Posted on: Saturday, October 16, 2004
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HPU volleyball beats Montana State-Billings
Advertiser Staff
Flavia Brakling hammered a season-high 22 kills as No. 8 Hawai'i Pacific defeated Montana State-Billings, 30-27, 29-31, 30-21, 30-26, last night in a Pacific West Conference women's volleyball match at Billings, Mont.
Brakling also had a team-high 20 digs for the Sea Warriors, who improved to 12-2 overall and 6-1 in the PacWest.
Nadica Karleusa added 15 kills, Barbara Martin 14 and Sandra Brunke 11 for HPU, which out-hit its hosts, .251 to .195. Setter Vera Oliveira contributed seven kills, 11 digs, two aces and a season-high 60 assists.
Olivia Munro had 23 kills and Jessica Bratton 20 for the Yellowjackets (10-7, 3-4 PacWest).
Irons easily wins heat in Spain
Kaua'i's Andy Irons continued to progress toward a third consecutive world championship yesterday by winning his fourth-round heat in the Billabong Pro Mundaka.
The third and fourth rounds were completed in stormy 6- to 8-foot surf at Mundaka, Spain.
Irons' top two rides received a total score of 17.34. He beat Florida's Cory Lopez, who had a two-wave score of 14.16.
The Billabong Pro is the eighth of 11 events on the 2004 World Championship Tour, and Irons holds a commanding lead in the overall ratings.
Australia's Joel Parkinson — the only surfer with a mathematical shot at catching Irons this year — also advanced yesterday.
Kalani Robb of O'ahu's North Shore won his third-round heat, but sustained a shoulder injury on his last ride. He tried to surf again in the fourth round, but was not effective and was eliminated.
BYUH women capture doubles title
Top-seeded Jing Jing Liu and Adrienn Hegedus of Brigham Young-Hawai'i won the Division II women's doubles title yesterday of the ITA National Small College Championships at Ft. Myers, Fla.
Liu and Hegedus beat second seeds Luisa Cowper and Laura Peaty of Armstrong Atlantic State, 6-1, 6-1, in the final.
Liu, the top seed in singles, also won her semifinal match — beating Yuliya Kuznets of Lewis, 6-4, 6-0. She will face Victoria Weltz of Lynn in the final. Weltz eliminated second-seeded Diana Ghergi of Columbus State, 7-6, 6-4.
Also yesterday, BYUH's Dorian Porada lost to South Carolina-Upstate's Stefan Dumitrescu, 6-2, 6-2, in a consolation round match.
BYUH's Porter is master professional
Brigham Young-Hawai'i coach David Porter recently earned recognition as a United States Professional Tennis Association master professional, the sport's highest professional rating.
Porter is USPTA's national president and professor of exercise and sport science at BYUH. In 2002 and 2003, his teams won NCAA Division II national championships, making him the only coach to twice win national titles in men's and women's divisions the same year.
Only about 1 percent of USPTA's nearly 13,000 members have achieved the master professional designation.
Members must hold USPTA's highest certification rating (Professional 1) for more than 10 years, and fulfill several requirements to be a master professional.
Hayashi moves up to 21st in club pro event
Hilo's Kevin Hayashi shot a 2-under-par 70 yesterday to make the cut along with three other golfers from Hawai'i in the Western PGA Club Professional Championship at Patterson, Calif.
Hayashi has a two-round total of 141, tying him with six others for 21st place at the 7,054-yard Legends West Course in the Diablo Grande Resort.
Kevin Burton, of Boise, Idaho, and Steve Schneiter, of Sandy, Utah, share the lead of the 72-hole event with 134s.
Hawai'i's Matthew Pakkala (70—143), John Lynch (71—144) and Brian Sasada (73—146) also made the 146 cut. Three others from Hawai'i — Jerry King (151), Kevin Carll (152) and Brendan Moynahan (163) — did not.
Warriors semi-pro team seeking players
The Hawaiian Warriors semi-professional football team is seeking players for its upcoming season.
The Warriors practice every Tuesday and Thursday at Nanakuli Park.
There is no tryout fee or registration. Interested players or coaches should contact John Frederick at 696-6725.
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