SPORTS CALENDAR

TODAY
Basketball

College men, exhibition, Brigham Young-Hawai'i Alumni Game, 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

College women, exhibition, University of Hawai'i-Hilo Alumnae Game, 7 p.m. at UHH gym.
Golf

USA Hawai'i-Japan Junior Cup, first-round 4-Ball matches, 9:30 a.m. at Waikoloa Kings'. No admission charge.

Softball

College women, exhibition, doubleheader, Kama'aina Classic, Chaminade vs. Hawai'i-Manoa, 5 p.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

Volleyball

College women, Western Athletic Conference, Fresno State vs. Hawai'i, 7 p.m. at Stan Sheriff Center.

College women, Pacific West Conference, Brigham Young-Hawai'i vs. Chaminade, 7 p.m. at McCabe gym.

TOMORROW

College women, exhibition, D.One League vs. Hawai'i-Hilo, 5:30 p.m. at Honoka'a High.
Golf

USA Hawai'i-Japan Junior Cup, second-round Foursome matches, 9:30 a.m. at Waikoloa Kings'. No admission charge.
Soccer

College, Pacific West Conference, Chaminade vs. Hawai'i-Hilo at Amaulu field. Women at 1 p.m.; Men at 3:30 p.m.

College, Pacific West Conference, Brigham Young-Hawai'i vs. Hawai'i Pacific at Atherton field. Women at 1 p.m.; Men at 3 p.m.

Softball

College women, exhibition, doubleheader, Kama'aina Classic, Chaminade vs. Hawai'i-Manoa, 9 a.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Volleyball

College women, Pacific West Conference, Hawai'i Pacific at Hawai'i-Hilo, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA ANSWER

623 yards, set by Notre Dame in 1946.

Source: USC press guide and Los Angeles Times

FOOTBALL

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L Pct PF PA

New Eng. 5 2 .714 198 98

N.Y. Jets 4 4 .500 177 134

Miami 3 4 .429 176 177

Buffalo 3 5 .375 123 169

South W L Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 7 0 1.000 197 91

Houston 5 3 .625 198 168

Jacksonville 3 4 .429 133 177

Tennessee 1 6 .143 114 211

North W L Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 5 2 .714 163 128

Pittsburgh 5 2 .714 167 129

Baltimore 4 3 .571 199 137

Cleveland 1 7 .125 78 209

West W L Pct PF PA

Denver 6 1 .857 140 96

San Diego 4 3 .571 185 159

Oakland 2 6 .250 78 201

Kansas City 1 6 .143 105 181

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East W L Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 5 2 .714 203 133

Dallas 5 2 .714 197 136

N.Y. Giants 5 3 .625 212 183

Washington 2 5 .286 96 123

South W L Pct PF PA

New Orl. 7 0 1.000 273 154

Atlanta 4 3 .571 171 149

Carolina 3 4 .429 128 166

Tampa Bay 0 7 .000 96 203

North W L Pct PF PA

Minnesota 7 1 .875 244 174

Green Bay 4 3 .571 187 134

Chicago 4 3 .571 159 150

Detroit 1 6 .143 113 205

West W L Pct PF PA

Arizona 4 3 .571 157 143

San Fran. 3 4 .429 147 140

Seattle 2 5 .286 135 147

St. Louis 1 7 .125 77 221

Sunday's Games (Hawai'i Times)

Arizona at Chicago, 8 a.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 8 a.m.

Miami at New England, 8 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 8 a.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 8 a.m.

Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 8 a.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 8 a.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 11:05 a.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 11:05 a.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Giants, 11:15 a.m.

Tennessee at San Francisco, 11:15 a.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:20 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, N.Y. Jets, Oakland, Minnesota, St. Louis, Cleveland

Monday's Game

Pittsburgh at Denver, 3:30 p.m.

College

No. 22 Virginia Tech 16, East Carolina 3

Virginia Tech 6 7 0 3—16

East Carolina 0 3 0 0— 3

First Quarter

VT—FG Waldron 41, 8:59.

VT—FG Waldron 22, :00.

Second Quarter

VT—T.Taylor 13 run (Waldron kick), 2:06.

ECU—FG Hartman 24, :00.

Fourth Quarter

VT—FG Waldron 31, 1:13.

A—43,569.

