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Rainbows hammer Utah State in softball
Advertiser Staff
Looking for an offensive boost, the University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine pounded out 10 hits, including three home runs, to rout Utah State, 9-1, yesterday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning when Hawai'i scored twice, putting the eight-run mercy rule into effect.
Tanisha Milca, Clare Warwick and Audrey Andrade all went deep to help Hawai'i improve to 18-20 overall and 6-4 in the Western Athletic Conference. Utah State fell to 8-26 and 1-6.
Stephanie Ricketts gave up a run and two hits in pitching the distance to improve to 13-7.
The two teams meet in a doubleheader today starting at 2 p.m. Courtney Baughman will start the opener and Ricketts is scheduled to start the second game for the Rainbows.
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19 'BOWS ON ALL-WAC ACADEMIC TEAMS
The 2008-09 academic all-WAC men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, women's swimming and diving, and gymnastics teams were announced Thursday by the Western Athletic Conference office for the winter season. In total, 19 UH student-athletes were honored.
Overall, the WAC honored 307 student-athletes for the winter season. The winter sports for the WAC include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, women's swimming and diving, and gymnastics. UH participates in men's and women's basketball, women's indoor track and field and women's swimming and diving.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's contests.
The following is a list of the winter sport honorees for UH:
Women's basketball—Catherine Cho (Sr.), Dita Liepkalne (Jr.). Women's Indoor track and field—Anika Borden (Jr.), Jessica Custance (Sr.), Briana Goodnight (So.), Amber Kaufman (Jr.), Mariana Monasi (Jr.), Emily Sheppard (Sr.), Samantha Weaver (Sr.), Annett Wichmann (Sr.). Women's swimming and diving—Maura Barrett (So.), Emma Berry (Jr.), Brianna De Palezieux (So.), Emma Friesen (Jr.), Amanda McTeague (So.), Ricarda Schellenberg (So.), Jessica Stacy (So.), Victoria Tan (Jr.), Hanna Yttring (So.).
