ISLE FILE
Rainbows sweep UTEP in softball
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i softball team swept a doubleheader from Texas El-Paso in which neither game went the full seven innings.
Shannon Tabion pitched a four-hitter in a 8-0 six-inning victory. The Rainbow Wahine pounded 12 hits in a 9-1 victory in the five-inning second game at El Paso, Texas.
UH swept the three-game series in which all games were called because of the Western Athletic Conference's eight-run mercy rule.
Hawai'i is 26-20 overall, 7-5 in the WAC. UTEP is 17-28 and 3-6. Fresno State leads the WAC at 5-1.
Denise Dahlberg went 4 for 4, including three RBIs and three runs scored in the first game. Tabion struck out four and walked one.
In the second game, Noelle Izumi went 3 for 3, and Valana Manuma hit a two-run homer.
HAWAI'I 130 301—8 11 1
TEXAS-EL PASO 000 000—0 4 2
Shannon Tabion and Denise Dahlberg. Kandice Henry, Megan Barber (5) and Denise Emmons, Karen Sjostrom. W—Tabion. L—Henry. Leading hitters: UH—Tracie Uchima double, 2 runs; Dahlberg 4-4, triple, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; Kaulana Gould triple, 2 RBIs; Ashley Ruff 2-3; Noelle Izumi 2-3, double. UTEP—Jennifer Davis double.
HAWAI'I (26-20, 7-5) 003 42—9 12 0
TEXAS-EL PASO (17-28, 3-6) 000 10—1 10 3
Melissa Coogan, Kate Robinson (5) and Denise Dahlberg. Veronica Flournoy, Kandice Henry (5) and Denise Emmons, Karen Sjostrom. W—Coogan. L—Flournoy. Leading hitters: UH—Tyleen Tausaga 2 runs; Ashley Ruff double, 2 RBIs; Louise Harridan 2-3; Noelle Izumi 3-3; Valana Manuma homer, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Kaulana Gould double. UTEP—Jennifer Davis 3-3; Sarah Ramirez 2-3; Sierra Hannum 2-2.
WATER POLO
Hawai'i wins two
Iefke Van Belkum scored two goals in the final 1 minute, 16 seconds, to lift fourth-ranked Hawai'i to a 5-4 victory over No. 12 Michigan on the first day of the Long Beach State Tournament at Long Beach, Calif.
Hawai'i (16-6) also beat No. 17 Cal State Northridge, 9-4, yesterday.
Michigan took a 4-3 lead with a goal in the third quarter. Van Belkum scored with 1:16 to go and the go-ahead goal with 41 second remaining.
In the second game, UH's Beth Novak scored three goals, and goalie Jamie Wendell made 13 saves.
Hawai'i 2 1 0 2—5
Michigan 3 0 1 0—4
Goals: UH—Iefke Van Belkum 3, Monika Kruszona 1, Kristy Bagnall 1. MU—Shana Welch 2, Jo Antonsen 1, Sheetal Narsai 1. Saves: UH—Meike De Nooy 5. MU—Betsey Armstrong 9.
Hawai'i 3 1 3 2—9
Cal State Northridge 0 1 3 0—4
Goals: UH—Beth Novick 3, Iefke Van Belkum 2, Monika Kruszona 2, Audrey Harrer 1, Darcy Scott-Hosaka 1. CSUN—Chari Christopher 2, Allison Brookes 1, Genaye Mowrer 1. Saves: UH—Jamie Wendell 13. CSUN—Elizabeth Geiger 8.
TRACK AND FIELD
Gauthier shares win
University of Hawai'i's Patricia Gauthier shared top honors with Long Beach State's Jill Reynolds in the pole vault yesterday at the Springco-Long Beach Invitational at Jack Rose Track in Long Beach, Calif.
Gauthier and Reynolds each jumped 3.65 meters (11 feet, 11? inches).
BASEBALL
UH-Hilo takes two
Kyle Neuberger pitched a two-hitter to lead the University of Hawai'i-Hilo to a 5-0 victory over Hawai'i Pacific in the second game and a doubleheader sweep at Aloha Stadium yesterday.
Hilo won the first game, 11-4.
Neuberger struck out seven and walked two.
Trailing 4-2 in the first game, the Vulcans scored nine runs in the top of the sixth.
UH-Hilo is 5-33. HPU 20-18.
HAWAI'I-HILO 000 029 0—11 11 0
HAWAI'I PACIFIC 100 300 0— 4 6 0
John Matson and Matthew Hassenritter. Mario Ramirez, Juan Guerra (6), Pierce Manglallan (6) and Tyler Jefferson, Jay Baptista. W—Matson. L—Guerra.
Leading hitters: Hilo—David Chu 3-4, 2 runs; Michael Higa 2-4, double, 2 runs; Jimmy Crider, double, 2 runs; Sean Tamura 2 RBIs; Christopher Campbell 2 RBIs; Johnny Dudoit 2-4, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs; Gary Ahu Jr. double. HPU—Danny Lee 2-2; Alika Kuraoka double.
HAWAI'I-HILO 010 100 3—5 9 0
HAWAI'I PACIFIC 000 000 0—0 2 0
Kyle Neuberger and Matthew Haasenritter. Cruz Hatanaka and Jay Baptista. W—Neuberger. L—Hatanaka.
Leading hitters: Hilo—Sean Tamura 2-4, 2 RBIs; David Chu 2-3; Dayne Ogawa 2 RBIs.
