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UH soccer to host Virginia March 9
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i women's soccer team will host nationally ranked Virginia in an exhibition match March 9 at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m.
"This is the best match we've ever scheduled in the spring," UH head coach Pinsoom Tenzing said in a release. "I'm thrilled our team is fortunate enough to play a team of Virginia's caliber in preparation for the fall season. It should be a high-quality match."
Admission will be charged. Ticket prices will be $6 for adults, $3 for students and free admission for children 10 and younger.
UH finished last season 8-11-2, its first losing mark since 2000. It returns a trio of all-conference players in Taryn Fukuroku, Jessica Domingo and Koren Takeyama.
The Cavaliers are coming off a 12-8-2 season and their 13th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. They finished the season ranked 18th in the NSCAA/addidas Top 25 and 21st in the Soccer Buzz Top 30 poll.
AWARDS
UH HONORED FOR NEW TICKETING SYSTEM
The University of Hawai'i was one of three finalists for the "Innovator of the Year Award," by Paciolan, a national ticketing provider.
Oklahoma won the award that Boston College and UH were also up for.
UH was honored for its implementation and promotion of its new Access Management ticket system, which allows fans to buy tickets online, print them at home, re-sell them through HawaiiAthletics.com, and transfer them to another party via e-mail, according to a release.
The university launched the Print@Home ticket system last April. Sixty-eight percent (7,826 of 11,496) of individual game tickets have been purchased online since then.
GOLF
RAINBOW WAHINE IN THIRD AFTER FIRST ROUND
The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine golf team is in third place, just six strokes off the lead, after firing a 303 on the first day of the Kitahara Fresno State Invitational yesterday at Fresno, Calif.
The Rainbow Wahine, ranked No. 49 in the Golfstat rankings, were led by a trio of golfers that shot 3-over-par at the Copper River Country Club.
Dale Gammie, Xyra Suyetsugu and Corie Hou are tied for 10th after shooting 75. Lisa Kajihara is tied for 29th after shooting 78, while Nancy Shon is 90th with a 86.
UC Irvine holds the team lead at 9-over-par. They are followed by host Fresno State (+11), UH (+15), Long Beach State (+19) and Colorado (+20).
Individually, UC Irvine's Jane Chin and Selanee Henderson, and Dominique Pytlewski of Colorado are tied for the lead at even par.
SAILING
NO. 18 HAWAI'I FINISHES LAST IN SOUTH CAROLINA
The 18th-ranked University of Hawai'i coed sailing team finished last Sunday at the Bob Bavier Team Race at Columbia, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Hawai'i was able to muster just three wins in 21 races, defeating Eckerd College twice and the Coast Guard Academy once over the weekend at the Stewart Walker Sailing Center at Patriots Point.
Host College of Charleston breezed to victory with a 19-2 mark at the eight-team event.
DIVING
THREE UH DIVERS TRY TO QUALIFY FOR NCAAS
The University of Hawai'i women's diving team has three divers — Megan Farrow, Emma Friesen and Raquel Bartlow — attending this week's NCAA Zone E Diving Qualifying Regional Thursday through Saturday at Oklahoma City Community College.
Farrow, along with freshmen Friesen and Bartlow are competing in the 48-member field from the West vying for one of 10 berths to the NCAA Championship, March 8-10 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Farrow, a senior from Sherwood Park, Canada, last year placed sixth on the 1-meter and fifth on the 3-meter at the Zone E Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship.
Friesen, a native of North Vancouver, Canada, is second on the 1-meter and third on the 3-meter all-time at UH.
Bartlow, a product of Long Beach, Calif., posted a 271.45 at the Lincoln Aquatic Shootout and a 299.25 at the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
NFL EUROPA
LEILEHUA ALUM SAPE SELECTED BY BERLIN
The Berlin Thunder selected Leilehua High School alum Lauvale Sape in the second round of the 2007 NFL Europa free-agent draft on Friday.
Sape, a former defensive tackle with the Buffalo Bills, graduated from the University of Utah.
Sape joins two former University of Hawai'i players in the league.
Tanuvasa "T.J." Moe, a long-snapper/linebacker, and cornerback Abraham Elimimian were selected by the Amsterdam Admirals in the fifth and 13th rounds, respectively.
