Posted on: Tuesday, May 11, 2004

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UH golfer Kodama will play in regional

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i senior Matt Kodama received a bid yesterday to compete in the NCAA West Regional on May 20-22 at Sunriver, Ore.

Kodama, of Las Vegas, ranks 57th nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.

Twenty-seven teams and six individuals not on those teams will compete at the regional at the Crosswater Club. UH did not qualify as a team.

If Kodama finishes in the top two, he will qualify for the NCAA Finals on June 1-4 at Hot Springs, Va.

He had eight top-10 finishes in the Rainbows' 11 tournaments this season, and was a first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection.

BASKETBALL

• St. Francis advances: Monica Chock scored 22 points as St. Francis beat Sacred Hearts, 52-47, in an Interscholastic League of Honolulu tournament game last night at McCabe Gym.

St. Francis will play again tonight at 6:30 against the ILH's third seed.

The tournament at McCabe Gym is for the league's third state tournament berth.

St. Francis 718720—52

Sacred Hearts 121010 15—47

ST. FRANCIS—Monica Chock 22, Kanani Perry 7, Daniele Tanaka 0, Tesia Ahai 0, Latasha Griffin 4, Jasmine Dulan 12, Chelsey Powell 3, Abigail Lee 4, Mel Keliipuleole 0. Totals not reported.

SACRED HEARTS—Cherie Kinoshita 0, Tiara McClellan 1, Rebecca Debo 0, Nicole Lehner 19, Lela Williams 3, Sandy Tsui 4, Sarah Durant 1, Anna Moore 0, Megan Burtan 19. Totals not reported.

3-point goals—St. Francis 2 (Chock, Perry). Sacred Hearts 2 (Lehner 2).

Reported by CJ Cowgill

TENNIS

• BYUH players receive honors: The Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's and men's tennis teams received six top regional honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association yesterday.

Amy Sun was named ITA West Region Senior Player of the Year, freshman Jing Jing Liu was named ITA West Region Rookie of the Year, and Seasider head coach Dave Porter was honored as the Wilson/ITA West Region Coach of the Year.

The two-time defending NCAA champion and top-ranked BYUH women will face Valdosta State in tomorrow's opening round of the NCAA tournament.

For the men, top-ranked Jan Krejci was named ITA West Region Senior Player of the Year, freshman Dillon Porter was named ITA West Region Rookie of the Year, and Porter was honored as men's Coach of the Year.

The two-time defending NCAA champion BYUH men will also face Valdosta State in tomorrow's opening round of the tournament.