Posted on: Friday, October 22, 2004

ISLE FILE
BYUH basketball No. 20

Advertiser Staff

The Brigham Young-Hawai'i men's basketball team is ranked 20th in the NCAA Division II Bulletin pre-season poll released this week.

The Seasiders, who were ranked as high as No. 15 last season before finishing at No. 25, return four starters, including Pacific West Conference Player of the Year Jake Chrisman.

Chrisman, a 6-foot-9 senior, averaged 23.3 points and 5.7 rebounds last season. The other returning starters are 6-foot-7 junior Austin Smylie (11.5 points, 7.3 rebounds), 6-4 senior Michael Stowell (13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds) and 6-1 junior Shawn Opunui (16.0 points, 3.6 assists and nation-leading .542 shooting percentage from 3-point range).

BYUH opens its season Nov. 5 at BYU in Provo, Utah.

TENNIS

UH's Curtis advances in Western Regional

Senior Kimberly Curtis won both of her matches as the University of Hawai'i women's tennis team opened play at the Wilson/ITA Western Regional yesterday in San Diego.

Curtis was the lone Rainbow Wahine to reach the 64-player main draw. She defeated UCLA's Amber Ray, 6-0, 6-1, and outlasted Santa Barbara's Leslie Damion, 6-2, 3-6, (12-10).

Hawai'i's seven other singles players failed to win their first-round matches although freshman Julia Sandborn won her feed-in match, beating Pepperdine's Vanessa Dunlap, 8-5.

Curtis will meet UNLV's Cindy Trebor today.