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'Bows' Smith named WAC player of week
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University of Hawai'i women's basketball player Tanya Smith has been named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week for helping the 'Bows split a pair of conference home games last week.
It's the first WAC Player of the Week honor for the 'Bows this season.
Smith, a junior forward from Sydney, Australia, averaged 18.0 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 71 percent from the floor in two games last week.
Smith helped Hawai'i end a five-game losing streak with 24 points and nine rebounds in UH's 71-61 win over Idaho. She made her first 10 shots of the game, before finishing 11 of 12 from the floor. Smith also tallied 12 points and 13 rebounds in a loss to first-place Boise State.
She leads the WAC in rebounding (11.5 rpg) and field goal percentage (.620), and is third in scoring (17.2 ppg) in six conference games.
Smith and the 'Bows (7-11, 1-5 WAC) will play at San Jose State on Thursday and at Utah State on Saturday.
GOLF
OZAKI LEADS MONDAY QUALIFIERS AT TURTLE BAY
Joe Ozaki of Tokyo shot a 9-under par 63 to lead nine golfers who qualified yesterday for the Champions Tour Turtle Bay Championship starting Friday.
Yesterday's qualifier was at Turtle Bay Resort's George Fazio Course in Kahuku.
Others qualifying were Tom McKnight (64), James D. Mason (64), Darrell Kestner (65), Mitch Adcock (65), Douglas LaCrosse (65), Jon Fieder (65), Mitch Adams (67) and Ron Streck (67). Alternates are Tom Conley, Rod Spittle, Kirk Hanefeld and Frank Apodaca.
The 54-hole Turtle Bay Championship is the first full-field event of the Champions' (50-older) season. Loren Roberts is the defending champion.
BASEBALL
PUBLICATION PICKS UH TO FINISH FIRST IN WAC
The Hawai'i baseball team is predicted to finish first in the Western Athletic Conference by Baseball America, the baseball publication reported on its Web site yesterday.
The Rainbows, who made their first regional appearance last season since 1993, are projected as one of two WAC teams to make the regionals this season, the other being Louisiana Tech. Last year's conference champion, Fresno State, was picked to finish third.
Hawai'i opens the 2007 season Friday with a three-game series against Santa Clara at Les Murakami Stadium.
The report also listed Justin Frash (at designated hitter) and pitcher Matt Daly for its preseason all-WAC team.
KAYAKING
HAWAI'I'S DOLAN WINS GOLD, TWO SILVERS
Hawai'i paddler Patrick Dolan won one gold medal and two silvers while representing the United States in the flatwater kayaking competition of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival last week at Sydney, Australia.
Dolan won the 500-meter K-1 (one-person kayak) race with a time of 1 minute, 41.11 seconds. He later placed a close second in the 1,000-meter K-1 race.
Australia's Dane Wilkinson won the 1,000-meter race with a time of 3:39.37. Dolan's time was 3:39.63.
Dolan also teamed with three other American paddlers to place second in the 500-meter K-4 race.
Another Hawai'i paddler, Kaihe Chong, reached the semifinals in the 500-meter and 1,000-meter solo races.
The event featured athletes ages 19 and younger from around the world competing in various Olympic sports. Some of the other sports at the festival included swimming, figure skating, gymnastics, track & field and cycling.
The United States competed in only the canoe/kayak and sailing events. Dolan and Chong were the only Hawai'i athletes on the team.
SOFTBALL
ST. FRANCIS CLINCHES TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN ILH
St. Francis defeated Maryknoll, 10-4, at Kamamalu field yesterday to clinch at least a tie for first place in Interscholastic League of Honolulu softball.
If Saint Francis (11-3) and 'Iolani (10-3) finish in a tie for first, the champion will be determined in a one-game playoff.
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Ariel Silva, Hillary Uekawa (4) and Kimi Okameku. Brittney Akana and Ashley Smith. W — Akana. L — Silva.
Leading hitters — Team 1: Okameku 2-3, triple. StF: Jovan Hire 2-3, triple; Smith 3-4; Shannon Lum 2-3, double, 4 RBIs; Sasha Koki double; Akana 2-4.
Reported by Jorden Yamamura
BANQUET
MARCUS ALLEN TO SPEAK AT MID-PACIFIC GALA
NFL Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen will be a speaker at the third annual Mid-Pacific Institute M Club Athletic Hall of Fame Gala.
The event will be held 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Sheraton Waikiki.
MPI inductees this year will be Carl Wheeler and Norman Ching '58
Allen, the 1981 Heisman Trophy winner from USC, played 11 season with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.
For more information, contact alumni director Kerry Gudoy at 973-5007.
VOLLEYBALL
KAMEHAMEHA PLAYER HONORED BY GATORADE
Kanani Herring of Kamehameha Schools was named the 2006-07 Gatorade Hawai'i Girls Volleyball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year yesterday, the company has announced.
Herring, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter, helped the Warriors (36-2) repeat as Division I state champions and carries a 3.66 grade point average. She also serves as a volunteer coach and tutor with the Kalihi Valley Athletic Association, the announcement said.
FISHING
BILLFISH TOURNAMENT SET FOR KONA, AUG. 6-10
The Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament is scheduled for Aug. 6 to 10, in Kona, Hawai'i, organizers announced earlier this month.
Malibu Marlin Club captured first and was awarded the Governor's Trophy last year. Twenty-eight teams entered the tournament from the United States (four from Hawai'i), Australia, the Bahamas, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and South Africa.
Details for entries will be posted at www.hibtfishing.com or e-mail hibt@hawaii.rr.com.
TENNIS
RAINBOW WAHINE EARN FIRST VICTORY OF SEASON
The University of Hawai'i women's tennis team earned its first victory of the season, defeating Cal State Fullerton, 4-2, yesterday at Fullerton, Calif.
Kana Aikawa, Sophie Kobuch, Chloe Bihag and Samanta Cappella won their singles matches for the Rainbow Wahine.
Doubles matches were not played because UH (1-3) had clinched the victory during the singles matches.
Aikawa defeated Gina Lee, 6-3, 6-2, in No. 1 singles; Kobuch defeated Katrina Domela, 7-6, 7-6, in No. 2; Bihag defeated Cheyenne Inglis, 6-2, 6-0, in No. 3; and Cappella defeated Brandy Andrews, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in No. 6.
Mai-ly Tran defeated UH's Jacqui Williams, 6-3, 6-2, in No. 4 singles and Shaghig Injejikian defeated UH's Florence Wasko, 7-6, 7-6, in No. 5.
