ISLE FILE
Hilo loses doubleheader
Advertiser Staff
Dallas Baptist pounded 33 hits in a college baseball doubleheader sweep of Hawai'i-Hilo — 17-7 and 12-3 — yesterday at Dallas.
The Patriots are 27-15. The Vulcans finished their season 15-34.
In the seven-inning first game, Dallas Baptist took a 15-1 lead before the Vulcans scored six runs in the top of the seventh. The Patriots finished with 18 hits.
Jimmy Crider hit a solo homer in the third inning for the Vulcans.
In the nine-inning second game, UH-Hilo took a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth on Crider's three-run homer.
But the Patriots scored eight runs in the sixth inning. Four Dallas Baptist pitchers combined to shut out Hilo the rest of the way.
SOFTBALL
UH-HILO SWEEPS TWO FROM CHAMINADE
Hawai'i-Hilo scored eight runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally past Chaminade, 9-2, in the first game of a doubleheader at Central O'ahu Regional Park yesterday.
In the second game, the Vulcans defeated Chaminade, 11-2, in a game called after five innings because of the eight-run differential rule.
In the first game, Vanessa Badosa led UH-Hilo going 4 for 5, including three singles, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.
UH-Hilo 29-15. Chaminade is 10-31. The Vulcans, who are ranked No. 8 in the West region rankings, play No. 9 Hawai'i Pacific in a doubleheader at HPU field today. The top eight at the end of the regular season advance to the regionals.
TENNIS
FRESNO STATE DEFEATS HAWAI'I MEN, 4-0
Fresno State defeated Hawai'i, 4-0, yesterday in the semifinals of the Western Athletic Conference men's tennis tournament at Boise, Idaho.
Fresno State meets Boise State, a 4-0 winner over New Mexico State, today for the championship.
The Rainbow Warriors finished 10-6 and advanced to the WAC semifinals for the first time.
Fresno State won three singles matches and the double point (for winning 2 of 3).
UH's doubles team of Jeff Fitch and Bryon Weinberg, got UH's only victory with a 8-5 victory over Charles Irie and Rudolf Siwy.
Ryan Sceats finished his UH career with 66 singles victories. Senior Jarrod Diepraam finished with 32 singles victories and 40 doubles wins, 19 with Sceats the past two seasons. Other seniors are Weinberg and Yasuo Sakurai.
HONORS
EX-UH HOOPS PLAYER IN WASH. HALL OF FAME
Former Rainbow Wahine basketball player Tondi Redden von Oelhoffen will be inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 2006 Hall of Fame Wednesday at the Yakima Convention Center.
Redden played for Hawai'i from 1986 to '90. In her last two years, she started on NCAA Tournament teams. The 'Bows got their only NCAA Tournament win when she was a senior, defeating Montana at Missoula to advance to the second round.
Redden, from Kennewick, Wash., is third in career steals at UH, behind Nani Cockett and BJ Itoman. She still holds the season record for steals, with 98 — more than three a game — in her final year. She had 11 — still a school record — in a 1989 game at UC Santa Barbara.
She was the first Kamiakin High School athlete to earn 12 varsity letters, excelling in volleyball, basketball, track and field. Her team won the 1985 state basketball title, with Redden as MVP.
Mark Rypien, MVP of the 1992 Super Bowl, is also among the four athletes being honored Wednesday. Redden is married to 12-year NFL veteran Kimo von Oelhoffen.
WATER POLO
UH TO FACE NORTHRIDGE IN MPSF PLAYOFF OPENER
No. 4 Hawai'i will face No. 19 Cal State Northridge in the opening round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Women's Water Polo Championships Thursday at Irvine, Calif.
The Rainbow Wahine (14-9 overall and 7-5 in the MPSF) are seeded fifth. Northridge (11-18, 1-11) is seeded 12th.
No. 1 Southern California (24-0, 12-0) is the tournament's top seed, followed by UCLA, Stanford and California. The top three seeds earn byes into Friday's quarterfinals.
The tournament runs through next Sunday.
