TRIVIA ANSWER

The coach at the time, Rich Merritt, bought athletes beer. He also paid for meals and lodging and helped cover expenses for one player to fly to Colorado to try to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Source: Associated Press

SPORTS TODAY

BASEBALL

College, Air Force vs. Hawai'i, 6:35 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

SOFTBALL

College women, Chevron Spring Fling Tournament, Lipscomb vs. Hawai'i, noon; California vs. Hawai'i, 2 p.m. Games at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL

College men, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Long Beach State vs. Hawai'i, 7 p.m. at Stan Sheriff Center.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASEBALL

College, Air Force vs. Hawai'i, 1:05 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

BASEBALL

COLLEGE

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Hawai'i Pacific vs. Academy of Art

At Louis Guisto Field

Moraga, Calif.

HPU (17-5, 12-2) 005 031 0—9 11 1

AAU (2-16, 2-8) 102 200 1—6 9 1

David Chow, Michael Greene (5) and Bas Nooij. Alex Rosenthal, Brandon Kistler (5) and Chris Holmes. W—Chow (1-0). L—Rosenthal (1-5).

Leading hitters—HPU: Sean Winston 2-4, 2 runs; Kale Sumner 3-4, double, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Nooij double; Wade Tamaru double. AAU: Ryan Worley 2-4, double, homer, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Darnell Quinney double; Andy Caniezo 3-4, 2 RBIs; Holmes 2-3, double; Stefen Henderson homer, 2 RBIs.

HPU (18-5, 13-2) 040 030 0—7 6 3

AAU (2-17, 2-9) 000 100 0—1 3 1

Caelen O'Meara and Alex Agortsas. Zach Mexicano, Jeff Smith (5) and Brandon Kistler. W—O'Meara (3-1). L—Mexicano (0-3).

Leading hitters—HPU: Blake Amaral double; Agortsas double; Lester Akeo double. AAU: Andy Caniezo 2-3, double.

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE WOMEN

Women's National Invitation Tournament

All Times Hawai'i

FIRST ROUND

Yesterday's Results

Maryland 88, Iona 53

East Carolina 78, Drexel 76, OT

Michigan 69, Kent State 34

Toledo 70, Pittsburgh 58

Creighton 76, Stephen F. Austin 65

Illinois 68, Western Kentucky 51

Missouri State 75, Oral Roberts 53

Wyoming 74, Nevada 53

Tomorrow's Games

Utah (21-11) at St. Mary's, Calif. (21-9), 11 a.m.

SECOND ROUND

Tomorrow' Games

Illinois State (25-7) at Purdue (15-16), 6 a.m.

Creighton (21-10) at Kansas (16-15), 8 a.m.

Florida (15-16) vs. Miami (18-13), 8 a.m.

Toledo (25-8)at Michigan (18-13), 8 a.m.

North Carolina A&T (22-10) at Charlotte (18-13), 9 a.m.

Samford (23-10) at Missouri St. (21-10), 9 a.m.

Hofstra (20-13) at Virginia Commonwealth (21-12), 10 a.m.

E. Carolina (23-10) at Maryland (20-12), TBA

Monday's Games

Marquette (17-15) at Illinois (17-14), 11 a.m.

Northwestern (17-14) at St. Bonaventure (23-9), 1 p.m.

Old Dominion (19-13) at Providence (17-14), 1 p.m.

Richmond (20-12) at Syracuse (23-10), 1 p.m.

Tuesday's Games

Texas Tech (18-14) at Wyoming (18-11), 3 p.m.

BYU (21-9) at Arizona St. (18-13), 3:30 p.m.

New Mexico (19-13) at Oregon (17-15), 4 p.m.

Utah-St. Mary's, Calif. winner at California (19-13), 4 p.m.

GOLF

Transition Championship

At Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club, Copperhead Course

Palm Harbor, Fla.

