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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, October 11, 2006

HOMEGROWN REPORT
Pac-10 soccer honor for Oregon's Garbin

By Leila Wai
Advertiser Staff Writer

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If you know of any athletes deserving of recognition, give us their names, high schools and graduation years, colleges and sports. Photos are also welcome. E-mail us at: homegrown@honoluluadvertiser.com or contact Leila Wai at 535-2457.

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Oregon senior Nicole Garbin was named the Pac-10 Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week after scoring all the team's three goals over the weekend against Arizona and Arizona State to lead the Ducks to their first-ever 2-0 Pac-10 start.

Garbin, a 2001 Baldwin graduate from Wailuku, became Oregon's career points leader while scoring in a 2-1 upset over then-No. 24 Arizona Friday and a 1-0 win over Arizona State Sunday as the Ducks completed their first-ever Pac-10 road sweep.

Garbin's shot from the right side deflected off ASU goalkeeper Kim Bingham and rolled into the left side of the net in the 42nd minute.

She ran on to a through ball and scored on a left-footed shot in the 23rd minute against Arizona, then scored nine minutes into the second half off a give-and-go.

Those six points brought Garbin's career total to 73 (29 goals, 15 assists) as she passed Chalise Baysa (69 points, 1998-2001) on Oregon's career list. Garbin's five game-winning goals are tied for the conference lead and her seven total goals rank second in the Pac-10.

Garbin now holds 14 Oregon records. Her seven goals this season is three shy of the school season record (10) she set last year. Garbin is the only Oregon player to win multiple Player of the Week honors, having also achieved the feat as a sophomore in 2003.

Garbin was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA after tearing the anterior cruciate ligaments in both knees, forcing her to sit out two seasons. She tore her left ACL prior to the 2002 season and then tore her right ACL during the spring before the 2004 season.

MORE WOMEN'S SOCCER

  • Southern Oregon sophomore forward Chelsea Arakawa (Pearl City '05) scored her fifth goal of the season against Northwest University in a 3-0 win Sept. 30.

    Arakawa scored the final goal of the game from the 18-yard line in the 79th minute.

  • Idaho State senior defender Jen Loo (Mililani '03) assisted on the game-winning goal in the 96th minute of a 1-0 overtime win over Sacramento State Saturday.

    Loo's free kick from just inside the midfield floated into the box for Chantal Kim to head into the goal. It was Loo's first assist of the year.

  • Menlo (Calif.) freshman forward Adrianna Kinhult (Kaiser '06) scored the final goal in a 7-0 rout over Bethany Sunday.

    FOOTBALL

  • Grossmont College (El Cajon, Calif.) sophomore outside linebacker Derek Hinkley (Punahou '04 of Kane'ohe) recorded four tackles in a 21-0 victory over Chaffey College Saturday.

    WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

  • St. John's senior outside hitter Patti Hardimon (Moanalua '03 of Honolulu) received Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division I volleyball Player of the Week honors Oct. 4.

    She posted her 16th and 17th career double-doubles, tallying 32 kills and 32 digs in six games, while registering eight service aces. She also earned Big East Player of the Week honors.

  • Menlo (Atherton, Calif.) junior libero Christa Hewett (Kamehameha '04 of Pearl City) earned her third California Pacific Conference Libero of the Week honor by digging 28 balls and serving five aces as the Lady Oaks defeated William Jessup and Simpson this past weekend.

  • Puget Sound freshman defensive specialist Leigh Sumida ('Iolani '06 of Kane'ohe) had 12 digs and two aces in a win over Whitman Sept. 30. Coach Mark Massey said in a release that Sumida "has been an excellent defender ... (with a) willingness to do anything to keep the ball off the floor. I thought she was perhaps an unnoticed difference-maker over the weekend. She served more consistently, too. But I definitely thought we needed her energy in the lineup."

  • Trinidad State Junior College (Trinidad, Colo.) sophomore outside hitter Mary Claire Bolo (Lana'i High '05) was named the Region IX Player of the Week Sept. 19.

    Bolo had 61 kills in three matches. She has 754 career kills, which surpassed the school record of 746 that was set by Phoenix Morgan last season.

    MEN'S SOCCER

  • Gonzaga junior goalkeeper Vito Higgins (Academy of the Pacific '03 of Kailua) had seven saves in a 0-0 tie with 17th-ranked Santa Clara Friday.

    MEN'S GOLF

  • Oregon senior Matt Ma ('Iolani '02 of 'Aiea) shot a 3-under-69 in the final round to win medalist honors — his first on the college level — at the Northwest Collegiate Classic that concluded Oct. 3.

    Ma shot 67-74-69—210 at the 7,070-yard, par-72 Trysting Tree Golf Course in Oregon.

  • Wesleyan (Middleton, Conn.) sophomore Eli Wilson (Punahou '05) shot a 77 in a Four-Way match at Rhode Island College at the par-72 Triggs Golf Club, in Providence, R.I., Oct. 5.

    It was the sixth time this fall Wilson posted a round in the 70s.

    AIR RIFLERY

  • Nevada freshman Heather Horn (Punahou '06) posted two top-four performances over the Sept. 29-Oct. 1 weekend against Texas Christian and in the Horned Frog Invitational.

    She scored 572 points for third place against Nevada in the individual smallbore, and 571 points for fourth place in the Horned Frog Invitational, also in the individual smallbore.

    AWARDS

  • Point Loma Nazarene (San Diego) women's soccer player Elizabeth Kalama (Kamehameha '03) and men's golfer Sam Cyr (King Kekaulike of Makawao) were two of 14 student-athletes awarded $3,000 scholarships at the athletic department's annual Athletic Fellowship and Awards Luncheon Sept. 24. One athlete per sport was given the scholarship.

    According to the school, Kalama was "a leader both on and off the field. ... and continues to be the driving force on the PLNU soccer team in her senior year,"

    Cyr was cited for posting a "team-best 73.51 average, the second best ever for a PLNU golfer," and for being "chosen as one of 12 collegiate players (and the only from the NAIA) who made up a United States team that played China in a friendship cup match. Sam won all four of his match-ups at the tournament as Team USA recorded a 15-point victory."

    Reach Leila Wai at lwai@honoluluadvertiser.com.