Posted on: Sunday, March 21, 2004

Rainbow Wahine drop two in softball tournament

Advertiser Staff

Haley Woods' single to left scored Lindsay James in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift California to a 2-1 victory over Hawai'i in the Hawai'i Invitational at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium last night.

In a later game, Nittaidai of Japan beat UH, 9-1.

UH is 16-16 overall, 2-3 in the tournament. Cal is 32-3 and 4-0. Nittaidai is 1-3 in the tournament.

Cal's Kristina Horson pitched a three-hitter and allowed an unearned run in the second inning.

UH's Tara Harbert was 2 for 2 against Nittaidai.

The Rainbow Wahine play Texas at 3 p.m. today in the final day of the tournament.

MORE SOFTBALL

• Hilo, HPU split: Hawai'i Pacific and Hawai'i-Hilo split a Pacific West Conference doubleheader yesterday at the Vulcans' softball field in Hilo.

Four hits and four Hilo errors in the fourth inning helped the Sea Warriors win the first game, 4-2, handing Hilo its first PacWest loss. Brandy Choy Foo went 2 for 3 for HPU.

Kayla Kahuli's bases-loaded single in the sixth inning broke a 3-all tie to lift Hawai'i-Hilo to a 5-3 win the second game. Sarah Steele picked up her ninth win in the complete-game decision.

UHH is 18-7 overall, 7-1 in the PacWest. HPU is 13-3, 4-3.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

• Rainbow Wahine finish 26th at NCAAs: The University of Hawai'i women's swimming and diving team finished 26th at the NCAA Championships yesterday at College Station, Texas.

Auburn won the meet with 569 points. Georgia was second with 431 and Arizona third with 369. UH finished with 24.5 points.

Hawai'i diver QiongJie Huang was honored as an honorable mention All-American in the platform and 3-meter events and a first-team All-American in the 1-meter dive.

WRESTLING

• Lee fifth: Cornell junior Travis Lee defeated Foley Dowd of Michigan, 12-0, to take fifth place in the 133-pound class at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships yesterday at St. Louis, Mo.

Lee, a 2001 Saint Louis graduate from Liliha, was the No. 1 seed at 133, but lost in the semifinals on Friday. He won the 125-pound title last year; the first NCAA wrestling championship for a Hawai'i wrestler.

Earlier yesterday, Lee lost in a consolation match, 10-8, to Oklahoma State's Johnny Thompson, who finished third. Zach Roberson of Iowa State won the 133 championship.

Oklahoma State won its second consecutive NCAA wrestling championship.