Posted on: Tuesday, May 3, 2005

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UH water polo gets at-large bid to national event

Advertiser Staff

Fourth-ranked University of Hawai'i has been given an at-large berth in the 2005 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship, the NCAA Women's Water Polo Committee announced yesterday.

Fourth-seeded Hawai'i (20-9) will face No. 5 seed Loyola Marymount (27-6) in a first-round match May 13.

The University of Michigan is hosting the championship, running May 13 to 15 at Canham Natatorium.

Other first-round matches:

No. 1 UCLA (30-0) vs. No. 8 Wagner College (23-7); No. 2 USC (23-4) vs. No. 7 University of Redlands (19-11); No. 3 Stanford (20-6) vs. No. 6 Michigan (28-12).

Soccer

'Aiea forward Kanehira signs with Hawai'i

The University of Hawai'i women's soccer team signed a seventh recruit, Advertiser All-State forward Tobi Kanehira, to a national letter of intent, the school announced.

Kanehira is the second player from 'Aiea High and fourth player from a Hawai'i high school to sign with Hawai'i for the 2005 season.

She scored 11 goals in the regular season, and added three in the postseason to lead Na Ali'i to the O'ahu Interscholastic Association title.

The other 2005 signees from Hawai'i are: Tehane Higa ('Aiea); Elizabeth Brauher (Waiakea); and Taryn Fukuroku (Maui).

Sailing

UH coed team earns national dinghy berth

The University of Hawai'i coed team finished in a tie for first at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association Dinghy Championships at Long Beach, Calif., this past weekend and qualified for the national meet.

By finishing in the top two, the coed team returns for the fifth straight year to the Intercollegiate Sailing Association's Dinghy National Championships, where it will defend its 2004 title.

UH tied USC at the top of the standings with a point total of 112 at Long Beach. The two teams were dominant over the weekend with the nearest competitor, third-place Stanford, finishing 38 points off the pace.

Sailing for Hawai'i were All-Americans Jennifer Warnock and Bryan Lake, who were tops in the A division with 47 points. Scott DeCurtis, Rebecca Mabardy, Matthew Stine, Cassandra Harris and Shandy Buckley sailed in the B division.

The ICSA Team Race National Championships will be held in Austin, Texas, June 5 to 7, with the Coed Dinghy National Championships held June 8 to 10. The coed team had earlier qualified for the Team Race Nationals by finishing second in the PCYRIA Championships on Friday.

Paddling

Two-person canoe times corrected

The crew of J.P. Mihlbauer, Mark Shimmer, Tony Calderon and Nabil Vogele won the two-person canoe (OC-2) division of the Starbucks Kaiwi Channel Relay on Sunday.

Their winning time was 5 hours, 45 minutes, 56 seconds.

The times provided for that division that appeared in yesterday's Advertiser were incorrect.

Their winning time also made them the first crew to finish overall.

In the one-person canoe (OC-1) division, teams could use two paddlers. In the OC-2 division, teams could use four paddlers.

Corrected results for the OC-2 men's division:

1, J.P. Mihlbauer/Mark Shimmer/Tony Calderon/Nabil Vogele, 5:45:56. 2, Cana Day/Nicholas Ho/Donovan Leandro/Kawai Mahoe, 5:49:21. 3, Dave Kalama/Junya McGurn/Leleo Kinimaka/Mel Pu'u, 6:02:36. 4, Beanie Heen/Jimmy Kincaid/Kamoa Kalama/Pat Erwin, 6:05:27. 5, Darryn Napoleon/David Napoleon/Sepa Napoleon/Thane Lyu, 6:15:34. 6, Mike Woodbury/Rafael Ramirez/Lorrin Ching/Kauila Ho, 6:29:23.