Posted on: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
HOMEGROWN REPORT
Garbin offensive MVP of Oregon's soccer team
By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer
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Oregon senior forward Nicole Garbin, a 2001 Baldwin graduate, was named the offensive MVP at the team's banquet Sunday after scoring a school-record 10 goals in 2005.
Garbin is appealing the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility due to medical hardship, a process that is expected to be completed next month.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Pepperdine freshman forward/guard Taylor Smith (Kalaheo '05) had five points, three rebounds, one steal and one assist in a 50-48 loss to Loyola Marymount on Saturday.
With 54 seconds remaining, Smith made 1 of 2 free throws to tie the game at 48.
Menlo (Calif.) sophomore guard Kepua Lee (Moanalua '04 of Honolulu) scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 58-50 win over Dominican on Saturday.
Freshman guard Kelci Fushikoshi (Lahainaluna '05) scored 11.
Lee tied a season-best with a game-high 26 points in a 63-59 win over Notre Dame de Namur Friday.
Barton County (Great Bend, Kan.) Community College sophomore forward Sunshine Misa-Uli (Farrington '04) recorded her eighth career double-double when she had 18 points and 10 rebounds in an 86-74 loss to Cloud County on Saturday.
SWIMMING
UC Irvine sophomore Randall Tom (Seabury Hall '04 of Wailuku) won the 200 butterfly (1:50.16), 200 breaststroke (2:05.68) and the 200 individual medley (1:51.94) at a dual meet against UC San Diego on Saturday.
Sophomore Chelsea Nagata (Maui '04 of Kahului) won the 100 backstroke (57.87), 50 freestyle (23.90) and the 100 butterfly (56.40).
Florida senior Nick Borreca (Punahou '02) placed third in the 100 freestyle (45.57) in a dual meet with Tennessee on Saturday. His 400-yard medley relay team won in 3:16.35.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
BYU junior opposite Jonathan Charette (Pearl City '03) had 10 kills, three aces, three digs and five blocks in a 26-30, 30-22, 25-30, 30-26, 19-17 loss to UCLA on Saturday.
Pepperdine junior outside hitter Jon Grobe (Iolani '02) had 12 kills, hitting .476, along with six digs and one block, in a 30-28, 30-19, 30-25 sweep of UC San Diego on Friday.
Cal State Northridge redshirt sophomore outside hitter Isaac Kneubuhl (Kamehameha '03 of Pukalani, Maui) had eight kills with a .381 hitting percentage, along with four aces and six digs, in a 33-35, 30-17, 30-27, 30-23 win over Pacific on Saturday.
Lindenwood (St. Charles, Mo.) freshman outside hitter Devin Shiroma (Damien '05) tallied 13 kills in a 25-30, 30-26, 30-26, 30-27 win over Quincy University (Ill.).
Quincy sophomore libero Michael Contee (Iolani '03) had a game-high 21 digs.
Shiroma had 10 kills in a 23-30, 30-25, 30-21, 28-30, 19-17 win over NAIA No. 1 California Baptist. Cal Baptist sophomore outside hitter Corey Spence (Seabury Hall '03) had two kills and 10 digs.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.) freshman guard Kyle Pape (Iolani '05) led his team in scoring in both games over the weekend.
He scored 17, with five rebounds, in a 56-52 loss to Fort Hays State on Friday, and 18 in a 52-42 win over Chadron State on Saturday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Washington senior Lauran Dignam (Iolani '02 of 'Aina Haina) placed third in the 400 (56.54) at the University of Washington Indoor Invite on Saturday.
California-Berkeley freshman Fran Weems (Kealakehe '05 of Kailua, Kona) placed seventh in the 400 (58.41) and eighth in the 200 (25.62).
GYMNASTICS
Maryland senior Mandy Pascual (Punahou '01 of 'Aiea) scored a 9.700 on the uneven bars to place ninth at a quad meet with Kentucky, Maryland, James Madison and North Carolina on Sunday.
Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.
