ISLE FILE
Futures good for Hawaii players
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i's Chris Lam and Dennis Lajola advance to the quarterfinals of the Oceanic Time Warner Cable Honolulu Futures tennis tournament yesterday at the University of Hawai'i courts.
The sixth-seeded Lam, of Honolulu, defeated former Hawai'i Pacific All-American Jan-Axel Tribler, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, while Lajola, of 'Aiea, swept past fifth-seeded Marc-Andre Stratling, of Germany, 6-2, 6-0.
Andreas Weber, a University of Hawai'i player, lost to eighth-seeded Christoph Palmanshofer, of Austria, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
In doubles, the fourth-seeded team of Ikaika Jobe and Brad Lum-Tucker, of Hawai'i, swept past Hubert Holzler and Palmanshofer, 6-3, 6-4.
DOUBLES SEMIS TONIGHT
Loni Matsunaga and Fleurette Houser beat Dada Joksimovic and Judy Weitz, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2, last night to advance to the semifinals of the Lanikai Bath & Body Women's Night Doubles at the Kailua Racquet Club.
Kelly Little and Janalle Kaloi swept past Chloe Bihag and Sophie Kobuch, 7-6 (3), 6-2, in another quarterfinal.
Matsunaga and Houser will play top-seeded Jing Jing Liu and Gurianna Korinihona at 6 p.m., while Little and Kaloi face second-seeded Maggie Deng and Elwen Li at 7:15.
BASEBALL
SHARKS TIE FOR EAST LEAD
David Maroul led off the seventh inning with a homer and Hector Pellot added a two-run shot, helping the Waikiki BeachBoys rally past the North Shore Honu, 5-4, last night at Hans L'Orange Park to keep their slim lead in the Hawaii Winter Baseball East Division.
The BeachBoys (17-18) remained one-half game ahead of the Honolulu Sharks (16-18), who beat the West Oahu CaneFires, 8-2, earlier yesterday.
Fuminori Yokogawa and Matt Wieters each drove in two runs for the Sharks, who open a three-game, season-ending series against the BeachBoys today starting at noon.
The East winner will play West Division champion North Shore for the league title Monday at 6 p.m. at Hans L'Orange Park.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SWORDS SIGN JC GUARD
With four players scoring in double figures, the Chaminade Silverswords opened their season with a 102-58 victory over Golden State Baptist last night at McCabe Gym
The Silverswords announced that Demetrius Turner, a 6-foot-4 guard, ranked the 54th best sophomore in junior college by rivals.com, signed to play for Chaminade next season.
Turner, from Los Angeles, averaged 16.4 points and 3.8 rebounds last season for Cerritos College.
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