ISLE FILE
UH-Hilo baseball sweeps
Associated Press
Kekoa Lee and Sheldon Otsuka combined on a three-hitter as Hawai'i-Hilo beat Grand Canyon, 8-0, yesterday to sweep a Pacific West Conference baseball doubleheader at Francis Wong Stadium.
Lee pitched six innings, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Otsuka struck out one and walked one in one inning.
Peter Rodgers and Shane Kessel drove in two runs apiece for UHH (8-7, 3-3).
In the first game, Rodgers drove in three runs in support of winning pitcher Clayton Uyechi as Hilo beat Grand Canyon (9-16, 3-7), 7-3.
Uyechi allowed three earned runs in five innings. Kurtis Sherer pitched two scoreless innings for the save.
SOFTBALL
BYUH SPLITS TWINBILL
Kahealani Alohikea-Betham blasted a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Brigham Young-Hawai'i beat Academy of Art, 2-1, yesterday to split a nonconference softball doubleheader at BYUH field in La'ie.
Alohikea-Betham's two-out blast made a winner of Katresha Veazie (6-10), who pitched eight innings, allowing seven hits, one walk and one earned run. She struck out three.
Academy of Art (7-21) took the second game, 2-0.
TENNIS
UH OPENS AT 'BAMA
Hawai'i tennis will make its debut at the prestigious Blue-Gray Classic Thursday.
The Rainbows play 28th-ranked Wisconsin in the first round in Montgomery, Ala.
The invitational tournament runs five days and has a dual-match format, with 16 teams.
The Rainbows (2-4) will play No. 23 Alabama or No. 58 Middle Tennessee in the second round. They are led by sophomore Dennis Lajola, who is ranked No. 116 and has a 12-5 singles record.
Wisconsin is 9-4, with four wins over Top 25 teams. Freshman Marek Michalicka is ranked 41st individually and has wins over six ranked opponents.
Yesterday, the Rainbow Wahine (5-5) won their third straight match, defeating Division II Chaminade, 6-1. The 'Bows did not give up more than two games in any of their singles matches, except at No. 5, where the Swords' Silkie Kawahakui defeated Crystine Ito, winning a tiebreaker after the two split sets, 6-2, 3-6.
GOLF
UH WOMEN IN FIFTH
Hawai'i opened its 24th annual Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational by shooting 306 — two off its season best — yesterday at Kane'ohe Klipper Golf Course. The Rainbow Wahine are in a three-way tie for fifth with Boise State and Texas A&M.
Idaho leads going into today's second round, at 9-over-par 297. Nevada and Japan's Osaka Gakuin share second (303).
UH junior Corie Hou is tied for seventh after firing a 74. She is five shots off the lead, which is held by Idaho's Kayla Mortellaro. UH senior Carolina Perez (76) shares 14th, while Phyllis Lai and Erin Matsuoka both shot 78 and are tied for 22nd.
Mortellaro, Texas A&M's Lauren Johnson (71) and Nevada's Melanie DeLeon (71) were the only golfers under par.
The tournament ends tomorrow.
