ISLE FILE
Alexander won't make UH road trip
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i pitcher Jared Alexander will not accompany the team to New Mexico State, UH coach Mike Trapasso said yesterday.
Trapasso said the right-hander is better off doing rehabilitation on his right elbow at home rather than on the trip.
"He threw a couple of pitches pain-free today, but there were a couple he had some discomfort," Trapasso said.
Alexander could also be rested during the nonconference Utah Valley State series here next week to give him additional rest and rehab time for the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, May 22 to 25, in Ruston, La.
Alexander felt pain after five-plus innings in his start against Sacramento State last Friday. A magnetic resonance imaging showed no ligament tear.
SURFING
HAWAI'I SURFERS ADVANCE
Hawai'i surfers Bonga Perkins, Kai Sallas and Ned Snow won their respective first-round heats of the Oxbow WLT longboard surfing contest yesterday.
The opening day of the event was run in 2- to 3-foot waves at Les Cavaliers, Anglet, France.
Snow was one of the top performers of the day, receiving a two-wave score of 14.5 (out of 20). As first-round winners, Perkins, Sallas and Snow advanced directly to the third round.
Other Hawai'i surfers in the contest are Keegan Edwards, Dino Miranda, Rusty Keaulana, Duane DeSoto and Kekoa Uemura.
The contest is one of two events that will determine the 2008 world champion of longboard surfing.
GOLF
HILO REMAINS IN EIGHTH
Host Sonoma State seized a 19-shot advantage in yesterday's second round of the NCAA Division II West Regional at Adobe Creek Golf Course in Petaluma, Calif. University of Hawai'i-Hilo improved 11 strokes, but remains last in the eight-team field.
Sonoma, the region's top seed and No. 2 in the nation, shot 11-under-par 277 and has a two-day total of 562. The Seawolves' worst score was 72. Cal State Monterey Bay (283—581) is next.
The Vulcans shot 294 and are at 599. They are led by Logan Goulding (70), who is tied for ninth individually at even-par 144. He trails leader Jarin Todd, a Sonoma State All-American, who is at 68—138. Hilo's Bishara Ari (72—146) is tied for 15th. Other Hilo golfers are Jesus Valdivia (76—152), Ryan Felix (76—160) and Isaac Jaffurs (80—161).
The final round is today, with the winner advancing to the NCAA Division II Championship, May 14 to 18 at Memorial Park in Houston. The Northwest Regional is also being held in Petaluma. Its winner, and the next three lowest-scoring teams from the combined 16-team Super Regional also move on.
FIRST TEE STILL OPEN
Entries are still open for First Tee Hawai'i's fourth annual benefit tournament, which will be held Friday at Leilehua.
Format is three-person scramble. Cost is $110 per player. For more information, contact Ken Zitz at 478-3466 or kwz711@hawaii.rr.com. A tournament application can be downloaded at www.thefirstteeoahu.org.
O'ahu is one of 204 First Tee chapters in 48 states, with 2.2 million participants. The program "provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life-enhancing values such as confidence, perseverance and judgment through golf and character education."
TENNIS
LAM DROPS TWO
Honolulu's Chris Lam fell in singles and doubles yesterday in the opening round of the $10,000 Garber Automall Futures in Orange Park, Fla.
Lam lost to American Adam El Mihdawy, 6-3, 6-3, on the clay in the morning. In the afternoon, he and partner Matthew Roberts split the first two sets against the second-seeded team of Raian Luchici and Brett Ross. But Luchici and Ross got hot in the Super-tiebreaker that decides doubles and won the match, 6-0, 4-6, (10-2).
TRACK
KAUFMAN QUALIFIES
Amber Kaufman, a starter on the University of Hawai'i volleyball team, recorded an NCAA qualifying mark in the high jump Sunday at the Steve Scott Invitational in Irvine, Calif.
Kaufman placed second and was the meet's top collegiate finisher with a leap of 5-8 3/4.
She became the 10th Rainbow Wahine to make a regional standard this season.
