Notebook
Friday, February 20, 1998
Dean Diltz, senior publicist at ESPN, confirmed that the Rainbows will host the Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 5 p.m. on ESPN2. Auburn and Virginia will kick off the network's college football game coverage at 2 p.m. that day on ESPN, Diltz said.
The game originally was scheduled for Saturday night, Sept. 5, at Aloha Stadium.
"It's an opportunity to play on television, which is good. But it could hurt the home crowd because it's a work day," UH coach Fred vonAppen said.
"This will give television exposure, which will be good for both programs," Arizona coach Dick Tomey said.
Tomey said a Thursday start will give his Wildcats extra time to prepare for their Pac-10 opener the following week at Stanford.
The extra two days won't help Hawaii since the Rainbows are off the following week. But it could mean they will start training camp two days earlier.
UH officials haven't decided if the Arizona game will be part of an eight-game season ticket package, or if it will be sold separately in view of the schedule change.
Who: Hawaii vs. Arizona
This is the first signing for UH head coach Pinsoom Tenzing.
Keohen has been named most inspirational player twice during her three-year varsity career at Claremont High School, a California Interscholastic Federation 1A school.
She qualified for two Olympic Development Program regional camps (1995 and '96), played on the California ODP team the same years and was on the ODP Western Regional team last year.
"She definitely will bring incredible speed and finishing to the University. She is one of the top 60 players in her age group in the entire nation," said Bob Mendoza, Santa Anita S.C. coach.
"Her bread and butter is attack. She has a nose for the goal and can finish with either foot.
"She has tremendous soccer IQ. She reads the field well and has deceptive foot speed."
The Santa Anita S.C. Premier team (under 17) wins 95 percent of its matches and almost every player continues on to compete at the NCAA Division I level according to Mendoza.
Keohen played either left forward or outside left midfielder in her club team's 2-4-3-sweeper lineup.
"I think she's an extremely industrious player who is working all the time on the field. I've seen her set up a lot of goals," Tenzing said.
The Wahine are in need of goal scorers and hope to sign at least one solid defender.