VT ECU

First downs 22 14

Rushes-yards 45-242 31-110

Passing 137 167

Comp-Att-Int 17-30-0 16-35-1

Return Yards 55 10

Punts-Avg. 7-44.9 8-46.5

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2

Penalties-Yards 5-50 8-79

Time of Poss. 34:57 25:03

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Virginia Tech, R.Williams 26-179, T.Taylor 11-61, Oglesby 6-13, Team 1-(minus 3), Roberts 1-(minus 8). East Carolina, Lindsay 13-69, G.Ruffin 3-13, Harris 5-10, Freeney 1-9, Jackson 2-7, Pinkney 6-2, Jordan 1-0. PASSING—Virginia Tech, T.Taylor 17-30-0-137. East Carolina, Pinkney 16-33-1-167, Jordan 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING—Virginia Tech, Coale 6-60, Boykin 3-17, R.Williams 3-9, Roberts 2-31, Boyce 2-11, Davis 1-9. East Carolina, Taylor 5-60, Freeney 4-50, Harris 3-45, Jenkins 1-6, Gidrey 1-3, Kass 1-3, Lindsay 1-0.

Temple 34, Miami (Ohio) 32

Miami (Ohio) 3 10 0 19—32

Temple 14 7 10 3—34

First Quarter

Tem—Pierce 1 run (McManus kick), 11:20.

MiO—FG Cook 20, 7:57.

Tem—Charlton 1 run (McManus kick), 1:50.

Second Quarter

Tem—Pierce 7 run (McManus kick), 5:21.

MiO—Robinson 11 pass from Dysert (Cook kick), 3:41.

MiO—FG Cook 26, :11.

Third Quarter

Tem—FG McManus 42, 9:17.

Tem—Pierce 14 run (McManus kick), 2:37.

Fourth Quarter

MiO—S.Marck 24 pass from Dysert (Cook kick), 13:35.

MiO—Robinson 14 pass from Dysert (run failed), 8:52.

MiO—Merriweather 2 run (pass failed), 2:36.

Tem—FG McManus 18, :03.

A—13,827.

MiO Tem

First downs 23 20

Rushes-yards 22-52 54-224

Passing 426 143

Comp-Att-Int 31-51-1 6-11-0

Return Yards 16 31

Punts-Avg. 5-36.4 5-35.8

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 5-1

Penalties-Yards 6-40 2-20

Time of Poss. 25:53 34:07

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Miami (Ohio), Merriweather 5-27, Green 4-13, Dysert 13-12. Temple, Pierce 40-178, Nixon 3-40, Mat.Brown 2-10, Stewart 6-9, Charlton 1-1, Team 2-(minus 14). PASSING—Miami (Ohio), Dysert 31-51-1-426. Temple, Stewart 6-11-0-143. RECEIVING—Miami (Ohio), Robinson 10-118, Coombs 6-79, Green 5-40, Rogers 4-67, Merriweather 2-16, Swift 1-45, Woods 1-25, S.Marck 1-24, Cruse 1-11, Brooks 0-1. Temple, Campbell 2-44, J.Jones 2-41, Nixon 1-45, Rodriguez 1-13.

N. Illinois 50, E. Michigan 6

E. Michigan 6 0 0 0— 6

N. Illinois 20 17 10 3—50

First Quarter

NIU—Davis 86 kickoff return (kick blocked), 14:46.

EMU—FG Carithers 21, 10:45.

NIU—Cox 30 pass from Grady (M.Salerno kick), 7:26.

EMU—FG Carithers 20, 1:56.

NIU—Spann 65 run (M.Salerno kick), 1:39.

Second Quarter

NIU—FG M.Salerno 26, 10:46.

NIU—Spann 79 run (M.Salerno kick), 6:43.

NIU—Cox 31 pass from Grady (M.Salerno kick), :47.

Third Quarter

NIU—FG M.Salerno 36, 8:20.

NIU—Grady 5 run (M.Salerno kick), 2:37.

Fourth Quarter

NIU—FG M.Salerno 22, 7:25.

A—10,527.

