ISLE FILE
Hawai'i-Hilo softball team sweeps through Dixie State
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai'i-Hilo women's softball team swept visiting Dixie State College yesterday, winning both games of a non-conference doubleheader by 2-1 scores at Honoka'a Park.
Hilo improved to 35-10; Dixie fell to 34-11.
In the first game, Sarah Weisskopf pitched a four-hitter with five strikeouts and Charity Senas drove in both Hilo runs with a single in the first and a double in the third.
Weisskopf (16-4) gave up a homer to the second batter of the game — Shantae Hunter — then kept Dixie in check until the seventh when she gave up consecutive singles after two were out. She got Larson Whitney to pop up for the final out.
In the second game, Leo Sing Chow (8-1) pitched a six-hitter with four strikeouts and the Vulcans scored two runs in the third after loading the bases with two outs. Meghan Jost singled in the first run and Dana Lee drew a walk to score the second.
Amanda Vance hit an RBI single with one out in the sixth, but Sing Chow escaped further trouble by stranding two runners.
TENNIS
LAJOLA INTO QUARTERS
'Aiea's Dennis Lajola advanced to the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation Boys 18-and-under National Championships yesterday at Rancho Mirage, Calif.
The fourth-seeded Lajola, who will play for the University of Hawai'i next season, advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Alexander Domijan of Wesley Chapel, Fla.
BLOCK PARTIES SET
As part of Tennis Month in May, the USTA/Hawai'i Pacific Section will host a series of Tennis Block Parties. The free events start May 12 on Kaua'i and move to O'ahu May 19, at the Central O'ahu Regional Park Tennis Complex, and May 26 at Kailua District Park.
The first-ever Kaua'i Block Party is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and run through the afternoon at Kaua'i Community College. It will feature tennis instruction, interactive games and attractions, racket demos, prizes, and refreshments. People of all ages and abilities are invited.
The Block Party at CORP will go from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Rackets and balls will be provided for kids and adults. Activities include mini-tennis, round robin play, Tennis Ball Art, the Olympic Skills Rapid Rally contest, line tennis, footwork and agility clinic, Play To Learn sessions, tennis trivia, door prizes and games.
The event will be run in conjunction with the USTA Junior Team Tennis Spring Sectional Championships.
The Block Party in Kailua is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., with details to come. For more information, visit www.hawaii.usta.com.