Purse: $5 million

Yardage: 7,340; Par 71

Second Round

Padraig Harrington 69-65—134

Carl Pettersson 67-68—135

Jim Furyk 67-68—135

Bubba Watson 70-65—135

Retief Goosen 67-68—135

Steve Stricker 70-66—136

Jeff Maggert 67-69—136

Steve Elkington 68-68—136

David Toms 74-63—137

Jonathan Byrd 67-70—137

K.J. Choi 69-69—138

Ross Fisher 68-70—138

Alex Cejka 69-69—138

Jeff Quinney 68-70—138

Nicholas Thompson 70-68—138

Brandt Snedeker 69-69—138

Rickie Fowler 67-71—138

Luke Donald 71-68—139

Adam Scott 73-66—139

Justin Leonard 71-68—139

Mathew Goggin 70-69—139

Spencer Levin 69-70—139

Jerry Kelly 70-70—140

Bob Heintz 73-67—140

Stephen Ames 69-71—140

Martin Laird 70-70—140

Corey Pavin 72-68—140

Nick O'Hern 72-68—140

Roland Thatcher 70-71—141

Tim Wilkinson 73-68—141

John Daly 70-71—141

Brian Gay 71-70—141

David Duval 72-69—141

Ted Purdy 72-69—141

John Senden 69-72—141

Derek Lamely 73-68—141

Bill Haas 70-71—141

Daniel Chopra 72-69—141

Jimmy Walker 70-71—141

Justin Rose 73-68—141

Webb Simpson 73-69—142

Steve Lowery 70-72—142

Will MacKenzie 73-69—142

Chris DiMarco 71-71—142

Kris Blanks 72-70—142

Charlie Wi 70-72—142

Garrett Willis 65-77—142

D.A. Points 70-72—142

Ricky Barnes 70-72—142

J.B. Holmes 68-74—142

Steve Flesch 70-72—142

Charles Howell III 72-70—142

Kevin Na 72-70—142

Josh Teater 69-73—142

Also (Failed to qualify)

Parker McLachlin 73-73—146

European Tour-Trophee Hassan II

At Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Red Course

Rabat, Morocco

Purse: $1.89 million

Yardage: 7,344; Par 73

Second Round

Rhys Davies, Wales 68-64—132

Thomas Levet, France 69-65—134

Ignacio Garrido, Spain 67-67—134

Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 70-64—134

Nick Dougherty, England 66-69—135

Thomas Aiken, South Africa 67-68—135

Joost Luiten, Netherlands 70-65—135

Peter Lawrie, Ireland 66-70—136

Sam Little, England 67-69—136

Francesco Molinari, Italy 66-70—136

Rafa Echenique, Argentina 68-68—136

Carlos Rodiles, Spain 70-67—137

Gregory Havret, France 70-67—137

Robert Coles, England 72-65—137

Julien Quesne, France 72-65—137

Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 66-72—138

Robert Rock, England 71-67—138

David Horsey, England 67-71—138

Yano Azuma, Japan 70-68—138

Cabarrus Classic

At Cabarrus Country Club

Concord, N.C.

