Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, May 10, 1996

Siufanua delivers key hits
in two Hawaii Pacific victories

AZUSA, Calif. - The Hawaii Pacific University women's softball team won two games with late-inning rallies in the NAIA Far West Regional yesterday.

In the first game, the Sea Warriors scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge California Baptist College, 5-4.

Lea Siufanua's bases-clearing double down the left-field line scored the final three runs in the seventh and sent HPU (29-10) into a winners' bracket game against host Azusa Pacific (43-11).

The ninth-ranked Cougars had defeated Southern California College, 7-0, in the regional opener.

Once again, it was Siufanua coming up with the big hit for the sixth-ranked Sea Warriors.

With the score tied at 2, Siufanua ripped a two-run, game-winning triple in the bottom of the fifth inning to advance HPU into today's championship game.

The Sea Warriors will play the winner of a loser-out game between Azusa Pacific and SCC, which eliminated Cal Baptist, 10-0.


ROWLEY BACK AS TSUNAMI COACH: Andrew Rowley, who coached the Hawaii Tsunami to the United States Interregional Soccer League's Northwest Division title last year, has been lured back to handle the team again.

Rowley came to terms yesterday with Tsunami management, only a week before the season opener against the Philadelphia Freedom.

He led Hawaii to a 19-4 season culminating in the USISL's "Sizzlin' Nine" playoffs in New York.

Only four members of last year's roster have returned (Jerry Proctor, Matt Snyder, John Pak, Ryan Lau), but the Tsunami's 1996 roster has 22 players.

The Tsunami open their 23-game schedule May 18 at Aloha Stadium at 7:30 p.m. They play the Freedom the next day on the Big Island.


MYRDAL MOVES UP: At Savannah, Ga., John Myrdal of Honolulu won one race and finished fifth in the other in the Laser Class yesterday at the U.S. Olympic Yachting Trials.

Myrdal has 42 points. He trails leader Andy Lovell of New Orleans by 26 points.


WAHINE IN LAST PLACE: At Omaha, Neb., the University of Hawaii women's golf team had a first-round total of 333 in the NCAA West Regional yesterday. UH was in last place in the 20-team event.

Arizona's 288 led the team race and the Wildcats' Maria Baena was the individual leader at 65.

Mei-Lin Poai was the leading Wahine with a 78.


ROAD RACES POSTPONED: The Hawaiian Style 8-kilometer run scheduled for Sunday has been postponed to a later date, it was announced by the Mid-Pacific Road Runners Club.

The Schofield-Wheeler Trails End 10-kilometer race will be held Sunday (postponed from May 5) starting at 7 a.m. at Wheeler AFB, opposite the main gate.

Also, the Champagne and Chocolates race scheduled for May 25 has been rescheduled for Sept. 21 at the Turtle Bay Hilton.


UH SAILORS FOURTH: The University of Hawaii coed sailing team finished fourth in the Dinghy Pacific Coast Collegiate Regatta last weekend at the Stanford Sailing Center in Redwood, Calif.

California won the regatta with 125 points. UC Irvine (132), Stanford (146), Hawaii (152) and Southern Cal (161) complete the top five.


REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sunday is the deadline to register for the Tee-Off With An NFL Pro charity golf tournament May 18 at the Wailea Gold Course.

The entry fee is $500 ($400 tax deductible).

To register, call Bram Begonia at 871-6270 on Maui.


SATO TO NATIONALS: Stephanie Sato of Waialua, a senior midfielder for the University of Denver women's lacrosse team, has been selected to play for Team Colorado at the National Tournament in East Longmeadow, Mass., over the Memorial Day weekend.

A two-time team MVP, Sato was the second-leading scorer for the Pioneers with 33 goals this season and led the team with four assists. She also led the team in draw controls (33), interceptions (19) and ground-ball control (41).


REGISTRATION STILL OPEN: It is still possible to enter the UH Men's Volleyball benefit golf tournament that will be held Thursday at the West Loch Course.

The format is a four-person scramble. The entry fee is $85 per person, $320 per foursome.

For those interested in participating or sponsoring a team, call Basil Sparlin at 623-8786 or TC Gray at 739-9119.



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