Hawai'i, which had never before finished better than 10th in the USGA Women's State Team Championship, captured third place yesterday at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Georgia won the championship with a three-day score of 4-over-par 436. Alabama, paced by a tournament record-tying 67 from 43-year-old Kathy Hartwiger, finished second, nine shots back.

Hawai'i shot a final-round 147 to finish at 447. University of Hawai'i graduate Xyra Suyetsugu shot a 74 and had a three-day total of 224. Punahou freshman Kacie Komoto, the event's youngest competitor at 14, shot her second straight 74 to finish at 228. Punahou junior Cyd Okino shot 83-240.

"We'll take that," said Suyetsugu, now the assistant women's golf coach at UH. "We came into this tournament not expecting anything. We were just trying to beat our goal, which was 10th."

Georgia's Dori Carter shot 69-214 to earn medalist honors. Suyetsugu was ninth and Komoto tied for 12th.

www.USGA.org contributed to this report

FOOTBALL

WARRIORS ON BIG SCREEN

Consolidated Theatres Ko'olau Stadium 10 will again show Hawai'i football games in its stadium-style, air-conditioned room on a 30-foot screen.

Tickets are $12 per person and are available at the Ko'olau Stadium 10 box office or can be purchased in advance at www.consolidatedtheatres.com.

For information on Ko'olau Stadium 10, go to www.consolidatedtheatres.com or call Ko'olau Stadium 10 at 808-239-0919.

The theaters are in the Ko'olau Shopping Center.

The first screening will be tonight with UH playing Central Arkansas at 7 at Aloha Stadium.

This offer also will be available at Kaahumanu Theatre in the Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center on Maui.

The theaters feature a 25-foot screen and will cost $10 per person. Tickets are available for all games at the Kaahumanu Theatre box office or by visiting www.consolidatedtheatres.com.

For information on Kaahumanu Theatre, go to www.consolidatedtheatres.com or call Kaahumanu Theatre at 808-873-3137.

VOLLEYBALL

BYUH DROPS PAIR ON ROAD

The Brigham Young-Hawai'i women's volleyball team suffered its first losses of the season yesterday in the Central Washington Invitational at Ellensburg, Wash.

Allyson Sather had 15 kills as Sonoma State (5-0) beat BYUH, 25-11, 25-17, 25-13.

Kylee Nawahine had nine kills for the Seasiders, who hit .065 for the match.

In another match, Western Washington (5-1) beat BYUH, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21, behind 14 kills by Marlayna Geary.

Roseanne Vea had 12 kills for BYUH, which fell to 3-2.

SEA WARRIORS LOSE IN FOUR

The Hawai'i Pacific women's volleyball team fell to host San Francisco State, 25-20, 21-25, 28-26, 25-16, in the California Clash yesterday.

Julia Gruszecka had 15 kills and Tricia Yoshimura had 21 digs for HPU (2-2).

San Francisco State (4-1) was led by Beth Perkins, who had 16 kills.