Posted on: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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UH-Hilo ranked 17th in basketball
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai'i-Hilo men's basketball team moved up seven spots to 17th place in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Poll released yesterday.
This past week, the Vulcans (18-2 overall, 6-2 Pacific West Conference) took two games from visiting Chaminade. UH-Hilo defeated the Silverswords on Thursday, 81-79, and on Saturday, 72-66.
The Vulcans will host Brigham Young-Hawai'i in a 7:15 p.m. game Feb. 3 and in a 2 p.m. game Feb. 5 in the Afook-Chinen Auditorium.
Men's top seed falls at Waikoloa tourney
Top-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. was upset by Austrian Zbynek Mlynarik, 6-1, 7-5, during the second day of the Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger at the Kohala Tennis Club yesterday on the Big Island.
The two had met before in a previous Challenger tournament, with the same result.
"Because I had beaten him before, I was confident going in that I could win," Mlynarik said. "This is a big win for me."
In the women's draw, top-seed Marie-Eve Pelletier handily defeated Tetiana Luzhanska of Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1.
Competition continues today at 10 a.m.
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