwartz ('03), Princeton's Kyle Morgan ('03) and C.J. Smith ('03), and Dave Pietsch ('01) of UCLA, where Olympian and 1999 Punahou graduate Brandon Brooks is an assistant coach, are all former Buffanblu.
Stanford (22-4) plays Loyola Marymount (20-10) and UCLA (23-3) takes on Princeton (25-4) tomorrow.
The national championship match will be televised live on CSTV on Friday at 9 a.m.
Football
• Nevada sophomore wide receiver Caleb Spencer (Kamehameha '03 of Honolulu) was an honorable-mention selection on the all-Western Athletic Conference team.
Spencer was Nevada's second-leader receiver with 67 catches for 761 yards (11.4-yard average) and four touchdowns.
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• Arizona senior center Keoki Fraser (Kailua '00 of Waimanalo) and Washington junior inside linebacker Joe Lobendahn (Saint Louis '01 of Honolulu) were named all-Pac-10 honorable mention.
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• Idaho State senior defensive lineman Karl Kuhau-Liftee (Kalaheo '00 of Kailua) was named all-Big Sky honorable mention. He had 31 tackles, including 2 1/2 sacks.
• Gavilan College (Gilroy, Calif.) freshman wide receiver Shane Butcher (Saint Louis '03 of Hawai'i Kai) was named to the All-Coast Conference team. He had team-leading totals of 45 receptions, 606 yards and nine touchdowns.
• Harvard sophomore center Frank Fernandez (Saint Louis of Honolulu) was named all-Ivy League honorable mention.
Junior wide receiver Todd LaFountaine (Punahou of Honolulu) also played for Harvard, which finished the season at 10-0 overall and 7-0 in the Ivy League. It marks Harvard's best season since the Crimson went 12-0 in 1901.
• Occidental College (Los Angeles) advanced to the NCAA Division III football quarterfinals for the first time since the field expanded to 28 teams after a 42-40 victory over Concordia-Moorhead last Saturday.
Junior cornerback Derek Turbin (Punahou '02 of Honolulu) had two solo tackles for Occidental, which plays at Linfield College on Saturday.
Swimming
• UC Irvine freshman Chelsea Nagata (Maui '04 of Kahului) was named the Big West Athlete of the Week for her performance at the UCI/Speedo Cup Nov. 20 in Long Beach, Calif.
Nagata broke the UCI record in the 50 free with a time of 23.62, which is the fastest time in the Big West this season. She finished third in the 100 fly in 55.69, also the fastest in the Big West this season, and swam on the 200 medley relay team that set a school record in 1:45.89.
• Stanford sophomore Hongzhe Sun (Iolani '03 of 'Ewa Beach) was honored as Swimmer of the Meet at the UCI/Speedo Cup in Long Beach, Calif.
He won the 200 backstroke (1:43.44), the 100 backstroke (47.72) and 200 IM (1:47.39).
Stanford freshman Noa Sakamoto (Punahou '04) placed seventh in the 1,650 freestyle (16:09.23).
Cross Country
• Duke freshman Tia Ferguson (Seabury Hall '04) placed 85th overall in 22:09 at the 2004 NCAA Championships Nov. 22 at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terra Haute, Ind.
Signing
• Kamehameha senior tennis player Heidi Kaloi signed a national letter of intent with UC-Irvine.
Kaloi won the state championship in 2003 and was a runner-up in 2004. She was a doubles champion in 2002 with sister Janalle (Kamehameha '01 of Wahiawa), who is a senior at Santa Clara. Another sister, Kimi (Kamehameha '03), is a sophomore at Loyola Marymount.
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