Third Round

David Robinson 67-68-70—205

Ryan Carter 67-71-68—206

Joe Daley 66-69-71—206

Jason Kokrak 69-69-69—207

Tadd Fujikawa 68-70-69—207

Brandon Knaub 70-73-65—208

Matt Davidson 69-72-68—209

Christopher Cannon 69-70-70—209

Scott Weatherly 70-68-71—209

Matt Hendrix 70-72-68—210

Chris Rogers 71-69-70—210

Jamie Hall 72-70-68—210

Jonas Enander Hedin 68-71-71—210

Matthew Kohn 73-70-67—210

Richard Scott 69-70-71—210

Chase Carroll 66-72-72—210

Daniel Woltman 69-69-72—210

Billy Hurley 70-71-70—211

David Sanchez 68-74-69—211

Sebastian Saavedra 74-68-69—211

Jeffrey Castle 69-71-71—211

Brian Harman 67-72-72—211

Jerry Richardson 72-72-67—211

Jonathan Fricke 73-69-70—212

Cortland Lowe 72-70-70—212

Bobby MacWhinnie 68-72-72—212

Frank Adams III 74-66-72—212

James Sacheck 67-72-73—212

Chris Mundorf 69-70-73—212

Tim O'Neal 74-66-73—213

Matt Cannon 69-73-71—213

Chad Wilfong 71-71-71—213

Dustin Groves 70-70-73—213

Reed Darsie 70-73-70—213

Cameron Yancey 68-71-74—213

Alex Hamilton 69-72-73—214

Bennie Van Der Merwe 69-72-73—214

Drew Weaver 67-73-74—214

Randy Leen 68-74-72—214

Dustin Bray 66-74-74—214

Jason Caron 70-74-70—214

Andy Bare 73-71-70—214

Thomas Smith 72-72-70—214

Hank Kim 75-69-70—214

Timothy Connors 69-71-75—215

Tanner Ervin 73-67-75—215

Phillip Mollica 70-72-73—215

Adam Cohan 72-70-73—215

Emmett Turner 68-71-76—215

HIGH SCHOOL

O'ahu Interscholastic Association

At Ted Makalena Golf Course

Boys: 68—Rudy Cabalar (Campbell), Tyler Ota (Moanalua). 69—David Saka (Moan). 70—Ryan Kuriowa ('Aiea), Jae Maeng (Moan). 71—Luo Wen Hao (McKinley). 72—Joshua DeFreitas (Nānākuli). 74—Nick Matsushima (Kalani). 75—Colby Takushi (Pearl City). 76—Julian Leelan (Camp), Jefferson Yee (Moan), Henry Kahula (Kapolei). Girls: 76—Emy Koga (Moan). 79—Loreece Magsanide (Camp). 82—Kristen Sawada (Mililani), Celine Haole ('Aiea), Samantha Balboa (PC), Monique Ishikawa (Kalāheo). 85—Sydney Maluenda (Kap). 87—Amber Bunch (Leilehua). 88—Lynsie Furuya (Lei), Ashley Yuen (Moan).

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times Hawai'i

Yesterday's Results

Edmonton 3, Detroit 2, SO

Columbus 4, Minnesota 2

Calgary 4, San Jose 3

Anaheim 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, OT

Today's Games

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 a.m.

Ottawa at Dallas, 8 a.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 1 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 2 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 3 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit 0 1 1 0—2

Edmonton 2 0 0 0—3

Edmonton won shootout 2-1

First—1, Edmonton, Cogliano 8 (Brule), :57. 2, Edmonton, Whitney 5 (Cogliano, Brule), 4:58. Second—3, Detroit, Eaves 11 (Draper, Helm), 11:51. Third—4, Detroit, Rafalski 7 (Datsyuk, Zetterberg), 19:59. Shootout—Detroit 1 (Datsyuk NG, Ja.Williams G, Filppula NG), Edmonton 2 (Potulny G, Brule G, Nilsson NG). Goalies—Detroit, Howard. Edmonton, Dubnyk. A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:32.

Minnesota 1 1 0—2

Columbus 0 1 3—4

First—1, Minnesota, Koivu 20 (Miettinen), 10:28. Second—2, Minnesota, Kobasew 6 (Wellman, Barker), 2:42. 3, Columbus, Huselius 20 (Umberger, Boll), 13:23. Third—4, Columbus, Russell 7 (Huselius, Stralman), 11:02. 5, Columbus, Nash 29 (Voracek), 11:29. 6, Columbus, Nash 30 (Vermette), 19:22. Goalies—Minnesota, Harding. Columbus, Garon. A—16,419 (18,144). T—2:18.

San Jose 0 1 2—3

Calgary 2 2 0—4

First—1, Calgary, Iginla 32 (Stajan, Giordano), 3:24. 2, Calgary, Langkow 14 (Hagman), 8:52. Second—3, San Jose, Heatley 37 (Thornton, Marleau), 2:41. 4, Calgary, Dawes 11 (Backlund, Mayers), 9:04. 5, Calgary, Nystrom 9 (Backlund, Mayers), 11:03. Third—6, San Jose, Malhotra 12, 12:01. 7, San Jose, Boyle 13 (Couture, Heatley), 18:09. Goalies—San Jose, Nabokov. Calgary, Kiprusoff. A—19,289 (19,289). T—2:22.

N.Y. Islanders 2 2 0 0—4

Anaheim 2 0 2 1—5

First—1, N.Y. Islanders, Park 9 (Sim), 9:53. 2, Anaheim, Beleskey 7 (Niedermayer, Marchant), 10:15. 3, Anaheim, Visnovsky 14 (Selanne, Chipchura), 18:09. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Okposo 15 (Bergenheim, Park), 19:02. Second—5, N.Y. Islanders, Okposo 16 (Streit, Tavares), 2:42 (pp). 6, N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 21 (Nielsen, Streit), 14:31 (pp). Third—7, Anaheim, Blake 13 (Eminger, Koivu), 9:53 (pp). 8, Anaheim, Visnovsky 15 (Selanne, Getzlaf), 19:28. Overtime—9, Anaheim, Koivu 14, :14. Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Biron. Anaheim, Hiller, McElhinney. A—14,665 (17,174). T—2:25.