EMU NIU

First downs 9 21

Rushes-yards 31-100 54-418

Passing 82 119

Comp-Att-Int 5-22-1 4-7-1

Return Yards (-1) 19

Punts-Avg. 7-39.1 1-36.0

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1

Penalties-Yards 4-45 3-30

Time of Possession 25:56 34:04

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—E. Michigan, Priest 17-75, Gillett 4-36, Welch 3-8, Blevins 2-3, White 1-2, Team 1-(minus 2), McMahon 3-(minus 22). N. Illinois, Spann 11-174, Grady 10-104, J.Anderson 10-77, M.Brown 12-48, Crider 8-34, Team 2-(minus 4), Morris 1-(minus 15). PASSING—E. Michigan, Gillett 2-12-0-49, McMahon 3-10-1-33. N. Illinois, Grady 4-5-1-119, Morris 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING—E. Michigan, K.Thomas 1-48, Thayer 1-18, Burke 1-8, Stone 1-7, Olds 1-1. N. Illinois, Cox 3-84, W.Clark 1-35.

Golf

WGC-HSBC Champions

Yesterday

At Sheshan International Golf Club

Shanghai

Purse: $7 million

Yardage: 7,143; Par: 72

First Round

Nick Watney 64

Martin Kaymer 66

Shane Lowry 66

Ryan Moore 66

Paul Casey 67

Tiger Woods 67

Anthony Kim 67

Wen-Tang Lin 67

Pat Perez 68

Jyoti Randhawa 68

Nick Dougherty 68

Matt Kuchar 68

Henrik Stenson 69

Phil Mickelson 69

Brian Gay 69

Alvaro Quiros 69

Soren Kjeldsen 69

Jason Dufner 69

Garth Mulroy 69

Rodney Pampling 69

Camilo Villegas 70

Ross Fisher 70

Lee Westwood 70

Ernie Els 70

James Kingston 70

Alexander Noren 70

Koumei Oda 70

Oliver Wilson 71

Jerry Kelly 71

Thongchai Jaidee 71

Stewart Cink 71

Retief Goosen 71

Chih Bing Lam 71

Chapchai Nirat 71

Scott Strange 71

Mark Brown 71

Mark Murless 71

Geoff Ogilvy 72

Simon Dyson 72

Y.E. Yang 72

Ian Poulter 72

Ryo Ishikawa 72

Martin Laird 72

Peter Hanson 72

Daisuke Maruyama 72

Hockey

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 12 4 0 24 54 39

N.Y. Rangers 10 6 1 21 55 45

New Jersey 9 4 0 18 34 30

Philadelphia 7 4 1 15 45 34

N.Y. Islanders 5 5 5 15 37 45

Northeast W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 9 2 1 19 36 24

Ottawa 7 4 2 16 40 39

Montreal 8 8 0 16 44 51

Boston 6 7 2 14 34 39

Toronto 1 7 5 7 31 52

Southeast W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 8 3 4 20 54 47

Tampa Bay 5 4 5 15 36 46

Atlanta 6 5 1 13 42 37

Florida 5 7 1 11 35 44

Carolina 2 9 3 7 28 53

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central W L OT Pts GF GA

Columbus 8 5 2 18 48 52

Chicago 8 5 1 17 40 34

Detroit 7 4 3 17 42 43

Nashville 6 7 1 13 28 42

St. Louis 5 6 2 12 30 35

Northwest W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 11 3 2 24 49 35

Vancouver 10 7 0 20 51 44

Calgary 9 4 1 19 49 42

Edmonton 7 8 1 15 47 50

Minnesota 5 10 0 10 33 47

Pacific W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 11 4 2 24 56 42

Los Angeles 10 4 2 22 56 47

Phoenix 10 6 0 20 42 35

Dallas 6 3 6 18 50 48

Anaheim 5 7 2 12 41 46

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Today's Games (Hawai'i Times)

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 2p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 2 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 2:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 4 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Nashville at Los Angeles, 11 a.m.

Florida at Washington, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 2 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 2 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

Yesterday's Results

Montreal 1 0 0 0—2

Boston 0 0 1 0—1

Montreal won shootout 1-0

First Period—1, Montreal, Metropolit 3 (A.Kostitsyn, White), 17:32. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Boston, P.Bergeron 5 (Chara, Morris), 19:08. Overtime—None. Shootout—Montreal 1 (Cammalleri G, Gomez NG), Boston 0 (Wheeler NG, P.Bergeron NG, Recchi NG). Goalies—Montreal, Price. Boston, Thomas. A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:38.

