ISLE FILE
Hawaii junior tennis players fall
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu's Jared Spiker squandered leads in the first and third sets before falling to No. 8 seed Alex Golding of Great Britain, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, yesterday in the round of 32 of the Hawai'i International Tennis Federation Junior Tournament at the Patsy T. Mink Central O'ahu Regional Park Tennis Complex.
Spiker, who is ranked No. 18 in Boys 16 of the Hawai'i Pacific Section, led 4-2 in the third set when Golding took a medical timeout because of cramps. Spiker lost his rhythm and momentum during the break.
"I started making errors — mental mistakes — and it let him back into the match," Spiker said.
Two other Hawai'i players also lost in three sets. No. 9 seed Leonidas Christofides of Nicosia, Cyprus beat Matthew Westmoreland of Pearl City, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-0, and David Watson of Great Britain outlasted Fernando Aguirregomezcorta of Hilo, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, in a match that took three hours.
Also, Daniel McCall of Northern California defeated No. 16 Joseph Kasnetz of Honolulu, 7-6 (2), 6-1. Kasnetz was Hawai'i's only seeded player.
On the girls side, three Hawai'i players lost in straight sets in the round of 16. No. 4 seed Charlotte Calhoun of Dallas defeated Kelly Domingo of Honolulu, 6-3, 6-0; No. 7 seed Bryn Boren of Laguna Niguel, Calif. defeated Kelsey Daguio of Waipahu, 6-0, 6-1, and No. 2 seed Ester Godfield from Brooklyn, N.Y. beat Sayo Tsukamoto of Kailua, Kona, 6-0, 6-0.
Competition continues today at 9 a.m.
MORE TENNIS
LAM LOSES, WINS
Honolulu's Chris Lam fell in the opening singles round at the $10,000 Grand Harbor Classic in Vero Beach, Fla., yesterday, but won in doubles.
Lam lost to American Chase Buchanan, 6-2, 6-3, then teamed with Matthew Roberts to beat Justin Diao Natale and Sergio Rojas, 6-1, 6-1.
Lam and Roberts are seeded fourth after winning at Vero Beach last year. They play Marcus Fugate and Lance Vodicka in tonight's feature match on the Vero Beach Stadium court.
VOLLEYBALL
WAHINE CAMPS SET
Rainbow Wahine volleyball will again have four camps this summer, for boys and girls entering grades 4 to 12. Hawai'i head coach Dave Shoji, his staff and former and current players are the instructors.
Camps are open to beginning, intermediate and advanced players, with campers separated by age and skill level. There is an emphasis on individual training.
Dates of the camps are June 19 to 22, July 20 to 23, July 24 to 27 and Aug. 4 to 7. All run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and cost $160.
Call or e-mail associate coach Kari Ambrozich for a camp brochure at 956-2496 or kbanders@hawaii.edu. Information is also at www.hawaiiathletics.com.
