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Updated at 7:20 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2008

Top boys seeds fall in state high school tennis tournament

Advertiser Staff

The top seeds in boys singles and doubles fell today at the Carlsmith Ball/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association State Tennis Championships at Holua Tennis Complex and Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort.

Doug Ho of Punahou defeated Matthew Westmoreland of Island Pacific Academy, the boys' No. 1 seed, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. Ho, the fifth seed, defeated No. 4 Larson Oliva of Pearl City in the semifinals, 6-1, 6-1, and will face Fernando Aguirre Gomez Corta of St. Joseph in tomorrow's final. Aguirre, the second seed, beat Joshua Wong of Hilo, 6-1, 6-3, in the semifinals.

In the boys doubles, Jordan Lum and Taylor Pacarro of Pearl City upset defending champion and top-seeded Alex Ching and Erik Shoji of Punahou, 7-5, 6-3, in the semifinals. Lum and Pacarro, the fourth seed, will play third-seeded Shaun Chow and Brett Katayama of Punahou in the final. Chow and Katayama beat second seed Devin Anderson and Marco Kobayashi of 'Iolani, 6-3, 7-5, in the semifinals.

In the girls singles, top seed and defending champion Kristin Lim of Punahou defeated No. 6 Sayo Tsukamoto of Kealakehe, 6-1, 6-0, in the semifinals. She will face second seed Jackie Owens of Lahainaluna, who beat Allison Chen of Punahou, 6-3, 6-2.

In the girls doubles, top seed Ashley Ohira and Ashley Nagaoka of Punahou defeated No. 4 Sherise Lum and Kimberly Wo of Punahou, 6-0, 6-1, in the semifinals. Ohira and Nagaoka will face No. 2 Kelsey Daguio and Kelly Domingo of Sacred Hearts, who beat third seed Adrienne Hamada and Alyssa Shimizu of Mililani, 6-0, 6-1.

Punahou lead the boys and girls team standings entering tomorrow's final day.

Carlsmith Ball/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association

State Tennis Tournament

Semifinals

Boys Singles

Seeds in brackets

[5] Doug Ho (Punahou) def. [4] Larson Oliva (Pearl City) 6-1, 6-1

[2] Fernando Aguirregomezcorta (St. Joseph) def. [11] Joshua Wong (Hilo) 6-1, 6-3

Girls Singles

[1] Kristin Lim (Punahou) def. [6] Sayo Tsukamoto (Kealakehe) 6-1, 6-0

[2] Jackie Owens (Lahainaluna) def. [11] Allison Chen (Punahou) 6-3, 6-2

Boys Doubles

[4] Jordan Lum/Taylor Pacarro (Pearl City) def. [1] Alex Ching/Erik Shoji (Punahou) 7-5, 6-3

[3] Shaun Chow/Brett Katayama (Punahou) def. [2] Devin Anderson/Marco Kobayashi (Iolani) 6-3, 7-5

Girls Doubles

[1] Ashley Ohira/Ashley Nakaoka (Punahou) def. [4] Sherise Lum/Kimberly Wo (Punahou) 6-0, 6-1

[2] Kelsey Daguio/Kelly Domingo (Sacred Hearts) def. [3] Adrienne Hamada/Alyssa Shimizu (Mililani) 6-0, 6-1

Quarterfinals

Boys Singles

[5] Doug Ho (Punahou) def. [1] Matthew Westmoreland (Island Pacific Academy) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

[4] Larson Oliva (Pearl City) def. [7] Nathan Nakatsuka (Kamehameha Schools Kapalama) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4

[11] Joshua Wong (Hilo) def. [3] Matthew Tavares (McKinley) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

[2] Fernando Aguirregomezcorta (St. Joseph) def. [6] Kevin Caulfield (Punahou) 6-1, 6-2

Girls Singles

[1] Kristin Lim (Punahou) def. [5] Megan Yoshimoto (Mililani) 6-2, 6-1

[6] Sayo Tsukamoto (Kealakehe) def. [4] Nikki Castel (Iolani) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)

[11] Allison Chen (Punahou) def. [7] Sarah Kukino (Kauai) 6-2, 6-1

[2] Jackie Owens (Lahainaluna) def. [8] Krystal Mizuguchi (Waiakea) 6-2, 6-2

Boys Doubles

[1] Alex Ching/Erik Shoji (Punahou) def. [6] Hector Alcayde/Cainan Shinjo (Leilehua) 6-2, 6-1

[4] Jordan Lum/Taylor Pacarro (Pearl City) def. [10] Regan Kobayashi/Nicholas Lee (Kalani) 6-4, 6-2

[3] Shaun Chow/Brett Katayama (Punahou) def. [5] Kyle Shiroma/Robert Tamai (Iolani) 6-3, 6-1

[2] Devin Anderson/Marco Kobayashi (Iolani) def. [7] Andrew Tomiyama/Rex Chun (St. Louis) 6-1, 6-1

Girls Doubles

[1] Ashley Ohira/Ashley Nakaoka (Punahou) def. [11] Alyssa Tran/Honesty Hoopai (Kamehameha Schools Kapalama) 6-1, 6-1

[4] Sherise Lum/Kimberly Wo (Punahou) def. Krislyn Aki/Cathlyn Goo (Punahou) 6-1, 6-2

[3] Adrienne Hamada/Alyssa Shimizu (Mililani) def. [8] Rebecca Lin/Maile Kamisugi (Mid Pacific) 6-1, 7-6 (4)

[2] Kelsey Daguio/Kelly Domingo (Sacred Hearts) def. [6] Kacie Nakamura/Jaime Young (Iolani) 6-3, 6-2