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Kai sisters win WAC soccer honors
Advertiser Staff
Natasha and Krisha Kai became the first siblings to share Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Week honors, when they took the Offensive and Defensive awards, respectively.
Natasha Kai, a senior forward, had three goals and two assists in the first week of WAC play as UH posted a 4-0 win over Idaho and a 3-0 win over Boise State.
She scored two goals with one assist in the win over Idaho, and a goal and an assist in the win over Boise State.
Krisha Kai, a junior defender, helped the UH defense post back-to-back shutouts. UH allowed three shots (two on goal) against Idaho and five shots (one on goal) against Boise State.
She added an assist against Boise State, when her corner kick found Natasha for the third goal of the game.
The Rainbow Wahine (5-6-2) will next play four consecutive road matches.
SAILING
TOP-RANKED UH COED TEAM WINS INVITATIONAL
The University of Hawai'i coed sailing team validated its No. 1 ranking last weekend by winning the Stoney Burke Intersectional at San Francisco.
The Rainbows scored 51 points, 13 better than second-place Southern California in the 22-team event hosted by Stanford.
UH's Bryan Lake and Meredith Adams won the A division with 28 points, winning four of 10 races. Joey Pasqualli and Becky Marbardy also won four races and scored a low-best 23 points — along with USC — in B division.
The 15th-ranked UH women's team also competed in the event, finishing fifth overall and first among the women's teams with 142 points. Tinja Anderson-Mitterling and Caitlin Hill sailed in A division, and Shandy Buckley and Crystal Bronte in B division.
GOLF
MOANALUA'S FUJIKAWA SHARES 3RD IN ALABAMA
Tadd Fujikawa, a 14-year-old Moanalua High freshman, shot a final-round 1-over-par 73 yesterday to finish in a five-way tie for third at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior tournament in Mobile, Ala.
Fujikawa finished with a 54-hole total of even-par 216 in the 84-player field.
Peter Uihlein, of Bradenton, Fla., won with 71—213.
Angela Park, of Torrance, Calif., shot 71—210 to win the girls division by 11 strokes.
VOLLEYBALL
UH REMAINS AT NO. 11; HPU GOES UP TO NO. 4
The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team remained No. 11 in the CSTV/AVCA Division I coaches top 25 poll.
Nebraska (15-0) and Washington (14-0), who have swept UH this season, remain Nos. 1 and 2. Nebraska received 55 first-place votes with Washington getting five.
Hawai'i swept Fresno State and Nevada last week.
In the Division II top 25, Hawai'i Pacific (14-1) moved up one spot to No. 4 while Brigham Young-Hawai'i (13-3) remained at No. 21.
Also, Trina Kauliakamoa had 14 kills and 10 digs as Chaminade beat Ursuline (Ohio), 30-18, 30-18, 30-22, last night at McCabe Gym.
The Silverswords improved to 9-9; Ursuline dropped to 9-11.