Columbus 2 2 0—4

Atlanta 0 2 1—3

First Period—1, Columbus, Voracek 5 (Chimera, Brassard), 10:11. 2, Columbus, Brassard 3 (Voracek, Chimera), 12:18. Second Period—3, Atlanta, Little 2 (Enstrom, Bogosian), 4:06. 4, Columbus, Torres 7 (MacKenzie, Hejda), 5:49. 5, Atlanta, Enstrom 1 (White, Kozlov), 11:01 (pp). 6, Columbus, Torres 8 (Dorsett, Russell), 12:45. Third Period—7, Atlanta, Kubina 2 (Afinogenov, Hainsey), 2:06 (pp).

Shots on Goal—Columbus 11-8-2—21. Atlanta 6-18-11—35. Goalies—Columbus, Garon. Atlanta, Pavelec. A—10,878 (18,545). T—2:21.

San Jose 0 1 0 0—1

Detroit 0 0 1 0—2

Detroit won shootout 2-0

First Period—None. Second Period—1, San Jose, Couture 1 (Callahan, Thornton), 14:41. Third Period—2, Detroit, Zetterberg 4 (Helm, Lidstrom), 5:38. Overtime—None. Shootout—San Jose 0 (Boyle NG, Clowe NG), Detroit 2 (Datsyuk G, Ja.Williams NG, Zetterberg G). Goalies—San Jose, Nabokov. Detroit, Osgood. A—19,558 (20,066). T—2:31.

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0—2

Ottawa 1 1 0 1—3

First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Tanguay 2 (Halpern, Downie), 3:03 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 6 (Spezza, Michalek), 5:02. Second Period—3, Ottawa, Fisher 6 (Kovalev, Spezza), 12:00 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 12 (St. Louis, Lecavalier), 13:40 (pp). Third Period—None. Overtime—5, Ottawa, Spezza 1 (Kuba, Fisher), 4:17 (pp). Goalies—Tampa Bay, Niittymaki. Ottawa, Leclaire. A—17,511 (19,153). T—2:33.

Vancouver 1 3 1—5

Minnesota 0 2 0—2

First Period—1, Vancouver, Hordichuk 1, 3:49. Second Period—2, Vancouver, Raymond 6 (Edler, Ehrhoff), 2:20 (pp). 3, Minnesota, Brodziak 3 (Clutterbuck, Burns), 4:28. 4, Vancouver, H.Sedin 8 (Burrows, Mitchell), 12:14 (sh). 5, Minnesota, Brodziak 4 (Zidlicky), 12:47. 6, Vancouver, Pettinger 1 (Johnson, Edler), 14:52. Third Period—7, Vancouver, Burrows 4, 18:19 (en). Goalies—Vancouver, Raycroft. Minnesota, Backstrom, Harding. A—18,105 (18,064). T—2:19.

Calgary 1 0 0 1—2

St. Louis 0 0 1 0—1

First Period—1, Calgary, Iginla 7, 3:34. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, St. Louis, Eller 1 (E.Johnson, Brewer), 7:15 (pp).

Overtime—3, Calgary, Phaneuf 6 (Moss, Dawes), 2:50. Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff. St. Louis, Mason. A—17,559 (19,150). T—2:32.

Chicago 0 1 0—1

Phoenix 2 1 0—3

First Period—1, Phoenix, Hanzal 3 (Jovanovski), 2:54. 2, Phoenix, Mueller 1 (Hanzal, Doan), 11:55. Second Period—3, Phoenix, Upshall 5 (Schlemko, Prucha), 10:38. 4, Chicago, Versteeg 4 (Kane), 13:56 (sh). Third Period—None. Goalies—Chicago, Huet. Phoenix, Bryzgalov. A—10,362 (17,125). T—2:19.

N.Y. Rangers 1 2 1—4

Edmonton 0 1 1—2

First Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, Higgins 2 (Gilroy, Staal), 15:28. Second Period—2, N.Y. Rangers, Callahan 3 (Del Zotto, Kotalik), 10:36 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Visnovsky 4 (Hemsky), 14:52. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Kotalik 6 (Gaborik, Prospal), 16:37 (pp). Third Period—5, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 12 (Callahan, Kotalik), 7:31 (pp). 6, Edmonton, Comrie 4 (O'Sullivan, Brule), 10:17. Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Valiquette. Edmonton, Khabibulin. A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:16.

