Posted on: Friday, May 13, 2005
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BYUH women gain tennis semifinal
Advertiser Staff
The top-ranked Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA II National Championship with a 5-1 win over Columbus State (Ga.) yesterday in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
The defending NCAA champion Seasiders got victories from second-ranked Adrienn Hegedus, Petra Teller and Gurianna Korinihona in singles. In doubles, BYUH got victories from the top-ranked team of Jing Jing Liu and Hegedus, and Tetyana Bula and Teller.
The Seasiders improved to 28-0 and increased their winning streak to 129 consecutive dual matches.
The Seasiders will face fifth-ranked Barry (Fla.) in today's semifinals at 8 a.m. (Hawai'i time).
The BYUH men's tennis team's season came to an end yesterday with a 5-1 loss to ninth-ranked North Florida in the quarterfinals of the NCAA II Tournament.
The 20th-ranked Seasiders got a doubles victory from Leon So'onalole and Dorian Porada, but couldn't generate any other points as they ended the season with a 23-6 record.
Top seeds Lim, Gora advance in state meet
Top seeds Mikey Lim of Punahou and Kalei Gora of St. Francis each won two matches yesterday and advanced to today's round of 16 in the Carlsmith Ball/HHSAA State Tennis Championships at Central O'ahu Regional Park courts.
Lim defeated Waialua's Charles Monsell, 6-0, 6-0, and Mililani's Blaine Murobayashi, 6-0, 6-2. Lim will play teammate and sixth seed Alex Ching today.
Gora, the defending state champion, defeated Seabury Hall's Abby Tateishi, 6-0, 6-0, and Lahainaluna's Kim Venus, 6-0, 6-0. Gora will play 10th seed Sara Yoshinaga of Iolani today.
In doubles, top-seeds Jon Wong and Eric Shono of Punahou, and Brooke Doane and Lauren Shin of Kamehameha advanced to today's quarterfinals.
The tournament continues today starting at 9:30 a.m. Finals are tomorrow.
UH-Hilo loses opener at NCAA tournament
The Hawai'i-Hilo women's softball team recorded just four hits in a 2-0 loss to San Francisco State in the first round of the NCAA Division II West Regional yesterday in Carson, Calif.
The Vulcans (31-10) will play host Cal State Dominguez Hills (45-11) in an elimination game today at Toro Diamond at 6 a.m. (Hawai'i time). The game will be broadcast live on the Internet at www.waldcast.net.
All-American Sonja Garnett (26-7) struck out eight and walked one in the complete-game victory for the Gators (37-18). UH-Hilo, which entered hitting .334, played its first game since April 23.
"You could see that our bats were slow," UH-Hilo coach Callen Perreira said. "We couldn't get around on the inside stuff. We're normally a really good hitting team when a pitcher throws hard."
In the sixth inning with runners on second and third with no outs, Garnett struck out three consecutive Vulcans to preserve a 2-0 lead.
UH-Hilo's Leo Sing Chow, the Pacific West Conference Player of the Year, allowed two runs — one unearned — on five hits and one walk in six innings. Sing Chow (9-4) struck out five. She allowed a two run-scoring singles to Chrissy Hildebrandt.
UH's DeBartolo takes fourth in heptathlon
Bianca DeBartolo, a University of Hawai'i freshman, finished fourth in the heptathlon yesterday at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Tulsa, Okla.
DeBartolo, a Bondi, New South Wales native, totaled 4,499 points over the two-day event. Fresno State's Katie Christianson won the heptathlon with 5,215 points. DeBartolo leaped 17 feet, 3¥ inches in the long jump, threw the javelin 123 feet, 9 inches and ran the 800-meter course in 2:55.98.
Preliminaries of the field and running events begin today, with finals scheduled for tomorrow.
UH men's program will host camp next month
The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Men's Basketball Summer Camp will hold two sessions in June for boys and girls.
The first camp is scheduled for June 9 to 11; the second is scheduled for June 12 to 14.
Hawai'i head coach Riley Wallace and his staff will direct the camp. Several current and former UH players will assist.
Each day of the camps will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UH athletic complex.
Entry fee is $150 per child, per session, and includes a T-shirt and basketball. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 5 through 17.
For information call the UH basketball office at 956-6501.
The subhead in yesterday's UH baseball article did not reflect what was in the story. The article said only Fresno State could win its nine remaining games and theoretically not win the WAC title if Rice also sweeps its nine remaining games.
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