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BYUH women top HPU to win PacWest tennis title
Advertiser Staff
The No. 1-ranked Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's tennis team overpowered No. 20 Hawai'i Pacific, 6-0, yesterday to capture the Pacific West Conference championship at the BYUH courts in La'ie.
The Seasiders took all three doubles matches and swept the top three singles matches in straight sets to improve to 27-0.
Jing Jing Liu defeated Anastasyia Ageychik at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1, and teamed with Maggie Deng to win the No. 2 doubles match.
Dori Magas won at No. 2 singles and Yuliya Ustyuzhanina won at No. 3 singles, and also teamed to take the No. 1 doubles match.
Earlier, Hawai'i-Hilo beat Grand Canyon, 8-0, with Christie Pagatpatan winning at No. 1 singles and teaming with Susan Souksavath to win the No. 1 doubles match.
WATER POLO
UH FINISHES OFF FOES
Fourth-ranked Hawai'i closed its regular season yesterday with non-conference victories over 12th-ranked Hartwick College, 9-5, and host California Baptist, 7-5, at Riverside, Calif.
In the first match, the Rainbow Wahine surged to leads of 4-0 at the half and 7-1 after three quarters before holding on to snap the Hawks' 14-match winning streak.
In the second match, Amy Logan and Kelly Mason scored two goals apiece, and Lisa van Raalte scored the go-ahead goal in the fourth quarter to lift the 'Bows over the Lancers.
Hawai'i finished the regular season 15-8 overall and 9-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, which will hold its championship tournament April 26 to 29 at Tempe, Ariz.
BASEBALL
HPU DROPS TWO
Brad Western, Craig Daniel and Giancarlo Silverstri homered as Grand Canyon defeated Hawai'i Pacific, 14-9, yesterday to complete a sweep of a non-conference doubleheader at Phoenix, Ariz.
Western had four RBIs for the Antelopes (25-19), who scored seven runs in the fifth to take a 14-2 lead.
Mike Kelly hit his first career homer, a two-run shot, to spice a six-run seventh for the Sea Warriors (20-23). Tripper Chung led HPU with three hits and three RBIs.
In the first game, Steve Lux hit a two-run double with one out in the bottom of the seventh of Grand Canyon's 5-4 victory.
Colton Silva hit a solo homer for HPU.
SOCCER
CHING PROPELS DYNAMO
Hawai'i's Brian Ching scored Houston's first goal of the season as the defending Major League Soccer Cup champions defeated Chivas USA, 1-0, last night at Robertson Stadium in Houston.
In a rematch of last season's Western Conference semifinals, the bitter rivals engaged in a match that saw four yellow cards issued.
The Dynamo (1-0-1) withstood several opportunities by Chivas (1-1-0) before Ching, a Kamehameha Schools graduate, saw a shot in the 62nd minute miss right of the goal.
Then, in the 64th minute, Brad Davis drove a free kick into the center of the box, where an unmarked Ching headed it past Chivas goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
MLSnet.com contributed to this report.
TRACK AND FIELD
MURRAY, WEAVER FOURTH
University of Hawai'i senior Novelle Murray placed fourth in the hammer throw at the Mt. SAC Relays yesterday in Azusa, Calif.
Murray recorded a throw of 180 feet, 4 inches to surpass the NCAA regional standard for the second time this year.
UH junior Meghan Weaver finished fourth in the discus with a throw of 144-7.
RUNNING
MARATHONERS ON RUN
Former Honolulu Marathon champions will seek to bolster their race resumes at three major marathons today and tomorrow.
Today, three-time men's champion Jimmy Muindi (2000, '03, '04) will run the Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands and Lyubov Morgunova, a three-time Honolulu winner and two-time course record holder, will compete in the Nagano Marathon in Japan.
Tomorrow, current Honolulu champion and course-record holder Lyubov Denisova will seek to master the prestigious Boston Marathon after finishing second in 2003. Denisova has committed to defending her Honolulu Marathon title in December.
FOOTBALL
FREE COMBINE SATURDAY
Hawai'i Athletes in Action will hold its first football combine for high school sophomores and juniors on Saturday.
The combine, which is free, will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Aloha Stadium.
Athletes will be tested in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, shuttle run and bench press.
Participants will be able to receive a SPARQ (Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction, Quickness) certification, according to Bulla Eastman of Hawai'i Athletes in Action. The certification allows athletes to attend NIKE football camps on the Mainland.
A free college athletics workshop for parents also is being offered.
Organizers are asking participants to bring a canned good or toiletry item for donation to the homeless veterans of Kalaeloa.
Enrollment is limited. For details, go to www.haia808.org.
SOFTBALL
BYUH SWEEPS CU
Crystal De La Cruz pitched a four-hitter as Brigham Young-Hawai'i defeated Chaminade, 6-0, in the opener of a Pacific West Conference doubleheader at La'ie.
De La Cruz struck out one and did not issue a walk in her fifth shutout of the season.
Clarissa Bruce hit a two-run single and Jana Dewey had a two-run double for the Seasiders, who won the second game, 9-7, to improve to 17-24 overall and 7-9 in the PacWest.
Holly Bjork hit a two-run homer, and Dewey, Rachelle Wade and Agesha Lightsy each added two hits and two RBIs for BYUH.
Carolyn Fisher had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs for the Silverswords (7-34, 3-11).