Nashville 0 0 0—0

Anaheim 1 0 3—4

First Period—1, Anaheim, Selanne 7 (Getzlaf, Koivu), 15:32 (pp). Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Anaheim, Selanne 8 (Koivu), 8:05. 3, Anaheim, Marchant 1 (Nokelainen), 9:51. 4, Anaheim, Ryan 5 (Perry, Getzlaf), 17:40. Goalies—Nashville, Rinne. Anaheim, Hiller. A—14,298 (17,174). T—2:26.

Pittsburgh 1 1 0—2

Los Angeles 1 0 4—5

First Period—1, Los Angeles, Kopitar 12 (Williams, Smyth), :27. 2, Pittsburgh, Staal 4 (Conner, McKee), 1:10. Second Period—3, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 3 (Orpik, Guerin), 10:51. Third Period—4, Los Angeles, Kopitar 13 (Williams, Doughty), 6:17. 5, Los Angeles, Stoll 4 (Brown), 12:09. 6, Los Angeles, Handzus 6 (Frolov, Simmonds), 12:32. 7, Los Angeles, Brown 5 (Stoll, J.Johnson), 17:30. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. Los Angeles, Quick. A—18,118 (18,118). T—2:26.

Soccer

College Men

Pacific West Conference

Yesterday

Hawai'i-Hilo vs. Hawai'i Pacific

At Käne'ohe

UHH (8-5, 9-10) 1 0–1

HPU (9-2-2, 12-2-2) 1 1–2

Goal scorers–UHH: Eduardo gutierrez (Vincent Muscarella) 27:23. HPU: Isaiah Guth (Paul Harleman, Jim Terry) 43:32; Ikaika Fuerte (Sven Blauth) 69:03.

Goalie saves–UHH: Dane Kaylor 4. HPU: Matt Terry 1.

Brigham Young-Hawai'i vs. Chaminade

At Honolulu

BYUH (8-8-1, 7-5-1) 2 2–4

CU (3-13, 2-11) 0 1–1

Goal scorers–BYUH: Sam Akinaka (unassisted) 10:53; Jared Trussell (Collin Walch) 44:03; own goal (unassisted) 51:30; Adam Maciejewski (unassisted) 52:24. CU: Keenan Ho (penalty kick) 65:10.

Goalie saves–BYUH: Cory Cosgrave 5. CU: Daniel Dartt 4.

College Women

Pacific West Conference

Yesterday

Hawai'i-Hilo (3-11-4, 2-7-3) vs. Hawai'i Pacific(10-7-1, 8-5)

At Käne'ohe

UHH 1 0 0 0–1

HPU 0 1 0 1–2

Goal scorers–UHH: Nathalie Palacios (Alysia Salvador, Gina Tumasone) 28:29. HPU: Sanoe Souza (Jamie Hirai, Dyanne Anderson) 82:49; Souza (Hirai) 102:45.

Goalie saves–UHH: Shanna Brown 8. HPU: Carianne Makino 1.

Brigham Young-Hawai'i vs. Chaminade

At Honolulu

BYUH (14-3, 11-2) 1 3–4

CU(0-16, 0-13) 0 0–0

Goal scorers–BYUH: Natalie Cude (Tara McPartland) 36:26; Cude (Emily Mearns) 45:14; Mearns (Lauran McCullough) 63:11; Carissa Henley (Lauren Reich) 80:18.

Goalie saves–BYUH: Becky Ploeger 0. CU: Marissa Minor 14.

Volleyball

College Women

Top 25 Scores

No. 22 San Diego def. Santa Clara 18-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-14, 15-8. No. 25 Saint Marys def. San Francisco 23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-19.

Western Athletic Conference Scores

Idaho def. Louisiana Tech 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 25-16. New Mexico State def. Boise State 25-16, 25-23, 25-12. Utah State def. San Jose State 25-20, 27-25, 22-25, 25-23. UNLV def. Nevada 27-25, 25-22, 25-20.

correction

Kawika Stant (44) is one of the Kamehameha players making the tackle in yesterday's photo on Page C2. Another player was listed.