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UH's Daly pitches no-hitter in Cape Cod League
Advertiser Staff
University of Hawai'i right-hander Matt Daly pitched a no-hitter Wednesday as the Hyannis Mets defeated the Wareham Gatemen, 4-1, in the Cape Cod Collegiate Summer League.
Daly, who will be a junior next season, allowed an unearned run while striking out eight. He threw 122 pitches, and struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth to preserve the no-hitter.
Daly, who is from Yorba Linda, Calif., was 5-2 with a 3.38 ERA for the Rainbows last season. He struck out 80 in 74 2/3 innings. He also flirted with a no-hitter, working 8 1/3 hitless innings against Hawai'i-Hilo on May 4.
MORE BASEBALL
UPSETS IN COLLEGE PLAY
Brian Witkowski had four hits, including a two-run homer, as No. 6 seed Waikiki upset No. 1 Waimea, 12-11, yesterday in the opening round of the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League postseason tournament at Kailua High School.
Connor Buestad added three hits and two RBIs for the Surfers, who led 9-0 before holding off the Waves. Chuck Eller hit a grand slam for Waimea.
Upsets were also posted in the two other games.
Edwin Quirate pitched a five-hitter with six strikeouts, Ikaika Lester hit a two-run homer and C.J. Johnson added a solo shot as No. 5 Hawaii beat No. 2 Kauai, 4-2. Buzzy Haydel had two hits and an RBI for Kauai.
Tyler Waddell hit a solo homer and RBI single, and Craig Marcellus allowed a run and six hits in six innings as No. 4 Kamuela beat No. 3 Oahu, 3-2. Kasey Ko hit a pair of RBI singles for Oahu.
The double-elimination tournament continues today.
WINDWARD RALLIES
Windward scored five runs in the fifth inning to rally past Tara Hills, Ariz., 10-7, in the P.O.N.Y. Mustang (ages 9-10) West Zone Tournament last night at Chino Hills, Calif.
Windward, which trailed 7-5 after four innings, sent nine batters to the plate in the fifth and benefitted from three walks and two consecutive fielding errors. Windward had only one hit in the inning.
Kekai Rios batted 2 for 4 with two triples and three RBIs, and Dane Kamalu went 2 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs for Windward.
Rios pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts.
Windward will play W.S. Hart, Calif., today in pool play.
SOFTBALL
PUNAHOU HIRES OKIMOTO
Former Mililani High School softball coach Mike Okimoto has been hired as head coach at Punahou, Buffanblu athletic director Tom Holden announced yesterday.
Okimoto, who guided Mililani to five O'ahu Interscholastic Association championships and one state title in his 10 seasons there from 1995 to 2005, replaces Kara Nishimura.
Nishimura resigned, citing scheduling conflicts with the assistant sports information director position she holds at the University of Hawai'i.
Okimoto stepped down as Mililani coach after the Trojans won the 2005 state championship and has been an assistant at St. Francis the past two seasons, helping the Troubadours make their first Division I state tournament appearance in 2006 and capture their first Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship this past season.
At one point, Okimoto's Mililani teams won 62 consecutive OIA games and captured six straight OIA Western Division crowns.
JUNIOR GOLF
CHOW 2ND, SHOJI 15TH
Honolulu's Marissa Chow shot a 2-over-par 74 yesterday to finish tied for second at the Junior All-Star at Grand National in Opelika, Ala.
Chow, who led the first two rounds, finished at 6-over 222 in the 16-player field. Emma Talley of Princeton, Ky., shot a 68 yesterday to win with 220 in the American Junior Golf Association tournament.
Paul Shoji of Honolulu shot a 3-over 75 and finished tied for 15th at 223 in the 78-player boys division. Landon Lyons of Baton Rouge, La., won by four strokes after shooting 68 for a 6-under 210.
BASKETBALL
HPU SIGNS POST PLAYER
The Hawai'i Pacific women's basketball program has signed Melissa Tachias, a 6-foot post from College of the Canyons.
Tachias earned first-team Western State Conference honors as a freshman and sophomore at Canyons. She averaged 13.4 points and 11.4 rebounds year.
