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Posted on: Wednesday, April 27, 2005

HOMEGROWN REPORT
Leilehua alum best of Horizon League tennis

By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer

Cleveland State sophomore Sarah Galon, a 2003 graduate of Leilehua from Wai'anae, was named the Horizon League Women's Tennis Player of the Year at the league championship banquet in Indianapolis on Friday.

Cleveland State sophomore Sarah Galon finished with 6-1 records in both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in Horizon League play.

Cleveland State sports information

"It was a surprise to me. My coach showed us the ballot before, and I saw my name was on the ballot, and the whole night I had a sore stomach," she said. "When my name was announced, all those emotions came boiling out."

Galon, the Newcomer of the Year last season, recorded a 6-1 record in both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in Horizon League play while notching a 17-12 singles mark and a 16-8 doubles record on the season.

"It's hard to back up, to get Player of the Year as a sophomore. I hope to have a great season again, and back it up with a great senior year," she said.

Galon and Morgan Ungerott defeated Jessica Lee and Tiffani Foster of Wright State, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles Saturday at the Horizon League Championships. Galon dropped her No. 1 singles match to Lee, 6-4, 7-6 (9).

"Even though we lost, we made all those little improvements along the way," she said. "We were all so happy as a team, because we met our team goal to improve in the conference."



More Tennis

• Loyola Marymount sophomore Kimi Kaloi (Kamehameha '03 of Wahiawa) and senior Mike Wojnarowicz (Saint Louis of Kane'ohe) earned all-West Coast Conference honorable mention honors.

Kaloi earned honors in both singles and doubles, and Wojnarowicz earned the honor in singles.

Kaloi defeated Jessica Hoath of Saint Mary's 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, in the third-place match of the WCC Championships. Kaloi lost her No. 1 doubles match.

Wojnarowicz defeated Martin Marechal of Saint Mary's, 6-4, 7-6, at No. 1 singles in the fifth-place match of the conference tournament. He also teamed up with Matt Phillips at No. 1 doubles to beat Andre Sion and Julien Tizot of Saint Mary's, 8-3.

• Claremont-Mudd-Scripps sophomore Jessica Nagasako (Baldwin of Lahaina) and Occidental College sophomore Kelly Hasegawa (Hilo) were named to the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team, voted on by the head coaches of the eight conference schools following the SCIAC Tournament Championship.

Redlands (Calif.) senior Erin Hiranaga (University '01 of Palolo Valley) and junior Jenna Umeno (Baldwin of Kahului) were named to the second team.



Golf

• New Mexico State sophomore Lehua Wise (Kaua'i '03 of Lihu'e) was named to the all-Sun Belt Conference team after finishing in a tie for 18th place at the conference tournament, shooting 81-81-74—236.

• Puget Sound sophomore Emily Lau (Iolani of Honolulu) and Lewis & Clark senior Mari Kotake (Punahou of Honolulu) were named to the All-Northwest Conference team after finishing in the top six of the conference championship April 17-18 in Sisters, Ore.

Lau finished second, shooting 82-77—159, and Kotake was fourth with a 83-80—163.

• Long Island sophomore Erica Chong (Hilo '03) shot 91-81—172 to tie for 17th place at the Northeast Conference Championships April 19 at Frederick, Md.



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If you know of any athletes deserving of recognition, give us their names, high schools and graduation years, colleges and sports. E-mail us at homegrown@honoluluadvertiser.com or contact Leila Wai at 535-2457.

• California-Berkeley senior center fielder Kaleo Eldredge (Baldwin '01) drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with a fielder's choice in the first inning for the No. 2 Bears in a 1-0 win over No. 7 Stanford on Sunday.

• Brigham Young first baseman Ianeta Le'i (Iolani '02 of Mililani) batted 2 for 5 with two doubles in a doubleheader split with UNLV on Saturday, losing 5-0 and then winning, 4-1.

• Loyola Marymount senior outfielder Lauren Hiramoto (Punahou '01 of Honolulu) batted 3 for 4 with one run and one RBI in her final home game, a 7-0 win over UC San Diego on Sunday.



Track and Field

• Willamette (Salem, Ore.) sophomore Carly Killam (Punahou '03 of Kailua) won the 1,500-meter run at the Northwest Conference Championships on Saturday.

Killam's time was 4:51.55. She also placed sixth in the 800 in 2:22.20.

• Occidental (Los Angeles) junior Derek Turbin (Punahou '02 of Honolulu) placed third in the triple jump, sixth in the long jump, and ran with the fifth-place 4x100-meter relay team and the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay team at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships on April 18.

Turbin's triple jump was 45 feet, 4¥ inches, his long jump was 20-9¥, his 4x100 team finished in 43.78 seconds and the 4x400 team in 3:22.99.



Baseball

• Pacific junior pitcher Chris Loo (Iolani '02 of Waipahu) allowed no runs and three hits and struck out five in seven innings, but Pacific relievers lost the game, 8-7, to Pacific Lutheran University on April 9.

• Diablo Valley (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) College freshman first baseman Kepa Wong (Aiea '04) hit a home run in the seventh inning and batted 4 for 7 with two doubles and six RBIs in a 29-10 win over Solano on April 12.

• Hartnell (Salinas, Calif.) Community College's Casey Oketani (Kaua'i) hit a three-run triple with two outs in the seventh inning to turn around a 6-4 deficit, in an 8-6 win over host West Valley April 21.

Freshman pitcher Marc Nobriga (Saint Louis '04) picked up the save, entering in the seventh inning to strike out six and not allow a hit.

Hartnell freshman catcher Jowen Murray-Thornton (Saint Louis '04) had four hits, including a double.



COMMITMENT

• Kamehameha senior Doris Kometani signed with Kansas Wesleyan University's women's volleyball program.

Kometani, a 5-foot-5 setter, was an Interscholastic League of Ho-nolulu honorable mention pick. KWU is an NAIA Division II school.

Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2457.