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UH softball team splits 2 in tourney
Advertiser Staff
Carri Leto pitched a one-hitter to lead Northwestern to a 1-0 win over Hawai'i in the Hawai'i Invitational softball tournament at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium last night.
UH is 16-15 overall, 2-1 in the tournament. Northwestern is 5-4 and 2-0.
Stacey Ritter singled to center with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to end Leto's no-hit bid.
Hawai'i's Shannon Tabion pitched a four-hitter, including two singles in the sixth when the Wildcats scored their run. She had eight strikeouts.
In an earlier game, Kea Yamaguchi walked with the bases filled to score Tyleen Tausaga in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift UH to a 5-4 victory over Tokyo Women's College of Physical Education.
SURFING
Scholastic surfing set: More than 100 of Hawai'i's top amateur surfers — including shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton — are expected to compete in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) Hawai'i Regional Championships this weekend at Turtle Bay.
The top performers in each age-group division will earn spots in the NSSA National Championships at San Clemente, Calif., in June.
SWIMMING
UH honors: University of Hawai'i swimmer Nicole Mackey and diver QuongJie Huang earned honorable mention All-America honors yesterday after their performances in the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at College Station, Texas.
Mackey, a freshman, finished 13th in the 100-meter backstroke in 1:00.85. Huang, a sophomore, was 11th in the 3-meter springboard with 484.30. The top eight finishers in each event earn All-America first-team status, while the next eight are honorable mention.
WRESTLING
Cornell's Lee loses in NCAA semifinals: Fifth-seeded Zach Roberson of Iowa State upset top-seeded Travis Lee of Cornell in the 133-pound semifinals of the 2004 NCAA Division I Wrestling championships yesterday in St. Louis, Mo.
Lee, a 2001 graduate of Saint Louis School from Liliha, lost by 6-3. Lee won at 125 pounds last year, becoming Hawai'i's first NCAA champion in wrestling.
Lee (38-2) advanced to the semifinal after beating Matt Sanchez of Cal State University-Bakersfield by fall at 6 minutes, 22 seconds.
Lee will face Johnny Thompson of Oklahoma State in a consolation match today. The highest Lee can finish is third.
Grant Nakamura of Wailuku, Maui, beat Chris Helgeson of Northern Iowa, 5-2, in a consolation match of the 125-pound division before losing to Bobbe Lowe of Minnesota, 4-2, yesterday.
WAHINE BASKETBALL
Committee to help pick Goo's successor: The University of Hawai'i has assembled a hiring committee to find a successor for recently retired Rainbow Wahine basketball coach Vince Goo, according to athletic director Herman Frazier.
The committee will be responsible for the applications and conducting telephone and/or in-person interviews of the top three applicants, and recommending the top two or three persons who will "best fit" the job to Frazier.
Members of the committee include: Paula Asato, UH athletics personnel officer; Doris Ching, UH vice president for student affairs; Tony Guerrero, vice chairman of First Hawaiian Bank; Milia Macfarlane, Rainbow Wahine basketball player; Marilyn Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano, UH associate athletic director and senior woman administrator; John Nelson, UH men's tennis coach; Donna Vuchinich, UH Foundation vice president for development; and Dina Yoshimi, UH associate professor of Japanese.
"I think this is a good group that represents the community, athletics, and the university," Frazier said in a press release. "I am confident that they will serve on the committee responsibly and do what is in the best interest of the university. I look forward to working with all of them."
Goo retired earlier this month after serving 20 years in the Rainbow Wahine basketball program, including the last 17 as head coach. He is the all-time winningest collegiate basketball coach in Hawai'i history.