RUGBY

Aloha Youth 7s Tournament

March 17

At Kapi'olani Park

Boys

Kahuku 17, Hilo 5

Girls

Parkside Lā'ie 28, Honolulu Eastside Bulldogs 0

SOFTBALL

COLLEGE

Spring Fling Tournament

No. 13 California vs. Hawai'i

At Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium

CALIFORNIA (22-6) 000 000 0—0 2 1

HAWAI'I (21-10) 100 011 X—3 4 1

Valerie Arioto and Lindsey Ziegenhirt. Kaia Parnaby and Katie Grimes. W—Parnaby (11-4). L—Arioto (11-4).

Leading hitters—Cal: Jace Williams 2-2. UH: Melissa Gonzalez 2-3.

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Hawai'i-Hilo vs. Dixie State

Saint George, Utah

UHH (19-7, 15-6) 2 0 0 01— 3 7 0

DSC (10-6, 5-2) 0(10)0 01—11 15 1

Amber Waracka, Christina Pedroza (4) and Bryanna Hardy. Brittnie Whipple and Breanna Egge. W—Whipple (5-3). L—Waracka (12-2).

Leading hitters—UHH: Sierra Green 3-3. DSC: Bailie Hicken 3-3, 2 runs; Egge 2-4; Anna Cue 2-3, 2 RBIs; Shantae Hunter 2-3, homer, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Ashley McFarland 2-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Cassi Merrill 2-3, triple, 2 RBIs.

UHH (20-7, 16-6) 001 051 0—7 11 4

DSC (10-7, 5-3) 202 010 0—5 10 5

Amber Waracka, Christina Pedroza (2) and Bryanna Hardy. Lauren Folta, Brittnie Whipple (5) and Breanna Egge. W—Whipple (5-3). L—Waracka (12-2).

Leading hitters—UHH: Sierra Green 3-4, homer, 2 RBIs; Amanda Tellez 2-4; Aisha Sueda double; Kanani Numata 2-3. DSC: Anna Cue homer, 2 RBIs; Kelsey Mendenhall double; Egge 2-4; Kylee Higgins 2-4.

Sumo

March Grand Tournament

Osaka, Japan

Day 6 Results

M16—Bushuyama (3-3) def. J3—Tosanoumi (3-3). M13—Tokitenku (6-0) def. M15—Mokonami (3-3). M12—Takamisakari (4-2) def. M15—Sagatsukasa (4-2). M11—Asasekiryu (5-1) def. M16—Kasugao (2-4). M13—Tokusegawa (3-3) def. M10—Kitataiki (4-2). M14—Kokkai (4-2) def. M9—Hakuba (2-4). M9—Yoshikaze (1-5) def. M14—Tamanoshima (2-4). M8—Takekaze (2-4) def. M12—Okinoumi (2-4). M7—Miyabiyama (4-2) def. M11—Hokutoriki (2-4). M6—Tochiozan (4-2) def. M10—Shimotori (2-4). M6—Tochinoshin (4-2) def. M5—Toyohibiki (1-5). M5—Homasho (4-2) def. M8—Iwakiyama (3-3). M7—Kakizoe (4-2) def. M4—Tosayutaka (0-6). M1—Kakuryu (2-4) def. M2—Kyokutenho (0-6). K—Aminishiki (2-4) def. K—Kisenosato (2-4). S—Baruto (6-0) def. S—Toyonoshima (3-3). O—Harumafuji (6-0) def. M4—Tamawashi (3-3). O—Kotomitsuki (4-2) def. M1—Wakanosato (0-6). O—Kaio (4-2) def. M3—Kotoshogiku (5-1). O—Kotooshu (5-1) def. M3—Goeido (2-4). Y—Hakuho (6-0) def. M2—Aran (0-6).

TENNIS

BNP Paribas Open

At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Indian Wells, Calif.

Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men—Quarterfinals: Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Tommy Robredo (18), Spain, 6-3, 7-5. Robin Soderling (6), Sweden, def. Andy Murray (4), Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Women—Semifinals: Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def. Sam Stosur (8), Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, 6-2, 6-3.

HIGH SCHOOL

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Mid-Pacific 5, Saint Louis 0

O'AHU INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION

Boys Varsity

Moanalua 5, Castle 0

Roosevelt 3, Moanalua 2

Girls Varsity

Moanalua 5, Castle 0

Moanalua 3, Roosevelt 2

Volleyball

High School

INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE OF HONOLULU

Boys Varsity

Punahou def. Christian Academy 25-0, 25-5

Lanakila Baptist def. Hanalani 25-13, 25-21

Mid-Pacific def. Damie 25-18, 25-27, 25-23