ISLE FILE
Rainbows lose first in Malihini tourney
Advertiser Staff
Tyleen Tausaga went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, and Shannon Tabion pitched a three-hit shutout to lead Hawai'i to an 8-0 victory over Siena College at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium yesterday.
In last night's late game, Long Beach State defeated UH, 4-1.
The Rainbow Wahine are 12-11 overall, 3-1 in the Kipa Aloha Malihini Tournament. Siena (N.Y.) is 0-6, 0-4, and Long Beach State 14-4, 4-0.
Tabion struck out four and walked none in a game shortened to five innings because of the tournament's 8-run differential rule.
UH scored a run in the seventh inning against Long Beach State, but left runners on second and third when the game ended.
The Rainbow Wahine play Southern Illinois at noon today.
MORE SOFTBALL
UH-Hilo goes 2-1: The University of Hawai'i-Hilo softball team swept a doubleheader from Notre Dame de Namur after losing a game completed yesterday after it was suspended by darkness on Thursday.
The Argonauts (10-8) won the suspended game, 5-4, scoring a run on an error by the Hilo shortstop on the 11th inning.
In the first game of the doubleheader, Sarah Steele pitched a one-hit shutout to lead UHH to a 1-0 victory. Natalie Fujimoto singled, then later scored on a grounder and error in the second inning.
In the second game, three Argonaut errors allowed the Vulcans to score two runs in the fifth in a 2-1 victory.
BASKETBALL
BYUH routs HPU: Jake Chrisman and Michael Stowell each scored 26 points to lead 25th-ranked Brigham Young-Hawai'i to a 97-80 Pacific West Conference victory over Hawai'i Pacific at Cannon Activities Center in La'ie.
BYUH is 22-5 overall, 12-3 in the PacWest. HPU finished 9-17 and 6-9. The Seasiders, PacWest champions, will learn tomorrow where they will play in the NCAA West Regional.
Chrisman, who received his fifth conference player of the week honor on Monday, hit 11 of 22 field goal attempts. Stowell was 10 of 14, including 5 of 6 in 3-point attempts.
BYUH led 45-26 at halftime.
C.J. Fellars had 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds, and Shawn Opunui scored 10 points for BYUH.
Aaron Abrams scored 21 points and Marvin Noble 20 for HPU.
SWIMMING
Three added to NCAAs: Three University of Hawai'i swimmers were selected for the NCAA women's championships, March 18 to 20 at College Station, Texas.
YingJuan Zhen, Yan Chen and Mia Broden will join automatic qualifiers Dena Quick and Nicole Mackey at the meet.
Zhen will swim in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke, Chen in the 200 butterfly, 100 individual medley and 400 IM, and Broden in the 100 and 200 butterfly.
Quick qualified in the 100 freestyle, and Mackey in the 200 backstroke and 200 IM.
UH also is hoping for invitations for four relay teams. Divers QiongJie Huang and Maggie Roberts hope to qualify at the zone diving regionals next week at Oklahoma City.
Four members of the UH men's team have earned automatic qualifying times for the NCAA men's championships, March 25 to 27 at Long Island, N.Y. Three others have provisional times and await the final selections.
